From NME:

Def Leppard brought Download 2009 to an end tonight (June 14) with a stirring tribute from frontman Joe Elliott to drummer Rick Allen, speaking of his "spiritual rebirth" when the band last played the Donington site in 1986.

After a lively "POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME", Elliott told the crowd at the Main Stage how the band first played Donington at the Monsters Of Rock festival 23 years ago. The gig was Rick Allen's comeback gig after having his arm amputated following a serious car accident at the end of 1984. The Download crowd cheered and applauded Allen, who stood up behind his drums and raised his arm before wiping tears from his eyes. Elliott then accused him of "blubbing all over his cymbals".

Coming onstage at 8.45pm the band played old favourites such as "PHOTOGRAPH" and "ANIMAL" as well as newer material from 2008's "SONGS FROM THE SPARKLE LOUNGE, including "NINE LIVES" - which was written in Nashville with country music star Tim McGraw - and "C'MON C'MON". The Sheffield band also played their version of David Essex's "ROCK ON" from 2006's covers album "YEAH!". The song began with a bass solo from Rick Savage, who was wearing an open leather shirt and playing a five-stringed bass with a Union Jack painted on it.

Towards the beginning of the set Elliott spoke about how good it was to be able to play in daylight and told the crowd to turn around and look back at themselves and the tens of thousands of people on the site. "It's amazing from where I'm standing," he said. The band bought the show to an end with a two-song encore, starting with "WHEN LOVE & HATE COLLIDE", for which they were joined on keyboards by Dick Decent, who was a member of the Cybernauts side-project with Elliott and Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen.

Def Leppard played:

Rocket
Action
C'Mon C'Mon
Make Love Like A Man
Too Late For Love
Nine Lives
Love Bites
Rock On
Two Steps Behind
Bringin On The Heartbreak
Switch 625
Hysteria
Animal
Armageddon It
Photograph
Pour Some Sugar On Me
Rock Of Ages
When Love & Hate Collide
Let’s Get Rocked