Def Leppard have posted a video containing footage of their latest present in Mexico, the place they performed with out guitarist Vivian Campbell, and up to date followers about his well being.
“We’re in Leon in Mexico in a little bit of an amphitheatre,” says frontman Joe Elliott. “It is a form of a one-off gig and we’re doing it a person down as Vivian just isn’t right here. Vivian is recuperating from most cancers surgical procedure and he is doing very effectively, however he is in a bubble he is not allowed to journey.
“So John Zocco – principally Phil [Collen’s] guitar tech – has manfully stepped as much as the plate as a result of he is an outstanding participant himself and he can sing a bit as effectively. So, reasonably get some stranger in that we do not know, he is doing it, which is unbelievable. Now we have each confidence that it’ll go swimmingly till our boy Vivian is again on the stage with us.”
Zocco additionally stuffed in for Campbell on the band’s earlier present, a efficiency on the Daimler Truck Buyer Appreciation Occasion in Nashville final October.
After the present in Leon, Campbell shared a message on Def Leppard’s social media channels, letting followers know the way his remedy was progressing.
“Thanks for all of the latest messages and assist,” he wrote. “As you all could know, I used to be recognized with Hodgkin’s lymphoma a number of years in the past. I not too long ago had a bone marrow transplant as a part of my remedy plan, and it’s secure to say that to this point it’s been a really profitable transplant! I simply need to hold my head down and my spirits up for the following 100 days of main restoration.”
The present in Leon occurred 45 years in the past to the day since Def Leppard kicked off their On By means of The Night time tour headline tour at a present in Aberdeen, Scotland. The band marked the event by enjoying Wasted, initially launched as a single in 1979 and later rerecorded for the On By means of The Night time album. Footage of the efficiency is included within the new video (under).
Def Leppard’s subsequent scheduled present is on the San Juan Coliseo de Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico, on Might 15. Full dates under.
Def Leppard 2025 tour dates
Might 15: San Juan Coliseo de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Might 17: Ocean Metropolis Boardwalk Rock 2025, MD
Jun 19: Milwaukee Summerfest, WI
Jun 21: Thackerville Lucas Oil Reside at WinStar World On line casino and Resort, OK
Jun 28: Atlantic Metropolis Borgata Occasion Middle, NJ
Jul 03: Uncasville Mohegan Solar Area, CT
Jul 13: Craven Nation Thunder Craven, Canada
Aug 14: Des Moines Iowa State Truthful, IA
Aug 16: Springfield Illinois State Truthful, IL
Aug 20: Highland Yaamava’ Theater, CA
