Saturday, 27th September 2014
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Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell has started his Stem Cell treatment according to Joe Elliott.
Joe was speaking to Planet Rock radio last night alongside Phil when he mentioned Vivian's treament had begun the same day.
Joe and Phil were speaking to Darren Redick during his request hour segment. Joe and Phil helped with the requests reading them out as the songs were played.
Joe and Phil talked about the NFL appearance, hanging out with Deep Purple/actor John Hurt in Paris in 1985, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Cheap Trick, Phil read the traffic news, the Sex Pistols, a Joe birthday story, Vivian's health, David Bowie, 2015 album/UK tour plans.
Vivian made a statement on his treatment on 24th September and informed fans he will not be playing at the forthcoming shows.
Filling in for him for these five appearances will be Steve Brown who announced the news yesterday via twitter.
Listen to the full one hour interview segment starting at 3:03:52 into the show via the link below (UK Only).
Darren Redick - Joe Elliott Interview Quotes
NFL Show
"Yes we are. Wembley Stadium - we're on stage at about 5:38 precisely I believe. So we're the pre game entertainment."
"Well one of them's - Oakland are zero and three right and I think the Dolphins are one and two. And neither of them have got home advantage so it's a bit of a weird one to call. Then again what would I know I support Sheffield United. What can I say."
Vivian's Health
"That's good, that's great. Thank you everybody for that. He's a - from what we can gather, cause we have to stay in touch with him on email now you know. It's difficult for him to get on the phone and keep phoning us up. Plus with the 8 hour time difference it doesn't help either. But he's going in for treatment starting I think today. So obviously he's not doing the NFL thing with us as we announced a couple of days ago. But we're getting him ready for next year. That's the thing so you know he's very confident that he's gonna be fine."
"And he was great this summer by the way. You know apart from a couple of bad days at the beginning of the tour, he was fantastic on this whole tour. So thank you for that email."
These guys are hosting the requests! Please welcome Joe Elliott & @philkcollen of @def_leppard! DR pic.twitter.com/wFObUUpQnP
— Planet Rock (@PlanetRockRadio) September 26, 2014- Listen to the full interview at (for next 7 days) - radioplayer.planetrock.com
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