DEF LEPPARD Guitarist VIVIAN CAMPBELL Celebrates 60th Birthday Today

Thursday, 25th August 2022

Vivian Campbell 2022

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell celebrates his 60th birthday today having been born on this day in 1962.

Vivian was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on this day in 1962 to parents Vivian Snr. and Mary.

He is currently on The Stadium Tour with Def Leppard and will play later tonight on this special occasion at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ.

His side band Last In Line recently released a new Beatles cover ahead of a 4 track E.P.

The 'A Day In The Life E.P.' will be released on 11th November and include a brand new original studio song titled 'Hurricane Orlagh', the Beatles cover plus two live songs.

A teaser for their upcoming third studio album.

And yes Vivian is now the fourth member of the band to turn 60 after Phil, Joe and Sav.

View some live photos of Vivian below from recent tours and some newer ones from 2022.

Plus some recent shots of Vivian and his cohort RockStarStu.

Vivian was interviewed in May about his work on Diamond Star Halos by the Greek based site Rockpages. Read some quotes from the interview below.

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Vivian Campbell 2022 - Birthday Photo Gallery

Photos by Chele Drappel/LeeAnna Jonas/Shana Vetter.

Vivian Campbell Live - Birthday Photo Gallery

Photos by Chele Drappel/Curt Taft/Michelle Lydon/Sally J/Steve Kelley.

Rockpages - Vivian Campbell May 2022 Interview Quotes

Remote Recording For Diamond Star Halos

"Good and bad. Mostly good. Out of necessity we couldn't get together. Let me touch on the bad part first."

"The bad part, and this is only for me personally, is I am not very good with technology. Si I didn't have any sort of recording set up at home."

"I wasn't prepared for this record at all. I was prepared to go on tour in summer of 2020. And then all of a sudden everything changed and we were making a record."

"So I had a lot of panic. I had to call a lot of clever grown up friends who understand technology. I said 'I need to record, what do I need?'."

"So I had to get an interface. So there was a very rapid and very steep learning curve for me to get over this."

"But once I got over that. I mean I can't say that I got good at it. I didn't even get to the stage where I could edit anything. I would just record whole parts and even multiple times."

ead more here and view the full video.