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DEF LEPPARD's VIVIAN CAMPBELL On The DIAMOND STAR HALOS Album Enthusiasm

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Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell was recently interviewed and talked about the release of the new Diamond Star Halos album.

'Diamond Star Halos' is the band's 12th studio album.

As announced on 17th March it will be released on Friday 27th May 2022.

Vivian spoke to Jeff Zito of 98.7fm The Shark in Tampa Bay radio to promote Diamond Star Halos and the Orlando, FL show.

Vivian talked about the 2017 Fort Rock show, Pandemic/Touring Break, cars/motors ports, Pandemic/Time Off From The Road/Cars, Motor sports/Rallying, Personal Cars, The Stadium Tour, The Stadium Tour/Bigger Stage Show, Diamond Star Halos Album and the Different way of recording.

Listen to the full 9 minute interview via the show link.

Diamond Star Halos

Vivian spoke of the band's enthusiasm for the new album and that of the record label.

Recording Process

He also commented on the relaxed way of recording his guitar parts remotely.


Listen to the full interview via the link below.


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Vivian Campbell/98.7 The Shark - May 2022 Interview Quotes - (Transcribed by dltourhistory)

Diamond Star Halos Album Excitement

"Yeah we feel like there's a real buzz about the record. I mean there's certainly a buzz with our record label."

"It's the first time we've worked wiht a major label again in well over a decade."

"So it's great to be back in that situation and especially so because there is genuine excitement at the label about the record."

"They're very very enthusiastic. We personally are very enthusiastic about the record."

"We're very bullish about it. We're gonna go out and play a bunch of these new songs on The Stadium Tour."

"And that's always exciting for us. Any time we can go out and represent new music."

"And you never know, we'll see what happens with this."

"But everything down to even like the artwork on the record. You know on the vinyl, it's a double gatefold sleeve. And the artwork is just incredible."

"And everything about this record is shaping up to be, you know, a bit more than what we were expecting."


Different way of recording

"Oy yeah totally. We've never done a record remotely like this."

"We have the experience. I mean, you know, we've made so many records in the past and just the way that Def Leppard records anyway, even when we're all together I think kinda has set us up to be able to work like this."

"You know for me personally as I've said before it was a bit of a technical challenge to get over the hump of actually getting the sound into the box."

"But, you know, once I got over that it was actually very relaxing to work this way."

"You know to work entirely on my own schedule without any sort of pressure really allowed me to be more reflective about the parts that I was doing and to really think them over and go back and revisit them and hone them."

"And make them better and, you know, I think everyone kind of felt the same way about this."

"And like I said though we have the experience to know that the parts that we're sending in are of a certain quality, you know, that is to be expected."

"You know I'm not sure that a bunch of could make their first album this way. So we're not 20 any more."


Listen to the full interview at the 987theshark.com website


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Diamond Star Halos - Tracklisting

01 - Take What You Want - 4:14
02 - Kick - 3:42 - (Collen) - Amazon - (MP3)
03 - Fire It Up - 3:19
04 - This Guitar [feat. Alison Krauss] - 3:50
05 - SOS Emergency - 3:25
06 - Liquid Dust - 4:01
07 - U Rok Mi - 3:33
08 - Goodbye For Good This Time - 4:27
09 - All We Need - 4:46
10 - Open Your Eyes - 4:19
11 - Gimme A Kiss - 3:12
12 - Angels (Can’t Help You Now) - 4:57
13 - Lifeless [feat. Alison Krauss] - 4:19 - (Collen/Elliott)
14 - Unbreakable - 3:46
15 - From Here To Eternity - 5:37


  • Producer - Def Leppard
  • Producer - Ronan McHugh
  • Total Time - 61mins
  • Release Date - 27th May 2022

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Diamond Star Halos (Deluxe) - Tracklisting

01 - Take What You Want - 4:14
02 - Kick - 3:42 - (Collen) - Amazon - (MP3)
03 - Fire It Up - 3:19
04 - This Guitar [feat. Alison Krauss] - 3:50
05 - SOS Emergency - 3:25
06 - Liquid Dust - 4:01
07 - U Rok Mi - 3:33
08 - Goodbye For Good This Time - 4:27
09 - All We Need - 4:46
10 - Open Your Eyes - 4:19
11 - Gimme A Kiss - 3:12
12 - Angels (Can’t Help You Now) - 4:57
13 - Lifeless [feat. Alison Krauss] - 4:19 - (Collen/Elliott)
14 - Unbreakable - 3:46
15 - From Here To Eternity - 5:37

16 - Goodbye For Good This Time (Avant-Garde Mix)

17 - Lifeless (Joe Only version)


  • Producer - Def Leppard
  • Producer - Ronan McHugh
  • Release Date - 27th May 2022

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