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Vivian Campbell Chats w/ BBC Radio
Check out the brand new interview with BBC Radio!
Gerry chats to Vivian Campbell and he performs ‘Hysteria’ Live in studio.
Vivian Campbell guitar goes to auction for save the music foundation
Bid now on this custom Gibson guitar Liz Tran designed for Vivian Campbell! Proceeds from the Julien’s Auctions event on 11/4 will go to the VH1 Save The Music Foundation! CLICK HERE
Def Leppard Rock In Rio 32 Years Later
32 years after the originally scheduled Rock In Rio performance, Def Leppard’s triumphant return last night was one for the books! Fans tuned in worldwide to watch the guys deliver an epic performance with hits including the #1 single “Love Bites” and “Pour Some Sugar On Me” in addition to songs from their 2015 self-titled release “Let’s Go” and “Man Enough”
Check out all of the awesome photos on our Instagram page HERE
New #Hysteria30 Spotify Playlist
Crank up the brand new #Hysteria30 Spotify playlist with us and celebrate the weekend.
Listen and follow below!
JOE ELLIOTT & RICK SAVAGE on “In The Studio”
It is like a Greatest Hits package all on its own: Def Leppardâs July 1987 Hysteria  album, one of the most popular albums ever at an estimated twenty-five million copies, yet as Joe Elliott and Rick Savage remind us, it is a miracle that it ever was finished. You canât make this stuff up. The epic saga revealed behind âPour Some Sugar on Meâ,âLove Bitesâ,âAnimalâ,âWomenâ,âArmageddon Itâ, and âHysteriaâ on the albumâs 30th anniversary. After World War II the worldwide success of The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Cream, and a bit later Led Zeppelin all had a profoundly positive effect on the British self-esteem. All of these predecessors of Def Leppard were almost entirely influenced musically by the blues, rhythm and blues, and soul music of African-Americans, yet it is most telling that when the Sheffield England quintet compiled an all-covers tribute album a few years ago made up of their most-loved formative impressions, all but one were by white British musicians….
Read the full band interview and listen to Rick Savage & Joe Elliott discuss the album HERE
Def Leppard Featured in Forbes
Def Leppard Celebrate Thirty Years Of ‘Hysteria’
Def Leppard are in select company, alongside such acts as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and the Beatles,  as one of the few rock bands to have multiple diamond record certifications, for 10 million albums sold. The British hard rock band scored back to back smashes in the â80s with 1983âs Pyromania and 1987âs Hysteria.
Ask frontman Joe Elliott and it is the latter that defined the bandâs first decade unquestionably. To commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Hysteria, the band is releasing multiple deluxe editions of the set, including a five-CD box set.
I spoke with Elliott about the new edition of Hysteria, revisiting the album after three decades, why itâs endured as long as it has and why he doesnât offer advice to other artists after four decades in rock…..
Read the full interview with Joe Elliott on Forbes HERE
Step Inside: Hysteria at 30 (Pt. 1)
Vivian Campbell’s Side Band Riverdogs – Album Out Now!
Vivian Campbell’s side band Riverdogs new album “California” is now available everywhere. Check out the video for the single “American Dream”! Riverdogs originally formed in 1989 and released their first album in 1990.
One-of-a-Kind Gibson Les Paul Inspired by Vivian Campbell
This year, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, VH1 Save The Music partnered with the Gibson Foundation to recruit 20 musicians and 20 visual artists to create 20 custom guitars that are as much art pieces as they are musical instruments.
Each Les Paul will be auctioned through Julien’s Auctions in October, with all proceeds benefiting VH1 Save The Music in its mission to expand public access to music education for children in America’s public schools.
Participants include Joe Perry, Rick Nielsen, Warren Haynes, Gary Clark Jr. and longtime Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell.
“As a child, I searched to communicate with those around me and to find my voice,” says Campbell, who was introduced to the custom ax before his recent show in Chicago. “Music gave me that voice. I believe music is an expression of our souls and the universal language that we all speak.”
Read more & watch the video on Guitar World HERE
