{"id":863199,"date":"2026-08-21T12:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/863199\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T12:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:46:17","slug":"vivian-campbell-def-leppard-guitarist-reveals-cancer-has-returned-after-entering-remission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/863199\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivian Campbell: Def Leppard guitarist reveals cancer has returned after entering remission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Def Leppard<\/a> guitarist Vivian Campbell\u2019s cancer has returned after entering remission last year. <\/p>\n

Campbell, 63, was declared cancer-free last year following a decades-long battle with Hodgkin Lymphoma<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell\u2019s cancer has come back after entering remission last year. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

The guitarist revealed in a recent interview that he underwent a stem cell donor transplant in 2023, however, it \u201cdidn\u2019t stick.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s only been one time that I felt it was going to kill me, in the winter of 2023,\u201d he told Radio YSKL<\/a>\u2019s Francisco Sig\u00fcenza on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got really scared about what was happening and the pace at which it was happening. And I realised at that point that I had to do a donor transplant. It was my only hope to survive.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, it didn\u2019t stick. So, the cancer has returned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hodgkin Lymphoma is a rare type of cancer that impacts the lymphatic system.<\/p>\n

A patient is offered a stem cell transplant if the cancer has a likely chance of returning, according to Cancer Council Australia. <\/p>\n

Campbell said he will continue treatment to manage it. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll probably have to do another transplant within a few years with another donor to try and see if maybe that would cure me. In the meantime, I\u2019m certainly not slowing down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Def Leppard wrapped up a residency in Las Vegas earlier this year. The band is slated to tour Mexico and South America later this year. <\/p>\n

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Def Leppard are an English rock band that formed in Sheffield in 1977.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Campbell said playing shows and getting on stage is what keeps him going. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think you have to keep moving forward and I do think that that\u2019s what helped me, even when I was at at a really low ebb with cancer treatment,\u201d he told the radio station.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that I could still continue to work, that gives me something to live for \u2013 something that you enjoy, that you\u2019re passionate about, that you can wake up in the morning and look forward to.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat deflects from focusing too much on cancer.\u201d <\/p>\n

Def Leppard are an English rock band that formed in Sheffield in 1977. They are known for pioneering a radio-friendly hard rock and heavy metal sound, inspired by pop melodies. <\/p>\n

They rose to global stardom in the 1980s thanks to MTV and hugely successful albums like Pyromania and Hysteria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell\u2019s cancer has returned after entering remission last year. Campbell, 63, was declared cancer-free…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-863199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}