DEF LEPPARD Join CHEAP TRICK On Stage, Photos Available; Vivian Campbell In Guitar World Feature
November 7, 2005, 19 years ago
The following message has been posted at the DEF LEPPARD website (www.defleppard.com):
“To celebrate the last time CHEAP TRICK opened for Def Leppard on this tour, members of both bands shared the stage during Cheap Trick's set in Albuquerque this past Wednesday.
Joe, Phil and Vivian joined in to play along with ‘Surrender’, one of the band's biggest hits of their career.
Check out some photos here
(apologies to Vivian - no one got a shot of him this time!)
In related news, the Holiday 2005 issue of Guitar World features Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell in the monthly 60 Minutes column, in which guitarists list their favorite or most important songs of all time.
Subtitled "the Def Leppard guitarist talks about the songs that helped him fore his path to rock and roll glory", the article has Vivian talking about the following songs: ‘Telegram Sam’ (T. REX), ‘Bullfrog Blues’ (RORY GALLAGHER), ‘Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love’ (VAN HALEN), ‘Gettin' Tighter’ (DEEP PURPLE), ‘Lights Out’ (UFO), ‘Free Bird’ (LYNYRD SKYNYRD), ‘All Along The Watchtower’ (JIMI HENDRIX), ‘Don't Believe A Word’ (THIN LIZZY), ‘Hiroshima’ (GARY MOORE), ‘The Stealer’ (FREE), ‘Wuthering Heights’ (KATE BUSH).
Vivian is also featured in the cover story “The Album That Changed My Life”, by telling about what Thin Lizzy's album Live And Dangerous means to him. The Holiday issue, featuring SLASH and Billy Joe Armstrong on the cover, is on newsstands now.
