Def Leppard’s guitarist Vivian Campbell is being treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells.
According to The Associated Press Campbell has been in chemotherapy for two months and has four months of treatment remaining.
Campbell had a surgical biopsy on March 11 that followed months of coughing which turned to be Hodgkin’s Lymphoma he said through a spokesperson on Monday.
“I feel fortunate that my cancer sent me an alarm call in the form of ‘the cough that wouldn’t quit,’’ Campbell said in a statement.
The 50-year-old joined Def Leppard in 1992 after playing in Dio and Whitesnake. He still plans to go on tour this summer with Def Leppard that starts June 21 at the Hellfest Music Festival in France and ends July 17 in Canandaigua, New York Rolling Stone reported.
“Me and my new aerodynamic hairstyle (read: no hair) are going on tour this summer with the band and I don’t want anyone to be so shocked by my new look that they ask for a refund,” Campbell said according to Billboard. “Simple economics, really.”
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