Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell revealed during an interview that his cancer has returned after a failed transplant.

Campbell, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2013, revealed the news when asked about how his initial cancer diagnosis changed his perspective on life.

“Well, I think you have to keep moving forward,” he responded (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net). “And I do think that that’s what helped me, even when I was at a really low ebb with cancer treatment. The fact that I could still continue to work, that gives me something to live for, something that you enjoy, that you’re passionate about, that you can wake up in the morning and look forward to. I think that deflects, that takes away from focusing too much on cancer.”

Campbell underwent bone marrow surgery last year and was given the all-clear as a result.

“There’s only been one time that I felt it was gonna kill me,” Campbell said of his diagnosis. “In the winter of 2023, I got really scared about what was happening and the pace at which it was happening. And I realized at that point that I had to do a donor transplant. It was my only hope to survive … I did that in January of ’25 .… Unfortunately, it didn’t stick. So the cancer has returned, and I’m continuing treatments to manage it. I’ll probably have to do another transplant within a few years with another donor to try and see if maybe that would cure me.”

Source: RTT Music News

Foo Fighters are set to fill in for The Pretty Reckless as special guests of AC/DC for a one-night-only event in St. Louis on Tuesday, September 8th.

The concert at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri, is part of AC/DC’s “PWR/UP World Tour,” which concludes with a show in Philadelphia on September 29th. The tour is in support of AC/DC’s 17th studio album PWR/UP, which arrived in 2020 and reached No. 1 in 21 countries.

A statement from AC/DC reads, “Foo Fighters are taking a special one-off detour from their Take Cover Global Stadium Tour to fill in for their friends The Pretty Reckless as special guests of AC/DC for one night only in St. Louis. The performance brings two generations of rock’s biggest live acts together for a one-night-only event, with the Foo Fighters opening for the band’s St. Louis tour stop.”

Talking about his love for AC/DC and how they helped shape his own music career, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl said that AC/DC’s concert film Let There Be Rock introduced him to the raw, primal power of rock and roll performance for the first time.

“It’s safe to say that If it weren’t for this movie, this band, and their decades of timeless anthems, I surely would have approached my life in music from a different perspective,” Grohl said, adding, “My band Foo Fighters will share a stage with the gentlemen who are single handedly responsible for my determination to give every audience everything I have, every night. This is literally a dream come true. So…..if you want blood….you’ve got it. Let there be  rock, St Louis. See you September 8th.”

Source: RTT Music News

After a gap of two years, OzzFest will return to Ozzy Osbourne’s hometown in 2027.

Ozzfest 2027 will be held at Birmingham’s Villa Park, where the “Back to the Beginning” concert featuring the farewell performances of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne took place last year.

A brief announcement posted on the official Ozzfest Instagram page reads, “Ozzfest 2027 at @AstonVilla’s Villa Park – more info on everything coming soon!” It did not specify the festival dates.

Founded by by Ozzy’s wife and manager Sharon Osbourne in 1996, Ozzfest was held almost annually until 2018. The Ozzfest tour featured bands of a variety of genres within heavy metal and hard rock.

Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22, 2025, seventeen days after Black Sabbath’s farewell concert. In the wake of Ozzy’s death, there have been calls to revive the rock and metal festival in his memory.

Sharon Osbourne and son Jack Osbourne had announced in March that Ozzfest would return in 2027 for two nights in Birmingham.

Source: RTT Music News

Longtime ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died at the age of 77.

“It was announced today that Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s drummer for the past 56 years, has died. He was in hospice care when he passed away at his ranch in Richmond, TX with family members at his side,” the band’s publicist Bob Merlis said in a statement. It did not cite the reason for his death.

“Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas. His signature backbeat was key to keeping ZZ on top. The band of which he was part for six decades is going to keep on keeping on as he had wished,” said ZZ Top front man Billy Gibbons.

Beard is the second member of the classic ZZ Top lineup to die, following bassist Dusty Hill in 2021. Gibbons remains the sole surviving original member.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame blues-rock band has a total of 15 studio albums to their credit during Beard’s tenure, with nine of them attaining RIAA gold or platinum status. The studio album Eliminator, released in 1983, was their biggest hit, having sold more than 10 million units in the United States.

Beard joined as the drummer of ZZ Top in 1969.

In March 2025, Beard temporarily left ZZ Top’s Elevation tour due to illness.

Following Beard’s death, ZZ Top canceled two shows of their The Big One! Tour that had been scheduled for Tuesday in Salt Lake City and Wednesday in Colorado Springs. The band will resume the tour this weekend with two dates in at Austin City Limits.

Source: RTT Music News