Campbell reflected on his time touring with the band Sweet Savage in the 1970's in an interview with BBC NI, he explained that each member of the group was of a different faith and whilst they were on tour they used music as an escape from politics.
The heavy metal legend also said that he believed music was an escape for concert goers too, "It is something that unites people and in this day and age it's become more important because the world is quite fractured to say the least," he said.
Campbell also reflected on how much Northern Ireland has changed since his tour with Sweet Savage. "Belfast has certainly changed since my youth, for the better, I'm very happy to say. I just remember certain parts of the province that we were playing in, there were always two of us that didn't speak on any show," he said.
"It was like, 'OK, you two shut up tonight, don't say anything'. So there was that tension but yet when we played together on stage, we never thought about any of that stuff," he continued.
Campbell joined Def Leppard in the early 1990s, he will be performing with them on stage at Belsonic next Summer. Although Campbell has expressed his desire to go back up to Northern Ireland and spend some time in County Donegal to "relax" and "reconnect".
Cambell also added that he feels like the "luckiest man in the world" after being in 100% remission for the first time in 12 years since being diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. After he had tried a number of treatments, his oncologist told him that he had reached the end of his list of options for treatments and suggested a donor stem cell transplant as his last option.
"It was quite a process to go through but I'm very, very glad I had the opportunity. It couldn't have worked out better. I'm feeling 100%, I feel very, very strong physically. My energy's very good, so for an old geezer, I'm in a good spot," he explained.
"Luck of the Irish and all that," he added.
