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“I fell in love with Highway To Hell when I heard it in my dad’s pick-up truck. Bon Scott had a cheek to him”: pop superstar Rick Astley on his love of AC/DC, Slipknot, Yes and Foo Fighters

From AC/DC’s Highway To Hell to Foo Fighters’ Everlong, these are the song Rick Astley is never gonna give up

Louder

“I have my sound; 98% of the tone comes from me. I can plug into most amps and make it sound like me”: Rich Robinson on the guitars, tunes and focus behind the Black Crowes’ comeback

The Black Crowes are back on their perch with an album that delivers a masterclass in rock 'n' roll songwriting. Here guitarist Rich Robinson explains how it all came together

MusicRadar

"The best frontman I ever saw. Nobody else came close": The day David Lee Roth turned in the performance of a lifetime

With a heavyweight line-up including Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe and more, Monsters Of Rock 1984 is still revered in festival folklore

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AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' Returns To No. 1 On Billboard Chart

AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' reigns atop Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, highlighting their enduring appeal and influence in rock music.

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"I've been touring for the money": Pete Townshend opens up as he considers one final tour world from The Who before they "crawl off to die"

Pete Townshend also has things to say about Keith Richards and AC/DC

Louder

Judas Priest’s Rob Halford unknowingly gatecrashed AC/DC’s compound at Power Trip festival: “I look around and there’s Brian, sitting on a couch having a cigarette.”

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford learned there are some spots even a Metal God isn’t allowed in at last year’s Power Trip festival

Metal Hammer

The rarest and most expensive records by 10 major rock bands

Own one of these rarities from Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, AC/DC and more? You could be sitting on a goldmine

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"I went out expecting to see Kiss at Hammersmith Odeon and instead spent the evening in a pub with Bon Scott and Angus Young": An AC/DC story

When AC/DC headed off on their Lock Up Your Daughters Tour in the summer of 1976, a future Classic Rock writer was there every step of the way

Metal Hammer

A biopic about Bon Scott's early life is in the works: Boy Swallows Universe actor Lee Tiger Halley set to star

The Kid From Harvest Road is currently in development in Australia, described as "a love letter to Fremantle and Bon Scott"

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A new Jack Reacher story is coming and it's inspired by AC/DC's You Shook Me All Night Long

Inspired by songs from AC/DC's classic Back in Black album, an upcoming anthology will contain ten murder mysteries from ten bestselling authors

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"Vince Neil tried to fight me and my bodyguards had to sort him out": Andy Taylor is best known as Duran Duran’s guitarist, but he's a real rocker at heart

Andy Taylor looks back on his early days with AC/DC's Brian Johnson, life as a guitar-wielding pop star, forming the Power Station and discovering Thunder

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“I chipped my tooth – my mom was so mad at me!” John 5 says playing a Jimi Hendrix-inspired version of Star Spangled Banner with his teeth as a kid led to a dental mishap – and shows he can still nail the tooth-picked tune

The Mötley Crüe member has appeared guitar in hand (and mouth) on the Howard Stern Show to demonstrate AC/DC, Queen and Rush riffs

Guitar World

AC/DC to celebrate 50 years of rockin' and rollin' by releasing their first nine albums on gold vinyl

As if a European tour wasn't enough, AC/DC will spend much of 2024 releasing coloured vinyl versions of their classic albums

Metal Hammer

How does a Welsh rock band that trades in “filthy, nasty guitar tones” end up writing a song with Brian Johnson of AC/DC? Himalayas’ Mike Griffiths explains the story behind their “unexpected gift”

The Welsh rockers’ debut album, From Hell to Here, is essential listening for those who like rock from the garage and the desert – especially where the guitar “sounds quite wild a lot of the time”

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"Angus looked like a pincushion, blood streaming out of his skin, and he's seemingly oblivious to the pain": Why supporting AC/DC is a thankless task

Ever wondered what it’s like to open for AC/DC? So did Ginger Wildheart, when his band were invited to support them on 1996's Ballbreaker tour. The man himself looks back

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"He wanted to stay up and party. Bon just wanted to keep the party going": What really happened on the night Bon Scott died?

Mystery surrounds Bon Scott's death to this day: Classic Rock looks back at Bon’s last hours, the world he moved in and the disappearance of the last man to see him alive

Evening Standard

AC/DC 2024 world tour: dates, venues, and how to get tickets

It will be the Australian rock legends’ first tour in Europe for eight years — and they are coming to London

The Guardian - AU

Nora was nine when her first Latin American song went viral. She didn’t speak the language

The young French singer became an overnight sensation with her brother and father, singing classic songs about desire and loss that she learned phonetically

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AC/DC announce new bass player “to carry the torch for Cliff” ahead of long-awaited Power Up tour

Nearly four years after its release, the band are finally hitting the road in support of 2020’s Power Up album, with a new bassist lined up to replace Cliff Williams

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AC/DC announce 21-date Power Up tour - and a new bass player

AC/DC's long-awaited return to the road has finally been confirmed

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"He looked as fit as a butcher's dog": Watch Bon Scott's surreal final UK appearance with AC/DC

Just 12 days before his death, Bon Scott and AC/DC performed Touch Too Much for an audience of teenage pop fans

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"Are you ready?" Are AC/DC about to announce a world tour?

AC/DC seem to be teasing something big

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"I'm the flash in the middle": All 57 Bon Scott AC/DC songs ranked in order of greatness

Scott’s AC/DC legacy amounts to six years, six studio albums and 57 tracks. Here we rank every one that the great man recorded with the band, from high-voltage classics to obscure B-sides and everlasting anthems

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In the early 80s Australia's biggest and most dangerous band, The Angels, had the world at their feet. But their meteoric rise and tragic fall is a tale littered with chaos, controversy and death

Discovered by AC/DC, The Angels were cited as an influence by acts as diverse as Guns N’ Roses, Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Great White

Louder

“We knew a transplant would be very risky. He said, ‘I’ll either walk out of the hospital or I’ll be carried out. I can’t take it any more’.” Mama’s Boys looked set to break America in the '80s, but naivety, bad luck and family tragedy broke their hearts

Thin Lizzy's spiritual heirs, Mama's Boys looked set for international success in the mid '80s. Brothers Pat and John McManus explain exactly why it didn't happen

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