AC/DC will reportedly be entering a studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in May, reports blabbermouth.net.
The news was revealed on Friday, February 14th by the band’s lead singer, Brian Johnson, during a surprise phone call he gave to Andy Preston of the 98.7 The Gater radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Asked if AC/DC is planning to do anything this year, Johnson told Preston: “Well, you’ll be the first one to know, really, because we’ve been denying anything, ’cause we weren’t sure. One of our boys was pretty ill, so we didn’t like to say anything, and we’re very private about things like this, so we didn’t wanna say anything. And he’s a very proud man. But I think we’ll be going into the studio in May in Vancouver. Which means, we should be getting ready. It’s been 40 years of the band’s existence, so I think we’re gonna try to do 40 gigs, 40 shows, to thank the fans for their undying loyalty. I mean, honestly, our fans are just the best in the world, and we appreciate every one of them. So, like I said, we’ll have to go out, even though we’re getting a bit long in the tooth. [laughs]”
He added: “You know what?! It’s been four years [since we last went out on the road], and I’m really looking forward to it.”
Listen to audio Brian Johnson’s interview below.
AC/DC’s lastest release was 2008’s Black Ice.
source: blabbermouth.net
18 Responses
Farewell tour in the making. That’s my guess.
Best show I ever saw for Black Ice, better than Iron Maiden in ’87, but that could be because I’m getting old.
Was thinking about these guys the other day. Glad to hear they’ll do another round for us.
The Young brothers define complacency. Stiff Upper Lip is assembly line. 10 of the 12 songs are between 3:40 and 4:00. Formulaic is being too kind. In concert,they’re more likely to play something from “Dark Side of the Moon” or “Rumours” than from “Powerage”.
My favorite band as a kid. But They’ve been sleepwalking for decades now.
And still selling out stadiums.
Great. Puts them in the same company of Jay Z, Justin Timberlake, Billy Joel, The Eagles…boring, big money,mainstream. Yawn. Hope they do “You Shook Me All Night Long”.
Sorry they’re not meeting your lofty standards. It would be better if they had more credibility as you suggest and we’re playing Indian Casinos.
Clearly, you enjoy simplistic mindless butt rock that makes KISS look like King Crimson. AC/DC has been an absolutely subpar band since at least 1983. They should be playing the state fairs with Kix and Loverboy. But the sheep like you keep showing up to be fed pabulum.
Actually Les I’m not an ACDC fan at all. But I do enjoy listening to fans the likes of you who complain about an artist who is so clearly massively successful at what they do. But because they don’t meet your so called credentials they are doing something wrong. Because you don’t like them anymore they must leave their successful formula that has worked for 30+ fucking years and conform to your precious needs because they must owe you for the $200 you’ve spent over the years on cassettes or CDs. I just love pretentious twerps like you who feel your owed by a band. They owe you shit and if you don’t like the next album don’t buy it. ACDC never put out a masterpiece. Just the same fucking tunes on every fucking record they ever fucking made. It’s just taken you 20 years longer than anyone else to figure that out.
loudest show ever.ears were ringing for a week