AC/DC have released the following statement on their Facebook page:
“We’ve only become aware of Phil’s arrest as the news was breaking. We have no further comment. Phil’s absence will not affect the release of our new album Rock or Bust and upcoming tour next year.”
As previously reported, AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd had been arrested and charged with attempting to procure a murder, threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis. Read more about it here.
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Bill Ward is waiting by the phone.
Is Pete Medved your brother?
Peter Criss is available
They should get Peter Criss for the tour so he can quit, compain and write another book
Angus and Brian treat me like I’m stooped 🙁
Ready:
PHIL RUDD COMES UP TO ME ONE DAY WHILE I’M WALKING DOWN THE STREET
MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS
HE LOOKS ME UP AND HE LOOKS ME DOWN
AND HE SAYS HEY WHAT BE THIS AND WHAT BE THAT AND DO YOU WANNA SHOOT SOME GUYS
I KINDA LAUGH AND SAY I GOT THE DOOOOOOOOOOWN PAYMENT………….BLUES.
Sounds like he was ALREADY out of the band.
That was my sense too. Allow the legal process to run its course, but the band should definitely look for a more stable drummer for the tour. They should not wait and see. These guys need to get back to some normalcy.