AC/DC Guitarist Confirms Band Is Planning Next World Tour

May 6, 2011, 13 years ago

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According to AC/DC News, in an interview to be published today (May 6th) in The Sun, AC/DC lead guitarist Angus Young discusses the release of Live At River Plate and their survival through the years in the music business.

“We have such diehard fans, old and new. We’ve survived many changing fashions of music – we’ve outlived the lot of them.”

What may come as most newsworthy, however, is a quote from Young that confirms the band will embark on another world tour, which will apparently top the last Black Ice World Tour:

“Now we’re thinking, ‘How can we ever better the ‘Black Ice’ world tour?’ But we will.”

All five members of AC/DC will be attending the Live At River Plate DVD world premiere screening, in London, England tonight (May 6th) at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo.

Rolling Stone caught up with singer Brian Johnson and guitarist Angus Young – hanging out in London last night and chain-smoking before tonight's premiere – to talk about the epic film, the perils of touring into your sixties, strippers and herbal tea. The following is an excerpt:

Q: Do you still make the same physical effort on stage as you used to?

Brian Johnson: "You’ll see us give it everything in Argentina. Even if you’re tired or whatever coming on stage, you get there and something happens. My rule is that if you’re not sweating when you come offstage, something’s wrong. The worst part is when Angus has to do something and I’m standing there and the cold air hits the sweat and I’m like [shudders]. But this is the last time these fans will see you until the next time. It has to be good."

Angus Young: "The fans want to see that you can still do it. They don’t want to say 'those guys used to be good'."

Read more at Rolling Stone.

AC/DC have released another teaser from the forthcoming Live At River Plate DVD - check out the classic 'TNT' below:

Shot in December of 2009, Live At River Plate marks AC/DC’s triumphant return to Buenos Aires where nearly 200,000 fans, and 3 sold-out shows, welcomed the band back after a 13 year absence from Argentina. This stunning live footage of AC/DC underscores what Argentina’s Pagina 12 newspaper reported by saying “no one is on the same level when it comes to pure and clear Rock ‘n Roll.”

Directed by David Mallet and produced by Rocky Oldham, AC/DC Live At River Plate was shot with 32 cameras entirely in HD. AC/DC Live At River Plate features 19 songs (110 minutes) as well as ‘behind the scenes’ footage of this massive production coming together among the excitement of anxious fans (see below for full track listing).

On Tuesday, May 10th, AC/DC Live At River Plate will be available on DVD, Blu-Ray and Ltd Edition collector’s edition with exclusive t-shirt. Additionally the DVD contains a bonus feature titled The Fan, The Roadie, The Guitar Tech & The Meat, features interviews with AC/DC, their crew and fans among the excitement of the shows and the city of Buenos Aires.

AC/DC Live At River Plate captures the intensity and power of the band’s critically acclaimed world tour in support of their most recent album Black Ice, which debuted at #1 in 31 countries. The Black Ice World tour took AC/DC on a 20 month trek around the globe playing to over 5 million fans in 108 cities in over 28 countries. The Black Ice World Tour earned AC/DC a Pollstar Award for Major Tour of the Year in 2010.

AC/DC Live At River Plate tracklisting is as follows:

'Rock N' Roll Train'

'Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be'

'Back in Black'

'Big Jack'

'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'

'Shot Down in Flames'

'Thunderstruck'

'Black Ice'

'The Jack'

'Hells Bells'

'Shoot to Thrill'

'War Machine'

'Dog Eat Dog'

'You Shook Me All Night Long'

'T.N.T.'

'Whole Lotta Rosie'

'Let There Be Rock'

Encore:

'Highway to Hell'

'For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)'

(Photo above: AC/DC - 'Shoot To Thrill'/'War Machine' 7" vinyl for sale exclusively on the UK's Record Store Day, April 16th)

AC/DC Live At River Plate Trailer:

AC/DC Live At River Plate: Documentary Teaser:

AC/DC Live At River Plate: The Fans Speak:

AC/DC Live At River Plate: 'Whole Lotta Rosie':

AC/DC Live At River Plate: 'Let There Be Rock':



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