Former AC/DC Singer Confirmed For BON SCOTT Tribute Gig In Australia
January 5, 2007, 17 years ago
According to the Theaustralian.news.com.au, DAVE EVANS, the original and sacked lead singer of Australian rock outfit AC/DC, will perform at a tribute concert for the late Bon Scott in Perth next month. Scott, who died in February 1980, became AC/DC's frontman when Evans left in 1974. Evans recorded the band's first two singles, 'Can I Sit Next To You Girl' and 'Baby Please Don't Go', before leaving to join Newcastle glam rockers RABBIT.
Evans, who lives in the US, will join some of the country's well-known rock bands including ROSE TATTOO, THE ANGELS and THE SCREAMING JETS for the concert at Claremont Showgrounds on February 25.
Scottish-born Scott and his family moved from Melbourne to Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1956.
"I haven't performed in Perth ... since 1974," Evans said. "That's when AC/DC had the hit 'Can I Sit Next To You Girl', which was also voted the Australian single of the year."The Bon Scott Celebration Concert is being held in the hope of raising money to build a statue in honour of Scott in his adopted home town.
When Scott died, AC/DC, created by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young in 1973, recruited singer Brian Johnson as hisreplacement.
