AC/DC's New Single 'Rock 'N Roll Train' Storms Radio!

September 5, 2008, 16 years ago

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AC/DC's new single, 'Rock 'N Roll Train', is the first song to debut at No. 1 on the Rock (spins) chart in the BDS (Broadcast Data Systems)Canada era (beginning 1997) and the first AC/DC song in the BDS era to reach #1.

Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) is the world's leading provider of airplay tracking for the entertainment industry. Nielsen BDS captures in excess of 100 million song detections annually on more than 1,600 radio stations, satellite radio and cable music channels in over 140 markets in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico) and 30 Canadian markets. Nielsen BDS information is utilized exclusively by Billboard, and R&R; (Radio & Records) in determining their radio airplay music charts.

Black Ice, AC/DC's first studio album in eight years, will be released on October 20th with three different collectible covers. A Deluxe Edition of Black Ice will also be available. This limited edition hardcover deluxe package features a 30-page expanded booklet with exclusive new illustrations, studio and live photographs of AC/DC.

The tracklisting is as follows: 'Rock 'N Roll Train', 'Skies On Fire', 'Big Jack', 'Anything Goes', 'War Machine', 'Smash 'N Grab', 'Spoilin' For A Fight', 'Wheels', 'Decibel', 'Stormy May Day', 'She Likes Rock 'N Roll', 'Money Made', 'Rock N Roll Dream', 'Rocking All The Way', 'Black Ice'.

Black Ice features 15 new tracks from brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd. The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien and mixed by Mike Fraser at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC.

AC/DC will embark on a major world tour, the group's first since 2001, beginning late October.


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