AC/DC kick off their Rock Or Bust 2015 tour as they headline the 2015 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival, which takes place over two weekends on April 10-12 and April 17-19 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The fest marks the appearance of the band's new line-up featuring mainstays guitarist Angus Young, singer Brian Johnson, bassist Cliff Williams and guitarist Stevie Young and former drummer Chris Slade.

In a new interview with the LA Times, Johnson was coached by legendary Beatle Paul McCartney - who played Coachella in 2009 - about performing in front of a youthful crowd.

"I ran into him downstairs this morning," Johnson said Tuesday over tea with Angus Young and Williams. "He goes, 'Brian, you get on that stage and I'm telling you, you see all these kids looking for the hip-hop acts. Then they see you, and they're like, 'Who's he? Oh, yeah — me dad talks of him.' " Johnson laughed in his raspy growl. "But he said it's great because you're doing your thing, and eventually all the kids go, 'He's cool, this dude!' "It kind of takes you right back to the start, when you had to win over an audience," the singer added. "I'm excited."

Touring has always been the heart of AC/DC's business, who have been rehearsing in Los Angeles six hours a day.

Angus Young adds: “Even when we came to America with Highway To Hell, which kind of opened the door for us here, our record company said, 'I'd like to say we promoted it, but we didn't,' " the guitarist recalled. "'You sold it by playing live.'"

Read more at the LA Times.

 

AC/DC’s North American dates kick off on August 22nd in Foxborough, MA at Gillette Stadium and run through September 28th in Los Angeles, CA at Dodger Stadium (see below for full list of dates). Tickets available via Ticketmaster. Previously announced European dates on the Rock or Bust World Tour begin May 5th in Holland and run through late July.

AC/DC last toured the world from 2008-2010 with the Black Ice World Tour, which had the band 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.