On September 26th, Yahoo.com reported that Malcolm Young (pictured right), one of the founding members of veteran Australian rockers AC/DC, has dementia and is being treated in an aged care facility in Sydney. According to a family statement released via People.com those reports are true:

"Malcolm is suffering from dementia and the family thanks you for respecting their privacy."

Young, 61, suffered a stroke last year while the Sydney Morning Herald reported that he has dementia and was now a full-time patient at an exclusive Sydney care home.

"If you were in the room with (Young) and walked out then came back in one minute later he wouldn't remember who you are," the Herald's veteran music writer Bernard Zuel cited a Young "family connection" as saying. "He has a complete loss of short-term memory. His wife Linda has put him in full-time care."

Read more at Yahoo.com.

Columbia Records has announced the North American release of Rock Or Bust, the highly anticipated new studio album from AC/DC, available December 2nd. The album will be released in the band's homeland, Australia, on November 28th.

Rock Or Bust is the band’s first studio album in six years and features 11 new tracks.Rock Or Bust follows the immensely successful Black Ice album, which debuted at #1 in 31 countries upon its release in 2008 and has gone on to sell nearly 8 million copies worldwide. Rock Or Bust was recorded in spring 2014 at Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC and finds AC/DC once again working with producer Brendan O’Brien and mixer Mike Fraser.

A sample of "Play Ball" can be heard below, in the post-season promotional trailer for TBS’ American League baseball playoff coverage:

Rock Or Bust is the first AC/DC album in the band’s 41 year history without founding member Malcolm Young on the recordings.  The album has the following track listing:

“Play Ball”
“Sign of the Times”
“Ain't The Way”
“Rock or Bust”
“Done Her Good”
“Steal My Meal”
“Watching Games”
“Cardhouse Blues”
“Bulletride”
“Rumble"

“Back in the Zone”

AC/DC will undertake a world tour in support of Rock Or Bust in 2015. Stevie Young, nephew of founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, plays rhythm guitar on Rock Or Bust and will accompany the band on tour.