Sunday 11 October 2009

Third Concert Added; Two 65,000-Capacity Buenos Aires Shows Sold Out, AC/DC


With two 65,000 capacity gigs (December and December 4) at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina already sold out, AC/DC has added one more concert at the same venue on December 6. This Tuesday ticket go on sale, October 13. AC/DC will release a limited edition box set called "Backtracks" on November 10. The set, which comes in two versions, will be available on November 10 only through the ACDC Backtracks.com web site. As previously speculated, the "deluxe" package is housed inside a fully operational AC/DC amplifier and will come in a limited, autographed run of 50,000 copies. Included in the set are three CDs of live and studio rarities, two DVDs, a vinyl LP also containing studio rarities, a 164 page coffee table book, fine art lithographs of rare photos, a reproduction of an early AC/DC concert flyer and other memorabilia, including a button, guitar pick, and more. A standard edition will feature two CDs of live and studio material, a single DVD plus bonus videos. The first DVD is the long awaited video compilation "Family Jewels 3", which rounds up the group's music videos, live performances, and promotional clips from 1992 to 2009. The second DVD, "Live At The Circus Krone", captures a complete club show that the band played in Munich in 2003.Details on pre-ordering the set are available at the web site, along with the full track listing.Among the studio rarities included in the set are alternate versions of a number of early AC/DC tracks, as well as the never-before-released "Love Song", possibly the only ballad the band ever wrote with original singer Bon Scott.

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