AC/DC no Rock Rio 2011

AC/DC to release new live album this spring

AC/DC are ready to unleash a live CD/DVD package in the spring.

Three shows at Buenos Aires' River Plate Stadium in December 2009 had been filmed by the band each of which was in front of over 60,000 people.

Singer Brian Johnson said: “We’ve got a new live album which we shot in Argentina at the end of the last tour, which was about September. The live album comes out, with the video of those concerts, in about six weeks or something. So I’m looking forward to that.”

“After that [the live release] we haven’t made any plans," he said. "We just want to have a rest, because we were on the road for two years. We played in front of five million people, and we deserve a rest.”

The band upcoming album will be the sixth live record by the band.The last one they releeased was 1997’s ‘Let There Be Rock: The Movie – Live in Paris’.

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Music legends AC/DC to rock Kelvingrove

AC/DC this time returning to Glasgow for an exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery.

Around 450 items linked to the Australian band will be able to see by the fans that increase a massive following in Scotland due to the members' tartan roots.

The exhibition will commence in September and will go on until the end of January 2012,originally originated in Australia.

It is the first time it has left Australia and Kelvingrove is its only European date.

It will also feature an early version of axe hero Angus Young's signature schoolboy outfit, one of his guitars and the AC/DC stage-show cannon.

George Redmond, councillor and chairman of Glasgow Life said that : “Our policy has always been to try and engage new audiences with Kelvingrove whenever we can and AC/DC’s enormous popularity and well-known links to Scotland will continue that tradition.”

Over 35 years of experience they have able to sold more than 200 million albums and have had several mammoth hits including Back in Black, Whole Lotta Rosie and Thunderstruck.

AC/DC bassist talks 2011 plans

After the completion of their two years on the road for the band’s “Black Ice” tour, AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams has some massive plans for 2011.

“Fishing…and fishing," Williams told the Artisan News Service. "I love fishing. Just basically farting around."

"Feet up and a long rest after two years on the road,” said Cliff. “We're just going to take it easy for a while and see what happens. I'm sure the brothers (Angus and Malcolm Young) are writing … and I'm not (laughs). No, just take a break. It was a long tour."

After a long and lengthy tour its now time for AC/DC band members to have some rest and recharger their batteries.