Friday 28th December 2001
According to a report in the Pollstar magazine , AC/DC's North American tour (34 dates) grossed
18.9 million U.S. Dollars.
Thursday 27th December 2001
Asia , who feature former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade are to return to the UK to play a few dates in 2002. They will play
Bradford Rio’s March 22, Nottingham Rock City 23, London Mean Fiddler 24.
Tuesday 25th December 2001
 Merry Christmas & a Happy New year to all AC/DC fans across the globe.
Monday 24th December 2001
Those nice guys from Elektra at www.acdcband.com have just developed an e-card which includes an
animation based on the american television advert for the Stiff Upper Lip Live DVD. Below is a small collection of screenshots from the e-card.
Friday 21st December 2001
As most of you will know the Angus Young Toy doll has hit the shops. For those of you that have not purchased the doll yet , I have displayed my own Angus Young doll
to highlight the detail and quality.
To view the doll click on the thumbnails.
Further details on the Angus Young doll are available by Clicking here
 Issue 32 of the unofficial UK AC/DC fanzine "Electric Outlaws" has just been issued. Although slightly delayed
due to the editor Nikki Goff being busy the fanzine continues to spread the word about the greatest rock band in the world.
Tuesday 18th December 2001
Official Elektra web site www.acdcband.com has just recently posted a real video of the American television adverts for the Stiff upper Lip Live DVD on its web site.
Check out the Audio/Video section.
Monday 17th December 2001
A recording of the Geordie II concert at Newcastle has recently surfaced on vinyl, more details available by Clicking here
Friday 14th December 2001
Hall of Fame SHAME
Yet again the hall of shame have failed to acknowledge AC/DC's contribution to the music industry, as the band was overlooked.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ramones and Gene Pitney are among the acts inducted.
To be eligible to be inducted to the hall of fame a criteria of being 25 years since their first record must be met.
AC/DC , Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Sabbath and solo artists Patti Smith, Bob Seger and Lou Reed are among the eligible acts that have been overlooked.
more details at http://in.news.yahoo.com
Wednesday 12th December 2001
The albums "Highway to Hell" and "Back in Black" have been released in a special collectors edition deluxe box in France.
These releases include an unique and official "Disque De Platine" in perspex display plaque with stand, presented in 6" x 5" picture box.
Back in Black - Label Warner , Catalogue No. 7559-62709-2 , Country of origin - France, Release year 2001
Highway to Hell - Label Warner , Catalogue No. 7559-62718-2 , Country of origin - France, Release year 2001
For further details on this release
eil.com
Rising Power
Ultimate AC/DC CD Discography
UK AC/DC tribute band Dirty DC are playing the following gigs in December
Sat 15th The Black Pig, Salisbury, Sat 22nd Mister Smiths, Bournemouth, Sat 28th The Cartoon, Croydon
more details available at http://www.dirtydc.com/
Tuesday 11th December 2001
AC/DC Bass player Cliff Williams will celebrate his 52nd birthday on Friday 14th December.
Iced Earth have covered the AC/DC tracks "Highway to Hell" and "It's a long way to the top". The tracks are to appear on a cd titled "Tribute to the Gods". originally the CD will form part of their 5 CD box set
"Dark Genesis" but their is plans to release the album on its own in Spring 2002
Iced Earth official web site
Iced Earth records at 101CD
Friday 7th December 2001
Former AC/DC bass player Mark Evans current collaboration with former Buffalo singer/guitarist Dave Tice has brought about the release of another new album.
Tice & Evans - Live at Rum and Raisin has been released independantly in Australia. The album again highlights the accoustic blues sound of Dave Tice with Mark Evans playing guitar.
Further information on the album and its availability can be found at the Dave Tice web site www.davetice.com
There is also a related article on Tice and Evans album at the Buffalo web site Blow up your speakers
The current edition of the UK rock magazine Classic Rock has a few interesting items for AC/DC fans, featured is a small interview with Brian Johnson , a review of the Stiff Upper Lip live DVD. Also in a
self compiled list of the 100 greatest classic rock albums of all time AC/DC come 4th with Back in Black and 61st with Highway to Hell.
Interesting snippets from the Brian Johnson interview are that Brian recently phoned Mal to see how he was, and Mal replied "I'm on me bed playing me guitar, Jonna". , but Malcolm being the master of the understatement this could mean that
Mal has started writing some cracking songs.
Also Brian was pleased to learn that his old mate Davy Whittaker (drummer in Geordie II) has now been able to afford to get a new set of teeth thanks to the recent Geordie II gigs.
For details on how to subscribe to "The Classic Rock Magazine" visit www.futurenetwork.plc.uk
Adverts for the Stiff Upper Lip have been appearing in the UK rock magazines Click here to view the advert.
Further details of UK AC/DC tribute band AB/CD's Dundee gig can be found at www.beatgenerator.freeserve.co.uk
Details of AC/DC's stage design from the Stiff Upper Lip world tour can be found by Clicking here
A recent news item at Yahoo.com stated that Heather Mills the Fiance of Paul McCartney was not a huge
Beatles fan whe she was younger. Instead she has been quoted as saying she listed to Classical music more and her friends liked AC/DC.
Monday 3rd December 2001
With a release date of the 3rd December in Australia and a release date of the 4th December in the USA, fans from America and Australia can also
dance the bad boy boogie and sing the Jack to the new DVD and video release of "STIFF UPPER LIP LIVE".
To coincide with the new release the official Elektra web site for AC/DC www.acdcband.com have also made a fantastic promotional item in the shape of your
very own personal Angus Young for your computer screen.
For those searching for the DVD here is a few links that may help
CDNow.com (USA)
Chaos Music (Australia)
Amazon UK (United Kingdom)
www.acdcband.com (Official Elektra AC/DC Site)
Thursday 29th November 2001
UK AC/DC tribute band AB/CD are playing the Cathouse, Glasgow on the 28th December and On Air East, Dundee on the 29th December.
Further details of the Dundee gig are available at www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/
Not exactly news, but there is an interesting Caricature of Bon Scott at the following web site http://www.broelman.com.au/
Look at the page marked Caricatures.
Wednesday 21st November 2001
A rather unusual cover version of Highway to Hell , complete with different lyrics and with an anti-Bin Ladden feel to it is available
at http://www.spotlitedesign.com/h2h_download.htm
Please note this version of Highway to Hell is NOT connected to the band or this web site in any way.
Monday 19th November 2001
Stiff Upper Lip Live was released today in the UK on video and DVD.
Mark Kozelek has released a new rare live album
Mark Kozelek's issued a limited-edition live album, White Christmas Live through Sub Pop Records.
The set, recorded last Christmas contains a sole holiday song, bolstered by the usual Kozelek modus operandi: AC/DC and Red House Painters songs.
Source www.aversion.com
Thursday 15th November 2001
Stiff Upper Lip Live REVIEWED
As the whole world is on the edge of its seats awaiting the release of the Stiff Upper Lip Live DVD/Video release ,
a few select few have already had the privallege of watching the footage of AC/DC live in concert.
Thanks to winning a competition ran by UK rock magazine Kerrang UK fan David Allock has kindly sent in a review
of the DVD.
David's review of the DVD can be read by Clicking here
Even rock superstars have bad car days!!
If you have experienced problems with your car you are not alone,
Rock legend Brian Johnson had one or two problems with his car (De
Luca Racing #21) during the 2001 Brumos Daytona Continental Historics.
However the day was not all doom and gloom for the De Luca Racing team as a certain Mrs B Johnson
finished 13th and top of her specific class.
Exclusive pictures of the race can be viewed at Raw-Footage.com (www.raw-footage.com)
Due to recent events in America the cartoon clip that was played prior to the band hitting the stage during the European concerts in 2001, has been
edited out of the DVD release of Stiff upper Lip Live. Instead a new cartoon of the Angus staure approaching the Munich stadium has been used.
Information of the precise release dates of the new DVD have been hard to come, but the recent issue of the UK rock magazine Kerrang
has carried an advert stating the release date of 19th November for the UK.
Other release dates of note worldwide are
France : November 20
Japan : November 21
Germany : November 26
Australia : December 3
USA : December 4
Information on the release dates has been obtained from various sources including Electric Shock
Rising Power AccaDacca.net
Elektra
French radio station RTL2 recently previewed the forth-comming DVD by airing
recordings of "Stiff Upper Lip" and "Problem Child"
Thanks to Greman fan Karl Miller archive pictures of the Bell foundary where the Hells Bell was made has been added to this site.
you can check out the pictures by Clicking here
Monday 12th November 2001
The Scottish museum which has included a display on Bon Scott has picked up a top award.
Kirriemuir’s Gateway to the Glens Museum was voted the Scottish Museum of the Year
at an awards ceremony organised by the Scottish Museums Council in Edinburgh.
The museum is currently running an exhibition which includes photographs of Bon Scott.
Although the current exhibition which includes items on Bon Scott ends on the 17th November, the museum will likely continue to honour Bon in some format
as it currently does with all the famous sons and daughters of the town of Kirriemuir.
More details on Kirriemuir Museum
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