Earlier this month, AC/DC announced they will perform for the first time in seven years at the 2023 edition of the Power Trip festival in Indio, California. The three-day event will take place Friday, October 6 to Sunday, October 8 at the Empire Polo Club and also features Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden.
Legend has it, late AC/DC singer Bon Scott actually raved about the singer who would become his eventual replacement, Brian Johnson.
“Bon had been in a band that had toured in Britain, and they were opening for the band Brian was in, which was a band called Geordie,” guitarist Angus Young told 95.5 KLOS.
“Anyhow, they were gigging away, and as Bon told the story, he was saying he was listening to Geordie performing and listening to Brian, and then he heard this screaming. He said it sounded great — he said it sounded like Little Richard was on the stage. He said this guy [was] howling and yelling. And then he said then he saw the guy on the floor. Bon thought it was great — it was the best act he had seen, and a singer, in a long time. But what he didn’t know, afterwards he found out, Brian had an attack of appendicitis. But Bon thought it was part of the act. He thought, ‘This guy is incredible.’ ‘And he was still hittin’ these high notes.'”
Johnson’s first concert with AC/DC took place on June 29, 1980 in Namur, Belgium. On Sunday, a statue of Johnson was unveiled to commemorate the occasion.
The project was the result of a crowdfunding campaign launched by AC/DC fans Michel Remy, Mike Davister and Georges Boussingault, as well as support from the national radio station RTBF Classic 21. Design Stone created the statue using a natural Belgium stone which is reportedly between 150 million and 350 million years old.
Johnson also recorded a video message thanking fans for their support and promising to visit Namur in the coming weeks to see the statue in person.
AC/DC last performed live in 2016 with Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose standing in for singer Brian Johnson, who had been forced to leave the “Rock or Bust” tour due to hearing issues. Johnson did however return to the band to front their 2020 effort, “Power Up,” and the band was gearing up for live shows to support the album when the world shut down.
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