AC/DC News

AC/DC gig draws complaints for being 'too loud'

May 19, 2009 11:00 am PDT

AC/DC's gig at Munich's Olympic Stadium on Friday (May 15) drew over 100 complaints from irate residents. According to police, some people who protested about the "overly loud" gig were as far as 12 miles away from the stadium, where the ...

Headbangers told: Wear a neck brace or risk serious injury

Dec 18, 2008 12:00 pm PST

Medical experts in Australia have warned that headbanging is likely to be behind a silent epidemic of head- and neck-related injuries. Dr. Andrew McIntosh, biomedical and injury expert at the University Of New South Wales, carried out res...

Hospital music therapy room named for AC/DC singer

Dec 15, 2008 1:00 pm PST

A new music therapy room at a hospital on Florida's Gulf Coast is being named for AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson. Johnson and other rock stars have supported an effort to buy music equipment and provide music education for children, incl...

Music stars' digital strategies still in flux

Dec 13, 2008 3:00 pm PST

It's been more than five years since Apple's iTunes store changed music retail by introducing single-track digital downloads. But it wasn't until 2008 that most musicians and labels started to wonder out loud whether selling mu...

AC/DC extends tour, joins "Rock Band"

Sep 30, 2008 7:00 pm PDT

Hard rock band AC/DC has extended its Black Ice tour of North America into early 2009. New dates begin December 20 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and run through January 31 in Nashville. Tickets go on sale Saturday. Eighteen previously annou...