AC/DC: Club Tour, New Album On The Way
AC/DC will reportedly play special "secret" club gig on January 25
at Glashaus in Reinach, Switzerland. Only 400 tickets are
apparently available for the concert, which is part of a short
mini-tour of small venues the band is planning on undertaking at
the end of the month.
According to the Spanish web site RafaBasa.com, AC/DC has been
quietly working on its first all-new album since 2000's "Stiff
Upper Lip" with legendary producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and is
planning on releasing the effort which is rumored to be titled
"Strap It On" (a name that has apparently been bounced around for
at least the last couple of years) at the end of April. The
group's guitarist, Angus Young, is also said to have fully
recovered from a recent knee injury which had apparently
contributed to the delay in getting the new record completed.
As previously reported, AC/DC's classic "Back in Black" album was
certified 22-times-platinum on December 13, 2007 by the RIAA
(Recording Industry Association of America) for sales in excess of
22 million copies in the United States.
"Plug Me In" the ultimate career-spanning DVD box set of live
performances, interviews and more from AC/DC was certified
five-times-platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of
America). Released on October 16, "Plug Me In" debuted at #1 on the
Billboard Top Music Video chart and #1 on the SoundScan Top DVD
Music Videos chart.
"Plug Me In" the first AC/DC release since the band came to
Columbia Records earlier this year debuted at #1 in 12 countries
around the world, including the U.S., the UK, Australia, Canada,
France, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Finland, and New
Zealand.
The compilation contains over five hours of live and television
performances, many of them rare and previously unavailable until
now. A limited edition of the set includes a third disc featuring
21 additional performances, along with reproductions of authentic
AC/DC memorabilia.