From Planet Rock.
Brian Johnson has ‘confirmed’ he is back in the AC/DC fold and is recording a new album with the band.
Rumours that both Brian Johnson and Phil Rudd had rejoined forces with AC/DC exploded last August when photos emerged online that depicted the singer, drummer and engineer Mike Fraser outside Vancouver’s Warehouse Studios where Stevie and Angus Young were also spotted that week.
The rumours were intensified weeks later when JAM Magazine quoted sources who claimed that the new AC/DC album will be dedicated to the memory of Malcolm Young and feature his distinctive rhythm guitar playing lifted from recording sessions several years before ‘Black Ice’.
True to form, AC/DC have remained quiet about their future plans, however, grindcore trio Terrorizer have now claimed that Brian let the cat out of the bag when they bumped into him at an airport this week.
Terrorizer wrote on Monday (28th January): “We ran into Brian Johnson from AC/DC at the airport today after the flight home and we asked him about the rumours of him being on the new AC/DC album and he said ‘yes’ and that he is ‘sick of denying it.’ So that was a cool surprise ending to the tour.”
Brian Johnson performing with AC/DC in February 2016 © Getty
Brian, of course, was replaced by Axl Rose for the final European and North American dates of AC/DC’s Rock or Bust World Tour in 2016 after doctors told him to quit performing live or risk total hearing loss.
Phil Rudd was replaced by Chris Slade in 2015 due to his ongoing legal quagmire and subsequent house arrest.
As recently as February 2018, Brian reflected upon his 36-year tenure with AC/DC, saying: “On stage, it was getting harder and harder to hear the guitars, even hear the keys, and I was basically going on muscle memory.
“And I’m not the kind of guy who likes to cheat. The way I look at it, I had a great run.”
Phil Rudd, meanwhile, has made no secret of the fact he’d like to rejoin AC/DC. “I’d like to be involved with Angus again, maybe on the next album or something,” he told Finland’s Kaaos TV in April 2017.
“But I still have some traveling restrictions, and I’m not sure if I can go to America or not. I’ve got some lawyers doing some work so I can go back to America, but I’m not too sure. So I have some limitations on what I can do, and I’m just making the best of my situation at the moment.”
It’s currently unclear who will play bass on the new AC/DC album after Cliff Williams quit the band in September 2016.
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- AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch - German - vinyl LP - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (Back In Stock) (arrived 03-Mar-2025 17:00)
AC/DC Flick Of The Switch (1983 German 10-track LP, the ninth studio album from the famed Australian sons & third post-Bon Scott, complete with the album credits inner & embossed picture sleeve. The sleeve displays just a little age wear, theinner has no splits or rips and the vinyl has minimal signs of play)
- AC/DC - Let There Be Rock - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 17:00)
AC/DC Let There Be Rock (1977 UK 8-track LP, which had a simultaneous international release. This is truly the sound of the band reaching its peak with the superb Let There Be Rock, the Bon Scott acknowledging Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be, the racy Crabsody In Blue & the monumental Whole Lotta Rosie. The picture sleeve is Excellent & has a little noticeable edge/shelfwear, whilst the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with just a few light hairlines not affecting play K50366)
- AC/DC - Let There Be Rock - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 14:58)
AC/DC Let There Be Rock (1977 UK 8-track LP, which had a simultaneous international release. This is truly the sound of the band reaching its peak with the superb Let There Be Rock, the Bon Scott acknowledging Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be, the racy Crabsody In Blue & the monumental Whole Lotta Rosie. The picture sleeve is Excellent & has a little noticeable edge/shelfwear, whilst the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with just a few light hairlines not affecting play K50366)
- AC/DC - Powerage - Cold Hearted Man - A1/B1 - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £65.00, $83.85, €77.35 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 15:06)
AC/DC Powerage (1978 UK first press 9-track LP with A1/B1 matrices along with 'A PORKY PRIME CUT' & 'PORKY' hand scratched in the run-out grooves, featuring the original running order with the opening track 'Gimme A Bullet' & including 'Cold Hearted Man' [without Rock N Roll Damnation]. The picture sleeve displays some light general wear and vinyl has only a few light cosmetic surface marks, overall an Excellent example K50483)
- AC/DC - Let's Get It Up - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 15:25)
AC/DC Let's Get It Up (1981 UK limited edition 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including Back In Black & TNT, both recorded live in December 1981, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some creasing and scuffing along the edges, whilst the vinyl has afew light surface scuffs. Offered at an advantageous price K11706T)
- AC/DC - Powerage - Cold Hearted Man - A1/B1 - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £65.00, $83.85, €77.35 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 17:00)
AC/DC Powerage (1978 UK first press 9-track LP with A1/B1 matrices along with 'A PORKY PRIME CUT' & 'PORKY' hand scratched in the run-out grooves, featuring the original running order with the opening track 'Gimme A Bullet' & including 'Cold Hearted Man' [without Rock N Roll Damnation]. The picture sleeve displays some light general wear and vinyl has only a few light cosmetic surface marks, overall an Excellent example K50483)
- AC/DC - Let's Get It Up - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 17:00)
AC/DC Let's Get It Up (1981 UK limited edition 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including Back In Black & TNT, both recorded live in December 1981, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some creasing and scuffing along the edges, whilst the vinyl has afew light surface scuffs. Offered at an advantageous price K11706T)
- AC/DC - High Voltage - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $96.75, €89.25 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 17:00)
AC/DC High Voltage (1976 UK green & orange Atlantic label 9-track LP with A1/B1 matrices & 'STRAWBERRY'' STAMPED in the run-outs, comprising highlights from their first two Australian albums, 1975's TNT & the '76 follow-up, also entitled HighVoltage. Comes housed in the original picture sleeve featuring a vibrant cartoon image of Bon & Angus. The sleeve has an area of discolouration to the top left edge and shows faint wear, whilst the vinyl has minimal signs of play. A great copyof this classic! K50257)
- AC/DC - T.N.T. - 4th - Australian - vinyl LP - £125.00, $161.25, €148.75 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 17:00)
AC/DC T.N.T. (Rare 1980 Australian 9-track LP on the black & yellow Albert label, with 'Made By E.M.I. (Australia)' perimeter text. The second album from the leading Aussie rockers originally released in 1975, with original vocalist Bon Scott, matt gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics across the inner spread. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with an import tax sticker on the back, and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with only light signs of play APLPA016)
- AC/DC - High Voltage - Black & Yellow Label - Australian - vinyl LP - £195.00, $251.55, €232.05 (Back In Stock) (arrived 26-Feb-2025 17:00)
AC/DC High Voltage (Rare 1980 Australian 8-track vinyl LP on the black & yellow Albert label design with 'Made By E.M.I. (Australia)' perimeter text. The debut studio album by the leading Aussie rockers originally released in 1975, with original vocalist Bon Scott. This issued has the writing credits for the first song, Baby Please Don't Go, corrected to Joe Williams whilst the sleeve still has Broonzy. The label has the catalogue number printed as 'APLP-009', whilst the sleeve is also 'APLP.009'. The sleeve has only very light general wear, and the vinyl is in Excellent condition, with just the odd cosmetic scuff and few light signs of play. A stunning Example, and the first copy of this label variant we have ever seen)
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