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“Out of an abundance of caution”: AC/DC’s Stevie Young admitted to hospital in Argentina

The band expects the rhythm guitarist to play at AC/DC’s Buenos Aires show on Monday night

Guitar World

"He is undergoing a full battery of tests": AC/DC's Stevie Young hospitalised in Argentina

The news comes ahead of three scheduled shows at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires

Metal Hammer

"I remember thinking, Who in their right mind would want this to go out?" AC/DC's Angus Young on the song he wishes the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band had never released

Angus Young on AC/DC's most "regrettable" song

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“Bon downed about two bottles of bourbon and says, ‘Right, I’m ready’. And he was, too”: Why the best thing AC/DC released in the mid ’80s wasn’t an album – it was an EP of 10-year old songs

The ’74 Jailbreak EP was a reminder of what AC/DC sounded like at their rawest

Louder

“In America you had guys in bed sheets and placards with prayers on picketing the gigs. I said: ‘Who are they here for?’ And they said: ‘You!’”: The unholy AC/DC classic that riled the religious right – and marked the tragic end of an era

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How AC/DC’s 1975 debut shocked Australian culture

In February 1975, a gang of scruffy Sydney rockers released their first two albums: High Voltage and TNT. A year later, songs from both records were repackaged into AC/DC’s first international album, also titled High Voltage.

The Conversation

AC/DC 'Power Up' Tour 2026: How the Band Keeps Rock Alive 50 Years Later

Legendary Australian rock band AC/DC have announced an extended 'Power Up Tour' for 2026, reuniting their classic lineup to deliver the booming stadium sound that has defined their five-decade career.

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“Rick Rubin would say: ‘We’ll try that song a different way. You’d be sitting there going: ‘Jesus, I’m sick of this bloody thing.’”: AC/DC lost their way in the 1980s. Two killer albums put them back on top in the 90s

The story of AC/DC’s career-reviving The Razors Edge and Ballbreaker albums

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“He saw what everybody saw: they could play, they had a ton of energy and they were authentic”: The weird story of Frank Zappa and AC/DC

The story of AC/DC’s most unlikely famous fan

Louder

“David Coverdale’s had to become a pop singer to get success. There’s your glamour bands and your denim-clad groups. And your denim-clad groups survive”: How AC/DC swam against the 80s hair metal tide and made an underrated gem in Blow Up Your Video

AC/DC’s 1988 album Blow Up Your Video was a tipping point for the hard rock icons – and for guitarist Malcolm Young in particular

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“My friend found me a replica of John Frusciante’s Strat for €28,000. Spending that kind of money is ridiculous. It doesn't do anything for me”: Richard Z. Kruspe on why guitars are like kisses, reverse kill-switches – and the riff that launched Rammstein

Fresh from launching his new RZK-III signature model, the German fire-raiser discusses the Custom Shop guitar that changed his thinking on collecting –and how he manages to live and let live with colleague Paul Landers

Guitar World

AC/DC - ranked! All 17 studio albums, from worst to best

As the old song goes: "Let there be rock!"

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“We were heartbroken. The world had lost a big talent. But as a band we had lost much more”: The rollercoaster story of AC/DC’s Back In Black, the 50-million selling album that emerged from tragedy

How AC/DC recovered from the death of iconic singer Bon Scott to make the biggest rock album ever

Metal Hammer

“Malcolm said, ‘I've got this riff, it's driving me nuts.’ It's three o'clock in the morning and I'm trying to sleep. I said, ‘It sounds fine to me.’ That was Back in Black”: Through 50 years of triumph and tragedy, they remain hard rock's greatest titans

AC/DC's Angus Young traces the lineage of one of rock's greatest bands – from his air-tight six-string chemistry with his brother Malcolm, that time he tried one of Malcolm's guitars, and why he avoided Strats at all costs

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An unreleased Tina Turner song has surfaced and it has a connection to AC/DC

Listen to the previously unheard Hot For You Baby, which comes from the 40th anniversary edition of Tina Turner's classic Private Dancer album

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Rock fans furious after developers tear down band members’ childhood home

Company behind the demolition said it was not aware of the historic importance of the building until after it was torn down

Guitar World

“I want to convey our heartfelt regret”: Angus and Malcolm Young’s childhood home has been demolished – despite being on the National Trust Register of Historic Houses

The property was demolished to make way for a multi-million dollar residential development

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"We are genuinely sorry for this oversight": Angus and Malcolm Young's childhood home demolished despite being on National Trust Register of Historic Houses

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“We once did a gig for deaf kids. They sat at the front of the stage, put their ears to the ground and soaked up the vibration. They loved it!”: An epic interview with Angus and Malcolm Young, the heart and soul of AC/DC

AC/DC played their very first gig on New Year’s Eve 1973 – 51 years ago today

Guitar World

“Some people think its gloss black top was a response to Gibson’s Les Paul Custom – but that didn’t launch officially until ’54”: The Duo Jet took Gretsch’s ’50s innovation to new heights – and was loved by George Harrison, Jeff Beck and Malcolm Young

As solid-bodied models began taking the guitar world by storm in the early ’50s, Gretsch joined the party with the revolutionary single-cut 6128 Duo Jet and its twangsome DeArmond ‘Dynasonic’ single coils

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"What's the difference between a Lada and a sheep?": Brian Johnson on the worst and best cars he's ever owned

In 2009 AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson joined the ranks of celebrity authors - but forget the sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, it was all about cars

Guitar World

“We were playing in Germany the day Malcolm died. Itdawned on me that he was the reason I’mmaking a living from rockguitar. Ished atear onstage that night”: The Darkness’ Dan Hawkins on why Malcolm Young is one of rock’s most underrated guitarists

The Darkness rhythm man says he put the 10,000 hours in trying to match Malcolm riff for riff, chord for chord, but the unstoppable AC/DC guitarist's style is beyond most mortals

Metal Hammer

"Angus Young may be a silver-topped 69-year-old, but he's still the blueprint of what a rock'n'roll guitarist should be": Back on the road with AC/DC

Given events surrounding AC/DC in recent years, anyone could be excused for thinking it was all over for one of rock’s greatest bands. But as long as there's a school uniform...

Louder

“Their first couple of albums, theywere a good band. After that... boring.” AC/DC's late, no-nonsense leader Malcolm Young wasn't impressed by Led Zeppelin

“Most people, when they progress, they progress up their own a**es.” Malcolm Young, AC/DC, 1984

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AC/DC review, Wembley: If this is what it is to be rocked, it sure feels like being drained

Few gigs may be louder, but the songs themselves are virtually inaudible – luckily the band compensate with their Rolodex of major hits

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