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Change: If You Want Blood You've Got It October 1978 Atlantic Vanda / Young Live October 1992 Atlantic Bruce Fairbairn Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition October 1992 Atlantic Bruce Fairbairn Live from the Atlantic Studios November 1997 East West George Young Let There Be Rock: The Movie November 1997 East West
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Change: If You Want Blood You've Got It October 1978 Atlantic Vanda / Young Live October 1992 Atlantic Bruce Fairbairn Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition October 1992 Atlantic Bruce Fairbairn Live from the Atlantic Studios November 1997 East West George Young Let There Be Rock: The Movie November 1997 East West
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Change: Mirror revealed that AC/DC have been asked to headline the 2007 Slane Concert in Ireland. Band members Angus Young — lead guitar (1973–present)Malcolm Young — rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1973–present)Brian Johnson — lead vocals (1980–present)Cliff Williams — bass, backing vocals (1977–present)Phil Rudd — drums (1975–1983, 1994–present)
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Change: As of January 2006, AC/DC are working on a new studio album. According to Malcolm Young, "The band is currently recording and writing material for
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Change: that jive. The white man had the schmaltz, the black man had the blues, but no one knew what they was gonna do but Tchaikovsky had the news, he said: 'let there be rock'". Bon Scott wrote that. And it's a real privilege to accept these awards tonight.
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Change: AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003. During the ceremony the band performed "Highway to Hell" and "You
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Change: was named "Calle de AC/DC" on March 2, 2000.The band came second in a list of Australia's highest-earning entertainers for 2005, after The Wiggles, despite having neither toured nor released an album that year. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
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Change: On October 1, 2004, a central Melbourne thoroughfare, Corporation Lane, was renamed in honour of the band. However, the City of Melbourne forbade the use
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Change: album as double diamond (twenty million) in U.S. sales, making it the sixth-best-selling U.S. album of all time; by 2005 the album had sold 21
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Change: In 2002, AC/DC signed a long-term, multi-album deal with Sony Music, who went on to release a series of remastered albums as part of their AC/DC remasters series. Each release contained an expanded booklet, featuring rare photographs, memorabilia, and notes. In 2003, the entire back-catalogue (except Ballbreaker and Stiff
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Change: The other singles released also did very well, "Safe in New York City" and "Satellite Blues" reached #31 and #7 in the U.S. respectably. 4)Recent events (2000-present)
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Change: reached #1 in five countries, including Argentina and Germany; #2 in three countries, Spain, France and Switzerland; #3 in Australia; #5 in Canada and Portugal;
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Change: was a double album recorded in 1979 at The Pavillon in Paris, and was the soundtrack of a motion picture, AC/DC: Let There Be Rock.
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Change: Ballbreaker, recorded at the Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles, California, and produced by Rick Rubin. The first single from the album was "Hard as a Rock", which reached #1 on the U.S. charts. Two more singles were released from the album: "Hail Caesar" and "Cover You in Oil".
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Change: was produced by Fairbairn, and is considered one of the best live albums of the 1990s. A year later, AC/DC recorded "Big Gun" for the soundtrack of the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Last Action Hero, and was released as a single, reaching #1 for the first time in the U.S.
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Change: was a major comeback for the band, and included the hits "Thunderstruck" and "Are You Ready", which reached #5 and #16 respectibly on Billboard's Mainstream
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Change: , and was replaced by session veteran Chris Slade. Johnson was unavailable for several months while finalising his divorce, so the Young brothers wrote all the songs for the next album, a practice they have continued for all subsequent releases. The new album, The Razors Edge, was
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Change: Blow Up Your Video World Tour began in February 1988, in Perth, Australia. That April, following live appearances across Europe, Malcolm Young announced that he was taking time off from touring, principally to begin recovery from his alcoholism. Another member of the Young family, Stevie Young, temporarily took Malcolm's place.
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