April 15, 2014 - 1:55PM Caroline Zielinski and Bernard Zu
AC/DC may be announcing their retirement as soon as Tuesday, according to media reports. The famous rock band, which formed in 1973, is one of the most popular and highest-grossing bands of all time. Sources close to the band have confirmed that guitarist and songwriter Malcolm Young, 61, has returned to Australia with his family. He is believed to be unable to continue playing, although there has not been any explanation why. Entertainment commentator Peter Ford told radio station 3AW on Tuesday morning that after last year's talk of a tour, nothing has been announced since.
"The suggestion is being put to me that tour will never happen and we will never see AC/DC perform again or record again," he said. The rumour mill soon added that this was due to a terminal illness.
The claims were originally made in an email to Perth radio station 6PR by a person identifying himself as ''Thunderstruck''. ''My information is that Malcolm Young has moved himself and his family back to Australia, he's very very ill and that AC/DC may well be history,'' Thunderstruck told 6PR on Tuesday morning.
I saw AC/DC live with Blackfoot and Mother's Finest back in the late '70s. Best Rock N' Roll show I ever saw, bar none.
As you know by now, I have eclectic musical tastes. I like good music no matter the genre and AC/DC, especially during the Bon Scott era, was the best, raw, stripped to the bone Rock N' Roll that I have ever heard.
And in my opinion, here's one of the best live Rock performances of all time...
AC/DC - Live at the Apollo Theater '78:
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If this news came out 30 years ago, I would be upset. Not so much today though. Their library to this date is solid and doesn't really need any further works.
Datsun...We Are Driven. (Except When We Are Towed)