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From Highway to Hell to High Voltage, crowds gather in Fremantle for Bon Scott rock 'n' roll tribute

It all began three years ago with Highway to Hell, now AC/DC classics are being belted out across Fremantle — the former home of the band's late, great frontman Bon Scott — at a High Voltage event.

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “With 72 Seasons, I improvised 20, 30 solos, gave them all to Lars and Greg Fidelman, and went, ‘You guys edit them!’”

Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo draw back the curtain on the metal album of the year: the gear shakeups, the Angus Young and Ritchie Blackmore-inspired guitar approach, and the response to critics of Kirk’s improvisational soloing approach

Guitar World

Remembering the time Bon Scott made a rival drink his urine. Out of a turkey

When former AC/DC singer Bon Scott ran into Daryl Braithwaite backstage in 1975, the Sherbet singer thought he was being offered some poultry-flavoured champagne. He was wrong.

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Watch pro-shot footage of Tool, Primus and QOTSA members covering Ænima

That benefit gig featuring members of Tool, Primus and Queens of the Stone Age is the gift that keeps on giving

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Remembering the time Bon Scott made a rival drink his piss. Out of a turkey

When former AC/DC singer Bon Scott ran into Daryl Braithwaite backstage in 1975, the Sherbet singer thought he was being offered some poultry-flavoured champagne. He was wrong.

Louder

Joe Bonamassa plays AC/DC’s Back in Black like you’ve never heard it before in this soulful rhythm ’n’ blues reimagining

The blues-rock ace has teamed up with funk band Scary Pockets and vocalist Joanna Jones to offer a new take on Angus Young’s iconic riff and solo

Guitar World

Watch Joe Bonamassa sit in with Scary Pockets and Joanna Jones for a funkified cover of Back In Black

Bonamassa ditches the pick and picks up the SG for a laid-back version of AC/DC's hard-rock anthem, but sadly does not perform in school uniform

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How a huge onstage brawl with Deep Purple proved the making of AC/DC

After AC/DC and Deep Purple went head-to-head in 1975, no-one ever messed with Angus & co.’s gear again

Louder

10 things that changed my life: James Cosmo

SCOTTISH actor James Cosmo tells Adam Robertson about the 10 things that changed his life...

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Angry again: how Last Action Hero's incredible soundtrack helped keep metal alive in the 90s

Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice In Chains, Queensrÿche... Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero may have flopped with critics, but 30 years on, its soundtrack is an absolute classic

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Watch Tool and Queens Of The Stone Age members perform Led Zeppelin and AC/DC songs with Primus

Members of Tool and QOTSA joined Primus on stage to perform Led Zeppelin and AC/DC classics at a recent benefit concert in Los Angeles

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What happened when AC/DC played an intimate show for 3000 lucky fans in Berlin

In 2003, AC/DC were scheduled to perform for 450,000 fans in Toronto, but warmed up with an intimate show on the other side of the Atlantic - and our man was there to tell the story

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Phil Collen remembers how he was secretly auditioned for Def Leppard during the making of Pyromania without knowing it

He also reflects on why he thinks the band's Britishness helped them break America with the song Photograph

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The 30 best Brian Johnson AC/DC songs

AC/DC’s 30 best songs with Brian Johnson, the much-loved frontman who's led the band from theatres to stadiums across the globe

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A statue of AC/DC's Brian Johnson has been erected in a park in Belgium

"Honestly, I'm not worthy of it" - Brian Johnson

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Danielle Harold looks NOTHING like EastEnders character Lola in new selfie

Danielle Harold has wowed fans with a new photo where she looks very different to her on-screen character.

Daily Mirror

EastEnders star Danielle Harold looks worlds away from the Square in revealing selfie

The actor, who has played Lola Pearce in the BBC One soap since 2011, signed off on the photo with a simple lipstick emoji

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Angus Young on Eddie Van Halen, the differences between Bon and Brian, and his guilty secret

in 1992 Vic Garbarini spent three days on the road with AC/DC and got one of the most revealing interviews with Angus Young ever – now published online for the first time

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Metallica, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC to headline Power Trip concert at Empire Polo Club

LOS ANGELES — The lineup for October's Power Trip metal festival just got twice as heavy.

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It's official: AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses, Ozzy Osbourne and Tool confirmed for first ever Power Trip Festival

The much-rumoured Power Trip Festival lineup has been confirmed, and it's packing the biggest set of rock and metal festival headliners ever

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The Internet has gifted us an AC/DC vs Phantom Of The Opera mash-up and that sound you hear is Bon Scott turning in his grave

Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats: today's performance of The Phantom Of The Balls will begin shortly

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Sharon Osbourne confirms Ozzy is headlining much-hyped Power Trip festival: "he's back"

Sharon also confirms that Metallica, Guns N' Roses and AC/DC are playing what's set to be the biggest metal festival lineup in history

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How Brian Johnson joined AC/DC: a strange German, a hoover ad, and an awful pie

Brian Johnson tells the true story behind his AC/DC audition in 1980, complete with multiple comedy accents

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AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Tool and Ozzy Osbourne release teaser videos for PowerTrip festival

It looks like a sequel to The Desert Trip is coming, and it promises to be a lot louder

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Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert: 10 drum highlights you need to see

From the tragedy of Taylor Hawkins' death, came the light of the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts, here are our highlights from the televised Wembley event

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