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AC/DC: Bern Concert Sells Out Within Minutes

January 8, 2010

World Radio Switzerland reports that all 45,000 tickets for the much-anticipated concert by veteran rockers AC/DC in Bern, Switzerland this summer were snapped up in just 12 minutes.

The concert will take place in the Stade de Suisse on June 8.

Last time the group performed in Switzerland was at Zurich's Hallenstadion last April. The 13,000 tickets for that gig were gone in under half an hour.

As previously reported, an AC/DC concert scheduled for May 22 at Wels Airport in Austria has been protested by animal rights activists. According to the Austrian Times, the activists said they will take legal action if the concert goes forward as planned because it will threaten colonies of nesting rare birds in the area. NGO BirdLife spokesperson Hans Uhl said, "The second-biggest colony of curlews in Upper Austria and various other ground-nesting birds must not become endangered by organizers' plans."

Uhl added that the show, which is expected to draw 80,000 attendees, will be a "disaster" for the birds, which flock to the area each spring to breed.

The organization is asking promoters to reschedule the show for sometime after mid-June, when it will no longer be a threat to the colonies.

AC/DC is touring the world behind its 2008 album, "Black Ice".

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