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AC/DC: 'Black Ice' First-Week UK Sales Expected To Reach 100,000

October 22, 2008

According to NME.com, AC/DC's new album, "Black Ice", is projected to sell around 100,000 copies in the UK by the end of the week, HMV's Genaro Castaldo told BBC 6 Music. It has sold around 25,000 copies more than KAISER CHIEFS' new album, "Off With Their Heads".

AC/DC's first album in eight years, "Black Ice", arrived in the U.S. on Monday (October 20) exclusively at Wal-Mart stores, Walmart.com and ACDC.com.

Wal-Mart will also be the exclusive retailer for AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack, a special collection of songs for the Rock Band video game.

A world tour in support of "Black Ice" begins with a private "dress rehearsal" show on October 28 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Tickets for the trek are among the hottest of the year, with gigs selling out in record time and second nights being added in several major cities.

Although AC/DC does not sell its songs at digital retailers like iTunes, "Black Ice" leaked online two weeks ago. According to Internet tracking company Big Champagne, it was downloaded 100,000 times a day in the last week alone.

AC/DC has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide and is second only to THE BEATLES as the biggest selling act in the U.S. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

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