BON SCOTT Statue Unveiling In Kirriemuir Tentatively Planned For Next August

August 28, 2013

According to Kirriemuir Herald, next year's edition of BonFest — the annual event celebrates the life and music of late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott, who died in 1980 — will be moved from its usual May time slot to the August 15-17 of in the hope that this will coincide with the unveiling of the Bon Scott statue which is planned for the center of his hometown of Kirriemuir, Scotland. There are also plans to bring camping to the event to try and address the accommodation problem in the town.

The Pulse Of Radio reported earlier in the year that AC/DC gave its endorsement to a campaign to get a statue of Bon Scott erected in Kirriemuir. The band posted an item about the project on its official web site and pointed to the site of DD8 Music, organizers of the campaign, where fans can donate to the project's fundraising drive.

DD8 Music's Graham Calloway said he didn't speak with anyone from the band before they promoted the campaign on their website.

Guitarist Malcolm Young told The Pulse Of Radio a while back that Scott's spirit has always stayed with the group. "He's always there," he said. "He never left the band. That's just the way that we are. You know, we're very tight as a unit. It's the reality of it all. You just never forget. There's so many stories with Bon, and it creeps in every day. And if it's not one of the band, it's a fan."

Individual members of the group past and present have offered their support previously, with former bassist Mark Evans saying last September, "It's so amazing that Bon is getting honored like this, especially since Scotland is such an important place in the history of AC/DC. Bon already had a street named after him in Kirriemuir and now this!"

The statue would be the second of Scott, who was born in Kirriemuir in 1946 but moved with his family to Australia in 1952. An Australian statue honoring Scott has already been on display since February 2008.

The singer died in 1980 at the age of 33 from alcohol poisoning. He sang on AC/DC's first six studio albums, including "High Voltage", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "Let There Be Rock" and "Highway To Hell".

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