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Four Songs From AC/DC's 'Back In Black' Album Receive Platinum Certificatons From RIAA

Just six days after AC/DC's 1980 breakthrough album "Back in Black" was certified by the Recording Industry Association Of America for U.S. shipments of 25 million copies, four of the LP's tracks received individual single certifications. On December 12, "Back In Black" and "You Shook Me All Night L...

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AC/DC's 'Back in Black' Certified 25 Times Platinum In U.S.

On December 6, AC/DC's 1980 breakthrough album "Back in Black" was certified by the Recording Industry Association Of America for U.S. shipments of 25 million copies. "Back in Black" first went platinum in October 1980 and had previously been certified 22 times platinum in December 2007. The RIAA li...

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FOREIGNER's 'Jukebox Hero' Musical To Make World Premiere In Toronto

A new musical built around legendary band FOREIGNER's peerless catalog of hit songs will make its world premiere this winter in Toronto. FOREIGNER recently celebrated its 40th anniversary of rocking the charts and arenas worldwide. The highly anticipated musical "Jukebox Hero, The Musical" from Cal...

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Hear LEMMY's Guest Appearance On LEADER OF DOWN's 'Paradise Turned Into Dust'

Lemmy Kilmister, the founding member and frontman of the British heavy metal band MOTÖRHEAD, makes a guest appearance on LEADER OF DOWN's debut album, "Cascade Into Chaos", which will be released on September 28 via Cleopatra Records. He can be heard on the track "Paradise Turned Into Dust", the off...

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MOTÖRHEAD Members LEMMY, PHIL CAMPBELL, 'FAST' EDDIE CLARKE, WÜRZEL Featured On LEADER OF DOWN's Debut

LEADER OF DOWN, the brainchild of Grammy-nominated former MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston and bass player Tim Atkinson, will release its debut album, "Cascade Into Chaos", on September 28 via Cleopatra Records. LEADER OF DOWN was formed in 2008 by Würzel and Atkinson, who busied themsel...

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AC/DC's 'Back In Black' To Be Re-Released On Cassette For 'Record Store Day'

AC/DC's classic 1980 LP "Back In Black" will be released on cassette on Record Store Day, the annual celebration of the annual celebration of independent record stores, taking place on Saturday, April 21. The cassette will be made available through RCA in a limited edition of 2,500 copies. On July 2...

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PRONG Frontman On American Media: 'It's All Fake News'

YELL! Magazine conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Tommy Victor of American industrial metal power trio PRONG after the band's April 26 show at Metropolis in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in support of TESTAMENT and SEPULTURA. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (tra...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON, LED ZEPPELIN's ROBERT PLANT Join PAUL RODGERS On Stage In Oxford, England (Video)

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson and LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant joined Paul Rodgers for an encore performance of Barrett Strong's 1959 classic "Money (That's What I Want)" earlier tonight (Sunday, May 14) in Oxford, England. Fan-filmed video footage of their appearance can be seen below. The gig a...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON Added To Tyneside 'Walk Of Fame'

According to BBC News, AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson is one of four new names that will be added to Tyneside, United Kingdom's "Walk Of Fame" from nominations suggested by the public. People voted for who they felt has made a significant contribution to the region over the past 60 years. The four nam...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON Interviews LED ZEPPELIN, METALLICA, DEF LEPPARD Members For 'Life On The Road' Series

Premiering later this month on Sky Arts, "Brian Johnson's Life On The Road" is a six-part series featuring the legendary AC/DC frontman in conversation with some of the biggest names in rock and roll history as they explore the realities of life on a global rock tour. Meeting METALLICA's Lars Ulrich...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON Named First Patron Of Graham Wylie Foundation

According to ChronicleLive, AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson has been announced as the first patron of the Graham Wylie Foundation. The pioneering new children's charity to help youngsters across the United Kingdom's North East was launched by multi-millionaire businessman Graham Wylie, the founder of s...

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BRIAN JOHNSON's Pre-AC/DC Recordings With THE JASPER HART BAND To Be Released

Early recordings from AC/DC singer Brian Johnson with THE JASPER HART BAND will be released later this month. THE JASPER HART BAND, a soft-rock group that performed selections from the musical "Hair", recorded the tracks — "Down by the River", "I Want to Be Around" and "Overload" — in the early '70s...

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KILLING JOKE: New Song 'Euphoria' Available For Streaming

KILLING JOKE are on a mission to take their music of resistance to a whole new level with their sixteenth studio album, "Pylon", due on October 23 via Spinefarm Records. The song "Euphoria" from "Pylon" can be streamed below. With the original lineup of Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth, and Big Paul cont...

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KILLING JOKE To Release New Album 'Pylon' In October

KILLING JOKE are on a mission to take their music of resistance to a whole new level with their sixteenth studio album, "Pylon", due on October 23 via Spinefarm Records. The band has shared the lyric video for "I Am the Virus", the lead track from "Pylon". Check it out below. "I Am The Virus" ...

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Sweden's BLACK TRIP Releases 'Berlin Model 32' Lyric Video

The official lyric video for the song "Berlin Model 32" from Swedish hard rockers BLACK TRIP can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's second album, "Shadowline", which will be released on August 28 in Europe and September 4 in the USA through Steamhammer/SPV as a digipak CD and colored...