New AC/DC Album Demo Clips Online?

A YouTube user named Halogen909 has uploaded a couple of short audio clips which he claims were taken from demos of songs that will be included on the forthcoming AC/DC album release, Black Ice.

Have a listen and judge for yourself whether or not there's any truth to what he claims...

AC/DC Cut & Run - new 2008


ACDC - new album clip 2008


Meanwhile, different sources have stated that AC/DC will either open their new tour in Chicago, IL on Halloween Night or in Wilkes Barre, Pa (date unknown). The Chicago rumor was apparently reported on The Pulse of Radio but I'd stick to the more reliable writers from Billboard and guess that Pennsylvania will be the first state to actually host the Black Ice tour.

In other developments, The Pulse of Radio has also reported that the new CD release date has been pushed up to Oct 21, 2008 (from October 28). If true, that could be a good sign that this will be a kick-ass album as most releases don't normally get pushed out early unless they're either expected to be huge sellers or the record company is worried about the new material being leaked online (which is doubtful in AC/DC's case as they are well known for keeping tight control of their studio recordings).

Lastly, word has it that AC/DC will be in London sometime in August to shoot one of the videos for a new single. Don't ask me which song, however, as who knows what tracks will even be on the recording at this point. Let's just hope that the boys will do a little bit of acting in this one like that great video they once did for "You Shook Me All Night Long."


Keep rockin, Jon

The Vancouver Sun reports on the AC/DC recording rumor

AC/DC reportedly dined here recently


First new album in nearly a decade

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

By John Mackie

Australian hard rockers AC/DC are reportedly in Vancouver to record their first new album in nearly a decade.

The website metalunderground.com is reporting the band is recording at the Warehouse Studios in Gastown. No official sources have confirmed it: The Warehouse has a policy of not saying who is recording there, and no one at AC/DC management in New York was available for comment Monday afternoon. But a blogger named Kathleen on metalunderground.com wrote that she "just saw them dining at Yew Restaurant in the Four Seasons on W. Georgia!"

This wouldn't be the first time AC/DC recorded in Vancouver. They came to town in 1990 to record The Razor's Edge at Little Mountain Sound with the late Bruce Fairbairn, mixed a live album from their 1990-91 world at the same studio, then recorded their Stiff Upper Lip album at the Warehouse in 2000.

Excerpt from today's issue of the Vancouver Sun.