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AC/DC announce new bass player “to carry the torch for Cliff” ahead of long-awaited Power Up tour

Nearly four years after its release, the band are finally hitting the road in support of 2020’s Power Up album, with a new bassist lined up to replace Cliff Williams

AC/DC announce 21-date Power Up tour - and a new bass player

AC/DC announce 21-date Power Up tour - and a new bass player

AC/DC's long-awaited return to the road has finally been confirmed

"He looked as fit as a butcher's dog": Watch Bon Scott's surreal final UK appearance with AC/DC

"He looked as fit as a butcher's dog": Watch Bon Scott's surreal final UK appearance with AC/DC

Just 12 days before his death, Bon Scott and AC/DC performed Touch Too Much for an audience of teenage pop fans

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"Are you ready?" Are AC/DC about to announce a world tour?

AC/DC seem to be teasing something big

"I'm the flash in the middle": All 57 Bon Scott AC/DC songs ranked in order of greatness

Scott’s AC/DC legacy amounts to six years, six studio albums and 57 tracks. Here we rank every one that the great man recorded with the band, from high-voltage classics to obscure B-sides and everlasting anthems

In the early 80s Australia's biggest and most dangerous band, The Angels, had the world at their feet. But their meteoric rise and tragic fall is a tale littered with chaos, controversy and death

Discovered by AC/DC, The Angels were cited as an influence by acts as diverse as Guns N’ Roses, Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Great White

“We knew a transplant would be very risky. He said, ‘I’ll either walk out of the hospital or I’ll be carried out. I can’t take it any more’.” Mama’s Boys looked set to break America in the '80s, but naivety, bad luck and family tragedy broke their hearts

Thin Lizzy's spiritual heirs, Mama's Boys looked set for international success in the mid '80s. Brothers Pat and John McManus explain exactly why it didn't happen

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"That sounds like the demons from hell are rising... I felt like I was being possessed": Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong reveals the Van Halen song which blew his nine-year-old mind, and continues to do so today

"That sounds like the demons from hell are rising... I felt like I was being possessed": Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong reveals the Van Halen song which blew his nine-year-old mind, and continues to do so today

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong recalls his hard rock education before the era of 'The Guitar Olympics'

“Someone will send me photos of reindeer that inexplicably died in a circle and say, ‘This is so Green Lung!’ I’m like, ‘Yeah! This is working!’” How rising occult stars stumbled into a genre of their own

“Someone will send me photos of reindeer that inexplicably died in a circle and say, ‘This is so Green Lung!’ I’m like, ‘Yeah! This is working!’” How rising occult stars stumbled into a genre of their own

When guitarist Scott Black asked his grandmother for a Machine Head album, she bought him Deep Purple’s Machine Head – and so began a journey into mixing folk prog with 70s rock

"You’ll find out over the next couple of years what it means when Beartooth headline": Caleb Shomo on idolising David Draiman, duetting with Papa Roach and whether he'd reunite with Attack Attack!

"You’ll find out over the next couple of years what it means when Beartooth headline": Caleb Shomo on idolising David Draiman, duetting with Papa Roach and whether he'd reunite with Attack Attack!

Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo answers your questions on the most rock'n'roll song of all time, what it was like meeting David Draiman and Papa Roach and whether Beartooth are ready to headline festivals

“It was a huge risk – to this day I’m wondering if I pulled it off or not. But it was how I felt inside. I didn’t want picture-perfect solos”: Kirk Hammett reflects on his all-improv lead approach – and explains why he doesn’t sweat onstage mistakes

“It was a huge risk – to this day I’m wondering if I pulled it off or not. But it was how I felt inside. I didn’t want picture-perfect solos”: Kirk Hammett reflects on his all-improv lead approach – and explains why he doesn’t sweat onstage mistakes

Kirk Hammett looks back on a landmark year in Metallica, reveals how Joe Bonamassa helped him snag one of the rarest Les Pauls ever made, and explains what caused him to mess up the intro to Nothing Else Matters – and why it doesn’t matter

"He was so close to death - they had to cut off his finger": Bonafide are back, and they've got some stories to tell

"He was so close to death - they had to cut off his finger": Bonafide are back, and they've got some stories to tell

After a lengthy layoff, 'the Swedish AC/DC' have returned with tales of acoustic shows, singing in Swedish, and Tommie Nine Fingers

POWR Stock of the Week Under $10: ProFrac Holding (ACDC)

POWR Stock of the Week Under $10: ProFrac Holding (ACDC)

Oil prices were nothing if not volatile last year, and nothing indicates this year will be any different. With prices trading at the bottom end of the range as we enter 2024, now may be a great time to take a look at some beaten down oil stocks. One company…

Learn 10 essential guitar rock riffs for beginner players

Learn 10 essential guitar rock riffs for beginner players

Get started with the classics from the Beatles to the Stones, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Hendrix and more

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POWR Stock of the Week Under $10: ProFrac Holding (ACDC)

Oil prices were nothing if not volatile last year, and nothing indicates this year will be any different. With prices trading at the bottom end of the range as we enter 2024, now may be a great time to take a look at some beaten down oil stocks. One company…

"I didn’t recognise him straight away and my son said, 'Dad, that’s Brian Johnson!'" Nicko McBrain on playing the "stunning" Power Trip Festival, his stroke recovery and what's next for Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden drummer and living legend Nicko McBrain opens up on a whirlwind 12 months

24 things to get excited about in 2024

As with all years, 2023 had plenty of great, memorable rock moments. With a new year now upon us, here’s what we’re vibed up for that’s coming along in the next 12 months

"A baptism of fire, fuelled by youthful naivety, stubbornness and folly:" What it was like to witness AC/DC in Australia in 1975... as a 10-year-old

A first-hand account of an early AC/DC show at the Bondi Lifesaver Club in Sydney, Australia

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Dirty Deeds Around The Christmas Tree? Hear an AC/DC classic transformed into a feel-good festive cracker

Mash-up wizard Bill McClintock weaves some Christmas magic with Bon Scott's tale of vengeance and skulduggery

"As metal staggered to its feet and limped out of the 80s, it was on the cusp of becoming stronger than ever before": How heavy metal got its mojo back

Big hair and bad spandex almost killed any credibility metal had in the 1980s. But metal not only survived, it also came back bigger and stronger than ever

Metallica snuck the Batman theme song into one of their riffs, Kirk Hammett admits

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has said that 2023 song Shadows Follow contains a nod to the ’60s Batman theme

“We called that riff ‘The Batman Riff’”: Kirk Hammett admits Metallica lifted the Batman theme on 72 Seasons

Thought that riff in Shadows Follow sounded awfully similar to a certain classic superhero theme? Turns out Metallica knew exactly what they were doing

"It’s the biggest heavy metal party in the world." Metallica, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses and Tool, plus insane ticket prices, 40° heat and, er, lobster dinners. Inside the brilliance and the absurdity of Power Trip festival 2023

We headed out to Power Trip in October for a first-hand look at the biggest heavy metal festival ever assembled

Original AC/DC drummer Colin Burgess dead at 77

AC/DC confirm their first drummer Colin Burgess has passed away at the age of 77

Original AC/DC Drummer Colin Burgess Dies at 77

AC/DC's original drummer Colin Burgess has died at 77. Celebrated by the band as their first drummer, his impactful beats won't be forgotten.

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