AC/DC's 'Black Ice' Set For Release October 20th

[accadacca]

FINALLY!!!!! :guitar:

08.18.2008
AC/DC's 'Black Ice' Set For Release October 20th

Columbia Records announced today the October 20th release of AC/DC's widely-anticipated Black Ice, the band's first studio album in eight years. Black Ice features 15 new tracks from brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd. The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC.

"Rock 'N' Roll Train," the album's first single, will debut on August 28th. The video will premiere in September. And the band is set to kick off its first world tour since 2001 in late October.

http://www.ultrastar.com/email/ACDC/080815/blackice.jpg

Track Listing:
1. Rock

[KapitanSparrow]

Sweet!

[Sombeech]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZF9EgrAWMc

[KapitanSparrow]

I see Brian Johnson is holding up well. But why is he singing to an imaginary microphone and posting it on youtube?

[double moo]

Bootleg copies already out there?

Black Ice was the name of my older brother's band back in '75-'76!!!

[Sombeech]

Official 30 second sample of the new song, Rock n Roll Train:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL-4k8uYFfI

[accadacca]

Angus and the boys are back and they sound great! :rockon:

http://www.ultrastar.com/email/ACDC/080826/banner.jpg

You can listen to "Rock 'N Roll Train," the band's first new song in eight years on www.acdc.com (turn up your speakers).
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http://acdc.com/bin/galImg/siteFiles/83b59ec637.jpg

[Sombeech]

OI!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTODKcYJoiM&feature=related

[accadacca]

I got mine. Trust me, I never shop at Walmart, except to get this album. :lol8:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-10-19-acdc-main_N.htm

[theking648]

Got it! :rockon:

[Sombeech]

Got it.

I was actually pretty pissed at myself, I went to Walmart yesterday to pick up an AC/DC shirt, thinking the 20th was TODAY. AGHGHGHGHGHGHG!!!!!

I could've had it yesterday.

[asdf]

Walmart only...
no downloads....

AC/DC sucks.

But they sure did rock 20 years ago :rockon:

[accadacca]

AC/DC sucks.
You seem to be in the minority here. . .surprise, surprise.

8 years between albums and you'd think tickets would be easy to come by? :ne_nau:

Concerts Europe: https://tickets.acdc.com/index.php?location=eu
Concerts North America: https://tickets.acdc.com/index.php?location=na

I could address album sales. . .but I'll leave it at that.

AC/DC is still kickin' ass and takin' names. :rockon:

[asdf]

AC/DC sucks.
You seem to be in the minority here. . .surprise, surprise.

8 years between an albums and youd think tickets would be easy to come by? :ne_nau:

Concerts Europe: https://tickets.acdc.com/index.php?location=eu
Concerts North America: https://tickets.acdc.com/index.php?location=na

I could address album sales. . .but I'll leave it at that.

AC/DC is still kickin' ass and takin' names. :rockon:

Dude Hana Montana has sold out more shows than AC\DC this year. Does that make her better? I think not.

Can you even rip it to MP3 or will a swat team show up and take you down. Odds are AC/DC will sue you ass so they can purchase more a adult diapers :haha:

[accadacca]

Dude Hana Montana has sold out more shows than AC\DC this year. Does that make her better? I think not.
Nah definitely not better. :lol8:

I'll make a wild prediction that she wont be selling new records and singing to sold out shows in 35 years. :hail2thechief:

[Sombeech]

Miss Montana will be snorting coke and shooting porn flicks in 4 years after her shows get canceled.

[accadacca]

I guess the old fellas are doing something right:

AC/DC To Debut At No. 1 With 784,000

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003878705

[Sombeech]

:cool2:

[Teleken]

I guess the old fellas are doing something right:

AC/DC To Debut At No. 1 With 784,000

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003878705

Dang! I work in the music business and those are impressive numbers these days (and would be impressive in past decades). The crap the record labels sell now has no soul and they get all wet over a 60,000 week.

[Sombeech]

They didn't get greedy, that's why.

Labels start drooling when they think of the distribution costs almost eliminated when they sell through digital venues.

Even in today's world when anybody on the internet can find a way to get this AC/DC album for free, they're still kicking ass in hard copy sells.

And through WalMart nonetheless. :lol8:

To all of you who said this would be a terrible marketing strategy, we'll let ya slide on that one.

[BruteForce]

Finally bought the Collectors "Yellow Album Cover" Black Ice today at Walmart.

Rockin' it old school in the office! :rockon:

[accadacca]

Hell, I bet they are bummed about not being on iTunes. :haha:

[quote=acdc.com]10.28.2008

'Black Ice' Debuts At #1 In 29 Countries

Released globally on Monday October 20, 2008, Black Ice tops sales charts in 29 Countries including the US, UK, Germany, Canada, France, Argentina, Japan, Australia, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and more. In the US alone Black Ice has sold more than 780,000 units it's first week on sale, marking the band's first ever debut entry at #1 on the album charts. Over 5 million copies of Black Ice have been shipped worldwide, combined with close to 5 million in catalog sold this year, the band are poised to sell over 10 million units this year alone.

In the US, Black Ice is being sold exclusively at Walmart, Sam's Club, and www.acdc.com. AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band

[accadacca]

Domination.

[quote=acdc.com]11.05.2008

AC/DC's Black Ice Continues to Dominate Charts Worldwide

AC/DC Biggest Catalog Selling Artist of 2008
(November 5, 2008 - Columbia Records, New York, NY) - AC/DC continue to dominate sales charts around the world as Black Ice remains the #1 selling album in the US, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Argentina, Canada and Spain. Released globally on Monday October 20, 2008, Black Ice topped sales charts in 29 Countries, including the US, where it sold an incredible 784,288 in its first week (marking the band's first ever debut on the US album charts). Black Ice went on to sell another 270,923 units this week, bringing the first 2 weeks' sales in the US to over 1 million copies. Sold exclusively at Walmart, Sam's Club, and www.acdc.com in the US, Black Ice is poised to be the biggest selling rock record of 2008.

2008 is shaping up to be a year of firsts for AC/DC. With over 5.3 million copies of Black Ice shipped worldwide, combined with over 5.1 million in catalog sold this year, AC/DC have surpassed The Beatles as the #1 selling catalog artist in the US for 2008. For the first time in the band's extensive history, AC/DC grace the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Additionally, AC/DC are the first band to release an entire album for video game play with the release this week of The AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band

[accadacca]

http://www.rollingstone.com/issue1065

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[Sombeech]

Brian Johnson:

"I guess the thing is, people find out what we look like now - Sorry 'bout that"