Brian Johnson is “excited” for AC/DC‘s performance on October 7th as part of the three-day Power Trip festival on the site of the Coachella festival in Indio, California.
He said on the Fuelling Around podcast, “I’m so excited because three years ago we did get together when Power Up the album came out… We started to rehearse in Amsterdam. Phil [Rudd] was back on drums. I had this new earpiece that we’d invented. It was fantastic. Honestly, I’ve never heard the band so tight…
“Then our tour manager came up and said, ‘Hey, listen, guys, we’ve got this thing. It’s called the Chinese flu or some kind of [crap]. Just go home for six weeks and we’ll meet again in London.’ You know what happened there. Angus [Young] and Phil, New Zealand and Australia just wouldn’t let them out for months and months afterwards.
“It does take a lot of time to get a band like AC/DC together again. Most of the crew were out working with other people. Trying to get those guys back together again was tough but I’ve got my fingers crossed — everything is going okay. The most important thing about it all is the eagerness we all feel. The juices are running again.”
Joining AC/DC on their night of the three-night festival is Ozzy Osbourne. On Friday the 6th it’s Guns n’ Roses and Iron Maiden, and Metallica and Tool close it out on Sunday the 8th.
Johnson adds, “It’s all rock and roll bands. It’s fantastic. I think it’s just a statement to say that rock and roll is a legitimate form of music. It really has made a difference… I’ll be able to see my old pals again…all in one field. Boy, what a party!”
This will be AC/DC’s first show since 2016.
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