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News : AC/DC set to release new album on October 18th and embark on world tour

By on August 18, 2008

Albert Productions and SonyBMG Australia announces the worldwide release
of “Black Ice,” the long awaited new studio album from AC/DC, on
Saturday, October 18.

“Black Ice,” the first full-length studio album of all-new material
from AC/DC since the release of “Stiff Upper Lip” in 2000, is the band’s
debut album for Columbia Records, (New York Based label for SonyBMG) and
their 18th for Australia’s Albert Productions.

Produced by Brendan O’Brien at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC,
“Black Ice” premieres 15 new AC/DC compositions and performances
including the album’s first single, “Rock ‘N’ Roll Train,” slated to
impact radio around the world on August 28 with a video debuting in
September.

“No Bull: The Director’s Cut,” a newly edited expanded DVD edition of
AC/DC’s historic performance at Madrid’s Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas on
July 10, 1996, will be released worldwide on August 30, 2008. “No Bull:
The Director’s Cut” has been remixed in Dolby Digital Stereo and Dolby
Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and includes the original concert showcasing
more than two hours of music as well as bonus features.

AC/DC will embark on a major world tour, the group’s first since 2001,
beginning late October.

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