Fans feared the rockers were done after their 2016 tour.
Now the band has a new album (Power Up, out Nov. 13) and a new mission.
Angus Young and Brian Johnson tell EW about the grand return of AC/DC.
“When the boys powered up those amplifiers, it was pretty special,” says Brian Johnson (second from right) of reuniting with bandmates Cliff Williams, Phil Rudd, and Angus and Stevie Young.Credit: Josh Cheuse
Angus Young and Brian Johnson may be on opposite sides of the world, but they are definitively together.
It’s been too long, and they’reglad to be back.
“It was an exciting feeling.”
Singer Brian Johnson during AC/DC’s 2016 Rock or Bust World Tour.Jason Squires/WireImage
Faced with debilitating hearing issues, Johnson was forced into retirement during their last tour.
Under house arrest for myriad legal troubles, Rudd missed the tour completely.
He may have gotten a celestial nudge from his older brother.
“He had always wanted to get them released, so I thought this was a great time.”
That renewed vigor is palpable onPower Up.
The slither and-bang combo of the pole-ready “Rejection” is a first among equals.
“I can do that now,” he says proudly before demonstrating the intestinally rumbling register.
Everybody knew that Malcolm was watching, and you had to do good for Malcolm.
He wouldn’t take second best."
A version of this story appears in the December issue of Entertainment Weekly, on newsstands Friday oravailable here.
