AC/DC: ‘Excessive Voltage’ Pop-Up Retailer To Open In Los Angeles

An AC/DC “Excessive Voltage” pop-up retailer will open later this week in Los Angeles.

Meet fellow followers, uncover legendary tour props, and snag unique merchandise — together with limited-edition vinyl you will not discover wherever else.

Tackle:

7763 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Opening Hours:

Thursday, April 17 from midday to 10 p.m.
Friday, April 18 from 11 a.m. to five p.m.

AC/DC kicked off its North American tour on April 10 on the US Financial institution Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

AC/DC — guitarist Angus Younger, vocalist Brian Johnson, rhythm guitarist Stevie Younger, drummer Matt Laug and bass participant Chris Chaney — is performing in 13 stadiums coast to coast this spring. This run will conclude on Might 28 in Cleveland, Ohio at Huntington Financial institution Subject. Alongside the way in which, they’ll play among the most iconic and historic stadiums on this planet, together with the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on April 18 and Soldier Subject in Chicago, Illinois on Might 24. Help on the trek is coming from THE PRETTY RECKLESS.

AC/DC performed the twenty fourth and last live performance of its “Energy Up” European tour on August 17, 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, Eire.

The “Energy Up” European tour marked AC/DC‘s first with the band’s new touring lineup consisting of Johnson, Angus and Stevie Younger, Laug and the newest addition to the group’s touring lineup, Chaney.

The European tour was the primary run of gigs since AC/DC‘s return to the stage ultimately yr’s Energy Journey competition in Indio, California.

AC/DC‘s final tour occurred in 2015 and 2016 and had a $180 million gross, with 2,310,061 bought tickets reported to the Pollstar field workplace.

Laug is an American drummer who has performed with many bands/artists comparable to Alanis Morissette, Alice Cooper, SLASH’S SNAKEPIT and Vasco Rossi. Matt moved to Los Angeles after graduating from South Florence Excessive Faculty in 1986 and after attending school in L.A., Matt grew to become a sought-after studio drummer.

In 2001, Laug supported AC/DC as a part of SLASH’S SNAKEPIT on the North American and European legs of the “Stiff Higher Lip” tour.

In its announcement about Laug‘s addition to the band’s Energy Journey lineup, AC/DC provided no clarification for the absence of the band’s longtime drummer Phil Rudd, who rejoined AC/DC for the recording of the group’s comeback album, “Energy Up”, which got here out in November 2020.

Rudd was ousted from AC/DC when he was sentenced to eight months of dwelling detention by a New Zealand court docket in 2015 after pleading responsible to prices of threatening to kill and drug possession. He was changed on the band’s “Rock Or Bust” tour by Chris Slade, who had beforehand served as AC/DC‘s drummer between 1989 and 1994, enjoying on the album “The Razor’s Edge”.

Rudd, who appeared on all however three of AC/DC‘s 18 earlier studio albums, toured in help of his 2014 solo debut, “Head Job”. It was the discharge of that album that led not directly to Rudd‘s arrest, with the drummer allegedly so indignant at a private assistant over the way in which the report was promoted that he threatened to have the person and his daughter killed.

AC/DC postponed the final 10 dates of its spring 2016 North American trek after Johnson was suggested to cease enjoying dwell or “danger whole listening to loss.” The band went on to finish the European and North American legs of its “Rock Or Bust” tour with GUNS N’ ROSES frontman Axl Rose as a “visitor vocalist.” On the time, Johnson had been AC/DC‘s singer for 36 years, ever since changing the late Bon Scott in 1980 and making his debut on the traditional “Again In Black” album.

To allow him to carry out dwell with AC/DC once more, the now-77-year-old Johnson labored with audio knowledgeable Stephen Ambrose, who stated he might assist resolve the singer’s listening to issues.

Ambrose, who invented the wi-fi in-ear screens which are broadly utilized by touring artists immediately, claimed to have invented a brand new sort of ear-bud that may enable Johnson to carry out with out inflicting additional harm to his eardrums. After three years of experimenting and “miniaturizing” the gear, Johnson beforehand stated the expertise might enable him to tour once more.

Chaney is greatest referred to as the bassist of JANE’S ADDICTION and as a member of Alanis Morissette‘s touring and recording band. Chaney was additionally a member of TAYLOR HAWKINS AND THE COATTAIL RIDERS and CAMP FREDDY, in addition to being a prolific and versatile session musician, having performed with artists together with Joe Cocker, Shakira, Slash and Avril Lavigne to Sara Bareilles, Gavin Degraw, Cher, SHINEDOWN and Celine Dion. Chaney can be a founding member and accomplice within the all-star supergroup ROYAL MACHINES together with Dave Navarro (JANE’S ADDICTION),Mark McGrath (SUGAR RAY),Josh Freese (FOO FIGHTERS) and Billy Morrison (BILLY IDOL).

Bassist Cliff Williams introduced his retirement on the finish of AC/DC‘s 2015-2016 “Rock Or Bust” tour, which additionally noticed Johnson leaving. Nevertheless, Williams — and Johnson — took half within the recording classes that resulted in “Energy Up”. Each of them have been additionally a part of the AC/DC lineup that carried out at Energy Journey.

Throughout an October 2020 interview with Dean Delray‘s “Let There Be Speak” podcast, Cliff was requested if Johnson‘s departure from the highway was what led to his need to cease touring. Cliff responded: “It was earlier than then. I spoke to Angus about it initially. I used to be at some extent — and that is originally of the ‘Rock Or Bust’ tour — that I simply felt, for me, it was time to hold it up. I knew that I did not wanna preserve doing these two-year excursions, and I did not wanna maintain them again, so I made them conscious of the truth that this was gonna be my final go-round. It was a troublesome tour to complete. God bless Axl for coming in and serving to us out, end it up. He did an important job. And on the finish of that, I used to be positively — that was it for me. Carried out — simply achieved. That compounded the entire thing.”

In response to Williams, he needed to participate within the recording classes for “Energy Up” as a tribute to Angus‘s late brother, founding AC/DC rhythm guitarist Malcolm Younger, who died in 2017 from results of dementia at age 64. Malcolm is credited as a author on all 12 tracks on “Energy Up”.

“If ‘Again In Black’ has [late AC/DC singer] Bon Scott throughout it, for me, ‘Energy Up’ has received Malcolm Younger,” Cliff stated. “That is for him. And it is the band that we performed along with for 40-plus years. And I needed to do this — I needed to come back again and try this.

“We did some rehearsals earlier [in 2020] earlier than this darn COVID factor popped up, and we had nice rehearsals,” he continued. “The band was enjoying very well. So [they asked me], ‘Do you wanna do a number of exhibits? ‘Positive’. A number of exhibits. We have been planning on doing that. Everybody goes dwelling to their respective properties, and bang, we have been right here ever since [because of the coronavirus-related shutdown].”

Cliff went on to verify that his dedication to AC/DC was just for “a number of” dates in help of “Energy Up”.

“For each [my mental and physical] well being,” he stated. “I positively have some bodily points, which I will not bore you with the main points of. However, yeah, it is robust. I am very grateful for every part. It has been implausible. However I simply do not wanna try this anymore.”

Williams beforehand revealed {that a} “horrible” bout with vertigo contributed to his 2016 retirement. He additionally admitted the return of each Johnson and drummer Phil Rudd satisfied him to rejoin the group. “It was just like the previous band again collectively,” he advised Rolling Stone. “It was not like beginning over once more, however as near the band that is been collectively for 40-plus years as we are able to probably make it. I did not need to miss that.”

The follow-up to 2014’s “Rock Or Bust”, “Energy Up” was recorded over a six-week interval in August and September 2018 at Warehouse Studios in Vancouver with producer Brendan O’Brien, who additionally labored 2008’s “Black Ice” and “Rock Or Bust”.