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Melbourne is turning the volume all the way up as the city prepares to welcome home one of its most iconic exports, AC/DC. In a nod to the legendary band's roots, hundreds of Victorian bagpipers will descend on Fed Square on Wednesday 12 November for The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash, an event set to recreate one of the most famous moments in Australian rock history and attempt a world record at the same time.

Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium, home to some of the biggest rock spectacles of the past year, could see fireworks banned from future concerts after environmental health officers ruled that AC/DC's explosive return to Scotland breached permitted noise levels.

Australian music royalty Harry Vanda, one of the true architects of the nation's sound, has today released his first-ever solo single, ‘Devil Loose', at the age of 78. The release is a landmark moment for a figure whose influence stretches from the 1960s Easybeats era through to the global rise of AC/DC and beyond.

Harry Vanda, one of the most important figures in Australian music history, has released his first ever single under his own name. ‘Devil Loose’, written with Mark McEntee of the Divinyls, arrives September 29 via Flashpoint/Impressed.

Revered former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has made a rare live appearance with the Full Metal Orchestra show in Auckland, New Zealand last Saturday night (26 July 2025).

Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd will be back on the drumkit this Saturday night in Auckland, New Zealand for the Full Metal Orchestra show.

AC/DC played the first night of their 15 date European tour in Prague, Czechia and the setlist was an exact replica of the final night of the North American tour in Cleveland, Ohio on 28 May.