News about Angus Young

AC/DC has announced dates for a European tour this summer, with the possibility of touching down in England for two nights at Wembley Stadium. Angus Young, Brian Johnson, and Stevie Young will be joined by Matt Laug on drums for Phil Rudd and Chris Chaney in place of Cliff Williams on bass. The rockers will also be seen in Ireland, Germany, and Belgium four years after releasing their 17th studio album, Power Up.

There have been some outstanding band names selected by similarly famous artists throughout history of popular music from The Clash to Led Zeppelin. Anybody who has played an instrument and wished to form a band will know how difficult it is to find a band name that keeps every member happy. There have been some downright bizarre choices, including Chumbawamba and Limp Bizkit, as well as famous names. So, what exactly are the reasons behind popular band names?

Suzi Quatro has admitted that she assaulted AC/DC rocker Angus Young while he 'pinched her bottom' in the Seventies. The singer, 73, confessed that she learned how to act herself during her time in bands because 'guys thought female musicians were straightforward.' Suzi said she'd be groped 'all the time,' but Angus was the only man to get away with it, writing in a column in the Sunday Times Magazine.

Ten Pound Poms, a literary British set in 1956, follows a group of fictional British characters who took advantage of the Australian government's offer to move them to Oz and provide subsidised housing and jobs for them. The Assisted Passage Migration Scheme operated in various stages from 1945 to 1972, enticing more than a million and a half Britons who could apply for Australian citizenship after a year. If they wanted to return to Britain within two years, they would have to pay their £10 back and finance their own journey (roughly £6,000 in today's money). Set in 1956, Ten Pound Poms follows a bunch of fictional Brits who took advantage of the Australian government's offer to transport them to Oz and provide subsidised housing and jobs for them for £10 per person