Axl Rose is the new lead singer of AC / DC. The band’s fans are furious – Daily News – Lisbon

The premiere will be May 7 in Lisbon. The singer will replace Brian Johnson, who suffers from hearing problems, the tour

“Shame”, “What a joke”, “Redemption, please,” “I want my money back “” for God’s sake … “” Thank you for the past 42 years AC / DC! RIP 1974-2016 “,” are you kidding us ?? Please do not do this !! “. Some even announced AC / DC as the new band tribute to AC / DC. All this on Facebook pages and Twitter Australian band. Only after going down much in the page is a shy “I am very glad the show continue This will be to remember It’s better to cancel and refund…”

The fury of the fans has a name: Axl Rose. The name of the mythical singer of Guns N ‘Roses was yesterday officially announced as the replacement for future concerts, Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC since 1980. Johnson left the band for medical advice, at risk of going deaf if he continued to act.

so were confirmed rumors that there is about a month hovered in the world of music, since it was announced Johnson’s situation, the voice that replaced Bon Scott, the lead singer who will died after a night with excess alcohol intake.

the aforementioned fury of fans dragged to the Facebook page of Everything is New, promoter of the concert of AC / DC in Portugal, scheduled for May 7 in Walk Marítimo de Algés. Lisbon thus becomes, in a concert already exhausted, the city’s debut Axl Rose as the lead singer of AC / DC. the band had postponed their tour of the USA in March due to health problems Johnson. the concerts over ten American cities still not scheduled dates, but the tour Rock or Bust in Europe is checked. It starts in the Portuguese capital and, after passing through Spain, France, the UK or Germany, ends June 12 in Denmark. At the time of closing of this edition, Everything Is New was not clear whether it will or not return the money for concert tickets.

At the end of the European tour AC / DC, Axl Rose “run” back to guitarist Slash – who was angry and for years traded “streamer” in the press – and bassist Duff McKagan, now that your Guns N ‘Roses, 23 years later, resumed their concerts, on 8 April, the tour Not in this Lifetime . the photograph you see Axl seated on a throne shows more than a prop. the 54 year old musician broke his foot at the beginning of the tour and acts now sitting on same throne that Dave Grohl, lead singer of the Foo Fighters, acted when broke his leg.

Axl “offered”

in a statement in the . AC / DC announced yesterday the news, the band members “thank Brian Johnson for their contributions and dedication to the band over the years” Highlighting support for “Brian’s decision to save your hearing,” Angus Young – who in Saturday joined the Guns N ‘Roses in the Coachella stage – Cliff Williams, Chris Slade and Stevie Young claim to have “lucky Axl Rose have kindly offered their support to help us meet” the “commitment” to the fans that tour Rock or Bust is. But the lead singer of Guns N ‘Roses, a band that has sold over one hundred million albums worldwide, was not the only one “volunteer” for the position. The first singer in the history of AC / DC, Dave . Evans, who just recorded a single before being released, did the same Without any effect, however

for António Manuel Ribeiro, the UHF, AC / DC “have a very strong brand”: a. . voice “this is like the Queen, whatever happens with bands with this impression in the collective memory of the fans is extremely difficult. either will be well done or will be a disaster” all depends “if Axl Rose [who was in Portugal for the last time in 2010, at the Atlantic Pavilion] you will feel within a group. A superstar within a group with the power that the AC / DC have is complicated … “

The hard times of AC / DC

recent years have not been an easy time for the band that in more than 40 year career has sold over 200 million records. last year, drummer Phil Rudd left the band after being charged with drug possession and threats death, ending sentenced to house arrest. Before that, it was one of the founders of the band, and brother Angus, Malcolm Young, who in September 2014 was diagnosed dementia, who left the band.

Now Johnson output reminded the black moment that resulted in the entry:. Bon Scott’s death for the success that followed the mythical album Highway to Hell (1979) But Johnson become would in voice Back in Black (1980), which would become the second best-selling album ever after Thriller , Michael Jackson. what will Axl Rose? And how long? A tour and nothing else?