Report: Axl Rose To Front AC/DC For Rescheduled Dates

Earlier this month, AC/DC announced the cancellation and rescheduling of 10 concerts on their Rock Or Bust World Tour after doctors advised lead vocalist Brian Johnson to immediately stop touring or risk complete loss of hearing. The announcement included word make up dates were to be revealed later and would “likely [be] with a guest vocalist.” According to an Atlanta radio DJ that guest vocalist will be Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose.

As per Alternative Nation’s transcription of what DJ Jason Bailey reported, “Axl was meeting with the AC/DC group, because it’s all but a done deal that Axl will front AC/DC for the 10 remaining shows. All 10, including Atlanta. From what I was told, this was all kind of new inside information to me, Angus is a very black and white guy. He’s like, Brian, for health reasons, can’t continue fronting the band. He was supposed to retire after the last tour, so they wanted to continue going out on the road and continue making music, so if you can’t do it, we appreciate your services, but the show must go on. They’re in town, they were auditioning people for the job, and then they flew Axl in, again, this is from my source.”

Rose does have his hands full with a reunited Guns N’ Roses, so take the reports with a grain of salt but founding AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young’s son Ross Malcolm Young responded “it’s true” after sharing an article about the Axl/AC/DC pairing on Facebook. NME reached out to AC/DC’s reps who responded “Nothing official to announce. Will update you if that changes.” Stay tuned!