AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson has announced that the band is about to begin recording new music and planning a special 40th anniversary tour. Speaking with Florida radio station 98.7 the Gater he said, "Well, you'll be the first to know. Really, because we've been denying anything, 'cause we weren't sure...But I think we'll be going into the studio in May in Vancouver. Which means, we should be getting ready."
If a new album comes from these sessions, it would be the band's first new studio record since 2008's Black Ice. As Rolling Stone points out, bassist Cliff Williams had revealed last spring that Angus Young and Malcolm Young were working on new material, but that he didn't know a timetable.
Along with recording new material, Johnson told the station that the band is planning a special 40th anniversary tour.
"It's been 40 years of the band's existence," he told them. "So I think we're gonna try to do 40 gigs, 40 shows, to thank the fans for their undying loyalty. I mean, honestly, our fans are just the best in the world, and we appreciate every one of them. So, like I said, we'll have to go out, even though we're getting a bit long in the tooth. You know what?! It's been four years [since we last went out on the road], and I'm really looking forward to it."
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