AC/DC to Release Album via Wal-Mart
AC/DC to Release Album via Wal-Mart

It seems that rock band AC/DC teamed up exclusively with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to sell their new album, which is expected to be released in the fall, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Reuters reports.

Veteran acts The Eagles and Garth Brooks have also released exclusives with the retail giant. Most recently, Journey released its triple-disc album “Revelation” last Tuesday with Wal-Mart.

The Eagles’ Wal-Mart exclusive, their album “Long Road Out of Eden,” sold 3 million copies since its debut in late October of last year.

The new AC/DC release will be the band's first collection of new material since they released “Stiff Upper Lip” in 2000. A tour is also expected to follow its release.

The album does not have a title yet.

AC/DC will record the album in Vancouver with producer Brendan O’Brien and audio engineer Mike Fraser, the same source reports.

Even though the band are considered pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal, its members always classified their music as “rock ‘n’ roll.”

AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003. During the ceremony the band performed “Highway to Hell” and “You Shook Me All Night Long”, with guest vocals provided by host Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.

Tyler depicted the band’s power chords as “the thunder from down under that gives you the second-most-powerful surge that can flow through your body.”

In 2005, the Recording Industry Association of America upgraded the band’s U.S. sales figures from 63 million to 69 million, making AC/DC the fifth-best-selling group in U.S. history.




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