In the midst of Guns N’ Roses’ imminent comeback, rumours are emerging throughout the music industry that lead singer Axl Rose is set to take over lead vocals for the rest of AC/DC’s world tour due to current lead singer Brian Johnson having been told that due to medical reasons he should not continue touring; the medical reasons being that he risks going completely deaf, so pretty valid reasons!
AC/DC took to their official site to announce that the American tour dates that were cancelled due to Johnson leaving are set to be re-scheduled for later in the year with a guest vocalist. They said that:
“Tomorrow’s show in Atlanta through Madison Square Garden in New York, NY in early April will be made up later in the year, likely with a guest vocalist.”
The tour dates that are set to be re-scheduled are as follows:
8/3 – Atlanta, Georgia – Philips Arena
11/3 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – BB&T Center
14/3 – Greensboro, North Carolina – Greensboro Coliseum
17/3 – Washington DC – Verizon Center
20/3 – Detroit, Michigan – The Palace
23/3 – Columbus, Ohio – Nationwide Arena
26/3 – Cleveland, Ohio – Quicken Loans Arena
29/3 – Buffalo, New York – First Niagara Center
1/4 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Wells Fargo Center
4/4 – New York, New York – Madison Square Garden
The rumours about Axl Rose have been up in the air for a while now, however recently they have picked up speed, especially after an Atlantan radio DJ claimed that he has heard it all but confirmed from a source:
“This is what I’m being told, Axl was meeting with the AC/DC group, because it’s all but a done deal that Axl will front AC/DC for the ten remaining shows. All ten, including Atlanta,”
“They’re in town, they were auditioning people for the job, and then they flew Axl in, again, this is from my source.”
If Rose does end up collaborating with AC/DC for the rest of their tour then his already huge year with Guns N’ Roses is set to get even busier! Currently Guns N’ Roses are set to have their hugely anticipated come back tour this summer as well as headlining arguably one of America’s biggest festivals, Coachella. Throw doing vocals for AC/DC into the mix and you get a very busy year indeed!
