Lemonade Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Seen an awful lot of rumours online today that they're about to announce their retirement due to a member being seriously ill. Nothing confirmed yet and no official statement so may well be bullshit but no smoke without fire as they say. Sad if true. The first band I ever saw live and I listened to them a lot as a teenager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 When bands get to a certain age, is it not called 'splitting up' anymore? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Rumours are going about saying that Malcolm Young has had a stroke Edited April 15, 2014 by Camie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Yes, the rumour I've heard is that they have an agreement not to play together if any of them decides they can't do it anymore and Malcolm Young had a stroke a few months ago which means he hasn't yet regained full control for playing - they reconvened last week, and he may never gain enough control to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 If it's true then it's sad for him as a person, but I don't think AC/DC retiring is that big a deal. I like them a lot but I can't say that anything they've released since Thunderstruck has been great.As far as not playing together if one of them can't do it - pretty sure they've toured without Malcolm before, maybe a couple of times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Not retiring, but taking a break according to BJ- though he has confirmed the illness. http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/16/acdc-not-retiring-brian-johnson"one of the boys has a debilitating illness, but I don't want to say too much about it. He is very proud and private, a wonderful chap. We've been pals for 35 years and I look up to him very much." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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