AC/DC Release New Song

Out of the blue, AC/DC decided to give fans another slice of heaven. And the fans, checking back daily on the AC/DC MySpace page, immediately noticed the new tune blasting out their speakers. This tune is called "War Machine". The following was taken from Blabbermouth.net:

"A new AC/DC track entitled "War Machine" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the Australian hard rock legends' first studio album in eight years, "Black Ice", which will arrive on October 20 and will sold exclusively at Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and ACDC.com in the U.S. All three plan multiple promotional campaigns aimed at the group's millions of fans."

Due to overwhelming demand, AC/DC have added second dates at the Allstate Arena in Chicago (November 1) and at The Forum in Los Angeles (December 8). The band's official fan club is holding an on-sale for these tickets that will function exactly as all others have. If you have already picked up a passcode for Chicago or Los Angeles but you were previously unable to purchase tickets, the codes will work for the new shows.

The band's November 9 show at Boston's TD Banknorth Garden sold out within 15 minutes as did the November 21 Columbus, Ohio, gig at that city's Schottenstein Center. Toronto fans took all of 30 minutes to snap up sell every single ticket for the 25,000-seater Rogers Centre.

To deter scalpers from selling tickets above box office price, the band is using the Paperless Ticketing system. This means tickets will not be transferable, and concertgoers will need only the credit card they used to purchase the tickets and a picture I.D. to enter the venue.

AC/DC's new video, "Rock 'N Roll Train", can be viewed here. A higher-quality version can be found on ACDC.com. The clip was shot on August 15 in London, England and is the first taste of the band's new "Black Ice" album, due in October.

AC/DC was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. The band has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide, including 69 million in the U.S. alone.

"No Bull: The Director's Cut", a chronicle of the band's famed July 1996 concert at the Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas in Madrid, Spain, was released on DVD and Blu-ray September 9th.

Comments

[kranoscorp]

First.

Sold out in 15 minutes? That is ridiculous.

[fexnah]

Song sound ****ing nice!

[Auldy001]

wow wow wow. They still have it

[Dimebag22]

Yeah, the Vancouver show sold out in 15 mins too.

I want them to come to Calgary!!

The new song sounds sick though!

[mack attack]

I wanted to go to the T.O show but no luck.

[reservedforchoi]

I bought my tickets online for the show in Minnesota, the tickets sold out in 5 minutes. Now the tickets are going for over $400 a piece. It's insanity

[SlicedBread]

the music video is the same as the one for thunderstruck.....

[Steve The Plank]

Like their other new song, this one is pretty boring too.

[zakkwyldefan79]

tom.b wrote:

Good, now maybe the radio stations will stop playing that crappy Rock 'N Roll Train song... of course replacing crap with crap still equals crap.

They should have hung up the guns after For Those About To Rock. Flame on fan-boys.

If you don't like AC/DC why do you even read an artical about them. AC/DC kicks ass and I can't wait for the new album.

[DarkValo666]

If you don't like AC/DC why do you even read an artical about them. AC/DC kicks ass and I can't wait for the new album.

I think he just likes the "old" AC/DC. They sound not much different to the old times to me, though. I still like them ^^

[theotherguy7145]

War Machine is great! I can't wait for this album to come out!

[Tenacious Z]

Paperless ticketing = fantastic idea.

[rajc91]

gotta love them!

[Scorge]

GOD DAMMIT. i am sorely pissed at myself for missing the ticket sale and now it looks like i wont be seeing ac/dc at all
war machine is a cool song, though

[goneshootin]

i got my tickets the second it turned 100am and i got balcony

[slash_rocks2005]

i've got a ticket for the show in Charlotte, NC in december

got em while they were only $89, there were places already selling them for $200 a piece.

first time i'll get to see my second favorite band EVER!!!

[HardRockKid]

i got my tickets and i cant wait to hear the song and go t the concert and i think rock n roll train isnt bad to be honest and i heard the critics from rolling stone really like this song

[MasterStafy]

tom.b wrote:

Good, now maybe the radio stations will stop playing that crappy Rock 'N Roll Train song... of course replacing crap with crap still equals crap.

They should have hung up the guns after For Those About To Rock. Flame on fan-boys.

I disagree because we would all be listening to the crap now if it weren't for the veterans still making music. It's sad but true. However, ac/dc is still one of the reigning Kings of Rock no matter how old they get.

[B.do]

i was hoping that i could get tickets to see them play in paris but now seems likeits gonna be hard

[MasterStafy]

Scorge wrote:

GOD DAMMIT. i am sorely pissed at myself for missing the ticket sale and now it looks like i wont be seeing ac/dc at all
war machine is a cool song, though

haha I got stage tickets for the charlotte, nc concert :P

[srq89]

FUCK! i went onlien at preciesely 100 for toronto show, and they sold out!

[SGRocker407]

I got my tickets for wachovia in Philly. can't wait to see them. They've been my favorite band since I was young. I dig their new songs too, good stuff.

[TechnicolorType]

slash_rocks2005 wrote:

i've got a ticket for the show in Charlotte, NC in december

got em while they were only $89, there were places already selling them for $200 a piece.

first time i'll get to see my second favorite band EVER!!!

oh hell no.
damn!!!

i had no idea they had a show at charlotte.

ugh, i hate myself.

i only leave an hour away from there.

[TechnicolorType]

live*

[sphrth289]

Rock N' Roll Train I can deal with... but War Machine just doesn't do it for me.
R.I.P. AC/DC

[de-fexxx666]

I really hate the paperless system, I keep all my ticket stubs from every show I go to in a scrapbook, and now all I have for AC/DC is a goddamn recepit that says I saw AC/DC. Whatever, I shouldn't complain too much since I got 5th row for Toronto.

[SoftParade1967]

dam nman. war machine is badass. I thought it was gonna sound like every song they write. But this is diffrent. I like it very much.

[SlashNX]

Even the video for Rock N Roll train is same old same old.

I do respect AC/DC.... but come on, atleast a different drum beat now and again would liven things up a bit.

[Rocker_94]

I don't like this new song. It sounds like it could have been on Ballbreaker. It doesen't sound very "AC/DC". Guitars sound pretty weak on here.

[SlashNX]

I forgot to add.... how did this CD take so long to come out??

[simmonsalmighty]

war machine is awesome but rock n roll train is better it sounds for like classic ac/dc cant wait for the new album so pumped

[highvoltage2739]

i got madison sqaure garden tickets and didnt fill out a form in time and lost them but got them for the izod center thank GOD!!!!

[dgme92]

tom.b wrote:

Good, now maybe the radio stations will stop playing that crappy Rock 'N Roll Train song... of course replacing crap with crap still equals crap.

They should have hung up the guns after For Those About To Rock. Flame on fan-boys.

Go play in traffic. Seriously, leave us AC/DC fans be fans instead of raining on our parade.

[sydvicious]

i hate my life no ACDC concert anywhere near me i dont think.....


ACDC kicks A$$!!!!!

[RU Experienced?]

Sounds great, not huge on the chorus or vocals on this track but otherwise it sounds solid. Looking forward to the rest of the album.

[Page/Rhoads]

I got tickets! Goin' November 5!! And yeah, it sold out in less than 10 minutes.

[von tratt]

Oh crap :S I rly have to get ready to buy tickets when they come to Europe. I dno rly about War Machine... :S I hope Black Ice is much better cuz I expect a lot from the new album.

[Ita3rd]

MasterStafy wrote:

Scorge wrote:

GOD DAMMIT. i am sorely pissed at myself for missing the ticket sale and now it looks like i wont be seeing ac/dc at all
war machine is a cool song, though


haha I got stage tickets for the charlotte, nc concert :P

Me too, it's gonna be awesome. Also, War Machine is an okay song, I don't love it right now but I'm sure it'll grow on me after a few more listens.

[vabrownsfan89]

man i really hope they have some great shit on black ice that theyre saving up, because war machine is pretty average by AC/DC standards. Also, that video looks like it took about 100 bucks to pay for. still tho, i'd give my left nut to see them on tour, and im damn sure gonna be camped out infront of walmart to get this record

[pitbull510]

their new stuff is crap. I mean they had a good sound, but now it sounds like theyre reusing the same progressions and songwritings techniques. It's really monotonous. They need to do something different.

[SlashIsGod091]

kranoscorp wrote:

First.

Sold out in 15 minutes? That is ridiculous.

That's nothing. In 2006, when GN'R started their tour, their 4 shows at MSG sold out in less than 3 minutes!

[ozzynator]

war machine, WARRR ... MACHIIINE !!!
nice song \m/

[Mootallica]

To be honest, AC/DC, they are a revolutionary, household name, but I just cant stand listening to music which sounds exactly the same every time. Every song they have written sounds exactly the same as another, that they have made in any year.

2 riffs for the whole song, a small solo, then one of the two riffs at the start. Sometimes It's only one riff.

I'm sorry AC/DC fans, the new songs so far have been stale, repetitive and just overall low grade because there has been no progression in their musical style.

[AC/DC10]

The Vancouver show sold out in 4 minutes, actually

Dimebag22 wrote:

Yeah, the Vancouver show sold out in 15 mins too.

I want them to come to Calgary!!

The new song sounds sick though!

The Vancouver show sold out in 4 minutes, actually

[playinbass1432]

The people that go on about AC/DC not changing are ****ing retarded. The reason they've lasted so long and maintained their popularity is because they DIDNT change. They have a style and stick to it. I don't see the problem in that.

[GNRjungle87]

GOT MY TICKETS!! Can't wait to go...November 12.

War Machine is sounding good, better than Rock N' Roll Train in my opinion.

AC/DC ROCKS

[b-rock34]

No way, dude! I heard that the Vancouver show sold out in 3minutes and 48seconds!

[mr. ...]

damn. these guys will live to be 300, wright 40 albums and te still wont be old.

[ihavenoname93]

SlashNX wrote:

Even the video for Rock N Roll train is same old same old.

I do respect AC/DC.... but come on, atleast a different drum beat now and again would liven things up a bit.

what the hell do you call this song?

[Tubyboulin]

The first article said they were going on sale the 20th, but the Toronto show went on sale the 19th and now im pissed

They better come to Ottawa on the second leg of the tour. I like this new song a lot!!

[Adam_G]

Does anyone else find it funny that 4 songs on the album have "rock" in the title? Get some new material guys...

[motorbreath_445]

mack attack :
I wanted to go to the T.O show but no luck.

dude, i hear you man, i was in line and everything, and then they say "o, ****, all sold out, sorry". they should just add 30 more dates or so, and at least one more toronto date if you ask me, lol. i think its kinda lame how they only have a few canadian dates, were a big country, we deserve more that the 2 (i think 2 anyway) shows were given.

[Frewak]

AC/DC are awesome. I'm going to try and load that song, no matter how slow it's going to be on dial up.

And for the people saying they haven't changed, it's their style, that's why they stay like it. If you see other things with them, they can play a lot more. I saw one with Malcom I think it was, and he was playing a lot of blues and Hendrix stuff, so they can play other things, just prefer to keep AC/DC to their classic style.

[tomsawyer67]

remember when acdc was bad ass and you could get tickets on the street before the show, see musicians in their prime with something unlike anything else to play, and buy their album at a record store other than wal mart. sooo softcore. they dont need money. id rather hear em tour old, good music. not some new nostalga crap.

[RUSTDOGG666]

I heard the song. Classic ACDC. they way its meant to be.

[RUSTDOGG666]

*the way its meant to be. typo oh well shit happens

[Clutch32192]

YES!!! got my ticket!!! though cost me 100 dollars it'll be worth it

[SkidRow92]

Scorge wrote:

GOD DAMMIT. i am sorely pissed at myself for missing the ticket sale and now it looks like i wont be seeing ac/dc at all
war machine is a cool song, though

i'm with you man...i think they need to come back to columbus next time they come to north america..but seeing as tix are 90 bucks for nosebleed seats it sucks

[conman5895]

they havent gone on sell for houston yet but im been garateed tickets

[aig91]

Checked.

Please keep the flaming and bashing to a minimum. Thank you.

[b-rock34]

No way dude! The Vancouver show sold out in 3 minutes and 48 seconds!

[miniace]

ya thats right im going to the show in toronto!! FUCK YA!!

[rinestone]

Going to see them at the Forum!!! \m/ \m/

[majesty]

I'm seeing them in Toronto!!!! Nine rows from the stage baby (section A6)

[bliss10]

eh, its alright. i like rock and roll train better.

[Ironpriest]

War Machine is sounding good, better than Rock N' Roll Train in my opinion

definitely. Rock n roll train sounded like generic acdc, but War Machine was actually really good, reminded me of black sabbath or something. new album should be good, stiff upper lip was alright.

[cooljew]

November 15th at Verizon Center, its gonna be an awesome show! War Machine rules ass!

[cooljew]

motorbreath_445 wrote:

mack attack :
I wanted to go to the T.O show but no luck.

dude, i hear you man, i was in line and everything, and then they say "o, ****, all sold out, sorry". they should just add 30 more dates or so, and at least one more toronto date if you ask me, lol. i think its kinda lame how they only have a few canadian dates, were a big country, we deserve more that the 2 (i think 2 anyway) shows were given.

nah Canada sucks.

[Oxendoobie]

The people that are saying they don't like it because its the same and repetitive you don't understand, that's what makes AC/DC what it is. I like them because they are catchy and they use E, A, and D, music isn't always about complexity. I like AC/DC because they are simple. Wouldn't be AC/DC if they switched it up.

[80'smetaladdict]

to everyone who's citys are not on the tour dates. AC/DC will be posting a second leg for north america soon. It'll be out either this summer or in the beginning of the new year.

[Adam_G]

The people that are saying they don't like it because its the same and repetitive you don't understand, that's what makes AC/DC what it is. I like them because they are catchy and they use E, A, and D, music isn't always about complexity. I like AC/DC because they are simple. Wouldn't be AC/DC if they switched it up.

If the band is unable to grow and evolve then why the hell should I buy their album? I may as well just keep on listening to Back in Black.

[ze monsta]

Rock N Roll Train was a bit of a let down, War Machine is great though!!!

[Johnthevault]

$90 for nosebleed seats makes me HATE ac/dc

[tom.b]

AC/DC is the way coolest band EVER TO LIVE!! They RAWK AND ROLL! Every single song they've ever written is the best. Every new album is so much more complex and innovative than the last. I wish I could marry the whole band!! Yay for AC/DC! I love the fact that I can only buy the album at Walmart... Walmart is just as cool and innovative as AC/DC! I'm glad the tickets are so expensive, that way only the bestest of the best fans will be there...

[tom.b]

^=sarcasm

[WholeLottaHolly]

OMFG...is the australian born band gonna come home 4 this tour?? *crying* man do I feel 2nd rate... bet Bon does 2... he's still here...

[WholeLottaHolly]

And hey screw going 2 canada and america... again... HOW BOUT THEY COME THE ***K HOME??!! NO BODY THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD DOESN'T NOT LIKE THEM!! WHAT R WE EFFING INVISIBLE??!! COME 2 S'TRAYA!! OI OI OI!! AC/DC DON'T 4GET WHERE IT ALL STARTED!! COME BACK AND PLAY LIKE IT'S 1976!!

[HardRockKid]

this song was meant to be played live seriouslly theres so many drum breaks and quite parts where extended solos can be inserted this ne will be fun to see live....

[petetong]

Are they really as good as they used to be live? I saw them in 98 and they were absolutely awesome. sometimes I get the feeling that they just get bored and feel the need to earn some extra cash

[playinbass1432]

Haha man, AC/DC don't need any more money. They're well off.

[BenjiMan200]

OMFG...is the australian born band gonna come home 4 this tour?? *crying* man do I feel 2nd rate... bet Bon does 2... he's still here...


ummm, if they were going to their birthplaces Brian would go to Newcastle and Angus and Malcolm would be going to Scotland

[angus_young_32]

Mootallica wrote:

To be honest, AC/DC, they are a revolutionary, household name, but I just cant stand listening to music which sounds exactly the same every time. Every song they have written sounds exactly the same as another, that they have made in any year.

2 riffs for the whole song, a small solo, then one of the two riffs at the start. Sometimes It's only one riff.

I'm sorry AC/DC fans, the new songs so far have been stale, repetitive and just overall low grade because there has been no progression in their musical style.

You, sir, are possibly the biggest FUCKING DICKHEAD I have ever witnessed. You are apparently one of those people who have shit for brains and say that all AC/DC songs sound alike. THEY DO NOT.

[ACDCfan1103]

slash_rocks2005 wrote:

i've got a ticket for the show in Charlotte, NC in december

got em while they were only $89, there were places already selling them for $200 a piece.

Ha. Same with me. My dad got tickets for the 2nd date at the Allstate in Chicago the minute they went on sale for 89.50. Can't wait till November!

[suicidehummer]

To all the whiners about it sounding like every other album:

What did you expect it to sound like? Iron Maiden?

And to those complaining about the same old formula:

They're talent is in writing awesome riffs and solos, not sounding different on every album. They're AC/DC, so when I buy one of their albums, I expect to hear AC/DC. It's pointless to change your sound on every album.

[WholeLottaHolly]

Ummm excuse me "BenjiMan200" whoever u r, AC/DC the band - NOT THE PPL IN IT (xcept phil) - was born in Australia... dickhead... everybody knows the Young brothers were born in Glasgow, y don't u get ur 2 cents right b4 u start pointing fingers...