AC/DC have been on a highway to hell and back over the last eight years. By the end of their 2016 Rock or Bust world tour, Angus Young was the last man standing of the original line-up.
His brother Malcolm Young was suffering from dementia, drummer Phil Rudd was under home detention for drug possession and singer Brian Johnson had to be replaced by Guns N’ Roses Axl Rose due to hearing problems.
To make matters worse, bassist Cliff Williams announced his retirement from touring and then Malcolm died a year later.
It looked like the end of AC/DC, before the band reunited with nephew Stevie Young replacing the late guitarist on 2020’s Power Up album.
Four years on and Angus and Brian lead a new tour in support of the record with Stevie Young, Chris Chaney on bass and Matt Laug on drums.
Express.co.uk headed to Wembley Stadium last night for their first of two nights in London and boy was it loud!
The couple first met in high school when they were teenagers. Stevie, who plays BST Hyde Park today (July 12) has spoken about seeing Lindsey playing California Dreamin’ and joining him in harmony recalling: “I thought he was a darling.” She officially joined his band Fritz in 1967 and when they disbanded in 1972 he and Stevie became a duo under the moniker Buckingham Nicks. By this stage, they were also a couple.
Stevie would later speculate: “I’m not sure we would have even become a couple if it wasn’t for us leaving that band. It kind of pushed us together,” according to Stephen Davis’ biography of her, Gold Dust Woman.
They released an eponymous album in late 1973 but it flopped and they were dropped by their record label. This is when cracks started to appear in their relationship. Money was tight and they were arguing. Stevie was waitressing and cleaning houses to make ends meet while Lindsey had gone on tour with Don Everly and it had ended badly.
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