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Fly To The Hills: Bruce Dickinson To The Rescue!

2:30PM Clem Bastow | There’s nothing like a bit of heart-warming metal god bravery to, er, warm the heart on a windy Monday, so step right up, Bruce Dickinson of metal maestros Iron Maiden! Yes, in addition to rocking the f–k out and wearing amazing leather pants during the ’70s and ’80s, Dickinson is also a pilot, and stepped up to the plane plate when hundreds of British holidaymakers became stranded in Egypt after their holiday tour company went bust, flying the metal skies all the way to pick them up and safely deliver them back to Old Blighty. “I was just doing my job. I was called out like a lot of other pilots to help and I was obviously happy to do that,” The Mail on Sunday newspaper quoted rocker Dickinson as saying. More »

AC/DC Fans “Leak” New Song, Unwittingly Create YouTube Genius

1:18PM Clem Bastow | As mentioned yesterday, the first AC/DC studio album in eight years is due for release in the next few months, so naturally a bunch of songs from the record have leaked (it’s just not a hotly-anticipated release if you can’t listen to crappy 64kbps snippets of the hit single online!) – but what makes this leak different from all the others is that the eager Acca fans have inadvertently created one of the most brilliant pieces of YouTubery since the last brilliant piece of YouTubery we claimed was the best ever. Because the songs themselves haven’t actually been leaked, per se. In short: the fans attended the music video shoot, heard the song, remembered how it went, and then rushed home to their guitars, webcams and, in the case of this champion, their best Brian Johnston dress-ups, and “leaked” the song, second-hand. Are you ready to rock?! More »

News.com.au Have Been Waiting So Long For AC/DC’s New Album They Forgot The Band’s Name

10:21AM Clem Bastow | Briefly in headbanging news, it seems Angus Young has taken time out from drinking milk and painting watercolours in the rolling Dutch meadows to get together with The New Guy and prepare the first AC/DC record in eight years for release. The album, Black Ice, will be out in October – and even though the group are no longer really Australian, it’s good to see that News.com.au can remember how to spell the country’s biggest rock band’s name: More »