AC/DC postpone shows to allow singer recovery time
Ac/Dc have postponed six upcoming US dates to allow frontman Brian Johnson to recover from a medical procedure.
Johnson has been advised by doctors to rest, so planned October dates in Arizona, Las Vegas, Kentucky, Kansas, Iowa and Wisconsin have been scrapped.
The band hopes to be back on its Black Ice World Tour in Washington, DC. on 16 October.
No details about Johnson’s medical procedure have been released.
The rocker, 61, recently revealed he is considering retirement – because he fears he’s getting too old to rock.
AC/DC – Thunderstruck (Live At Donnington)
The You Shook Me All Night Long singer told Classic Rock magazine he had planned to quit as the Aussie rockers’ singer in 2010 – 20 years after he replaced Bon Scott in the group – but his bandmates persuaded him to rock on for another nine months, to fulfil festival commitments into 2011.
Johnson told the publication, “We were talking about the end of the (current Black Ice) tour and I said, ‘We’re finishing in May – and that’s me done!’
“But Malcolm (Young) said, ‘What are you talking about? We’re not gonna let you retire!’”
Johnson admitted he’s not sure he’s got what it takes to carry on.
He adds, “I try to keep myself fit, and I love it being in this band… (but) the other lads are in their early fifties. I’m the old dog in the regiment. It’s a purely selfish thing. I don’t want to look a prat if I try to push it too far. I don’t want for people to see me on stage and say, ‘Oh, poor old f**ker, the band’s carrying him!’”
