LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 2, 2019…ELEVEN YEARS AGO AC/DC’S “BLACK ICE” TOUR HIT THE ORACLE FOR THE FIRST OF TWO SOLD OUT SHOWS. THE ‘BLACK ICE’ TOUR WAS THE FIRST AC/DC TOUR IN 7 YEARS. THE LAST TIME THEY GROUP HIT THE ROAD WAS THE ‘STIFF UPPER LIP’ TOUR IN 2000-2001. THE ‘BLACK ICE’ TOUR IS A SIGNIFICANT TOUR IN THE HISTORY OF AC/DC BECAUSE IT MARKED THE LAST TOUR WITH MALCOLM YOUNG, WHO LEFT THE BAND IN ILL HEALTH IN 2014. IT WAS ALSO THE LAST TOUR WITHOUT PHIL RUDD ON DRUMS, WHO WAS CHARGED IN NOVEMBER OF 2014 FOR HIRING A HITMAN TO MURDER SOMEONE AND FOR POSSESSION OF DRUGS. THIS WAS ALSO THE LAST FULL TOUR TO FEATURE BRIAN JOHNSON, AS HE LEFT THE BAND HALFWAY THROUGH THE ‘ROCK OR BUST’ TOUR DUE TO HEARING PROBLEMS. THE “BLACK ICE” TOUR HAULED IN $ 441 MILLION DOLLARS MAKING IT THE FOURTH HIGHEST-GROSSING TOUR OF ALL-TIME (THAT’S THE EQUIVALENT OF CLOSE TO $ 528 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2019 MONEY).
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