AC/DC's Black Ice Continues to Dominate Charts Worldwide

AC/DC's Black Ice Continues to Dominate Charts Worldwide

AC/DC Biggest Catalog Selling Artist of 2008

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- AC/DC continue to dominate sales charts around the world as Black Ice remains the #1 selling album in the US, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Argentina, Canada and Spain. Released globally on Monday, October 20, 2008, Black Ice topped sales charts in 29 Countries, including the US where it sold an incredible 784,288 in its first week (marking the band's first ever debut on the US album charts). Black Ice went on to sell another 270,923 units this week, bringing the first 2 weeks sales in the US to over 1 million copies. Sold exclusively at Walmart, Sam's Club, and www.acdc.com in the US, Black Ice is poised to be the biggest selling rock record of 2008.

2008 is shaping up to be a year of firsts for AC/DC. With over 5.3 million copies of Black Ice shipped worldwide, combined with over 5.1 million in catalog sold this year, AC/DC have surpassed The Beatles as the #1 selling catalog artist in the US for 2008. For the first time in the band's extensive history, AC/DC graces the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Additionally AC/DC are the first band to release an entire album for video game play with the release this week of The AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band(R) Track Pack(TM). Also sold exclusively at Walmart and Sam's Club in the US, AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band(R) Track Pack(TM), gives music fans a whole new way to experience rock's hardest hitting act with access to 18 live recordings from AC/DC's epic, live performance at Castle Donington. Columbia Records have partnered with Walmart and MTV to create "AC/DC Rock Band Stores" in New York's Times Square and in Los Angeles to give fans in the these cities fast access to all AC/DC music and merchandise.

AC/DC kicked off their Black Ice World Tour on October 28 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. This first leg of the tour, which runs through April 23, 2009 in Birmingham, UK, has been receiving critical raves. The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader raved "If this is what AC/DC sounds like on opening night after a seven-year layoff, later dates on the tour are going to be amazing." The Chicago Tribune proclaimed their live show "a celebration of all that is great about rock 'n' roll," calling the band's music "Rock 'n' roll that outlasts time."

   Black Ice World Tour Dates    November 5  Detroit, MI         Palace of Auburn Hills   November 7  Toronto, ONT        Rogers Centre   November 9  Boston, MA          TD Banknorth Garden   November 12 New York, NY        Madison Square Garden   November 13 New York, NY        Madison Square Garden   November 15 Washington, D.C.    Verizon Center   November 17 Philadelphia, PA    Wachovia Center   November 19 East Rutherford, NJ IZOD Center   November 21 Columbus, OH        Schottenstein Center   November 23 Minneapolis, MN     Xcel Energy Center   November 25 Denver, CO          Pepsi Center   November 28 Vancouver, BC       General Motors Place   November 29 Seattle, WA         Key Arena   November 30 Tacoma, WA          Tacoma Dome   December 2  Oakland, CA         ORACLE Arena   December 4  Oakland, CA         ORACLE Arena   December 6  Los Angeles, CA     The Forum   December 8  Los Angeles, CA     The Forum   December 10 Phoenix, AZ         US Airways Center   December 12 San Antonio, TX     AT&T Center   December 14 Houston, TX         Toyota Center   December 16 Atlanta, GA         Philips Arena   December 18 Charlotte, NC       Time Warner Cable Arena   December 20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL  Bank Atlantic Center   December 21 Tampa, FL           St. Pete Times Forum   January 5   Cleveland, OH       Quicken Loans Arena   January 7   Pittsburgh, PA      Mellon Arena   January 9   Toronto, ONT        Rogers Centre   January 11  Cincinnati, OH      U.S. Bank Arena   January 13  St. Louis, MO       Scottrade Center   January 15  Omaha, NE           Qwest Center Omaha   January 17  Fargo, ND           Fargodome   January 19  Minneapolis, MN     Xcel Energy Center   January 21  Kansas City, MO     Sprint Center   January 23  Dallas, TX          American Airlines Center   January 26  Tulsa, OK           BOK Center   January 28  Little Rock, AR     ALLTELL Arena   January 30  Memphis, TN         FedEx Forum   January 31  Nashville, TN       Sommet Center   February 18 Oslo, NO            Telenor Arena   February 20 Stockholm, SE       The Globe   February 22 Stockholm, SE       The Globe   February 25 Paris, FR           Bercy   February 27 Paris, FR           Bercy   March 1     Antwerp, BE         Sportpaleis   March 3     Antwerp, BE         Sportpaleis   March 5     Leipzig, DE         Halle 1   March 7     Dusseldorf, DE      ISS Dome   March 9     Oberhausen, DE      Kopi Arena   March 11    Bremen , DE         AWD Dome   March 13    Rotterdam, NL       Ahoy   March 15    Dortmund, DE        Westfallenhalle   March 17    Prague              02 Arena   March 19    Milan, IT           Datch Forum   March 21    Milan, IT           Datch Forum   March 23    Budapest, HU        Papp Laszlo Budapest                                    Sportarena   March 25    Frankfurt, DE       Festhalle   March 27    Munich, DE          Olympiahalle   March 29    Zurich, CH          Hallenstadion   March 31    Barcelona, ES       Sant Jordi   April 2     Madrid, ES          Palacio de los Deportes   April 14    London, UK          02 Arena   April 16    London, UK          02 Arena   April 18    Dublin, IE          02 Arena   April 21    Manchester, UK      MEN   April 23    Birmingham, UK      NEC  

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Profile: International Entertainment