Archives - December 1997

   
  • Bonfire Gold - 12/21/97
  • "Bonfire" has been certified Gold in the US. Some other titles of their back catalog were also re-certified multi-platinum this month, with "Let There Be Rock" reaching the 2 Million sales mark, "Dirty Deeds" 5 Million, and "Back In Black" 16 Million, becoming the second biggest selling Hard Rock album of all time right behind Led Zeppelin IV.
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  • Ozzfest Rumors - 12/21/97
  • Ozzy Osbourne is reportedly looking into getting AC/DC to headline the bill of his OzzFest tour next summer.
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  • AC/DC Sign with EMI UK - 12/02/97
  • AC/DC has just signed a new deal with EMI records for UK distribution only. The entire back catalog should be reissued on that label soon and "Bonfire" will be out on December 8th. Future recordings will be issued on EMI as well. They remain on East West records for the rest of the world except Australia.
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  • Bonfire UK Date - 12/01/97
  • "Bonfire" will finally be released in the UK on EMI records on December 8th. The Box set entered the US Billboard charts at #90 (W/E 12/6), the Swedish charts at #60 (W/E 11/28), the French Top 100 at #56 (W/E 11/22) and #21 in Australia.
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