Statue of AC/DC’s Brian Johnson Unveiled in Belgium
Written by Logan Phillips on April 17, 2023
A statue of Brian Johnson has been erected in Namur, Belgium.
Organized by the local radio station RTBF, the statue was placed as a tribute to the AC/DC singer’s first live performance with the band at Namur’s Palais Des Expositions on June 29, 1980. The event had a great turnout with Several hundred fans attending the unveiling of the monument.
“It’s a very special place for me,” Johnson said in a video statement, noting that he hopes to visit the statue in person sometime soon. “It was the first night I sang with AC/DC, and I was a very nervous boy. So that memory will stay with me forever, and now that you’ve built this statue, honestly, I’m not worthy of it…I thank you, and I’ll take it in good grace.”
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AC/DC is set to perform at the Power Trip festival in California later this year. The Power Trip Festival will also feature acts like Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Guns N’ Roses. This will be the band’s first show with Johnson since 2016 when Axl Rose had to fill in for the band as Johnson dealt with hearing issues, as well as their first show since the death of AC/DC co-founder Malcolm Young back in 2017.
In an interview with Rolling Stone in October, Johnson noted that he’s interested in another AC/DC tour, though nothing had been confirmed. “I would love to. It’s as simple as that,” he said. “I think everybody would. There’s a groundswell of people just asking. But I hate talking about the future, because, fuck, we were ready two years ago, and the pandemic came, and it screwed everything up. So I’m terrified to say what could happen and what couldn’t.”
