AC/DC at the O2, London

Hard rock and its bastard offspring, heavy metal, are the most paradoxical of musical genres. No other art form consistently declares its own rebellious, authority-baiting nature so loudly while remaining hopelessly conservative - and no heavy rock band has ever been as defiantly immutable as AC/DC. This is the Australian rockers' first UK show for six years, to promote Black Ice, their first new studio album in close to a decade. But beneath the pyrotechnics and arena-pleasing tricks their musi...

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