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Fraser Lewry

"He looked as fit as a butcher's dog": Watch Bon Scott's surreal final UK appearance with AC/DC

Bon Scott on Top Of The Pops.

In February 1980, Just 12 days before his death, Bon Scott appeared in front of a UK audience with AC/DC for the last time. 

The band had brought their Highway To Hell tour to a successful conclusion at Southampton's Gaumont Theatre in late January, but Scott's final trek with the band had been a struggle. The band's US booking agent Doug Thaler (later Motley Crue's manager) reported that "Bon was in rough shape. He was drunk most of the time, or sleeping it off so he could sober up and get drunk again. He was starting to have a real problem.“

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