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Dave Ling

What happened when AC/DC played an intimate show for 3000 lucky fans in Berlin

Brian Johnson and Angus Young onstage at the Columbiahalle in Berlin

It's not every day that you get an invitation to open for the Rolling Stones at a 450-capacity open-air show, and only a fool would turn down such an offer. And, contrary to some people’s opinion, AC/DC are far from foolish. 

Although June 2003 found the five-piece scattered across the globe during the writing of a new album that was rumoured to be produced by Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange (Highway To Hell, Back In Black and For Those About To Rock) when the offer arrived, AC/DC dropped everything and flew to Europe to warm up for the Stones' gig, which was scheduled for the following month in Toronto, Canada.

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