AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler are set to star in a brand new documentary collection, named Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends.
The six-part collection will see the 2 traditional rockers discover the lives of six different music legends, with the present set to run weekly on Sky Arts from April 25.
Every episode will see Johnson and Knopfler look at the careers of, respectively, Tom Jones, Sam Fender, Cyndi Lauper, Nile Rodgers, Carlos Santana and Emmylou Harris, with the hosts additionally enjoying stay with the company on the episodes.
Along with Sky Arts within the UK, the present will likely be accessible to stream by way of NOW TV internationally.
An official description reads: “Be part of AC/DC singer, Brian Johnson and Dire Straits singer and guitarist, Mark Knopfler as they share their unbelievable information and experiences with one another — and a hand-picked number of music royalty.”
“Friends together with Sir Tom Jones, Nile Rodgers and Cyndi Lauper share tales from their very own careers and focus on the tracks that formed them as musicians and followers. Mark and Brian do the identical, portray an enchanting portrait of their shared musical lives.
AC/DC additionally just lately re-released their first 9 LPs on gold vinyl to have a good time their fiftieth anniversary as a band, with additional re-releases nonetheless to come back later within the yr.
Elsewhere, the band just lately introduced an enormous UK and European stadium tour for 2024. The Australian rock legends will carry out 21 dates in 10 nations this summer season, which is able to mark their first tour in Europe for eight years.
The ‘Energy Up‘ tour – in help of their 2020 album of the identical title – will kick off within the Veltins Enviornment in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on Might 17, adopted by dates in Spain, Austria, Switzerland and extra.
The run additionally consists of two dates at London’s Wembley Stadium on July 3 and seven, earlier than they proceed on to extra mainland Europe dates. The tour will wrap up at Dublin’s Croke Park on August 17. You may go to right here to buy tickets for the UK dates and right here for the EU dates.
In a four-star evaluation of ‘Energy Up’, NME wrote that the “Australian rock icons persist with their weapons” on a “rollicking seventeenth album”, including: “After 50 years within the sport, the band don’t reinvent the wheel – after they principally created it, why would they? – however their well timed comeback is a hell of a experience.”
Knopfler, in the meantime, just lately launched a re-recorded model of his tune ‘Going Residence’ for Teenage Most cancers Belief, that includes Brian Might, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton and Ronnie Wooden.