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The following message from Deb came through to the Bon Scott Blog mailbag recently: From: Deb Subject: Bon Scott Photo – rare… Hello fellow Bon Scott fan, I just saw your Blog today. It is a fun site. I have a rare signed photo from Bon Scott when he was in the band The Valentines.… Continue reading Deb at the Bus Stop Disco

Some amusing messages have been trickling into the mailroom of the Bon Scott Blog lately. Here’s one – from Damien in Melbourne, who plays with a band called “The Bon Scotts”. I love the honesty of Damien’s introduction. Although named after the great frontman, Damien writes that the band sounds “almost nothing like AC/DC.” Brave… Continue reading “Not knowing who else to speak to about this”…

Just in time for Bon’s 63rd birthday, a new “Bon Scott heritage tram tour” has been launched in Fremantle. My brother sent through the above article from the West Australian Newspaper. There’s an online version here. The tour will no doubt be a “must-do” for fans who visit the great singer’s dirty ole town. I… Continue reading Happy Birthday Bon!

This turned up on Facebook recently: a campaign to get a heritage icon plaque placed outside the house where Bon died on that cold morning back in 1980. Sounds like a good idea, read on to see how you can help the Londoners’ cause… On 19 February 1980 Bon died outside 67 Overhill Road, East… Continue reading A Bon Memorial in Dulwich?

Darren Jorgensen has written a review of last year’s Bon Scott Project exhibition at Fremantle Arts Centre. Here’s a snippet: The respectful air of AC/DC fans who were streaming through the Fremantle Arts Centre testifies to a show that endeared itself to the spirit and not the surfaces of rock-and-roll. This was also Bon’s distinctive… Continue reading Eyeline Review of Bon Scott Project

I love this photo, sent by Justin, an artist from Perth doing a project in Darwin, to Jasmin from the Fremantle Arts Centre. The Bon Scott Project sure has sensitised a lot of people to sightings of Bon stuff! Here is Justin’s message to Jasmin: Hi Jasmin Ten minutes after arriving in Darwin I saw… Continue reading Bon in the Top End

…not MY guest book – the guest book from the exhibition at the Fremantle Arts Centre! Some great stuff there: see some more scanned pages… (thanks to Marisa from the Arts Centre for sending them thru…)

Enrique, my Bon Scott source from southern Spain, just tipped me off about the potential release date of the new acca dacca album. See below for details hot off the press: According to Billboard.com, The first AC/DC album in eight years is due to drop this August with production from Brendan O’Brien. The album will… Continue reading New AC/DC Album On Its Way