AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler to star in new docuseries ‘Music Legends’
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 study the careers of, respectively, Tom Jones, Sam Fender, Cyndi Lauper, Nile Rodgers, Carlos Santana and Emmylou Harris, with the hosts additionally taking part in stay with the company on the episodes.
Along with Sky Arts within the UK, the present shall be accessible to stream through 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 data and experiences with one another — and a hand-picked collection of music royalty.”
“Visitors 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 a captivating portrait of their shared musical lives.
AC/DC additionally not too long ago 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 12 months.
Elsewhere, the band not too long ago introduced an enormous UK and European stadium tour for 2024. The Australian rock legends will carry out 21 dates in 10 international locations this summer season, which is able to mark their first tour in Europe for eight years.
The ‘Energy Up‘ tour – in assist of their 2020 album of the identical title – will kick off within the Veltins Area in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on Could 17, adopted by dates in Spain, Austria, Switzerland and extra.
The run additionally contains 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’ll be able to visit here to buy tickets for the UK dates and here for the EU dates.
In a four-star assessment 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 recreation, 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 journey.”
Knopfler, in the meantime, not too long ago launched a re-recorded model of his track ‘Going House’ for Teenage Most cancers Belief, that includes Brian Could, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton and Ronnie Wooden.