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A fan campaign to send AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' to the No. 1 spot for Christmas has ended short of its goal, but still left the band with a pretty impressive career milestone.

A new video featuring rare footage and performance from Bon Scott before he joined AC/DC is now available. Blue Pie Records has released 'Round and Round and Round,' a music-video archive featuring the late singer.

If AC/DC fans in the U.K. have their way this Christmas, no one will have to sing 'Do You Hear What I Hear?,' because they'll all be surrounded by the sounds of the band's classic 1979 hit 'Highway to Hell.'

According to a new book, former AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott was nearly fired from the group back in 1975 after he almost died from a heroin overdose.

Two years ago, Australian winery Warburn Estate launched its first AC/DC-inspired libations -- complete with creative names like Back In Black Shiraz, Hells Bells Sauvignon Blanc and You Shook Me All Night Long Moscato. They were such a success that Warburn and the band are now following up with another one: AC/DC Platinum.

Well, here's something you don't see every day (unless you follow this guy around, in which case, move along ... move along). It's a man with a mohawk playing "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC on bagpipes that shoot flames. He also dances a bit. And he's wearing a leather kilt...

Supporters of a plan to raise money for a statue of Bon Scott in his hometown of Kirriemuir, Scotland received a big boost recently when AC/DC put their weight into the project with a post on their official website. The campaign is looking to raise over $75,000 (50,000 pounds) before June 5. As of today (May 16), they're one-third of the way there.

It's been decades since Mark Evans ended his brief stint in AC/DC, but he was still with the band for a number of important moments in its history, and he has the awards to prove it -- although his collection is a little smaller now.

It's been way too long for this to happen. AC/DC has released its own beer. It's being called “The beer for real rockers”. Unfortunately it isn't for sale in the U.S. just yet. We have some details on AC/DC Beer here:

It may have taken AC/DC a bit longer than most bands to take the digital plunge and get their music up on iTunes, but since then, the band has been making up for lost time. Yesterday (Dec. 19) the band announced that they have uploaded six concert videos to the online retailing giant.

For rock fans who value digital convenience as much as they prize their power chords, Thanksgiving is coming a little early this year, thanks to a just-announced deal between Columbia Records and Apple that's sending AC/DC's entire catalog to iTunes.

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