After rescue teams administered first aid, he was transported to the hospital
Australia’s pre-eminent hard rock band AC/DC announced they will carry on making music without ailing rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young.
“After 40 years of life dedicated to AC/DC, guitarist and founding member Malcolm Young is taking a break from the band due to ill health,” the group said on their website, without disclosing the nature of his illness.
“Malcolm would like to thank the group’s diehard legions of fans worldwide for their never-ending love and support.”
The statement added: “The band will continue to make music.”
Formed in Australia in 1973 by Malcolm and brother Angus Young, AC/DC is famed for rock anthems Let There Be Rock, Whole Lotta Rosie and Highway to Hell.
Rumours about the band’s future began circulating last week following an anonymous tip-off to a Perth radio station by someone calling themselves Thunderstruck who said that 61-year-old Malcolm Young was “very ill” and had returned with his family to Australia.
“That is true, Malcolm is sick,” Mark Gable, the frontman for Australian band Choirboys and a former record label mate, told the ABC last week.
“From what I understand, and it’s even been confirmed in part by his son Ross (Young), that it would appear Malcolm is unable to perform anymore.”
The band appealed for Young’s privacy to be respected and its website was full of comments and prayers for the guitarist and his family.
After rescue teams administered first aid, he was transported to the hospital
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