1977
  January 77

  • Single, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - Big Balls / The Jack", released in the UK.

  • 5 - 14: 2nd leg of the Australian Tour, 6 dates.

  • 10: Single, "Love At First Feel / Problem Child", released in Australia. Side A recorded in the UK at Vineyard Studios the previous year.

  • "Let There Be Rock" is cut at Albert Studios with Vanda & Young producing, until February.

  • 30: Concert at the Haymarket for the Festival of Sydney.
  February 77

  • 12 - 15: Dates in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth. These are the last "official" concerts performed by AC/DC in Australia with Bon Scott.

  • 18 - March 21: UK Tour, 27 dates in support of "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap".
  March 77

  • 21: "Let There Be Rock" released in Australia.

  • 21: Single, "Dog Eat Dog / Carry Me Home", released in Australia. The B-side does not appear on any album.
  April 77

  • 3: Appearance for Australian TV show Countdown playing "Dog Eat Dog." Filmed in London.

  • 5 - 29: European Tour, 12 dates covering France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland and Sweden, supporting Black Sabbath. In Sweden, Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler pulls a flick knife on Malcolm, who then retaliates by punching him in the face. AC/DC gets thrown off of the tour.
  May 77

  • 3: Mark Evans is sacked from the band over personality clashes with Angus.

  • 27: Cliff Williams (Ex-Home and Bandit) officially joins the band.
  June 77

  • Rehearsals in Australia with Cliff Williams in preparation for their first tour of the US.

  • Recording sessions in Sydney at Albert Studios. 10 tracks are recorded but unfinished.

  • 23: "Let There Be Rock" released in the US.
  July 77

  • Cliff Williams debuts on stage with the band at 2 secret gigs at the Bondi Lifesavers in Sydney. They are billed as "The Seedies" and "Dirty Deeds".

  • 27 - September 3: 1st leg of the US Tour, 27 dates.

  • 27 - 29: 3 dates in Texas opening for Moxy.
  August 77

  • 5 - 6: Concerts in Florida with REO Speedwagon. Opening the first night, they co-headline the Coliseum in Jacksonville, their strongest market to date, in front of 8,000 people.

  • 7: "Day For The Kids" charity concert for WSHE at the Spartatorium in Hollywood, FL.

  • 9 - 22: Dates in the Mid-West, alternating headline shows and opening slots for Michael Stanley, Head East, Foreigner, Mink DeVille and Johnny Winter.

  • 13: "Let There Be Rock" peaks on the US Billboard charts at #154.

  • 24: First concerts in New York. Following their guest appearance with The Dictators at The Palladium, they open for the Marbles at CBGB’s. Angus uses his wireless guitar for the first time.

  • 29 - 31: 3 dates at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go in West Hollywood, CA.

  • "Let There Be Rock" released in Germany.
  September 77

  • Single, "Problem Child / Let There Be Rock", released in the US.

  • 2 - 3: 2 concerts at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco, CA.

  • Mid September - early October: 14 headlining dates in Scandinavia, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. The last date in Belgium is marked by a near riot after the local police try to stop the show. This incident will later inspire the song "Bedlam In Belgium."

  • 30: Single, "Let There Be Rock / Problem Child", released in the UK.

  • "Let There Be Rock" released in France.
  October 77

  • 12 - November 12: UK Tour, 17 dates. Their first sold-out show at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. 

  • 14: "Let There Be Rock" released in the UK. First LP to chart. It peaks at #75.

  • 27: A concert at London's Golders Green Hippodrome is filmed by the BBC’s "Sight And Sound" program with an FM simulcast on Radio 1. Broadcast on the 29th.

  • 31: Single, "Let There Be Rock (Part 1) / Let There Be Rock (Part 2)", released in Australia.
  November 77

  • 16 - December 21: 2nd leg of the US Tour, 21 dates.

  • The band plans a live album with shows recorded live in Fort Lauderdale, Melbourne’s Myer Music Bowl and Sydney’s Bondi Lifesavers. This is later abandoned.

  • 16 - 18: 3 dates supporting Rush.

  • 23 - 26: 4 co-headlining dates with UFO.
  December 77

  • 1 - 5: Headline dates in the Mid-West.

  • 7: Recording of a live concert in front of a small audience at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City. Atlantic Records will release this performance in the coming year as a (now collectable) promotional album.

  • 9 - 21: Dates supporting Kiss, Aerosmith, Styx, and Blue Oyster Cult and co-headlining with Cheap Trick.
 

 
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