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1988
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January 88
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4: Single, "Heatseeker / Go Zone", released in the
UK.
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11: Single, "Heatseeker / Go Zone", released in
Australia.
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18: "Blow Up Your Video" released in Australia.
Single, "Heatseeker / Go Zone", released in France.
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25: "Blow Up Your Video" released in the UK.
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29: "Blow Up Your Video" released in Europe.
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February 88
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1: "Blow Up Your Video" released in the US and France.
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1 - 22: First Australian tour in 7 years. The 16 dates of
this immensely successful stadium tour includes 5 concerts in
Melbourne and 6 in Sydney. A riot erupts at the Myer Music Bowl
in Melbourne and 60 people are arrested.
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March 88
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5: "Blow Up Your Video" enters the US Billboard
charts, eventually peaking at #12. It reaches #2 on the UK charts.
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6 - 13: UK Tour, 6 dates, covering only two cities, London
and Birmingham. Supported by Dokken.
- 7: The band films the live parts of the video for "That’s
The Way I Wanna Rock N Roll" at the N.E.C. in Birmingham.
Directed by Peter Sinclaire, Brian Grant and Jiff Morrison.
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10: "Blow Up Your Video" released in Japan.
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15 – April 11: European Tour, 20 dates covering Holland,
Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland and France. Supported
by Dokken.
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28: Single, "That’s The Way I Wanna Rock N Roll
/ Kissin’ Dynamite", released in the UK.
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April 88
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5: Single, "That’s The Way I Wanna Rock N Roll /
Kissin’ Dynamite", released in Australia.
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13: Extra date at London’s Wembley Arena.
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21: Malcolm Young leaves the band temporarily to cure his
addiction to alcohol. He is replaced for the US Tour by nephew
Stevie Young (Ex-Starfighters).
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May 88
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3 - November 13: US/Canadian Tour, 6 months. Supported by
White Lion, L.A. Guns and Cinderella. AC/DC’s tour is one
of the most successful of the year in the US.
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Single, "That’s The Way I Wanna Rock N Roll / Kissin’
Dynamite", released in the US.
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June 88
- 25: Single, "That’s The Way I Wanna Rock N Roll /
Kissin’ Dynamite", released in Japan.
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