1991

  January 91
  • 9 – February 22: 2nd leg of the US/Canadian Tour, 28 dates.

  • 18: Three fans are crushed to death during the band’s performance in Salt Lake City.

  • 25: Single, "Moneytalks - Borrowed Time", released in Japan.

  March 91
  • 18: The filming of the "Are You Ready" video at Bray Studios in Windsor, UK. Directed by David Mallet.

  • 20 – April 28: European Tour, 26 dates covering Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, Switzerland, Holland, UK and Ireland.

  April 91
  • 15: Single, "Are You Ready / Got You By The Balls", released in the UK.

  • 26: Single, "Are You Ready – Got You By The Balls / D.T. – Chase The Ace", released in Australia.

  May 91
  • 23 – July 14: 3rd leg of US/Canadian Tour, 36 dates.
  June 91
  • "Clipped" home video released worldwide. Includes the videos from "Blow Up Your Video" and "The Razors Edge".
  July 91
  • Single "Rock Your Heart Out - Shot Of Love" released in Australia.
  August 91
  • 10 – September 28: European "Monsters Of Rock/Rock Around The Bloc" Festival Tour, 20 dates covering Denmark, Poland, UK, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, France, Spain and Russia in stadiums and outdoor venues. The festival bill includes Metallica and The Black Crowes (but is slightly changed on certain dates), headlined by AC/DC. AC/DC plays behind the newly freed Iron Curtain for the first time.

  • 17: The band headlines the "Monsters Of Rock" festival at Castle Donington in the UK for an unprecedented third time.

  • 26: "The Razors Edge" picture disc edition released in the UK.

  September 91
  • 28: AC/DC headline the "Rock Around The Bloc" festival in Moscow at the Tushino Airfield, a few days after a failed coup by the communists. The free concert is attended by between 500,000 and a million people. Despite huge security concerns by the Russian Army, which almost cancelled the show, the concert takes place, without any incident. The excess of the military can be witnessed in the long-form video "For Those About To Rock - Monsters In Moscow", released a year later.
  October 91
  • 14 – November 16: Australian/New Zealand Tour, 15 dates. Their year-long world tour of 153 shows ends at Auckland, New Zealand, where the band had never played live.
  December 91
  • "Boom Box" box set released in Australia, which includes every AC/DC album.
 

 

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