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AC/DC album downloaded 400,000 times despite no digital release

'Black Ice' proving popular online

AC/DC's forthcoming new album, 'Black Ice', leaked onto file sharing service BitTorrent on October 7 and has been downloaded over 400,000 times.

The album, set for official release on Monday (October 20), will not be available as a legal download.

According to Undercover the band's label, Sony, released fake AC/DC songs online to hamper users attempting to download the album.

However, Torrentfreak claimed that there was no evidence of the fake tracks online.

AC/DC boycott Apple's iTunes download service as well as other similar services, but still enjoy huge sales of their albums. In 2007 they sold 1.3 million albums in the USA.

AC/DC's Angus Young has said that the band's decision to refrain from releasing music digitally was motivated by a desire to ensure their fans enjoy their albums as wholes, not simply a few tracks at a time.

"We don't make singles, we make albums," he told the Telegraph. "We believe the songs on any of our albums belong together."
 

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Del Gland 

Oct 13, 2008

Having heard said album I can confirm that it is way up there with their best. By that I mean ther is two or three instant clasics and a bunch of dross. Mind you, I can't wait to see them live again.

Moz_1983 

Oct 13, 2008

Good to see people are still interested in them. Hopefully these music fans will buy the album after hearing it to show their support to the band. I have no problems with illegal downloading as long as you still support the band you listen to by buying the albums and going to the shows. Otherwise you're just as bad a tout. Touts rip-off the fans, illegal downloaders who don't show their support rip-off the bands.It's a two-way thing.

hpythrsday 

Oct 14, 2008

"Back in Black Ice"... Bring it on.

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