Entertainment Swindon

To mark 50years of the release of High Voltage, the legendary rock bands debut album, AC/DC have teamed up with Royal Mail to release eight stamps that capture some of the electrifying live performances by the band.

A further four stamps will be released in a miniature sheet, featuring the covers of High Voltage, as well as Highway to Hell, their sixth studio release album, Back In Black, the best selling rock album of all time, and Power Up, the bands return 2020 album.

AC/DC unleashed themselves on the world in 1975, releasing High Voltage in Australia & New Zealand, and the rest of the world in 1976 and became one of the biggest rock bands in history.

The Australian rock band formed in 1973 and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, having sold over 200million records worldwide, making them one of the best selling artists of all time.

Founded by brothers Angus (lead guitar) and Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar), with Colin Burgess (drums), Larry Van Kriedt (bass guitar) and Dave Evans (lead vocals). They underwent several line-up changes before releasing their debut High Voltage. Membership stabilised after the release of Let There Be Rock (1977), with the Young brothers, Phil Rudd on drums, Cliff Williams on bass guitar and Bon Scott on lead vocals.

Seven months after the release of Highway to Hell (1979), Scott died of alcohol poisoning and English singer Brian Johnson was then recruited as their new frontman. Their first album with Johnson, Back in Black (1980), dedicated to Scott’s memory, became the second best-selling album of all time.

Their eighth studio album, For Those About to Rock (1981), was their first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200. Rudd was fired partway through the Flick of the Switch sessions in 1983 and was replaced by Simon Wright, who was replaced by Chris Slade six years later.

The early 90s saw a commercial resurgence of AC/DC with the release of their album The Razors Edge in 1990, followed by Ballbreaker in 1995. More albums followed, including the 2020 release of the bands seventeenth studio album Power Up.

As well as the release of the AC/DC stamps release, the band will be heading on a world tour for their Power Up Tour, starting in Minneapolis, USA at the US Bank Stadium on 10th April 2025.

Click HERE for tour dates and to book your tickets.

Here in Swindon, the MECA will be hosting tribute band AC/DC UK on stage for an electrifying live event on Saturday 13th September 2025. This tribute band have risen in previous year to become one of the most renowned and authentic AC/DC tributes in Europe. A full sized production includes six fully firing canons, inflatable Rosie, a Hells Bell, a wall of Marshall stacks and an incendiary device from the band, playing across the globe at sold out venues, packed out festivals and even featuring on TV and film. To book your tickets for this explosive rock event at Swindon’s MECA, Click HERE.

The stamps go on sale from 18 February.