AC/DC Chooses The Answer For Opening Tour Act

AC/DC, who later this month will launch their first world tour since 2001, have tapped Irish rock outfit The Answer to hold down the opening slot.

The outing will be the inaugural US tour for The Answer, whose sound is often compared The Black Crowes and Free, according to a press release. The group has pulled opening duty in the past for The Rolling Stones The Who and Aerosmith.