The Answer to tour with AC/DC
British rock band The Answer are about to tour with rock legends AC/DC staring on October the 28th. The Answer, who formed in 2000 are four british lads who hail from Newcastle and Downpatrick, County Down in Northern Ireland. They have already had success worldwide with their debut album, The Rise, selling over 100,000 albums.
They have been working on their new album, set to be released next year and had not yet been titled.
The band is made up of Cormac Neeson on vocals, Paul Mahon on guitar, Micky Waters on Bass and James Heatley on drums.
When responding to their success and the future tour, Cormac Neeson said,
“It’s a dream come true. It’s been agony keeping it to myself, I just told my family, and that’s it. It felt like we’d won the lottery or something. There’s the potential to do even more over here if it goes well!”
If you want to know more about the band, check out their official web site, but here are a few bits of trivia that we have found out about the up and coming band.
- James Heatley stood in for the live drummer of Ash in 1993.
- Classic Rock Magazine voted them Best New Band in 2005.
- They have supported some HUGE names already including Whitesnake, Paul Rodgers, Deep Purple, The Who and the incredible Rolling Stones.
- Micky Waters has played Phil Lynotts black bass guitar when the band played at the Phil Lynott memorial gig and is the first person to play on it since Lynotts untimely death.
- Joe Elliot, lead singer of Def Leppard, is a massive fan and has been quoted saying they are amazing and could be the new Free.
- Jimmy Page, former Led Zeppelin guitarist, is also a huge fan and has been to several of their gigs.