AC/DC legend Brian Johnson makes triumphant on-stage comeback

An AC/DC legend, who last performed with the band almost a decade ago, made a return to stage with his bandmates after recovering from a health struggle.

AC/DC rocker Brian Johnson took to the stage for the first time in seven years to mark a triumphant comeback.

Johnson performed live with the group for the first time since September 2016 in Philadelphia, during the 79-date Rock or Bust world tour.

At the time, Johnson had to quit the tour and was replaced by Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose for the final 22 stops after the vocalists’ hearing loss struggles made it impossible for him to continue.

Brian Johnson of AC/DC made a surprise comeback at the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club. Picture from Twitter / @Powertriplive.

Johnson finally returned to the stage at the Power Trip festival over the weekend, which saw him joined on stage by Matt Laug, who stepped in for drummer Phil Rudd, bassist Cliff Williams and Angus and Stevie Young on guitar.

The legendary rock group played a whopping 24-song set, opening for the first time ever with If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It).

They also made sure to include classics such as Back in Black, Have a Drink on Me and Highway to Hell.

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AC/DC first formed in 1973 in Sydney by the Young brothers, who alongside drummer Phil Rudd and bassist Mark Evans released their debut album High Voltage in 1975.

Current members are Johnson, Rudd, Angus Young, Cliff Williams and Stevie Young, who took over as the guitarist after his uncle Malcolm Young left the band in 2014 due to health reasons. Malcolm died from the effects of dementia in 2017.

Young [left] was forced to quit the band’s last tour following a tragic health struggle. Picture from Twitter / @Powertriplive.

Meanwhile, last year Johnson dropped a major truth bomb about AC/DC’s biggest hit in his memoir.

There had been persistent rumours that the late Bon Scott, who fronted the Aussie band before his death in February 1980, had “scribbled most of the words to the album in one of his notebooks before he died.”

However Johnson, who took over as frontman after Scott’s death aged 33, finally addressed the myth in new book, The Lives of Brian, and put the myth to rest once and for all.