Iggy Pop has told the New York Times that he received an approach to join AC/DC as their singer, and declined. He didn’t reveal whether this was to replace Bon Scott or Brian Johnson, just that it came “many years ago” via a management representative. He listened to AC/DC’s music and realised: “I can’t fill that bill. I wasn’t like: ‘Ugh, I don’t like them.’ It was quite well made. They do careful work. But I’m not what they needed.”
Meanwhile, on the current AC/DC front, Brian Johnson reveals that he can no longer answer questions about playing live with the band. Pressed on the subject by American DJ Eddie Trunk, who sidestepped by enquiring whether a return to live action was something that the singer wanted, Johnson insisted: “I cannot answer that. I’ve been told not to by everybody. It’s the official line.”