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7,000 ask for refund for Werchter’s AC/DC show

06:52 06/05/2016

Seven thousand people have asked for a refund of their ticket to the AC/DC show on 16 May at the Werchter festival grounds after hearing that Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose would stand in for lead singer Brian Johnson. Johnson has dropped out of the AC/DC world tour because of hearing loss, which threatens to worsen if he continues to perform live.

When the announcement was made last month, concert promoter Live Nation offered to refund ticket-holders who were not happy with the substitution, which is an unusual move in the sector. Some 1,000 of the returned tickets have gone to people on the waiting list, and the other 6,000 are still available. Tickets cost €88.

Written by Lisa Bradshaw