First Single - 'Rock 'N' Roll Train' - Set for August 28 Debut
CD Pre-Orders Available Online Today
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Columbia Records
and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announce today that the new AC/DC album, Black
Ice, will be sold in the U.S. exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail
locations beginning Monday, October 20. The CD also will be available
online via http://www.walmart.com, http://www.samsclub.com and the band's
website http://www.acdc.com. Black Ice, AC/DC's first album of all-new
material in eight years, features 15 tracks and will be offered at the
special price of $11.88.
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"Rock 'N' Roll Train," the first single from the album, will debut on
August 28. The video will premiere in September. In addition, the band is
set to kick off its first world tour since 2001 in late October. Black Ice
was produced by Brendan O'Brien at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC.
As one of America's largest music retailers, Wal-Mart will join with
Columbia Records to launch multiple activities for fans in celebration of
the new CD album, including new product features and promotions to come
this fall that will bring fans closer to one of history's greatest rock
bands.
"Like all excited fans of AC/DC, we can hardly wait for the launch of
this album and all that will surround it," said Gary Severson, Wal-Mart's
senior vice president of Entertainment. "We promise there will be a
multitude of opportunities for fans of all ages to get involved and 'rock
again' as we count down to October 20."
No Bull The Directors Cut, a newly edited, comprehensive DVD and of the
band's famed July 1996 Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas concert in Madrid,
Spain, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray September 9, 2008.
Starting today, http://www.walmart.com/ACDC and http://www.acdc.com
will begin accepting pre-orders for the Black Ice CD album and No Bull DVD.
Fans can join the countdown and access these sites for more information on
the band, including new videos and upcoming announcements, in the coming
weeks.
About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart discount stores, supercenters,
Neighborhood Markets and Sam's Club locations in the United States. The
Company operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and
the United Kingdom and, through a joint venture, in India. The Company's
securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WMT.
More information about Wal-Mart can be found by visiting
http://www.walmartstores.com. Online merchandise sales are available at
http://www.walmart.com and http://www.samsclub.com.
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