Who Will Open For AC/DC On Tour? The Answer

AC/DC have chosen an opening band for their upcoming North American tour, hand-selecting North Ireland rockers the Answer. You may remember the Answer from David Fricke's column following their performance at this year's SXSW festival. The Answer released their debut album Rise in 2006. If an opening slot for AC/DC doesn't mean you've hit the big time, Guitar Hero: World Tour has also tapped the band's "Never Too Late" for its track list. The Answer will precede their AC/DC stint with their US live debut at a club show during NYC's CMJ music marathon.

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Sir Mix-a-Lot | 1992

While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”

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