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WATCH: Dua Down Under Does AC/DC Cover

By Clint Drieberg
9 hours ago
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Pop superstar Dua Lipa has launched her Australian ‘Radical Optimism’ tour in Melbourne by wowing Rod Laver Arena with a cover of AC/DC's Highway to Hell.


The 29 year old British-born Albanian pop star put a twist on her usual repertoire, covering the  Aussie rock anthem on the first of five sold-out shows in the city.

How does it compare to the original title track off AC/DC’s 1979 album?

Highway to Hell was frontman's Bon Scott's last album with AC/DC. He was discovered dead in the backseat of a mate's automobile. The rocker had died of acute alcohol poisoning, on Feb. 19th, 1980. He was replaced with lead singer Brian Johnson for Back in Black.

Dua's performance comes just a month's after Lady Gaga sang the classic song with Brian Johnson for a Carpool Karaoke Christmas special with Apple TV.

During the segment Gaga revealed she was a “headbanging” extra in an AC/DC video as a teenager. When Johnson first entered the car to join Gaga and Lowe, Gaga said, “You want to hear something funny? I was in the ‘Stiff Upper Lip’ video. I was 17 and I was an extra in the back and I was headbanging. And they were like, ‘Don’t headbang. We want it to be modern.’ And I was like, ‘No, I can’t. Like, there’s only one move that I can do.'”

 

Clint Drieberg

Written by Clint Drieberg

Radio Producer, Programmer and Writer. Showbiz Reporter & Interviewer. Based in Ireland. Heard and seen worldwide.

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