AC/DC – Clash With Animal Rights Activists

Aussie rockers AC/DC could have to cancel a sold-out concert because their big sound poses a danger to rare birds.

Animal rights campaigners are threatening legal action if the veteran band goes ahead with a gig planned for Wels airport in Austria in May. Hans Uhl of BirdLife said birds nesting in the area at the time would be threatened by anthems such as “Highway To Hell” and “You Shook Me All Night Long”. “The second biggest colony of curlews in Upper Austria and various other ground-nesting birds must not become endangered,” Mr Uhl said.

The event's 80,000 tickets were sold out within hours.