AC/DC Show Goes On Despite A Tough Year

AC/DC's Angus Young has told Sky News about how his brother Malcolm has been dealing with dementia, in an interview with fellow band member Brian Johnson.

Angus said the diagnosis was obviously a shock but Malcolm was coping as well as can be expected.

"He's in a good place, he's happy and content - he's got to have a lot of people looking after him."

Johnson has since lent his support to a charity for dementia sufferers, saying he knew very little about the disease before Malcolm was diagnosed.

"Its one of the those things you don't really think about until it happens and it's b****y awful. I did it because of Mal."

It's been a turbulent time for the band, who have sold more than 200 million albums since they formed in 1973.

It was confirmed that Malcolm had dementia in September and then last month drummer Phil Rudd was arrested in New Zealand on charges of drug possession and hiring a hitman to commit murder.

The second charge was dropped but Rudd is still accused of possession and making threats to kill.

The band have a new album out - the first of original material in six years - and the first album which Malcolm doesn't appear on - something which was very strange for the others.

"It is hard - because he was a strong character and he founded the band, it was his whole project and that was the hard part in making the decision - do we go forward?," said Angus.

Malcolm's nephew Stevie will be taking over, something he also did in the 1980s when Malcolm sought treatment for an alcohol problem.

Angus told Sky News Malcolm gave his blessing for them to continue.

"Malcolm was ill even when we did the last album and we toured and I would say to him 'are you sure you want to do this?' and he'd say 'yes let's keep going as long as we can' and that's what we did and he did it really well."

The band's new album, Rock Or Bust, is out on 2 December.