A campaign to erect a permanent tribute to famous Glaswegian AC/DC brothers Malcolm and Angus Young has been reignited as fans strive for tickets to what could be the band's final Scottish performance. Councillor Thomas Kerr of Glasgow City Council is seeking support for a motion to create a lasting tribute to the rock band's co-founders in their hometown.
A campaign to erect a permanent tribute to famous Glaswegian AC/DC brothers Malcolm and Angus Young has been reignited. The calls come as fans scramble to get tickets for what could be the band's last ever show in Scotland this summer. Glasgow City councillor Thomas Kerr is gathering support for a motion to create a lasting tribute to the rock band 's co-founders in their home city.
Calls for a monument have been backed by relatives of the Young brothers, with cousin Bryce Redburn saying a statue in Cranhill, where they grew up, would be “really special”. Cllr Kerr, former leader of the Conservative Group on Glasgow City Council, previously planned to put forward a motion for a lasting tribute to the iconic rock band’s co-founders Angus and Malcolm Young in their home city, and hoped to gain cross-party backing, the Daily Record reports. Cllr Kerr, who also grew up in Cranhill, said: “I’m very, very keen to try and get this off the ground. I’ve reached out for cross party support and am still going through the mechanisms of the council. But it’s not something I’m going to be letting disappear.' The Young brothers moved to Australia in 1963, where they formed the iconic band in 1973. Malcolm died in 2017 but 69-year-old Angus still plays with the band. The group—who had Angus-born Bon Scott as their singer when they hit the big time—will play 12 dates across 10 countries before concluding their tour at Murrayfield stadium on August 21. It will be their only UK date and their first Scottish show in a decade, with many fearing it could also be their last. Cllr Kerr said now was the time to honour the famous rockers. He said: “The city’s 850th birthday celebrations this year gives us a massive hook to talk about the heritage of the city and this is something I’m still pushing heavily for. “Having something like this in Cranhill would give a reason for people to come out of the city to that community - which would be really good for the area. To add it to the tour of the city would be brilliant.” In 2016, a life-sized statue of AC/DC singer Bon Scott, crowdfunded by fans, was unveiled in his Angus hometown of Kirriemuir at an annual festival held there in his honour. Cllr Kerr, who defected to Reform UK last month, said: “The more public support we can get to really ramp it up the better and the easier it will be for politicians to move on it. “If the SNP want to take this and make it their issue I will fully support it. It’s just about getting this off the ground for the area I grew up in.”
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