AC/DC singer likes to hit the open road in Scotland

By Rory Reynolds

AC/DC front man Brian Johnson has revealed that when he’s not screaming out the band’s hits about women and whisky on tour, he enjoys a sedate drive along the A68 to Melrose.

The rock legend says he likes nothing more than to pull down his famous flat cap and hit the open road in Scotland.

The 62-year-old singer – whose band has sold 200 million albums – said that he comes to Scotland whenever he can to visit friends and unwind from their globe-spanning tours.

He said: “I love driving about up there, I used to go up a lot to Loch Lomond and Loch Ness, but you know my favourite place now? Melrose in the Borders.

“Driving around there is fabulous, it’s beautiful.”

AC/DC guitarist revisits Scottish roots

By Domenica Goduto

LEGENDARY AC/DC Scots rocker Angus Young is planning to return to his roots in a Glasgow housing estate when his band plays at Hampden Park on Tuesday.

Young wants to visit the scheme at Cranhill in the city’s east end, where he lived before moving with his family to Australia in 1963 when the rock star was just eight years old.

In a weekend interview, Young joked about renaming the area “Angusland” and emblazoning his band’s distinctive “thunderflash” logo on the water tower overlooking the estate.

He said: “I might drive up to the water tower and put my flag up – it would be just like the Hollywood sign.”

Angus and his brother Malcolm founded the band and rose to global fame ten years after their father moved the family abroad in his quest to find work.

Aspiring model killed in horror road smash

By Alexander Lawrie

AN ASPIRING young male model has been killed in a horror road smash.

Matthew De Busk, 17, who recently travelled to London to appear in a professional modeling shoot, lost control of his Volkswagen Polo and careered into a tree near Aberlady, East Lothian.

His 17-year-old passenger was rushed to Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary after the crash on Friday evening, but is thought to be not seriously injured.

The road between Gullane and Aberlady was closed for around four hours as accident investigators examined the scene.

Within hours of his death friends inundated his Bebo site with messages of love and support for his family.

One friend, Pinkie, wrote: “RIP Matt, you will be truly missed by all & loved always forever.”

While another simply states: “Why do the best die young? It’s so unfair. You’re going to be missed dearly, dude.”

A keen music fan, Matt was a regular at the music festival T in the Park and loved bands such as ACDC, Metallica and Nirvana.

The wannabe model also enjoyed playing online poker with his friends.

A police spokesperson said: “We would be keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed this collision.”

The accident came just hours before another fatality on Scotland’s roads when 16-year-old sports student Danny McQueen perished in a crash in Dumfries.

The black Honda Civic he was travelling in smashed into a tree around 12.40 on Saturday morning.

The youngster was on a night out with four friends when the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle.

Two of his pals were left fighting for their lives after the smash which left debris on the road for over 50 metres.  Accident investigators examining the remains of the vehicle said they were amazed only one person was killed.

The Celtic fan had just returned from a skiing holiday in Bulgaria.

The four survivors were taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, and the road was closed for over 12 hours as investigators carried their enquiries.