Video director David Mallet recently insisted the Aussie giants remained as valid as ever despite their recent woes, saying: "It's just as thrilling doing stuff with them now as it was all those years ago. That's because the records are just as good."

Frontman Brian Johnson last week took on Kiss star Gene Simmons for his "rock is dead" claim, saying: "With all due respect to the lad, he's terribly wrong."