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AC/DC's Brian Johnson To Receive Doctorate Degree
07/07/2014
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(Classic Rock) AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson is to be named a doctor by an English university next week The 66-year-old rocker will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Northumbria at a ceremony on Wednesday, July 9.

The uni's website says: "Brian Johnson, who was born down the river at Dunston, is the lead vocalist for AC/DC, one of the world's most successful rock bands.

"They have sold an estimated 150 million albums world-wide and their most recent tour, Black Ice, is claimed to be the third highest-grossing tour of all time." more on this story

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