Brian Johnson sings classics live at Sam Fender concert

Brian Johnson performed at a Sam Fender concert on Saturday night (June 10th). The show at St James’ Park in Newcastle, UK was his first live performance since last year’s Taylor Hawkins tribute concert at Wembley Stadium.

Brian Johnson and Sam Fender sing AC/DC classics together

Johnson sang two tracks from AC/DC’s 1980 album Back In Black with fellow singer-songwriter Sam Fender on Saturday night: the title track and You Shook Me All Night Long.

Fender, who performed at the 50,000-seat Newcastle United home ground on the second of two nights, first introduced his former guitar teacher Phil Martin on stage. He then explained to the audience that they were going to play two AC/DC songs. Here he added, “But we can’t play AC/DC songs without the one, the only legend from Geordie, AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson.” Then Johnson walked in from the wings, as did “Loudersound reported. Videos captured by fans capture this moment.

Watch videos from the performance here:

AC/DC returns with Brian Johnson

AC/DC will perform at the “Power Trip” festival in California later this year. The event will take place in Indio, California (home of the Coachella Festival) from October 6th to 8th. “Power Trip” is headlined by Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden on Friday, AC/DC and Ozzy Osbourne on Saturday, and Metallica and Tool on Sunday. The festival also marks AC/DC’s live return with Brian Johnson for the first time since 2016. It’s also Ozzy Osbourne’s first full headline set since retiring from touring earlier this year.

More about Sam Fender

Sam Fender performed over two nights for his debut performances at St James’ Park in England. The 29-year-old North Shields singer is touring Europe this summer and fall. On September 2nd, Fender is coming to Munich for a concert.