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The festival that brought The Giants to Perth four years ago will next year unveil the world’s longest stage to pay tribute to one of rock ‘n’ roll’s legendary giants.
Perth Festival will transform a section of Canning Highway into a rolling stage for local, national and international acts during its Highway To Hell closing event, paying homage to AC/DC’s original frontman Bon Scott.
On March 1, 2020 - 40 years since Scott was laid to rest at Fremantle Cemetery - the southern stretch of highway from Raffles Hotel to the Old Fremantle Traffic Bridge will be closed to make way for the bands to perform Acca Dacca songs from the back of moving trucks.
The strip of highway is said to have inspired Scott’s 1979 hit Highway to Hell.
Festival artistic director Iain Grandage said for years Scott had walked the iconic stretch of highway from the Leopold Hotel in Palmyra to Fremantle and AC/DC lit up the Raffles Hotel with legendary gigs.
“Now we’re closing the highway, all 10km of it, for one special day designed for families and fans alike,” he said.
“The idea of closing down the highway to celebrate a favourite son is an exciting way to celebrate our city and bring the curtain down on the 2020 festival.
“Everyone is invited. As Bon Scott sings in the song that inspired this event, ‘And all my friends are gonna be there too’.”
The festival’s finale will kick off from Canning Bridge with the WA Police Pipe Band leading the procession of trucks carrying a diverse array of bands past the Raffles Hotel.
https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/perth-s-huge-highway-to-hell-ac-dc-tribute-revealed-20191020-p532gj.html
