{"id":236911,"date":"2025-06-17T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=236911"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:13:57","slug":"town-hall-plans-to-honour-50th-anniversary-of-iconic-ac-dc-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=236911","title":{"rendered":"Town Hall plans to honour 50th anniversary of iconic AC\/DC music video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Melbourne Town Hall is considering re-creating the iconic music video of AC\/DC\u2019s&nbsp;<em>\u2018It\u2019s A Long Way To The Top\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;on the back of a flat bed truck through city streets. The video was produced almost 50 years ago and is regarded as one of the best rock videos of all time and launched in many ways the iconic career of AC\/DC who developed their music and first albums in Melbourne,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the 50th anniversary of the rock anthem next February, and Ross Stevenson thinks it\u2019s a \u201cbrilliant idea\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is one catch,\u201d lord mayor Nick Reece said on&nbsp;<em>3AW Breakfast<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press PLAY to hear what the catch is<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-omny-studio wp-block-embed-omny-studio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"How Town Hall plans to honour 50th anniversary of iconic AC\/DC music video! \" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/3aw-breakfast-with-ross-and-john\/how-town-hall-plans-to-honour-50th-anniversary-of-iconic-ac-dc-music-video\/embed#?secret=bdO86TplG2\" data-secret=\"bdO86TplG2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AC\/DC Lane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AC\/DC Lane is&nbsp;a laneway in Melbourne, Australia, named in honor of the iconic Australian rock band AC\/DC.&nbsp;It was formerly known as Corporation Lane and was renamed on October 1, 2004, to commemorate the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lane is a popular spot for street art, much of which pays tribute to the band.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image_2025-06-17_193411751.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image_2025-06-17_193411751.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image_2025-06-17_193411751-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image_2025-06-17_193411751-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AC\/DC Lane in Melbourne, Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a short, narrow lane running between Exhibition Street and Russell Street, off Flinders Lane.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the 50th anniversary of the rock anthem next February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":236954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,35],"tags":[8054,15283,993],"class_list":["post-236911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-breaking-news","tag-3aw","tag-ac-dc","tag-melbourne"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=236911"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236967,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236911\/revisions\/236967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/236954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=236911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=236911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=236911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}