AC/DC 'furious over fan petition'

AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson is reportedly furious after fans started a petition urging the group to change the setlist on their 'Black Ice' word tour.

Fans demanded that the band perform different songs at their shows, prompting Johnson to claim that they should treat the concerts as "a bit of fun".

"They may cheer at the concerts, they may go home happy, but they only came to hear 'Thunderstruck'. They don't eat, sleep and s**t AC/DC like we do. F**k them! What about the fans who haven't heard [those songs]?" he told News.com.au.

"There are a few cocky fans. A lot of people now with the computers, they sit on their fat a**es in their house somewhere going, 'Oh they played that song last night, they should change it'. Well, b**locks to you.

"I don't think they realise changing a song in a set now is not the same as it used to be. When you include all the lighting guys, the stagehands, the technicians - there are 85 guys who have to know what's happening if you change a song. We're still doing some of the really old stuff. We're not daft. We realise the fans like the old songs.

"But boy, it ticks me off when people start petitions. We're not a political party, we're just a rock 'n' roll band out for a bit of fun."

AC/DC were recently confirmed as the first headline act at the Download Festival 2010.