Yes, you read that right. No, this is not a repost from The Onion. I know I personally did a double take when I saw it for myself. Not exactly what you would expect to hear out of a one hit wonder pop singer from the 80's.
Rick Astley for those of you who don't know is the singer who performed the all too infamous pop smash hit Never Gonna Give You Up, which has since become part of the classic internet prank known as a Rickroll where someone hypes up a video link for one reason or another, but when clicked on the victim is taken to the music video for Astley's song.
Anyway, recently at a show he performed at The Troubadour in Los Angeles to promote his new album 50 Astley whipped out a big surprise by performing the AC/DC classic Highway to Hell. Not only did he sing it though, he also played the drums in this performance. The video can be watched below.
Surprisingly the performance was pretty decent. It wasn't anything outstanding and it sounded nothing like Bon Scott (to no surprise), but it was actually not too shabby at all. If anything, Astley's lower more soulful vocals added an interesting twist to the song that AC/DC fans aren't really used to hearing in the music. What will Astley pull out next? Stairway to Heaven? Stay tuned and find out....
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