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[[File:ACDC Lane Street art poster.JPG|thumb|right|250px|A poster of Angus Young in ACDC Lane, September 2010]] |
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| ⚫ | [[Corporation Lane, Melbourne|Corporation Lane]] (the generic name assigned to otherwise unnamed lanes in Melbourne) was renamed, in part, due to the band AC/DC's ties to Melbourne, their status as cultural ambassadors for Australia, and the lane's position in the city's bar and rock district.<ref>Donovan, Patrick, [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/07/1089000225625.html?from=storylhs "Mayor thunderstruck with AC/DC"], ''The Age'', July 8, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.</ref> |
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Corporation Lane was chosen for renaming in part because the band filmed the music video for "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" on [[Melbourne]]'s [[Swanston Street, Melbourne|Swanston Street]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} ACDC Lane is near Swanston Street. |
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==See also== |
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 The street sign for ACDC Lane in Melbourne | |
| Former name(s) | Corporation Lane |
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| Location | Melbourne (city centre) |
| Coordinates | Template:Geolinks-AUS-suburbscale |
ACDC Lane is a street in Melbourne, Victoria. It is a short, narrow laneway, running south from Flinders Lane between Exhibition Street and Russell Street in the central business district of Melbourne.
The street was formerly called Corporation Lane, but was renamed on 1 October 2004 as a tribute to Australian rock band AC/DC. The Melbourne City Council's vote to rename the street was unanimous.[1] The trademark lightning bolt or slash ("/") used to separate the AC and the DC in the band's name contravened the naming policy of the Office of the Registrar of Geographic Names, so the punctuation was omitted on the street sign.
Melbourne's Lord Mayor John So launched ACDC Lane with the words, "As the song says, there is a highway to hell, but this is a laneway to heaven. Let us rock." Bagpipers then played "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)." One month after the renaming, a lightning bolt was erected above and below the street sign.[2] The lightning bolt was removed at a later date.
The lane contains a rock 'n' roll nightclub called the Cherry Bar.
Reason for the name
Corporation Lane (the generic name assigned to otherwise unnamed lanes in Melbourne) was renamed, in part, due to the band AC/DC's ties to Melbourne, their status as cultural ambassadors for Australia, and the lane's position in the city's bar and rock district.[3]
See also
- Leganés, Spain, also has a street called AC/DC. Fans of the band often steal the sign.[citation needed]
External links
References
- ^ Boulton, Martin, "Lane way to the top for AC/DC", The Age, September 10, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
- ^ "The legend lives on in a laneway to heaven", The Age, February 15, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
- ^ Donovan, Patrick, "Mayor thunderstruck with AC/DC", The Age, July 8, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
