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The Rolling Stone magazine has never really liked AC/DC. Probably because the lads have never stood up for a cause, tried to change their sound or babbled on pretentiously in interviews. So it was surprising to find a little piece that praised what they heard of the new AC/DC album. Sweet vindication! Last year in this column, AC/DC singer Brian Johnson promised that they’d tour in 2008. Well, he wasn’t kidding. Soon they’ll begin rehearsals in a secret location, before hitting U.S. arenas in late fall. We heard this news at the Sony HQ on New York’s Madison Avenue, before hearing all 15 tracks of the band’s earthshaking new Black Ice, recorded in Vancouver in just eight weeks with Brendan O’Brien. On it, Brian wails about skies on fire, blood in his eyes, storms raging, lightning flashes, hard rain and pretty women. Angus Young shreds throughout (we dig his slide work on “Decibel”), and the rhythm cats — Malcom Young, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd — are solid as a rock. The first single is “Rock ‘N Roll Train”; “She Likes Rock ‘N Roll” will be a stripper anthem; and “War Machine” (our favorite) will tear you to pieces. It all sounds good. Some scattered reports of the video shoot filtering through. The song should get an airing at the end of the month. Ain’t expecting no greatness but expecting it will rock.