Rick Astley On Whether He Will Cover AC/DC

In a recent interview with BBC, Rick Astley discussed the possibility of covering an AC/DC song at Glastonbury.

Astley was one of the names to play in the Glastonbury Festival, and being his first time in the festival, the singer was asked several questions before the show. He was asked if he would cover ‘Highway To Hell’ as he did in his earlier shows, to which he replied with:

“Who knows? We’ll see how we feel tomorrow. I’m going to just judge the audience and see what they’re up for, and if they’re up for a bit of that, then we might do that. We’re just going to see how it goes.”

During the interview, Astley clarified that he owned many rock records during his earlier days. He said:

“I used to be a drummer as a kid, and I don’t think that ever leaves you, and I think all the records that I taught myself the drums to were rock records. And that album, ‘Highway To Hell’, is just one of the greatest records to try to learn the drums to.”

As for the answer to the question above, yes. Astley did cover ‘Highway To Hell’ at Glastonbury.

Evidently, the singer’s admiration for rock music didn’t fade with time. In 2021, Astley shared a few videos on TikTok, pretending to play his guitar to Slipknot and The Strokes songs. In a later video, he covered R.E.M.’s 1987 song ‘The One I Love‘.

Similarly, he covered Foo Fighters’ ‘Everlong’, leading him to play with the band at Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival.

See the latest performance down below.