AC/DC To Perform At WWE Wrestlemania XXV

Veteran rock band AC/DC will appear at World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) Wrestlemania XXV event in Houston, Texas, it's been revealed.

The band will perform the theme for this year's pay-per-view, which will take place on April 5th.

Online wrestling magazine Wrestling-Edge reports that WWE CEO Linda McMahon announced AC/DC's participation at the recent 36th annual Global Media and Communications Conference in New York.

Her husband and WWE chairman Vince McMahon is understood to be a huge fan of the band.

For wrestling fans, Wrestlemania is traditionally regarded as the biggest night of the year in sports entertainment.

In recent years the event has seen high-octane battles between the likes of The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Ausin and The Undertaker and Kane.

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