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AC/DC postpones tour due to singer Brian Johnson's possible hearing loss

AC/DC are postponing the remaining dates of their U.S. tour because doctors have advised lead singer Brian Johnson to stop touring immediately or risk total hearing loss.

Band rescheduling U.S. shows for later in year, likely with guest singer

AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson performs at the 2015 Coachella Music and Arts Festival in April 2015, in Indio, Calif. (Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

AC/DC are postponing the remaining dates of their U.S. tour because of lead singer Brian Johnson's possible hearing loss.

The band says in a statement that doctors have advised the Back in Black singer to stop touring immediately or risk total hearing loss.

The group's shows beginning Thursday in Atlanta through April 4 in New York are being rescheduled for later in the year — likely with a guest vocalist.

AC/DC opened the most recent U.S. leg of its "Rock or Bust" tour Feb. 2 in Tacoma, Washington. The band did not have any Canadian dates scheduled on the tour.

The band is scheduled to begin a European leg May 7 in Lisbon, Portugal.