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Forbes
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
AC/DC Sends Multiple Smashes Back To The Billboard Charts
AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' returns to No. 1 on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales list while 'Back in Black' ... More reenters at No. 10, and both tunes reach multiple Billboard charts. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MAY 21: Brian Johnson of AC/DC performs during the Power Up tour at Nissan Stadium on May 21, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by) Of all the many hits that AC/DC has released throughout the years, two stand out as the group's most enduring in the United States. It's those two tracks — 'Thunderstruck' and 'Back in Black' — that most frequently appear on the Billboard rankings. Between the two, 'Thunderstruck' can almost always be found on multiple lists, while during the right frames, 'Back in Black' also carves out a home on a ranking or two. Both of those smashes currently appear on multiple tallies, and they even manage to return to one chart apiece and live on another as well. 'Back in Black' Returns to the Top 10 Of the two comebacks, 'Back in Black' earns the loftier return at the moment. The tune reenters the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart at No. 10, coming in last place. The smash already ranks as one of AC/DC's top-performing cuts on the list of the bestselling hard rock tracks in the country, and it recently passed a decade on the tally. As it returns to the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, 'Back in Black' is also a winner again on the Hard Rock Streaming Songs tally, where it slips slightly to No. 24. 'Thunderstruck' Becomes a Global Smash Again 'Thunderstruck' also breaks back onto one list, and while it earns a much lower comeback than 'Back in Black,' it appears on twice as many Billboard rankings. 'Thunderstruck' reappears on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. in second-to-last place, at No. 199. At the same time, it climbs 10 spots on the Billboard Global 200 to No. 158, as American consumption clearly plays a big role in where AC/DC's track lands on the worldwide roster. 'Thunderstruck' Rockets to No. 1 'Thunderstruck' performs significantly better when looking at Billboard's U.S.-based tallies. The cut jumps from No. 3 to No. 1 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales ranking, earning its sixty-first stay in the penthouse. The tune is a top five win on two of the company's hard rock-only lists, as 'Thunderstruck' pushes to No. 4 on the Hard Rock Streaming Songs roster.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Social media influencer ‘Liver King' released from jail — and is still seemingly challenging Joe Rogan to fight
Social media influencer Brian Johnson — also known as "Liver King" — has been released from jail in Austin, Texas, after seemingly challenging Joe Rogan to fight him in a series of Instagram videos. In a new video posted to his 2.9 million Instagram followers on June 25, Johnson, 47, does not address Rogan by name but refers to the podcast host's Comedy Mothership club because he does not 'want to give any details, nor names.' 'Some guy, he thought if you just put him in jail … have the Violent Crimes Division, have them come arrest him for a terroristic threat, and the whole time that terroristic threat you thought was a bomb or something, inside that box, is actually a present back for you and your Mothership colleagues for having my wife and me at the Mothership,' said Johnson, before claiming the terroristic threat charge has since been reduced. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liver King (@liverking) In a separate video, Johnson shows off his ankle monitor and reveals that Rogan took out a restraining order against him, which prevents him from coming within 200 yards of the podcaster. Johnson, at times calling Rogan by name, said he has a 9 p.m. curfew and is not allowed out of 'that space,' presumably his Austin hotel room, until 6 a.m. the following day. 'Rogan vs. Liver King,' Johnson added, is still happening. Johnson, in another video, said that he's been ordered to get a psychiatric evaluation this week and then once a month 'for a while.' He reiterated, however, that the videos aren't going to stop. He also repeatedly calls out actor Seth Rogen instead of Rogan himself. 'How do you train for a Seth Rogen kind of fight? He's a very qualified filmmaker, I think,' said Johnson. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liver King (@liverking) Johnson was booked around 5:30 p.m. local time on June 24 by the Austin Police Department. He was charged with terroristic threat, a Class B misdemeanor, according to police records. Johnson, in a series of videos posted to his 2.9 million Instagram followers between June 23 and 24, expressed interest in wanting to fight Rogan, with whom he's been beefing with online for several years. Johnson chronicled his journey to Austin, where Rogan lives. 'Detectives reviewed the posts and observed that Johnson was traveling to Austin while continuing to make threatening statements,' the police said in a statement obtained by the Hollywood Reporter. 'Detectives contacted Mr. Rogan, who stated he had never had any interaction with Johnson and considered the posts to be threatening. Based on this information, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Johnson on a charge of terroristic threat.' In a video posted by Johnson on June 23, the social media influencer, shirtless and with a wolf head hat on, challenges Rogan to a battle, as meditation music plays in the background. 'Joe Rogan, I'm calling you out,' said Johnson. 'My name's Liver King. Man to man, I'm picking a fight with you. Yeah. I have no training in jiu-jitsu. You're a black belt. You should dismantle me. But I'm picking a fight with you. Your rules. … I'll cut weight. I'll come to you. Whenever you're ready. Whenever you're ready to go.' Johnson continued to document his journey to Rogan in a series of rambling videos, often addressing the podcaster directly. In one video shared on June 24, Johnson tells Rogan, 'We have real tension.' 'Joe Rogan, we don't have to make videos to pretend anymore. All of this is happening. We're coming to you,' said Johnson. 'I've challenged you, man to man, to a fight. Honorable. … You can hold the hand of somebody that you love, because what happens next to you, you're going to need to remember that feeling. You're going to need something more than what you did to give you something to fight for, because I have my family to fight for and that I'll die for them. 'And you're a black belt, [but] you've never come across something like this,' he continued. '[I'm] willing to die, hoping that you'll choke me out. I pray to God, that's a dream come true because it feels good.' Police located Johnson at his Four Seasons Hotel room in downtown Austin at around 6 p.m. on Tuesday night, according to KXAN Austin. In the moments leading up to his arrest, Johnson, in a video posted to his Instagram, is seen embracing his wife, Barbara, and their two sons, Stryker and Rad, while saying a prayer. Johnson is then shown being handcuffed and escorted into the back of a police vehicle in his most recent video, which was posted on June 24. Johnson rose to internet fame as a controversial social media influencer known for leading what he calls an 'ancestral lifestyle' that is driven largely by his consumption of raw meat. Johnson's rise to notoriety and eventual fall from grace was chronicled in the Netflix documentary, Untold: The Liver King, released on May 13, 2025. The documentary also explores Johnson's contentious history with Rogan, and the moment that ignited it. During a December 2022 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan mocked Johnson's assertion that his bulked-out physique was the result of his ancestral diet rather than steroid use. After emails between Johnson and a doctor were leaked in 2022, the fitness influencer was forced to admit that he regularly spent $11,000 per month on performance-enhancing drugs. Johnson was later hit with a $25 million class-action lawsuit, which alleged that the influencer and his company led a 'marketing and advertising scheme,' with his 'dangerous and life-threatening' raw meat diet. The lawsuit was later dismissed.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Liver King Arrested After Calling Out Joe Rogan in Unhinged Videos
Liver King Arrested After Calling Out Joe Rogan in Unhinged Videos originally appeared on Men's Fitness. Brian Johnson—also known as The Liver King online—was arrested in Austin, Texas. He was booked into the Travis County Jail at 8:31 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, as the New York Post reported. He faces one charge of terroristic threat, a Class B misdemeanor. People began expressing concern about Johnson's mental state after posting a series of bizarre videos on social media. In many of them, he calls out Joe Rogan—challenging him to a fight. "Joe Rogan, I'm calling you out, my name's Liver King. Man to man, I'm picking a fight with you. I have no training in Jiu-jitsu, you're a black belt, you should dismantle me. But I'm picking a fight with you. Your rules, I'll come to you, whenever you're ready," he said in one video, holding what look like gold-plated Instagram users have pointed out that one of his pupils appears enlarged while the other remains normal, speculating it could be a sign of drug use or a manic episode. In one video, he states he and his family are heading to Austin so he can fight Rogan. In another video, Johnson is seen crawling on all fours toward the camera, addressing Rogan. "Joe Rogan, we don't have to make videos to pretend anymore. All of this is happening, we're coming to you. I challenge you, man to man, to a fight," he says. He continues to say he's fighting for his family. Authorities seem to have gotten involved once they reached Austin. The latest video, posted last night and recorded by someone else, shows someone telling Johnson's wife that authorities said he'd be "in and out" of police custody. She and the person recording then walk out of what appears to be a hotel, where Johnson is seen handcuffed and getting into the back of a King Arrested After Calling Out Joe Rogan in Unhinged Videos first appeared on Men's Fitness on Jun 25, 2025 This story was originally reported by Men's Fitness on Jun 25, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Joe Rogan Responds to Liver King's Disturbing Threats With One Blunt Statement
Joe Rogan Responds to Liver King's Disturbing Threats With One Blunt Statement originally appeared on Men's Fitness. Brian Johnson—better known as the Liver King—has been released from jail after making "terroristic threats" to fight Joe Rogan. But now, he's doubling down. Johnson was booked into the Travis County Jail at 8:31 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, facing one charge of a terroristic threat. It all started earlier this week when Johnson began posting unhinged Instagram Reels, challenging Rogan to a fight. His arrest came shortly after he traveled to Austin, Texas to apparently seek out Rogan to brawl. Johnson didn't spend too much time in police custody. But now that he's out, he's back to posting about his intentions to fight the popular podcast host. "We're going to go somewhere today, here in Austin. If anybody knows where Seth Rogan's—the other version of him, that rhymes with 'blow'—if anyone knows where his family is gonna be today, if you could let my team know so that we can stay within 200 yards, not close to them, to stay away from them," he says in a recent video, implying a restraining also says he's been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation this week, which will continue on a monthly basis. He also is wearing an ankle monitor. So far, Rogan has kept his distance from the drama and hasn't made any public comments about the one-sided incident. But, according to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Rogan told detectives he wasn't sure why Johnson had targeted him and that he heard the influencer was "significantly unstable and seems like he needs help." Rogan also stated that he'd never had any interaction with Johnson and considered Johnson's posts to be Rogan Responds to Liver King's Disturbing Threats With One Blunt Statement first appeared on Men's Fitness on Jun 26, 2025 This story was originally reported by Men's Fitness on Jun 26, 2025, where it first appeared.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Experts' disturbing theory behind Liver King's Joe Rogan meltdown is a warning for all red meat lovers
Experts are sounding the alarm over the dangers of the Liver King's raw meat diet, warning it may have contributed to his recent erratic behavior. Brian Johnson, 48, known online as the Liver King, was arrested this week after launching into a manic tirade on Instagram.
