AC/DC’s Black Ice Available Exclusively at Wal-Mart Stores October 20

       First Single - 'Rock 'N' Roll Train' - Set for August 28 Debut

                    CD Pre-Orders Available Online Today



    BENTONVILLE, Ark., Aug. 18 /EMWNews/ -- Columbia Records

and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announce today that the new AC/DC album, Black

Ice, will be sold in the U.S. exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail

locations beginning Monday, October 20. The CD also will be available

online via http://www.walmart.com, http://www.samsclub.com and the band's

website http://www.acdc.com. Black Ice, AC/DC's first album of all-new

material in eight years, features 15 tracks and will be offered at the

special price of $11.88.



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    "Rock 'N' Roll Train," the first single from the album, will debut on

August 28. The video will premiere in September. In addition, the band is

set to kick off its first world tour since 2001 in late October. Black Ice

was produced by Brendan O'Brien at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC.



    As one of America's largest music retailers, Wal-Mart will join with

Columbia Records to launch multiple activities for fans in celebration of

the new CD album, including new product features and promotions to come

this fall that will bring fans closer to one of history's greatest rock

bands.



    "Like all excited fans of AC/DC, we can hardly wait for the launch of

this album and all that will surround it," said Gary Severson, Wal-Mart's

senior vice president of Entertainment. "We promise there will be a

multitude of opportunities for fans of all ages to get involved and 'rock

again' as we count down to October 20."



    No Bull The Directors Cut, a newly edited, comprehensive DVD and of the

band's famed July 1996 Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas concert in Madrid,

Spain, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray September 9, 2008.



    Starting today, http://www.walmart.com/ACDC and http://www.acdc.com

will begin accepting pre-orders for the Black Ice CD album and No Bull DVD.

Fans can join the countdown and access these sites for more information on

the band, including new videos and upcoming announcements, in the coming

weeks.

    About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT)



    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart discount stores, supercenters,

Neighborhood Markets and Sam's Club locations in the United States. The

Company operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El

Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and

the United Kingdom and, through a joint venture, in India. The Company's

securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WMT.

More information about Wal-Mart can be found by visiting

http://www.walmartstores.com. Online merchandise sales are available at

http://www.walmart.com and http://www.samsclub.com.