A campaign to get rock giants AC/DC to top the Christmas charts could boost the bid to create a statue of the band’s former frontman in Angus.
The DD8 Music community group in Kirriemuir has so far raised £19,000 for the creation of a permanent £50,000 memorial to Bon Scott, who is one of the town’s most famous sons.
However, the group now hopes to get a final push from the huge army of worldwide fans who have signed up to the campaign to get the band to Christmas number one.
The Facebook campaign aiming to get one of AC/DC’s most iconic hits the 1979 single Highway to Hell to the top of the festive charts gained the support of more than 122,000 people in a week.
And bookmakers have now slashed its odds to reach the top spot.
DD8 Music has now put a plea on the Christmas campaign’s Facebook page to ask fans to also donate to the statue bid, as well as downloading the track.
The group said: “It would be great if our campaign could get some support too. We’re currently fundraising to get a statue of Bon put up in his home town.
“We’ve raised £19,000 so far but need another £30,000 to make it happen. If all 120,000 people on this page gave us just 25p we could hit our target tonight.
“Come on folks, how amazing would it be if this Christmas we not only got an AC/DC number one but also a permanent memorial to the singer who took them to the top?
“Bloody amazing, that’s how much! Please share this with all your AC/DC friends and help by donating anything you can.”
DD8 Music has commissioned sculptor John McKenna to create the piece, which would see Bon Scott stand proud in the town with a microphone and bagpipes.
Mr McKenna’s previous work includes the Jock Stein memorial outside Celtic Park.
Scott, who died in London in 1980, aged just 33, is already honoured in a Kirriemuir street name and with an engraved stone slab in the town’s Cumberland Close, alongside those of other famous Kirriemarians.
Ronald Belford “Bon” Scott sang for AC/DC from 1974 until his death.
He became part of one of music’s biggest success stories after joining Glasgow-born brothers Angus and Malcolm Young in the band.
Kirriemuir now hosts BonFest in his honour, drawing thousands of visitors every year.
BonFest has been organised by DD8 Music since 2006.