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'I wrote them a letter but I've had no contact': Sacked drummer Phil Rudd pleads to join AC/DC on 40th anniversary tour as he awaits sentencing on drugs charges and threatening to kill

By Danielle Gusmaroli for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 09:52 EST, 5 May 2015 | Updated: 03:47 EST, 6 May 2015

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He once described himself as 'the best live drummer in the world' but was dropped last year by rockers AC/DC after he was charged with drug possession and threatening to kill.

But as legendary Australian musician Phil Rudd prepares to hear whether he'll face jail on June 26, he launched a heart-felt plea with his bandmates to take him back for the anniversary world tour.

Opening up about his legal woes, Rudd, 60, told A Current Affair on Tuesday: 'I wrote them a letter but I've had no contact from anybody,' adding he was 'disappointed' not to be touring with them now.

Plea: AC/DC's Phil Rudd has asked his bandmates to take him back for the anniversary world tour as he prepares for his sentencing hearing on June 26 after admitting to drugs charges and to threatening to kill

The 60-year-old Melbourne-born star, dropped last year after being charged with threatening to kill and drugs offences, has been avidly following reports of the band on the eight-month tour.

Court documents reveal he was accused of threatening to kill a contractor and his daughter over the phone.

The dispute came after his first solo album Head Job flopped and had been replaced by the band's former drummer, Chris Slade.

Wistful: The 60-year-old Melbourne-born star has been avidly following reports of the band on the eight-month tour

We all make mistakes':The 60-year-old said he 'wished' he was on tour with the rest of the band

Speaking from his waterside home in North Island's Tauranga, New Zealand, he said: 'I do actually [wish] I was [on tour]. I'm fit and ready and ready to go. I'm hoping I'll be discharged...We all make mistakes.'

He said he hoped guitarist Angus Young would realise he had seen the error of his ways and would agree to take him back for the New Zealand and Australian leg of the tour which kicks off in Sydney in November.

'It's up to Angus, not me...if Angus is cool...'

Phil Rudd from ACDC talks about rejoining the band

Affordable: The band, pictured at Coachella trhis year, is getting set for a worldwide tour and Australian rockers AC/DC want to make sure their fans can afford to see them play

For his part Angus released a statement in November last year saying: 'Phil created his own situation.

'It's a hard thing to say about the guy. He's a great drummer, and he's done a lot of stuff for us. But he seems to have let himself go. He's not the Phil we've known from the past.'

Australia's biggest band are playing to stadium crowds around the world with their Rock Or Bust world tour.

'We've all made mistakes': Rudd, pictured in the dock at the District Court in Tauranga, New Zealand on April 21, made a surprise guilty plea on charges of threatening to kill and drug possession having previously denied the allegations

The long-time hard rockers will then tour Wellington and Auckland in December.

The band last toured Australia and New Zealand in 2010, when it sold 750,000 tickets.

The members have changed a number of times since the band was first formed 42 years ago.

The line-up for the upcoming tour includes Cliff Williams, Angus Young and Brian Johnson, with Chris Slade replacing Rudd.

Stevie Young is standing in for Malcolm Young, his uncle, who is suffering from dementia.

The members have changed a number of times since the band was first formed 42 years ago by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, who continued as members until Malcolm's illness and departure in 2014

The way it was: Band members from left: Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd, Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Cliff Williams pose in 2000 at the Rock Walk handprint ceremony at the Guitar Center in Hollywood

Rudd is back in court for sentencing in JUNE New Zealand on charges of threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis - just two weeks before ACDC starts its world tour.

The tour began in Holland in May with dates in Europe through to July.

ACDC sold 1.75 million tickets for the European leg in just 24 hours.

The bandmates will head to North America for shows in August through to September before coming Down Under in November.

Rock or Bust is the band's fifth No.1 album in Australia and the band's 17th studio album overall.

Opening up: The legendary musician launched a heart-felt plea on A Current Affair for bandmates to take him back saying he had learned the error of his ways