Wembley Stadium, London, England 4 July 2015

For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)

Wembley Stadium, London, England 4 July 2015

1. Rock or Bust
2. Shoot to Thrill
3. Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
4. Back in Black
5. Play Ball
6. Dirty Deeds
7. Thunderstruck
8. High Voltage
9. Rock 'n' Roll Train
10. Hells Bells
11. Baptism By Fire
12. Shook Me
13. Sin City
14. Shot Down in Flames
15. Have a Drink on Me
16. TNT
17. Rosie
18. Let There Be rock
19. Highway to Hell
20. For Those About to Rock

What a fantastic night for Rock'n'Roll! A concert which will not be easily forgotten by anyone attending the Wembley show, from the hard core fan to the first timer. Fantastic venue, fantastic crowd, fantastic performance!

Wembley crowd yesterday- Photo from Facebook

The stadium was filled to the brim. It was an impressive sight! We don't know the official capacity, maybe 70,000, 80,000 90,000... Tickets on the black market were the most expensive of the whole tour which proved that the English fans were really hungry for an AC/DC concert and would have paid anything to see them live again after 5 years!

Bottom line, it was an amazing crowd! As amazing as Paris Stade de France, or maybe even more. From the last seat on the higher level to the first rows in front of the stage, in the "moshpit"...

Ah... the moshpit...  For us it was like going back in time! Yesterday night we were just a few meters from the stage and we got exactly the same feelings we had that night in the Hammersmith theatre in October 2003. Just in the middle of a crazy jumping crowd ready to rock with the live music of the best rock band in the world! From the first chord to the last one. Same energy, same music, same hard core fans... (some of them were actually wearing an Hammersmith 2003 t-shirt).

The band's performance was excellent. There was a mistake by Brian at the beginning of Shoot To Thrill but after a few seconds everything was fixed. Even super heroes like Brian can make mistake. But what he's doing during this tour, despite everything, the sound problems etc, is absolutely remarkable and we are most grateful for all his efforts. Angus was impeccable in every move. His leadership gets more evident every night. The rest of the band was also very inspired, including Stevie and Chris who had relatives and family attending the show.

Thunderstruck was definitely one of the highlights of the night. Also Sin City, Have a Drink on Me and TNT, with the crowd screaming pretty loud. The finale with For Those About to Rock and the fireworks was epic!

We didn't take many photos for obvious reasons but we still have more material to upload from the Wembley show so stay tuned.

Tomorrow morning we'll be on the Rock'n'Roll train to: DESSEL!

Super Brian

ANGUS YOUNG - Impeccable as usual

Mr Thunderstruck

Happy fans after the show

ROCK OR BUST LIVE

Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 1 July 2015 - REPORT

Playful schoolboy Angus playing guitar with a beer bottle during LTBR...

Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 1 July 2015

1. Rock or Bust
2. Shoot to Thrill
3. Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
4. Back in Black
5. Play Ball
6. Dirty Deeds
7. Thunderstruck
8. High Voltage
9. Rock 'n' Roll Train
10. Hells Bells
11. Baptism By Fire
12. Shook Me
13. Sin City
14. Shot Down in Flames
15. Have a Drink on Me
16. TNT
17. Rosie
18. Let There Be rock
19. Highway to Hell
20. For Those About to Rock

The Dublin show went even beyond our expectations and made it to the AC/DC Abruzzo Top 3 shows, according to AC/DC Abruzzo (1st one is Paris 26/5, 2nd is Arnhem 5/5). As you know if you've been reading our blog during the Black Ice Tour our "rating" is the result of a combination of band's performance, crowd and venue.

The Venue: The Aviva stadium is in the middle of the city, in a residential area. The seating sections are almost vertical to the pitch making it an "intimate stadium", even if its capacity is 55,000 people. The acoustics in the pitch seemed to be better than Glasgow and Berlin. The atmosphere and the "roaring" of the crowd was even louder!

The Crowd: We were surprised by the fact that 30 minutes before the show almost one third of the stadium was still empty. But they explained to us that Irish people love spending their time in the pub until the very last minute before a show. Anyway, the stadium got filled up everywhere and the sight was amazing. Believe it or not, people on most seating sections were actually standing, jumping and singing during the concert. Big thumbs up to the Irish crowd!

Band's performance: What to say here? We were in the front of stage section. Never been so close to the stage before on this tour, and in a comfortable position considering that that section, for some security reason, was not full at all. Bottom line we were so close to the band it almost felt like an indoor show from 2009. And seeing the band up close, so focused and energetic, it was a blast! Looking at Angus singing lines from Sin City while duckwalking or playing his guitar using a bottle of beer thrown by someone in the audience as a guitar slide was just priceless. Not to mention Brian's voice and his constant jumping and dancing until the very last minute. He even improvised a traditional Irish Dance making eye contact with a young boy staying on the shoulder of his father in the first rows, right side.  The boy will not forget that easily... Brian was so hyperactive that while he was not going back and forth, he was even jogging on the spot.... Chris seemed very accurate yesterday and from our position we could also appreciate the highest professionalism and passion that both Stevie and Cliff are putting in each show. For those about to Rock we salute you!

Next stop LONDON WEMBLEY!

BRIAN'S IRISH DANCE

ANGUS AND THE BEER BOTTLE SOLO

Angus picks up the bottle

Angus empties the bottle

Angus plays a killer solo with the bottle

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