Oslo, Norway, 17 July 2015 - The Orangus' Travel Diary

Stranger at a train station: -Do you believe in Jesus?

Orangus: - No, I believe in AC/DC.

Orangus: 25 AC/DC shows in a row!

Oslo, Norway, 17 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


Last time AC/DC played Oslo on 30 May 2010 there was an unexpected change in the setlist with the band closing the show with Highway to Hell instead of For Those About to Rock. A pretty rare gem for "concert collectors" like us...

After more than 5 years the greatest band in the world is back in Norway for another big dose of rock'n'roll for our Scandinavian friends.

Oslo, Norway, 17 July 2015 - The Orangus' Travel Diary

Orangus before the Oslo show

Orangus after the Oslo show

Oslo is a really nice city. After all Norway is the richest European country. Just like Abruzzo is the richest African country. The front of stage section was not open tonight, just like in Germany. But instead of receiving a wristband they would mark you with a red magic marker, like cattle. The FOS was almost empty so I could jump as much as I wanted without getting disturbed by others. 

Brian was in good shape. He skipped the first lyrics of TNT and he looked a bit tired, particularly in Shot Down in Flames. Actually the whole band seemed a bit tired between Hell's Bells and YSMANL. Angus changed the second solo during LTBR, on the amps, one of the best solos of the tour. By the way, today he was wearing his brown suit with a green cap and a green tie.

Green cap and brown jacket for Angus

Let There Be Rock!

Norwegian friend of Orangus promoting our book

ROSKILDE, DENMARK 15 July 2015

-What's your name?

-Orangus

-Where are you?

-Near an AC/DC concert

-What's the date today?

-I don't know

Roskilde, Denmark, 15 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

With Matteo Abruzzo and Stefano D'Abruzzo out of the game, paying the consequences of their 17 AC/DC shows, the only Abruzzo man who can afford to be still on the road is Orangus...

THE ORANGUS' DIARY - 24th concert in a row

From Essen in Germany I had to take several trains to get to Copenhagen. it was a nightmare. I had to take 4 trains and all of them were delayed. I had to change connections and then one hour by boat. But I made it to Copenhagen safe and sound. Some people complain about Italian trains. I prefer to complain only about Italian people... Don't take trains in Germany.

I started losing awareness of the reality, sleeping in youth hostels, waking up in different countries and eating apple pies, the only suitable food for this lifestyle and for my food allergies. Good! That's rockn'roll.

I spent the whole day of the show in Copenhagen, contemplating the beauty of the little mermaid (although I don't like women exposing their breast in public) and a couple of local museums. I made a quick Skype call to Stefano in London just to check the quality of the Museum wifi connection. 

Scandinavian beauty

Italian beauty (in a museum before an AC/DC show)

On my way to Roskilde the first train stopped after 1 km. There was a mechanical failure with an another train on the same line. I lost almost an hour. But I got to the venue while Vintage Trouble were still playing, earlier than usual.

Inside there was a large FOS section where I could enjoy the show and jump as much as I liked, and comfortably. 

The show started well then there was a problem with the beginning of High Voltage (as usual), maybe it was because of Angus. Then we got the best Rock'n'Roll train of the whole tour. And from that moment there was a crescendo. Top performance.

Ironically, In the audience there were more colored people than in all the 81 AC/DC shows I've seen in my life. Interesting. But the crowd was a disaster. People were sleepy almost for the entire show. I can't believe these are the heirs of the glorious Vikings. Too much feminism, gay rights and woman emancipation CENSORED - CENSORED - CENSORED. The only crazy fan jumping for two hours was me, an heir of the glorious Longobards, Orangus!

IMOLA 2015 - The Aftermath 

7 days from the Imola show... A night which 92,000 Italian fans will not forget easily...

Angus on fire

IMOLA: The aftermath + Gelsenkirchen Report (Orangus' Travel Diary)

Imola: Rock'n'Roll Marathon

We have to admit we didn't expect such a large and excited crowd in Imola last week. We received messages and photos of friends who had been queuing up at the venue from 8 o'clock in the morning! The dedication of Italian fans was unprecedented in this tour! We are not talking about people who wanted to make it to the pit. We are talking about the majority of the audience (92,000 people officially confirmed) who was filling up the venue many hours before the beginning of the show... Another peculiarity was the fans' age: never seen so many teenagers and youngsters in their early 20's at an AC/DC show during this tour... There is hope for the future!

The Next Generation of fans

After surviving the big organization mess at the end of the Imola show (traffic jams until early morning, people stuck in never ending lines etc) Matteo Abruzzo made it back to Abruzzo. Stefano D'Abruzzo went back to London. But Orangus kept hitting the road in his legendary voyage around Europe and made it to Gelsenkirchen for his 23rd AC/DC concert in a row. He was there with Francesco Marche, another new entry in the exclusive club of hard core crazy AC/DC fans...

Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, 12 July 2015 - THE ORANGUS' DIARY

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 only flight I found was arriving at 4pm from Milan and the only free hotel room was in Essen. So I landed in Weeze, took the train to Essen, checked in, took another train to Gelsenkirchen. I was at the venue at 7.30. I was in the arena around 8 as I had to take care of some business before. It was a covered arena, very nice venue, but the acoustics were not satisfactory for those on the seats. Brian looked pretty tired but it was another great show. Francesco said he liked this show more than Imola. The venue of course was better. Now I have to run to catch the trains to Copenaghen...

Orangus