AC/DC Italia and AC/DC Abruzzo have recently learned about the sudden departure of one of the greatest AC/DC fans in the world. Alex had been a fan and a friend of the band since the 1970's. We had the honour to meet him and talk to him on several occasions both in North America and Europe during the Black Ice tour. His enthusiasm and passion for AC/DC were contagious. We send our condolences to his family and to all those who will miss Alex.
New York 2008 - Marco, Andrea, Nonno Alan, Brian, Arnaud and Alex
2009 was a glorious year for AC/DC Abruzzo but we trust that 2010 will be even better! Stay tuned for another crazy and exciting rock'n'roll year on the road with AC/DC Abruzzo!!!
As you can see the Devil's Horns are already in Australia...
AC/DC Abruzzo is still working on the preparation of the AUSTRALIAN tour. Not easy... But we definitely stick to our guns. Project Australia must HAPPEN.
We are also eagerly waiting for the confirmation of the remaining dates for the 2010 European tour. For the moment only Sofia May 14, 2010 was officially confirmed. We doubt the tour will end in Berlin. Maybe some club/intimate gigs like in 2003... We talked to Ross Young here in Sydney a few days ago. He confirmed the next one MIGHT be the last album...
We also received the report of the Argentinian adventures of a good friend of AC/DC Abruzzo: Monkey64... We got in touch with this crazy guy at the beginning of the European tour and we've been exchanging emails since then. Ironically, we were at many concerts during the European tour but never met in person... He definitely shares AC/DC Abruzzo's founding principles and got the rockstar lifestyle and attitude we also have...
Here's his story:
Argentinian Chronicles: Pogo for life...
When I attended my first rock festival in Argentina in 2003, I knew the sacred fire of rock'n'roll was pouring in the Argentines' blood. Since then, seeing Ac/Dc in Argentina (or Chile.. ) was in top position in my list of things to do before I die, the combination of the best crowd in the world with the best live band in the world. Yes, I'm talking about serious life goals here.
December 2nd.
No pitch ticket this time, bought an official seated ticket at the gates, but had I waited a bit longer I could have bought a pitch ticket as they started to sell those as well. Oh well. It's tough to be an ac/dc addict.
" First I thought, what a douchebag, who still wears aviator shades in 2009, then I was blown away by his flamboyant haircut and utter confidence with the girls. This guy is awesome. He must be an apprentice of the KOSP... Or maybe the Kosp himself...."
As expected, the crowd delivers, they're all jumping around like maniacs, in the field and on their seats. Planes are taking off and landing above the stadium, people are lighting freakin flares in the freaking crowd! It's just unreal.
"This is the car of the guy you saw earlier. The KOSPMOBILE"
December 4th
I head to the stadium early, and find Kiyossan (another crazy fan from Japan!!) waiting in line. Perfect, I ninja my way into the line. Waiting in the line with the other fans is the best. This is pogo time. According to Kiyossan who was in the field for day 1, it's gonna be tough, lots of pushing and crowd movement.
It isn't that bad, nobody is passing out like in Paris , but the crowd is wild because of the DVD recording. Even during The Jack there was a lot of pushing like you can tell from this vid. And watch that crazy/brave girl's reactions when she decides to occupy centre stage... AHAHAHAH
POGO VORTEX
The most fascinating phenomenon I witnessed in these three days in Argentina is by far the POGO VORTEX... It is known in Europe too but here it reaches absolute perfection. It starts when three or more people use their strength to create an opening in the packed crowd. Then the pinball effect starts.... During the intro of Whole Lotta Rosie, they started to make small openings, then suddenly people around were like "Oh shit, pogo incoming, I don't want any part of this" then the circle would get bigger and bigger and sustain itself as more people would try to get away from it. Here's a video of this interesting phenomenon... (You can see fear in my eyes... and Lots of adrenaline...)
Look at this guy doing the patented Rolling On The Floor Like Angus ( ROTLFA ! ). The smile on their face is just representative of this whole trip to Argentina!
December 6th
Every muscle of my body hurts. Still one concert to go. My strategy is to relax, get to the stadium late while the people are getting tired of jumping between songs,and enjoy the first songs from a distance while the crowd is unleashing the fury, then use my ninja skills to navigate to the stage and enjoy the moshpitt.
The crowd is no where near as excited as during the second concert but still pretty wild. So here's the last vid from the second concert ! I salute you! Fire! Legendary experience... Soon on DVD!!
Still no official confirmation from acdc.com. But at this point we believe it is just a question of hours... Here's the screenshot of one of the pages that were reportedly published on AC/DC.com for a few minutes yesterday and then saved on the Google cache.
In the last 24 hours the President of AC/DC Abruzzo has been working in the new AC/DC Abruzzo office in Sydney to plan the AC/DC Abruzzo European tour. Yesterday there was a frantic exchange of emails among Orangus in Milan, the Vice President in Abruzzo and the President to create the roadmap for the final leg of Black Ice World Tour and to cohordinate the purchase of tickets. The Secretary General, on the contrary, could be reached only via sms. Apparently he's still working full time on project Australia.
PRESALE
Here you will find all the details about the dates officially confirmed.
Although this preale will be much easier than the one that took place last year for the arena indoor tour we don't want to leave anything to chance. The Udine show will go on presale today at 6pm Italian time here:
Unanimity was reached on the fact that the Italian show is our number 1 priority. The Italian crowd proved to be the best of the entire European tour last year at the Forum of Milan so we all agreed that the Udine show will be memorable and cannot be missed.
Yesterday there were also contacts with the KOSP who strongly recommended to attend the following shows if they are confirmed.
27-May-2010 - Warsaw, Poland - Bermov Airfield - TBD 30-May-2010 - Tallinn, Estonia - Song Festival Ground - TBD 1-Jun-2010 - Tampere, Finland - Ratina Stadium - TBD 3-Jun-2010 - Stockholm, Sweden - Olympic Stadium - TBD 5-Jun-2010 - Horsens, Denmark - Horsens Stadium - TBD
According to the KOSP, in these areas there is great potential for recruiting new AC/DC Abruzzo groupies... :) AC/DC Abruzzo will listen to his mentor and give priority to Poland, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark.
AlexMadrid from Spain, one of our most faithful users, let us know that apparently acdc.com temporarily displayed some extra dates (see below). The page was saved HERE. Obviously we cannot confirm these dates at the moment but we've decided to publish them anyway. They are definetely plausible. The most important thing is that this epic world tour will go on and on for the delight of all the AC/DC fans around the world!!!
DATE CITY VENUE FAN CLUB SALE 14-May-2010 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Vassil Levsky Stadium - Fri Dec 18 @ 9AM 16-May-2010 - Bucharest, Romania - Piata Constitutiei - Wed Dec 16 @9AM 19-May-2010 - Udine, Italy - Stadio Friuli - Thurs Dec 17 @8PM 22-May-2010 - Wels, Austria - Air Field - Wed Dec 16 @9AM 25-May-2010 - Hannover, Germany - Messe - Wed Dec 16 @9AM 27-May-2010 - Warsaw, Poland - Bermov Airfield - TBD 30-May-2010 - Tallinn, Estonia - Song Festival Ground - TBD 1-Jun-2010 - Tampere, Finland - Ratina Stadium - TBD 3-Jun-2010 - Stockholm, Sweden - Olympic Stadium - TBD 5-Jun-2010 - Horsens, Denmark - Horsens Stadium - TBD 8-Jun-2010 - Zurich, Switzerland - Letzigrund Stadion - TBD 11-Jun-2010 - Donnington, UK - Download Festival - TBD 13-Jun-2010 - Stuttgart, Germany - Cannstatter Wasen - Wed Dec 16 @9AM 15-Jun-2010 - Nice,France -Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann -Fri Dec 18@8AM 18-Jun-2010 - Paris, France - Stadt De France - Fri Dec 18 @ 8AM 20-Jun-2010 - Dresden, Germany - Ostrahege - Wed Dec 16 @9AM 22-Jun-2010 - Berlin, Germany - Olympic Stadium - Wed Dec 16 @9AM
The President just got an email from Orangus back in Milan confirming the rumour about the come back of AC/DC to ITALIA!!! Although the news has not been officially confirmed yet by the band, www.rockol.it, an authoritative Italian music website, stated that AC/DC will be playing Italy on May 19, 2010 at the Stadio Friuli in Udine (approx. capacity 50,000 people). Obviously, if this rumour proves wrong AC/DC Abruzzo will have to kick some ass... But to be honest we also received a call from sources very close to people close to the band confirming the comeback to Italy next year. So we can continue to implement our nonviolence policy... ahahah
For the record Nice, June 15 and Paris Stade De France June 18 were also confirmed!!
!!!!!!!!!!!UPDATE!!!!!!!!!! 2.06 pm(Italian Time)
The above dates were confirmed by AC/DC.com and the following dates were also confirmed!!!!! Including Bucharest!! First time in Romania for AC/DC!!!! SARPARTE!!!!
16 May 2010 Bucharest RO Piata Constitutiei Coming Soon Coming Soon 19 May 2010 Udine IT Stadio Friuli 2009-12-17 Coming Soon
22 May 2010 Wels AT Air Field (Flugplatz Wels) Buy Tickets Coming Soon
25 May 2010 Hannover DE Messe 2009-12-16 Coming Soon
13 Jun 2010 Stuttgart DE Cannstatter Wasen 2009-12-16 Coming Soon
15 Jun 2010 Nice FR Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann 2009-12-18 Coming Soon
18 Jun 2010 Paris FR Stade De France 2009-12-18 Coming Soon
20 Jun 2010 Dresden DE Ostrahege 2009-12-16 Coming Soon
22 Jun 2010 Berlin DE Olympic Stadium 2009-12-16 Coming Soon
We just received an email alert from eventim.de about the 2010 European tour. We don't know German but apparently it confirms the following dates. And it looks like the presale has already started... (???)
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New York 2008 - Marco, Andrea, Nonno Alan, Brian, Arnaud and Alex
