Bon's grave in FremantleProject Australia by AC/DC Abruzzo has finally come to an end. The Project proved a TOTAL SUCCESS! We're finally back in our Sydney office ready to get reports from the Vice President Andrea and Orangus who are currently deployed in Japan, together with the Rock'n'Roll Nonno Alano, who has been with us before and after most of the gigs here in Australia. Project AC/DC ABRUZZO shall continue!
And now the last two reports from PERTH.
Perth, Subiaco Oval,
March 6, 2010
Setlist:
Rock'n'Roll Train
Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
Back in Black
Big Jack
Dirty Deeds
Shot Down In Flames
Thunderstruck
Black Ice
The Jack (incl Angus strip)
Hells Bells
Shoot to Thrill
War Machine
High Voltage
You Shook Me All Night Long
TNT
Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock
Highway to Hell
For Those About To Rock
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS
AC/DC ABRUZZO OFFICIAL REPORT
After Adelaide we finally got to Perth, the sunniest city in Australia! The day of the show it was pretty hot. Almost as hot as the third show in Sydney. If you guys were there you know what I mean. The stadium was close to the city centre again so no hassle like in Brisbane... We grabbed a couple of wood oven pizzas from a "mobile" italian pizzeria of some Italians from Bergamo outside the stadium and then got inside ready to rock.
This time we decided to stay on Malcolm's side again. In the standing section there was a typical Australian crowd, quite tame and everyone was standing pretty far from each other, even near the catwalk (alcohol + hot weather= flat crowd). For the first time we even saw a few children standing on their dad's shoulders in the standing section during the whole AC/DC show. Unthinkable in Europe. And the crowdsurfing attempts of Melbourne and Sydney were just a far memory...
We were pretty excited not only because the band was playing in Perth the final shows of this memorable tour but also because there had been rumours during the day about a soundcheck done by the band at the venue in the afternoon. This could mean a setlist change. The setlist change actually took place during the Wolfmother's show. They played Communication Breakdown...
Angus was in dark blue again. Brian was literally on fire! Jumping, screaming, running, talking to the crowd. We rarely saw Brian is such a good shape... It reminded us of the Barcelona gig in June when he even got off the stage during Highway to Hell (!!!) to shake hands with the fans... During The Jack, following AC/DC Abruzzo's concert routine, we asked a woman next to us to jump on our shoulders. This time it was a lady in her 50's. She bluntly told us in the ear before the chorus that she had drunk with Bon Scott when she was 15 (!!!). (Apparently in this area lots of people in their 50's or 60's have a story to tell about Bon and the old times... Walk in Perth or Fremantle with an AC/DC t-shirt and you're likely to be stopped by ladies in their 50's telling you that they had spent time drinking with Bon during their teenage...It happened to us several times!!!).
Anyway, the woman got on the big screen during the Jack together with the AC/DC Abruzzo flag and just a few seconds before the only boobflashing of the night... (Canadian boobs by the way LOL). The woman kept thanking us during the following song. Anyway, Brian kept his crazy rock'n'roll show. We actually thought he had taken one of those Hammersmith 2003 pills... We love Brian!
During YSMANL there were more women, including some grannies. No kidding guys!!! And one of them was even determined to flash!! Crazy stuff!! Only for Perth...
During Let there Be Rock we did our "bonfire" routine as a tribute to the fantastic performance of the band showing our flag. Brian came close on the catwalk and started waving at us and then saluted us, military style. We were really surprised! First time that it happened with such a emphasis during the tour. But it was nice and also very rewarding for us, especially after having talked to Brian in Sydney about Project AC/DC Abruzzo.
Obviously there was no second encore and no setlist change. But it was still a very special show anyway, one of the best of the entire tour....
Perth, Subiaco Oval,
March 8, 2010
Setlist:
Rock'n'Roll Train
Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
Back in Black
Big Jack
Dirty Deeds
Shot Down In Flames
Thunderstruck
Black Ice
The Jack (incl Angus strip)
Hells Bells
Shoot to Thrill
War Machine
High Voltage
You Shook Me All Night Long
TNT
Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock
Highway to Hell
For Those About To Rock
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS
AC/DC ABRUZZO OFFICIAL REPORT
Altro giro altra corsa. Final show in Australia. Maybe the last one of AC/DC's career. We managed to get in again despite the fact that the show was again a genuine sold out with scalpers selling tickets for hundreds of dollars. But in the last 18 months we survived to much more difficult sold out shows such as for example the Globen in Stockholm or the O2 in Dublin. We were trained well. We are sorry for our Spanish friends from Madrid (including legendary fan "El Rana" with whom we drank a few beers "to Bon" the previous day at the Fremantle cemetary). And also the other friends from Canada and Sydney. We learned after the show that unfortunately they didn't make it to the second show. We salute them.
Again we were on Malcolm's side. Angus was in green. And this time it was his night! What a show! Angus at his best! Malcolm as well was in great shape. It was like the boys wanted to prove they were the best in front of a special crowd, Perth. Great version of The Jack with lots of boobs flashing (but the best remains Sydney second night).
After the show we spotted Margaret Young and Bon's brothers, Graeme and Derek with their families. It was another great night of rock'n'roll. And in Perth you could actually feel the spirit of Bon more than elsewhere...
Outside the stadium we met Doug, the head of the Bon Scott fan club. Really a nice guy. We also met Jean Philippe, a French man who is in the same league as us of crazy globetrotting hard core fans with 40 shows under his belt... He was almost moved to tears while watching the trucks getting loaded with all the AC/DC containers...
That's all from Australia for the moment. See you in Japan!!!
The Secretary General with Rock'n'Roll Deity Angus Young in Perth
