AUSTRALIA AMARCORD - MELBOURNE (Part 5)

AC/DC LANE

We went to AC/DC lane the first day in Melbourne with other fans from Germany to grab a beer at Cherry Bar. We didn't expect the posters on the wall which made the atmosphere even more exciting for all the AC/DC fans who came to Melbourne for the first AC/DC shows in Australia since 2000...

AUSTRALIA AMARCORD - MELBOURNE (Part 4)

FAMILY JEWELS... We spent several hours inside the exhibition. It was like being in heaven/hell for us, with all those memorabilia and rarieties... Everything was related to AC/DC from the early days to the Black Ice tour... We went back 3 times.

With Brett and Ross Young

True Love

With a cannon used for the Donington 1991 concert

Relaxing...

AUSTRALIA AMARCORD - MELBOURNE (Part 3)

ETIHAD STADIUM

AMARCORD AUSTRALIA - MELBOURNE (Part 2)

AC/DC FAMILY JEWELS EXHIBITION (MELBOURNE 2010)

The original Super Angus Costume

AC/DC MELBOURNE JEWELS from AC/DC Abruzzo on Vimeo.

AMARCORD AUSTRALIA - MELBOURNE (Part 1)

AMARCORD meas "I remember" in several Italian dialects, including Abruzzese! We use the title of this Fellini's movie for a series of posts on the AC/DC Abruzzo blog about our memories from the Black Ice Tour. We will share stories and exclusive videos and photos and much more....

AUSTRALIA 2010

Australia was the highlight of the whole Black Ice Tour for AC/DC Abruzzo. What a memorable experience to see 11 shows in AC/DC's homeland! Every city and every place we went to seemed to have some connection with AC/DC...

MELBOURNE 2010

AC/DC LANE

AC/DC Abruzzo with legendary AC/DC promoter Gary Van Egmond

HIGH VOLTAGE played for the first time on the OZ tour

SEX, FOOD AND ROCK'N'ROLL by AC/DC ABRUZZO

"Bon Scott would be proud of you guys..." - Anonymous reader of the AC/DC Abruzzo blog

AC/DC Abruzzo groupies in the kitchen

Schoolboy and schoolgirl

AC/DC Backstage sign

AC/DC ABRUZZO LIFESTYLE

2900 mt above sea level...

In the morning, somewhere in Europe during the AC/DC tour.

The President: "-Where are we?"

The Secretary General: "-I don't know. What day is it today?

The President: "-Yesterday it was Bercy second night... so tomorrow it's going to be Antwerp..."

For almost two years our lifestyle was tailored to the AC/DC tour schedule. We even replaced the calendar with the list of shows, counting days in this unusual but effective way to achieve our aims. Waking up in different cities, meeting new people every day, eating exotic food, taking planes, trains almost every day...

And now that the tour is over we are living in a non-tour limbo. How long will it last? We don't know. But we are certain about one thing: we cannot just quit the "rockstar lifestyle" and AC/DC Abruzzo's principles.

So more travels, more adventures, more rock'n'roll, which will share also on this blog... After all, we have to keep in good shape for the next tour!

Practicing what we preach... in Russia

AC/DC ABRUZZO'S COLLECTION

The complete laminates collection from the Black Ice World Tour 2008-2010

As you can imagine after seeing 85 shows and travelling more than 26 countries we gathered a huge archive of memorabilia and audio/video material from the tour. Each object has memories and stories attached... We'll share some of them on this blog.

MALCOLM'S PICK - BIRMINGHAM 23 April, 2009

"And this is what happens to Malcolm's pick after a show..." - Takumi Suetsugu

We met Takumi, one of AC/DC's guitar techs during the 2009 arena tour, after the Birmingham show in April 2009. We knew that was probably the last AC/DC show in a small covered arena in Europe. From that day on, AC/DC would play only huge stadiums....

Takumi was very friendly, despite the late hour, and spent a few minutes with us telling about how much he loved Italy when he was there with AC/DC in March. He told us about his trip to Venice on the day off between the two Milan gigs... Then, he gave us a few picks of Malcolm and Angus including the one used by Malcolm during the Birmingham show...

The 2009 indoor tour had finally come to an end.

Baby please don't go