UPDATE FROM TOKYO

From the right Alan, Andrea with other crazy fans...

LETTER FROM THE ROCK'N'ROLL NONNO TO AC/DC ABRUZZO STEERING COMMITTE

Saitama, Super Arena,
March 14, 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

Tokyo March 15, 2010

Hi Abruzzo

Japan is OK but very dull and regimented everybody goes their way without talking. I was on the train into Tokyo this morning, it was silent, nobody talking at all... It is not for me!! Lots of people of all ages wearing clinical masks!! And I think you wouldn`t be impressed with the girls here... but maybe you would...

The shows were good in Tokyo, great seats on the floor, 7 rows from the front 1st night and 8 rows 2nd night right against the catwalk. The crowd were good, up on their feet from the moment the lights went down, just like Manchester!! [man.utd 4 milan 0] Ahahaha

I met up with Andrea so that was good to see him and his wife. He showed me his photos from last night!!

I miss all you guys to have a chat to after the shows. Yesterday before the show a Finnish guy came up to me and asked if I was Alan, said he had been reading your blog so i don`t know what is in that...

Hope tomorrow in Osaka is as good and then it`s back western civilization in Perth for a couple of weeks. So take care my friends and will see you in Europe before long.

Bye for now

Nonno Alan

EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS

PHOTOGALLERY BY VICE PRESIDENT ANDREA

LET THERE BE LIGHT!

VIDEOS FROM 1st and 2nd JAPAN SHOWS

Ok. After the first delusional highly sarcastic report by Orangus let's get back to business.

Here's a few "MADE IN ITALY" videos from the first and second Japan gigs including an exclusive video of TNT just for our blog. Our first impression after seeing 11 stadium shows in Australia is that the indoor arena stage has become too small and limiting for the current AC/DC physical shape. But we still prefer the more intimate atmosphere of smaller indoor arenas...

Enjoy!


TOKYO MARCH 12, 2010 1st NIGHT








TOKYO MARCH 14, 2010 2nd NIGHT

AC/DC ABRUZZO INVADES JAPAN!!

From our special envoy ORANGUS

Saitama, Super Arena,
March 12, 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

(WARNING: Explicit report. Orangus is widely known for his NON-politically correct reporting style -and lifestyle- Please DO NOT CONTINUE TO READ if you think this might affect your sensitivity)

EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS

Tokyo March 13 2010

Hi everybody! Yesterday AC/DC shook the foundations of Tokyo more than any earthquake that has ever hit the Japanese city before!

I went to the show with Junko Kawamura, one of the most famous opera singers in Japan (soprano). She is appreciated worldwide for her perfect rendering of the Mummy in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. That was her first rock concert in her life. She just loved The Jack and Let there be Rock.

Thanks to our experience in the AC/DC ticket business we managed to exchange our 2 seating tickets (on the side) with 2 floor tickets. I actually quite enjoyed negotiating with female scalpers outside the venue. Yes! FEMALE scalpers!! Japan is truly an advanced country!

The Japanese audience was incredibly warm, before, during and after the show. Maybe it doesn't look like they're going to an AC/DC concert but when the concert starts they know how to rock... Almost like "latin" crowds and definitely more than the Anglosaxons.

The setlist was completely changed, with lots of improvisation and jamming by the band. They even took requests from the audience after the third encore. Unfortunately several lighting guys, technicians and stagehands committed suicide, harakiri style. Others were hospitalised in local mental institutions due to the stress overload.

Orangus

PHOTOGALLERY BY VICE PRESIDENT ANDREA

Riff Raff

Live Wire

Downpayment Blues

The original setlist which was totally changed at the last minute

The Vice president with the Rock'n'roll nonno

PERTH CHRONICLES

Bon's grave in Fremantle

Project 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

Photos from PERTH 2nd night

In the end they DID change the setlist! No, not AC/DC. It was Wolfmother, who played a special song for Perth: Communication Breakdown by Led Zeppelin!

But who really cares about the setlist? In the end we are for the Rock'n'Roll. And AC/DC proved again that they are the best rock'n'roll band in the world. So we are happy.

On Saturday, we had an amazing performance by Brian. Tonight it was Angus who stole the show. The other boys were just impeccable as usual. And Perth proved to be the perfect place to end this historic Australian tour. A magic place, especially because of Bon. And we are sure that Bon would be happy to see how AC/DC have managed to conquer the world and play the biggest stadiums in Australia in front of three generations of fans! This was definetely a memorable night for rock'n'roll...

Perth - Grand finale in a few hours!

So we couldn't get any confirmation about the soundcheck rumour so we guess a change in the setlist will not take place. Sorry, no time for the official report of the first night. We've been pretty busy with th
e Fremantle expedition yesterday and the flu symptoms we developed here in Perth... 11 shows in a row? I tell you folks, it's harder than it looks!

PERTH March 8, 2010 - SETLIST CHANGE - AC/DC ABRUZZO BETTING ODDS

NO CHANGE 4/5
It's a Long Way to the Top 25
Ride On 35
If You Want Blood 45
Gone Shootin' 50
Riff Raff 100
Rocker 100
Live Wire 100
Touch too Much 100
Other 20

Place your bet

PHOTOS FROM PERTH - 1st night

No setlist change for tonigh either. But amazing performance of the boys, especially Brian. Here's some exclusive photos from the show!

SOUNDCHECK IN PERTH

According to our sources, the band and part of the crew went to the Stadium to do a soundcheck a couple of hours ago. This probably means a change in the setlist.

PERTH March 6, 2010 - SETLIST CHANGE - AC/DC ABRUZZO BETTING ODDS

NO CHANGE 3-2
It's a Long Way to the Top 15-1
Ride On 25-1
If You Want Blood 35-1
Gone Shootin 35-1
Riff Raff 50-1
Rocker 80-1
Live Wire 80-1
Touch too Much 100-1
Other 20-1

Place your bet

ADELAID-HELL!

Adelaide, Oval Stadium,
March 2, 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 Brisbane and the Gold Coast and the rainy weather we arrived in Adelaide on a Monday night and surprisingly it was as cold as a winter day in Europe! We still can't figure out the weather in Australia... Anyway, it took us 2 hours to find a place where we could eat something at night...

The concert took place in one of the smallest venues of the entire open air tour: the Adelaide Oval, a cricket stadium. Very close to the city centre, it had a nice semicircular shape for the concert setup which created a very intimate atmosphere if compared to Sydney or Melbourne. But for some unknown reasons at 7.30 there were still thousands of people in line outside, calmly queueing in the typical anglosaxon way (like a serpentine) to enter one of the two gates available (???). We don't know if they managed to get in time (concert started earlier 8.30pm). Anyway only a few people were complaining... In Europe there would have probably been riots....

Green uniform for Angus. Short catwalk. Sleeply crowd again. Some interesting characters coming directly from the Australian outback. There was a beautiful (almost) full moon tonight which was immediately pointed out by Brian who started howling!! We loved it! Same amazing performance by the band. No need for further comments. Malcolm didn't use the WhiteFalcon again (apparently in Brisbane it was a problem with the beltpack and not a broken string).

That's all from Adelaid-Hell. See you in Perth!



More photos from the show here.


KOSP ITALIAN SEDUCTION SCHOOL

In Brisbane and Adelaide a few sets ("set" is a technical term for group of women) were opened (approached) by KK's instructors under the supervision of the Master Pick Up Artist himself who provided constant counselling while in the field. A few routines by K.K. to be used in the interactions with girls were also fieldtested succesfully. Training of student Brett will continue in Perth and in Sydney.

KK's instructor with local OZ girls

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to AC/DC Italia.com and to AC/DC Abruzzo's Secretary General Stefano! Another birthday on Tour with AC/DC!! ROCK ON!

PHOTOS FROM ADELAIDE....

Some of our exclusive photos from the Adelaide concert. Beautiful moon tonight! HOWL!!!

Let There be Rock under the moon

FOR MORE EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL CLICK HERE.

Brisbane 2nd night

Brisbane, QSAC Stadium,
February 27, 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


MORE EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS HERE

AC/DC ABRUZZO OFFICIAL REPORT

8 AC/DC shows in a row! Tonight we broke our record! 57 shows under our belt for AC/DC Abruzzo during the Black Ice tour.

We knew it would rain tonight (Australian weather is so difficult to understand for Italians). Anyway, it was very cloudy during the day and very hot as well. Tonight we had seats on Malcolm's side so we got a different perspective. We had a good view of the whole stadium. The crowd looked again quite sleepy, at least according to our standards. Standing still in the 3 Arena sections and always seated on the seats. Tonight it seemed they also had problems with lyrics (the ANGUS chanting during Whole Lotta Rosie wasn't audible at all!). No offense intended, but the crowd behaves more like a U2 crowd than an AC/DC crowd...

But after Rosie something changed. It started raining. The rain got heavier and heavier and the crowd started getting more excited, especially during Angus' solo on the catwalk. The solo reached its pinnacle when Angus was lifted over the crowd on his "rock'n'roll tower" in the middle of the audience completely soaking wet (watch our video). That was really EPIC! Even Brian seemed to enjoy the weather and spent a lot of time on the catwalk! Just like in Munich last June!

Malcolm used the legendary White Falcon during High Voltage (probably he broke a string before). Last time we saw him using it was in Germany last year and Scotland, I think. We love that guitar, especially on Malcolm's hands... It actually looks bigger than him! But he plays it with such intensity and vigor that it looks like a wild animal tamed by a powerful master.

During Highway to Hell a crazy fan managed to jump on the catwalk and started running towards Brian. A security guy followed him running in a cumbersome way with a transparent raincoat. Brian kept singing while freezing in an oblique position in the middle of the catwalk in order to dodge both runners. The guy got caught near Cliff and thrown down. That was pretty funny!

See you in Adelaide!

BERCY, PARIS FEBRUARY 27, 2009

For the record exactly one year ago we were at the Paris Bercy in France for one of the best gigs of the entire Black Ice tour. Excellent performance of the band (they also shot the video for Anything goes) and amazing crowd! Memorable night for rock'n'roll!

PHOTOS FROM SECOND SHOW IN BRISBANE UNDER THE RAIN!

Yesterday it was one of the best Let There Be Rock of the tour. Angus' solo under the rain was just EPIC! And we got to see Malcolm's White Falcon back in action during High Voltage too!

Here's some exclusive pictures from the second Brisbane show. Official AC/DC Abruzzo report soon.

"A boy with the devil in his finger and the blues in his soul"

Malcolm with the legendary Gretsch White Falcon during High Voltage

Brian pointing at the sky during High Voltage

Angus' epic solo during Let There Be Rock under heavy rain

Fiiiire!

Brisbane 1st night

Flat crowd - Flat horns

Brisbane, QSAC Stadium,
February 25, 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


AC/DC ABRUZZO OFFICIAL REPORT

The QSAC stadium is probably one of the worst venues of the tour. Really far from the city centre, it took us about an hour and a half to get there (train+bus). The stadium looks like the Marseille Velodrome but much smaller. From what they told us it is used mainly for athletics and concerts. The different sections were well separated (seats and floor) but maybe too far from each others so the atmosphere during the show was not as good as in other stadiums. We learned from the press that after the recent fuckups at previous concerts (U2 and Pearl Jam) beside problems with traffic and public transportation people were also worried about the sound quality. Thank God that didn't present a problem. As for the crowd, it was one of the flattest crowds of the tour. Loud enough but immobile. No flashing at all during The Jack or YSMANL. We couldn't believe our eyes after the Sydney nights. Not even one bra...

Anyway, great performance of the band as usual. A lot of talking of Brian also praising the crowd. But he also said "We're gonna play something special tonight" before Dirty Deeds.... Some light rain during Thunderstruck (which was appropriate for the song). Some minor changes during Angus' solos at the beginning of Highway to Hell and in LTBR. Pretty nice.

A website mentioned It's a Long Way To the Top played as second encore but it was clearly a hoax and the article was changed after a few minutes. Despite that some fans wrote us asking if that was true. Obviously it wasn't.

"No guys. We won't change the setlist!"