SEE YOU IN UDINE!!!

The day of the most awaited show of the tour has finally arrived! AC/DC Abruzzo's steering committee is now on the highway to Udine with AC/DC Italia's Marcom and friend Francesca. Yesterday, we have made a stopover to meet some old friends ad the Filaforum of Milan for the Kiss show. Orangus was also there too so we had a preliminary meeting with him and the other boys of AC/DC Italia... SEE YOU IN UDINE!!!

The boys outside the Forum

Bucharest, RO May, 16 2010

Bucharest, RO, Piata Constitutei,
May, 16 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

When we came to Bucharest we didn't expect to see AC/DC playing in a big square in the middle of the city in front of a massive Governmental palace (the second biggest building in the world after the Pentagon). The atmosphere was quite unique as you can see in our photos and videos and we loved every second of it but maybe the venue was not suitable for a rock concert.

But nobody really seemed to care. Especially the three generations of fans gathered to see the greatest rock'n'roll band on the planet. The Romanians were pretty cool and laid back (we were offered a beer for the second show in a row by some random fan before the concert). Not many girls at the show (or at least less that we expected). On the other hand there were a few street dogs in the crowd (they rule the streets of Bucharest). Dog eat dog would have been appropriate for the situation.

The show: Same fantastic intro with Angus coming back from the catwalk end after pyros. The boys were in good shape but it looked like they were a bit more tired than Sofia. We got to hear even a few rare mistakes of Malcolm and Angus (our theory is that there should have been some echo/sound problem maybe due to the venue). Anyway, it was quite cold and windy comparing to Sofia and Angus didn't sweat as he normally does (maybe he was not even too happy about stripping during The Jack either). The Let There Be Rock piece in the middle of the square was really cool. Rosie was the best song of the set.

Now it's time to get ready for Udine which will be one of the milestones of this tour with one of the best rock'n'roll crowd in the world. We're just about the opening band (Le Vibrazioni) which is in real danger in front of this crowd....

Dog Eat Dog in Bucharest

The Rock'n'Roll train arrives in Bucharest

From PIATA CONSTITUTIEI

Amazing view from the catwalk

We're just back from a dinner with Uncle Michel, Goulash (one of the biggest fans and friend of the band since the early days) after the gig in the beautiful Bucharest square. The food was surprisingly good and again we had our share of stories from the previous tour (especially Razor's Edge and Ballbreaker). Michel was still very happy about the train adventure of yesterday night from Sofia. He had this fixation about taking a train in Eastern Europe for the tour since the Stockholm Globen gig in 2009. For us it was a nightmare... But still a rock'n'roll experience. On the other hand, Goulash was a bit worried about the volcano ash crisis that apparently caused the closing of the UK airports. But he was also happy about the show and he agreed with us that the two major mistakes that Malcolm and Angus made tonight (Shoot to Thrill and For Those About to Rock) were actually gold for real fans like us who follow the band everywhere and would kill to hear some changes. Yes, we are not ashamed to admit that we did enjoy hearing those mistakes.
Full report tomorrow!

BUCHAREST!!!

After a long night on a 1970's Rock'n'Roll train we just arrived in Bucharest. We spent the night with other fans from Argentina, Belgium and Germany of course. Legendary fan Michel (aka Zio Michel, good friend of Nonno Alan) was with us and told us lots of stories about his 140 shows. Including the glorious time of the Ballbreaker tour...
See you in Piata Constitutiei tonight. Now we go to sleep...

Sofia Train Station

Sofia-Moscow

Uncle Michel

The Secretary General in the AC/DC Abruzzo train office

Bucharest 5.40 am

SOFIA May 14, 2010

AFTER THE VIDEO INTRO
Matteo: Where the f*** is Angus?
Stefano: Look over there!!!
Matteo: :-O

Sofia, BG, Vassil Levsky Stadium,
May, 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

AC/DC ABRUZZO OFFICIAL REPORT

AC/DC are officially back in Europe for the last leg of the tour in Sofia, Bulgaria. AC/DC Abruzzo obviously couldn't miss the first night of the tour and was there with all the staff. Matteo, Andrea and Stefano + Marco from AC/DC Italia. Actually, Andrea was not supposed to come but he couldn't resist and showed up in Sofia only for 24 hours. Honestly, our loyalty to the band starts to be surprising even for us...

Most fans were expecting a setlist change. But obviously there wasn't. We had discussed this before the tour and we don't care anymore about the setlist. What counts for us is to get to see as many shows as possible before it's too late. In the end, the setlist is tight, the boys are in great shape, we love to travel around the world with them, we created a mechanism that allows us to do it so we'll continue till Bilbao anyway... And you'll keep getting our stories, report, photos and videos...

The major change was at the beginning, just after the intro. If you're reading this obviously you don't care too much about "spoiling the surprise" so here's what the 2010 Eurocrowd will get as extras. Some pyros on the catwalk after the video intro and Angus coming from the end of the catwalk (which was pretty cool). For the rest is exactly the same show, including the high catwalk (which we don't like) we got in Buenos Aires and Australia...

Brian's performance was one of the best of the tour. Hat's off to Jonna! Angus, in green, is clearly growing his hair and looks really cool. Maybe he put on a few extra pounds since Australia but he keeps jumping and duckwalking like crazy. The Bulgarian crowd was very warm; we could tell we were back in Europe. Brian seemed to love it and decided to cheer up the crowd by waving a Bulgarian flag during Dirty Deeds.

Ok. That's all from Sofia. See you in Bucharest. Or maybe on the Rock'n'Roll train we're taking tonight...

Jonna on fire pointing at us

With Bulgarian friends before the show

The Italian Bosses in Sofia

UPDATE FROM SOFIA

The AC/DC Abruzzo crew has finally arrived in Sofia for the kick-off show of the final leg of the Black Ice World tour. We met with some old good friends that have been with us around the world in the past year and half since the Wilkes Barre shows. We had a few pints of Wymehcko beer and some food as well...

We also spent some time around the Vasil Levski Stadium and took a few exclusive shots of the stage despite the heavy rain...

If you don't care about "spoiling the surprise" you can have a look at AC/DC Abruzzo photo gallery.

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3 days to the last leg of the Black Ice World Tour!

AC/DC Abruzzo Steering Committee, after a 24 hour flight and several stopovers around the globe, is finally back in Europe for the last leg of the Black Ice World Tour. The first show will be in Sofia, Bulgaria! We're gonna listen to Brian and BE THERE!

THE KILLER SPAGHETTI AGLIO OLIO E PEPERONCINO

Recipe by AC/DC Abruzzo in collaboration with Antonio

Ingredients for 3 hungry fans after/before an AC/DC show

* 750g of spaghetti (eg. Barilla N°5)
* 1 bunch Italian parsley, finely chopped
* 6 spoons of extra virgin olive oil
* 3 garlic cloves, diced
* 3 dried chilies, crushed
* salt, to season
* parmesan (ie PARMIGIANO REGGIANO)

Directions

1. Bring salted water to a boil, and cook spaghetti for about 8 minutes.
2. Remove just before the al dente stage (don't throw the spaghetti on the wall, just taste it).
3. Drain but reserve a few ladles of pasta water.
4. Chop the parsley and grate the parmes
5. In another pan, heat extra virgin olive oil and combine garlic and chili peppers and the parsley.
6. Cook for a few minutes or until golden brown.
7. Do not burn the garlic; otherwise it will become bitter.
8. Add spaghetti to the pan with olive oil and mix well.
9. To prevent dryness, ladle some pasta water to the pasta.
10. Cook for another minute or until desired state of al dente.
11. Add the grated parmesan

BUON APPETITO!

Mark (aka BigJack5) and Matt from Canada surrendering to
AC/DC Abruzzo's killer midnight pasta in Glasgow, Scotland last June

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FREMANTLE - Part 3
The Statue of Bon Scott

The day after the first Perth show there was a continuous pilgrimage of fans visiting the statue and paying respect to Bon in the year of the 30th anniversary of his death. Bon Scott has become immortal. And the statue is just another way to remind us all he will never die.

We have prepared a video to document the tour of Fremantle in collaboration with AC/DC Italia, including exclusive video footage from the cemetery and from the Highway to Hell tour.

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EXPERIMENT - HOW TO CONVERT A OLD FAMILY GUY INTO AN AC/DC FAN

Antonio: What is that thing hanging over the stage?
Matteo: That is the Bell, Antonio.... THE HELL'S BELL!

Antonio before the experiment

Among the hundreds of people we've met during our trek around Australia there is an Italian man from Ancona (in the Marche region, near Abruzzo). His name was Antonio but we called him 'Ndò or Andò according to the Abruzzo fashion. Antonio was in his mid-50's and he was visiting Australia by himself (he told us that his wife had to cancel due to some work commitments).

He caught our attention immediately: dressed as a typical Italian single man on holiday, suggesting a past of playboy lifestyle, he told us stories about his travels around the world for business and pleasure from China to the Caribbean Islands. We immediately understood he shared some of the founding principles of AC/DC Abruzzo's philosophy...

So we asked if he knew AC/DC. He bluntly replied that he had never heard of them. Then we asked if he was aware of the existence of songs such as Highway to Hell or Thunderstruk. Again he said no... The case was peculiar... but still understandable, especially considering that Italy has never had a rock'n'roll tradition. Especially in the 60's and 70's...

Antonio, a rock'n'roll virgin, could become an interesting case-study. So we asked ourselves the following questions. What happens if you bring a middle age man with a family and children who has never heard of AC/DC to an AC/DC concert? Is AC/DC live music so powerful to convert this family guy (similar age and cultural background of our fathers), who used to love Toto Cutugno, Gianni Morandi and maybe even worse Eros Ramazzotti, into a rock fan?

We couldn't resist the temptation and we immediately seized the opportunity and invited him to the next AC/DC concert on our agenda. He accepted. He offered to return the favour by cooking Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino. We accepted.

THE EXPERIMENT

The meeting was outside the stadium at 5.30. The briefing took place. Antonio was very collaborative and followed us to the "moshpit". He immediately showed interest for the stage catwalk and for the flashing horns.

Just after the beginning of Rock'n'Roll train, he started nodding the head. During the Jack he kept screaming and clapping hands (especially during the "tits parade"). During Let There Be Rock you could see him moving rhythmically his arms, head and tapping with the foot. And every time Angus or Brian came on the catwalk towards us he jumped frantically. During Highway to Hell he even grabbed our trident and started screaming (although he didn't know the lyrics). The metamorphosis had taken place.

After the shows he bought all the t-shirts available and thanked us for making him see this amazing concert. The show was incredibly powerful and that "small guy in shorts was so energetic!"

The experiment was successful. We had proven that AC/DC live music is so powerful that can convert even a 50-year old Italian guy who has never listened to rock'n'roll into a fan. The experiment now needs to be replicated in Europe.

That night Antonio insisted to cook for us again. Meatballs on the menu. Italian style.

After the show

Italian Meatballs

BRIAN AND CLIFF SALUTE THE ITALIAN FANS!

Brian Johnson and Cliff Williams can't be wrong. ITALIAN FOOD IS THE BEST!

SEE YOU ALL IN UDINE!!!

AC/DC ABRUZZO EUROPEAN TOUR 2010 ANNOUNCED!

KOSP ITALIAN SEDUCTION SCHOOL

Shot Down in Flames (part 1)

Out on the town
Lookin' for a woman
Gonna gimme good love
Anybody wanna hand off me
And give me plenty of
She was standin' alone
Over by the juke box
Like she'd some thing to sell
I said baby what's the goin' price
She told me to go to hell


The training of KK's and KOSP's instructors has continued in Australia in the last few weeks. All the guidelines provided by KK and KOSP have been implemented with very good results. But there's still room for improvement...

Today we analyze one of the most educational songs by AC/DC on picking up girls: "Shot Down in Flames". Here, Bon and the boys illustrate a typical scenario in Australian pubs and explain how to approach a girl standing alone (also referred to in technical terms as "Lone Wolf"). In the song Bon implies that direct game is the most effective and so men should not be afraid to approach a girl with a very direct opener such as"What's your going price". Perhaps, in this case, the opener is a bit too extreme but it makes you understand that sometime you should cut off all the indirect lines, like those in "Can I sit next to you girl" and go straight to the point, just like Orangus. In the end rockstars don't have too much time to waste... We have tried this approach in some pubs here in Sydney and we were really amazed with the results!

KK's School Instructor with a Lone Wolf in Sydney

EUROPEAN OPEN AIR TOUR 2010

OK folks, AC/DC Abruzzo is going to be back to Europe soon! We want to get as much rock'n'roll as we can before it's too late. And you should do the same!

Here's AC/DC Abruzzo European Tour 2010 with AC/DC. Sex, food and Rock'n'Roll coming again to a city near you!

14 May Sofia BG Vassil Levsky Stadium (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
16 May Bucharest RO Piata Constitutiei (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
19 May Udine IT Stadio Friuli (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
22 May Wels AT Air Field (Flugplatz Wels) (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
25 May Hannover DE Messe
27 May Warsaw PL Bemowo Airport (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
30 May Oslo NO Valle Hovin Stadion (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
01 Jun Tampere FI Ratina Stadium (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
03 Jun Stockholm SE Olympic Stadium (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
05 Jun Horsens DK CASA Arena Horsens
08 Jun Bern CH Stade de Suisse
11 Jun Donington GB Donington Park (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
13 Jun Stuttgart DE Cannstatter Wasen (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
15 Jun Nice FR Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
18 Jun Paris FR Stade De France (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
20 Jun Dresden DE Ostrahege
22 Jun Berlin DE Olympic Stadium (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
26 Jun Seville, ES Olympic Stadium (with AC/DC Abruzzo)
28 June Bilbao, ES San Mames Stadium (with AC/DC Abruzzo)


And soon a special VIDEO MESSAGE from the boys to all those about to rock in Italy!! So stay tuned!

AC/DC destroy the Rochester Castle

How to destroy a castle in 5 minutes with the power of AC/DC music!

Fantastic! Check it out!

AC/DC Abruzzo Iron Men and Superheroes!

AMARCORD ARGENTINA

AMARCORD ARGENTINA

"Of all the concerts that I've ever done this was the wildest audience" - D. Mallet

Those like AC/DC Abruzzo who were in Argentina definitely understand the words of director David Mallet...

THE IRON MAN 2 Soundtrack is finally out. Now we are all waiting for the Live DVD from Buenos Aires!

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FREMANTLE - Part 2

Photo gallery

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FREMANTLE - Part 1

The Pilgrimage of AC/DC Abruzzo to the grave of legendary Rocker Bon Scott

Whiskey on the rocks

Fremantle Cemetery March 7, 2010 - The President and Oscar "El Rana" after the 4th beer

EL RANA - Mateo, 40 years I waited to come here. 40 years... I wanna stay here now...
THE PRESIDENT- What do you mean Oscar?!? You wanna sleep here tonight?
EL RANA - No Mateo... I wanna stay here forever...

The Bon Scott Memorial

We had planned to go to Fremantle on March 7, after the first show in Perth. We had waited many years to visit the grave of Ronald Belford Scott, one of the greatest rock'n'roll legend ever existed. It was part of the promise we had made after the Hammersmith show in 2003. And finally the day had arrived. Being there on the year of the 30th anniversary of his death, after 10 AC/DC shows in a row in Australia was something really special and meaningful for us.

We arrive early in the afternoon. From the moment you spot the arch built only a couple of years ago you can tell the place has something magical.... A small small group of people are already inside, chatting and drinking, in a very respectful way. We stop in front of Bon's grave to pay our tribute to the Legend. We stay there for a few minutes observing the plaque and all the gifts that were brought from fans coming from all over the world. "Carry Me Home" is played by a small radio a few metres from us...

A big guy with curly hair waves at us. He wants us to join him. He recognizes our T-shirts from the 2003 Hammersmith show in London. He's got one too...

Hola. Me llamo Oscar. Pero todos me llaman "El Rana"... Oscar speaks only Spanish. He tells us about his bar in Madrid, about his huge bootleg collection, about the debts he made to come to Australia, about the memories from the legendary 2003 Hammersmith gig, about the fact that he doesn't have a ticket for the last show in Perth but decided to come anyway... You could clearly see in his eyes that spark that you find in all hardcore AC/DC fans when they talk about their passion... He keeps handing us bottles of beers in the meantime, which we all dedicate "TO BON"...


We stay there for almost 3 hours, sitting on the grass and sharing stories and meeting people who pass by... Families with children, people who live a few blocks away, miners from the outback and fans. Lots of fans... Each of them has a story or a reason for being there... For us it is the promise we made in London after the Hammersmith show, for John it is the promise he made to his mate who died a few weeks before. For Oscar it is simply the dream of a lifetime.

Oscar is right. You could feel there was something special, ephemeral, spiritual in the air...

After the 4 beers we are feeling a bit drunk but we have to go back to Fremantle to buy our pentacles in the Fremantle market before it closes... We say Ciao to all our friends and we get a lift from the guy of the Highway to Hell Tour, who just stopped by. We jump on his "rock'n'roll tram"and head for the market...

The Grave of Bon Scott on March 7, 2010

El Rana and his disciples from Spain

Another beer "to Bon"

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FOOD AND BEVERAGE DEBAUCHERY (OZ STYLE)

Pasta & Rock'n'Roll

We know that being on tour can be a Highway to Hell. Especially for Italians, who cannot settle easily for the mediocre food you find around the world... And it's really tough! Especially when you are away from Italy for months because you're on tour with AC/DC. Australia has been a real challenge for us. And it still is.


THE SECRETARY GENERAL (Italian cuisine and wine expert): I always manage to provide an effective solution to AC/DC Abruzzo food problems in every country we go. But I got to admit that here in Australia it's been pretty tough. I mean, here even to make a simple PASTA AL SUGO with some fresh basil becomes a challenge...

During the Australian tour we've been through all sort of food misadventures, especially when we didn't have a kitchen to cook our own pasta etc. We always try to book hostels or apartments with a semi-professional kitchen that can be used by guests, by here in Australia, with all these backpackers who survive with those disgusting $ 0.99 instant noodles, the quality standard is much lower than elsewhere. So we've seen all kinds of food aberrations, from fake Chinese Parmesan to totally tasteless mozzarella... Surprisingly, even the quality of the vegetables is lower than in Italy. We still can't figure out why, considering the sun they have here in Australia. It must be the distribution to big supermarket chains that mess everything up. Still, probably nobody cares here about taste and freshness of food (at least in the cities)... In the end we even saw people putting ketchup on spaghetti or eating "garlic bread" thinking it's BRUSCHETTA!

As for the wine, the situation is a bit better. But still very challenging. At least the Australians are developing a good taste so it is possible to find some good bottles of wine from Europe. But, as Brian told us in Perth, sometimes your dinner in a posh restaurant in Australia becomes a nightmare when you find out that they only have Australian wines on the wine list!! You ask the waiter and he will confirm that they have nothing from Italy or France! Unbelievable! Even for Brian Johnson!

Anyway the Australian wine production looks like it is improving comparing to a few years ago. But still you see things that will be unthinkable in Europe such as wine in 4-litre boxes. Yes! They sell wine in plastic bags put inside cardboard boxes. But we gotta admit that it's marketed so well that most backpackers who go shopping for wine will come out carrying a few BOXES of wine... We won't tell you what they do to filter wine (actually we will: EGGS, MILK and FISH!!! Read the small prints!).

As for wine bottles, forget about the cork! Here is the kingdom of the SCREW CAP! The future of "sustainable" wine making... But the biggest scandal we saw, as far as wine is concerned, a proper contradiction in terms, is the NON-ALCOHOLIC WINE. 3000 years of glorious history, from the Ancient Greece to Italian traditional wine making and aging techniques, destroyed by this oxymoron...

Fake arancini alla Bolognese (???) - Only 13.5$ each

The most famous OZ food specialty

Wine in box (don't read the small prints!)

The infamous non-alcoholic wine

The picky Secretary General with a disappointing OZ pizza