OBERHAUSEN, König Pilsener Arena March 9 2009

SETLIST:

1. Rock'n'roll Train
2. Hell ain't a bad place to be
3. Back in Black
4. Big Jack
5. Dirty Deeds
6. Shot Down in Flames
7. Thunderstruck
8. Black Ice
9. The Jack
10. Hell's Bells
11. Shoot to Thrill
12. War Machine
13. Anything Goes
14. You Shook Me All Night Long
15. TNT
16. Whole Lotta Rosie
17. Let there be Rock
18. Highway to Hell
19. For Those About to Rock

AC/DC ABRUZZO OFFICIAL REPORT

Oberhausen was one of the two extra dates added by AC/DC Abruzzo after the Antwerp disappointment. We decided it was worth going there since it was very close to Dusseldorf and so we could kill two birds with one stone.

After the Dusseldorf show we kept meeting other German hard-core fans with lots of interesting stories to tell. The highlight was Ralf, a local German fan, who told us when he was backstage in 1978 and met both Bon and Angus for the first time. He was 14 (the same age of his kid that he took to the Dussendolf show two nights before) and couldn't really speak English but when he told us about Bon's charming attitude we could see in his eyes a sort of spark, the same spark we saw in the eye of other fans that we met on the road telling similar stories. Especially about Bon and the early days...

As for the show, it was another great performance of the boys. They really look they're getting better as time goes by... Which is very good, considering they're going to play stadiums soon. The best song of the night was LET THERE BE ROCK. Amazing performance of Angus... After doing his final long solo he unexpectedly came back first on the catwalk (first time he did that in the last 8 shows we saw) and then on the right, as usual, for the finale.

Unfortunately the audience was the most. "sleepy" of the whole tour. And please note that we're using a euphemism here. Really, this time, for the first time since the beginning of the European tour, it looked like there were reserved seats in the standing section. People more interested in taking photos than in having a good time. It was quite frustrating for us. 

There were a few Greeks in the audience not too far from us and they tried very hard to express their Mediterranean rock'n'roll attitude but I don't think they were satisfied. We also noticed that several crowd surfing attempts failed because the audience was not cooperative at all. After Paris it's going to be difficult to find a crowd as energetic as the French one. We have high expectations for Italy and Spain. AC/DC Abruzzo will be there, so we'll see.

AC/DC Abruzzo wishes to thank Jonas and the other German fans for helping us to solve the ticket problem. We salute them! Final CIAO to the Calabresi friends we met after the show, Gino and Luigi, who gave us a ride back to Dusseldorf. You guys rock!

With Ralf

With some German fans who were also in London in 2003

Brian in excellent shape

With the Calabresi friends after the show

Ralf's copy of High Voltage from 1978

MORE PICS AND VIDEOS SOON

ROCCO 'N' ROLLO! TRUE ABRUZZESE ROCKER!!!!

IL ROCKER DI COCULLO

LA CHITARRA GRANITICA DEL GRAN SASSO 

L'ULULATO DEL PARCO NAZIONALE D'ABRUZZO

ROCCO'N'ROLLO!!! FROM ABRUZZO!!

AH AH AH AH AH AH

ABRUZZO PROVERB OF THE MONTH

"A CI'NNIJI PIASCE LU ROCK E LU VIN NIN PUZZ'ARRIVA' A DUMANE MATIN"

"Those who do not appreciate rock and wine shall perish before the end of tonight"

Amen

Dusseldorf, GE ISS DOME March 7, 2009

SETLIST:

1. Rock'n'roll Train
2. Hell ain't a bad place to be
3. Back in Black
4. Big Jack
5. Dirty Deeds
6. Shot Down in Flames
7. Thunderstruck
8. Black Ice
9. The Jack
10. Hell's Bells
11. Shoot to Thrill
12. War Machine
13. Anything Goes
14. You Shook Me All Night Long
15. TNT
16. Whole Lotta Rosie
17. Let there be Rock
18. Highway to Hell
19. For Those About to Rock

AC/DC ABRUZZO OFFICIAL REPORT

After the disappointment of the cancelled show in Antwerp AC/DC Abruzzo came back in the ring to take another swing!

This was probably the best shows so far in Europe for the band. The boys all performed with incredibly intense energy and power. Brian was jumping, dancing, running and screaming like he used to do in his thirties. It was difficult to believe that he had the flu 5 days before... Brian's voice really sounds different comparing to the SUL tour. When we talked to him he said it was because of the BI production, but actually on stage he sounds even better than in the album at times. Angus was also more active than usual. He also looked like he was enjoying himself a lot more! Malcolm, Phil and Cliff were just impeccable as usual.

As for the setlist, no change at all. We personally started to miss Stiff Upper Lip a little bit. It's hard to understand why they decided to drop this song. And last night we also thought about how powerful was If You Want Blood You Got It back in 2003... It would be great to hear them again, maybe for the open air tour.

As for the audience the German crowd was not up to our expectations and was a bit too quite and sometime not responsive at all (e.g. during Anything goes) so the show was not as intense as Paris, which still remains the best show of the European tour. The songs we particularly enjoyed yesterday night were Rosie and Let There Be Rock! We like a lot R'n'R Train, War Machine, Shot Down in Flames which was a great add for Europe...

But in the end we really should thank the Gods of rock'n'roll for this tour! Let's just remember where we were one year ago... No album, no news, an allegedly booked and cancelled ghost gig in Switzerland... On the contrary now we have the chance to see AC/DC playing such small venues in such an amazing shape!!!

At this gig AC/DC Abruzzo met some cool/historic fans who were very friendly with us. Especially a Dutch fan named Bart who told lots of stories from the 80's and the 90's in front of a good German beer and Italian pizza after the show. Stories that really make you understand the unique relationship that exists between this legendary but very humble rock band and their loyal fans... We salute them all! See you in Oberhausen!!

PHOTO GALLERY

Thanks to our (unnamed) German friend!

ISS DOME

Excellent show in Dusserdolf. The band is back and everybody is in great shape, including Brian. Angus seemed to enjoy a lot playing so close to his Dutch hometown... The crowd was a bit better than in the scandinavian countries but way calmer than Paris...
AC/DC Abruzzo wishes to thank AC/DC Italia who was at the show too. The boys from northern Italy really know how to rock! We got the proof during Whole Lotta Rosie...
We missed Stefano who couldnt make it from London this time. Hopefully, the AC/DC Abruzzo staff will all be present in Milan for the Italian shows.
Pics and report coming soon.
This German motel/hotel with no wireless connection really makes me cry!

AC/DC ABRUZZO IN DUSSELDORF

Hotel. Motel. Make you wanna cry!

AC/DC ABRUZZO has just arrived in Dusseldorf. It was a long and tiring journey. Tomorrow AC/DC Italia will probably join the President at the ISS DOME.
BUONANOTTE!

AC/DC ABRUZZO WILL GO TO GERMANY!

07 Mar Dusseldorf DE ISS Dome

09 Mar Oberhausen DE KoPi Arena

The decision was made two days ago after the second Antwerp show was cancelled. AC/DC Abruzzo has been working around the clock in the last 48 hours to arrange everything for this unplanned journey to Germany to follow our favourite band.

The President is now in our Rome headquarters where he had time only for some rest, a quick pasta refill and for some laundry. The Special Envoy is in London dealing with some professional matters while the Vice President is in the Abruzzo General Headquarters, working as well on the German campaign.

We did what had to be done. We now hope that the Gods of Rock will help us in this new venture.

AC/DC ABRUZZO IN THE MEDIA

Three days without AC/DC and the withdrawal symptoms have started... AC/DC Abruzzo's Action Plan will be finalised in the next few hours and then implemented asap.

  
In the meantime please take a look at AC/DC Italia youtube channel that has some of our exclusive videos from the road! We have admired their work in the past 6 years (yesterday it was their birthday) so a 21-gun salute to them!!!

Here's a couple of links of press and TV sent by Phil of AC/DC BEDLAM in BELGIUM.

GAZET VAN ANTWERPEN (PHOTO GALLERY)

TV NEWS (CLICK ON BRIAN AND WATCH THE TV REPORT UNTIL THE END!)