AC/DC Abruzzo and AC/DC Italia got ANGUS YOUNG'S thumbs up during LET THERE BE ROCK in Barcelona!!!!! The Emperor of Rock'n'Roll gave us his seal of approval in front of 40,000 people after seeing our Italian flag!!!
AVE ANGUS, ROCKITURI TE SALUTANT!!!!
Watch it here (4 min 07 sec and 4 min 015 in)!!
Still no news about our correspondants. According to witnesses they were spotted together in the Marseille Velodrome partying with local groupies and French diehard fans. AC/DC Abruzzo strongly condemns their unprofessional behaviour.
In the last 18 months hundreds of AC/DC fans around the world wrote to thank us for our blog, our reports and especially our photos from the Black Ice World Tour. Thank you all for your support!
So we decided to create a special collection of our best photos of the tour: from the private show in Wilkes Barre in October 2008 to the Grand Finale in Bilbao in June 2010. The BLACK ICE WORLD TOUR PHOTO BOOK features more than 250 exclusive photographs of the band performing live on stage.
This deluxe photo book includes:
-Introduction by ARNAUD DURIEUX(co-author of "AC/DC: Maximum Rock'n'Roll")
-Exclusive "on the road" stories by Matteo Abruzzo -More than 250 among our best exclusive photos of the band performing live on stage during the Black Ice World tour (with many large format photos and close-ups) -Photos from 46 shows around the world including special sections for the private show in Wilkes Barre, October 26, 2008, O2 Arena London April 2009, Sydney, February 2010, and the Italian show in Udine, May 19 2010
-Special section of photos with the fans "Rock'n'Roll Fannation Around the World" -Professionally printed on a very limited number of copies -Hardcover -Large Format 30x25 cm (12"x10") -184 pages -Strictly limited edition - Collector's item - available ONLY online
The book will include pictures from the following shows:
26 Oct. 2008 Wilkes-Barre, PA - Wachovia Arena 28 Oct. 2008 Wilkes-Barre, PA - Wachovia Arena 30 Oct. 2008 Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena 01 Nov. 2008 Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena 03 Nov. 2008 Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse 13 Nov. 2008 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 25 Feb. 2009 Paris, FR - POB Bercy 27 Feb. 2009 Paris, FR - POB Bercy 01 Mar. 2009 Antwerp, BE - Sportpaleis 07 Mar. 2009 Dusseldorf, DE - ISS Dome 09 Mar. 2009 Oberhausen, DE - KoPi Arena 19 Mar. 2009 Milan, IT - Datch Forum 21 Mar. 2009 Milan, IT - Datch Forum 31 Mar. 2009 Barcelona, ES - Sant Jordi 14 Apr. 2009 London, GB - O2 Arena 16 Apr. 2009 London, GB - O2 Arena 15 May. 2009 Munich, DE - Olympic Stadium 7 Jun. 2009 Barcelona, ES - Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 28 Jun. 2009 Dublin, IR - Punchstown Racecourse 30 Jun. 2009 Glasgow, UK - Hampden Park 02 Dec. 2009 Buenos Aires, AR - River Plate Stadium 11 Feb. 2010 Melbourne, AU - Etihad Stadium 13 Feb. 2010 Melbourne, AU - Etihad Stadium 15 Feb. 2010 Melbourne, AU - Etihad Stadium 18 Feb. 2010 Sydney, AU - ANZ Stadium 20 Feb. 2010 Sydney, AU - ANZ Stadium 22 Feb. 2010 Sydney, AU - ANZ Stadium 25 Feb. 2010 Brisbane, AU - QSAC 02 Mar. 2010 Adelaide, AU - Adelaide Oval 06 Mar. 2010 Perth, AU - Subiaco Oval 08 Mar. 2010 Perth, AU - Subiaco Oval 12 Mar. 2010 Tokyo, Japan - Saitama Super Arena 14 Mar. 2010 Tokyo, Japan - Saitama Super Arena
and these shows from the EUROPEAN TOUR 2010:
16 May Bucharest, RO - Piata Constitutiei 19 May Udine, IT - Stadio Friuli 27 May Warsaw, PL - Bemowo Airport 30 May Oslo, Norway - Valle Hovin Stadium 01 Jun. Tampere, FI - Ratina Stadium 03 Jun. Stockholm, SE - Olympic Stadium 05 Jun. Horsens, DK CASA - Arena Horsens 11 Jun. Donington, UK - Donington Park 15 Jun. Nice, FR - Stade Charles-Ehrmann 18 Jun. Paris, FR - Stade De France 22 Jun. Berlin, DE - Olympic Stadium 26 Jun. Seville, ES - Olympic Stadium 28 Jun. Bilbao, ES - San Mames Stadium
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Unfortunately we lost contact again with our correspondants from the road. Apparently, they are already on the road to Marseille, maybe together. The last message we got was: "Hotel Motel, make you wanna cry"...
The backdoor man managed to send us this amazing video from the pit of Whole lotta Rosie showing how the boys were in excellent shape the other night. And look at Angus! Enjoy!
Backdoor man: "Amazing show! After having seen so many indoor shows I wouldn't have never believed I could see Angus playing with such energy in a stadium too! The show was much better than in Germany. Crazy crowd. Very good sound. But the band!? Oh my God! It actually remembered me of the show in Palau St.Jordi in March, when Brian was totally on fire and Angus played like the destiny of the planet depended on it! The first 2 songs he used the catwalk immediately and you could see from his face he was really serious about giving the audience the best performance he could. Brian got so carried away by the power of rock'n'roll that at a certain point during the encores he JUMPED OFF the stage, while wearing a Barcelona FC shirt and started to interact with the audience (see photo) like the great rocker he is. Just Amazing!! We felt rock'n'roll!!"
Complete report, pics and videos from the Backdoor Man exclusively for AC/DC Abruzzo coming soon... More exclusive material will be sent to ACDC-Italia.com.
Orangus: "Really bad acoustics again. Definitely not one of their best concert! By the way the other day quotation about the bocce (who also means boobs in Italian) was by Toscanini not Paganini! Ignorants..,"
Worst concert of the open air tour. Concert starts after 10pm. Problems with the PA system during the entire show. Angus' guitar not audible at times. A lot of rain and wind. Awful acoustics. The Great Musician Niccolo Paganini, aka the Devil's Violin, used to say: "Open air is good only for playing bocce"! The Spanish audience didn't care and went crazy anyways. Nice girls on the screens during The Jack but unfortunately no boobs flashing this time. Ciao
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. Dog Eat Dog 14. Anything Goes 15. You Shook Me All Night Long 16. TNT 17. Whole Lotta Rosie 18. Let there be Rock 19. Highway to Hell 20. For Those About to Rock
UPDATE!!!
From "Enthusiastic" AlexMadrid
I don't agree in any way with this review. If this has been the worst show, I can't imagine how can it be the best. I was in the pit on the left side and there wasn't any PA problem. In fact, the sound was far better than I expected being an open air stadium. The "lot of rain" has been a bit of light but constant rain during Thunderstruck to The Jack. And that was all. 50.000 souls filled the third biggest spanish stadium to the top. The Highway to Hell chorus must have been heared in the other side of the city. Highlights was Shot Down In Flames,You Shook Me All Night Long and TNT. In the bad side, Black Ice songs gets the audience very cold, leaving apart Anything Goes. Particullary Black Ice must be removed from the set-list as soon as possible. Apart form this, everybody left the show extremely happy.
BREAKING NEWS!!! We received a text message from our correspondant Orangus saying that he managed to escape from his kidnappers! He's now safe and sound near the Calderon Stadium in Madrid and he will attend tonight's show for us!!! We deny all allegations of having paid any ransom or complied with the kidnappers' requests.
Tonight we will celebrate Orangus' Jailbreak with a big plate of GUITAR SPAGHETTI (Spaghetti alla chitarra) while waiting for the new setlist to arrive. GUITAR SPAGHETTI is the most delicious Rock'n'Roll food specialty from Abruzzo (together with ARROSTICINI). Brian would be proud of us!
AC/DC Abruzzo had several friends and friends of friends attending this gig in Portugal yesterday night. But instead of contacting them after the show we preferred to practice our extrasensory perception skills and tried to guess the complete setlist and .
Here are the results of this ESP exercise:
Amazing show! The band is in excellent shape. Especially Angus. Red uniform and tie for him! Highlight of the night: Rosie, Highway to Hell and TNT. Great venue (about 40,000 people). The Portuguese audience was probably one of the warmest audience of the entire open air tour (together with the Athens one).
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. Dog Eat Dog 14. Anything Goes 15. You Shook Me All Night Long 16. TNT 17. Whole Lotta Rosie 18. Let there be Rock 19. Highway to Hell 20. For Those About to Rock
Unbelievable!! The Abruzzo secrete private gig in Città Sant'Angelo was officially cancelled because of "technical difficulties". No more explanation! Just like the Zurich show!! Reportedly, the promoters, who allegedly booked the band for this special event, had to fly to Israel (joining the Rumanian scammers) to avoid the fury of the people who were prepared to see the band play like at the Stadio Comunale!!
However, it's our duty to report that this secret-private gig might just be the result of a collective hallucination due to the stress caused by AC/DC's repetitive setlist to diehard fans...
Anyway, AC/DC Abruzzo decided to seek help and comfort by visiting our spiritual rock'n'roll guide: Rocco 'n' Rollo, the quintessential Abruzzo rocker, who was headlining a rock festival in Silvi Paese the same night (CABAROCK Festival-May 31 and June 1). Unfortunately, his show was also cancelled because of the heavy rains that ravaged the Abruzzo coast that night! It's true: sometimes when it rains, it pours.
But we kept our positive attitude and then decided to go for a wild "RUSTELLATA" (an overdose of ARROSTICINI, the most famous Abruzzo's specialty) to ease the pain and forget this negative chain of events. We had nightmares the whole night (arrosticini are pretty heavy and not easy to digest, just like Malcolm's decision not to change the setlist).
The really positive thing about the night was that we managed to meet the mysterious "backdoor man" who was allegedly the one responsible for the disappearance of Lorenzo aka Orangus. He proved his innocence and showed his genuine and sincere passion for rock'n'roll. We like him. After tough negiotiations we managed to ink a deal with him: he will be our exclusive correspondent for 3 shows (Barcelona, Marseille and Paris). As for Orangus, if you read this please get in touch! We are seriously worried!
Last but not least AC/DC Abruzzo wants to thank Stonebreaker for the beautiful pics he sent us from the German shows. We knew Stonebreaker from Hammersmith 2003. The amazing photos that have been circulating in the internet in the last few years from that memorable night were taken by him. AC/DC Abruzzo salutes you!
Arpurtetem a uilches barres...
ANGUS IN LONDON IN 2003!
GERMANY 2009
More pics here:
For Hockenheim: http://www.flickr.com/photos/t-klick/sets/72157618736842538/
For Gelsenkirchen: http://www.flickr.com/photos/t-klick/sets/72157618920472877/
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