MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas from the boys of AC/DC Abruzzo!!!

POGO AS A LIFESTYLE...

AC/DC Abruzzo is still working on the preparation of the AUSTRALIAN tour. Not easy... But we definitely stick to our guns. Project Australia must HAPPEN.

We are also eagerly waiting for the confirmation of the remaining dates for the 2010 European tour. For the moment only Sofia May 14, 2010 was officially confirmed. We doubt the tour will end in Berlin. Maybe some club/intimate gigs like in 2003... We talked to Ross Young here in Sydney a few days ago. He confirmed the next one MIGHT be the last album...

We also received the report of the Argentinian adventures of a good friend of AC/DC Abruzzo: Monkey64... We got in touch with this crazy guy at the beginning of the European tour and we've been exchanging emails since then. Ironically, we were at many concerts during the European tour but never met in person... He definitely shares AC/DC Abruzzo's founding principles and got the rockstar lifestyle and attitude we also have...

Here's his story:

Argentinian Chronicles: Pogo for life...

When I attended my first rock festival in Argentina in 2003, I knew the sacred fire of rock'n'roll was pouring in the Argentines' blood. Since then, seeing Ac/Dc in Argentina (or Chile.. ) was in top position in my list of things to do before I die, the combination of the best crowd in the world with the best live band in the world. Yes, I'm talking about serious life goals here.

December 2nd.

No pitch ticket this time, bought an official seated ticket at the gates, but had I waited a bit longer I could have bought a pitch ticket as they started to sell those as well. Oh well. It's tough to be an ac/dc addict.

" First I thought, what a douchebag, who still wears aviator shades in 2009, then I was blown away by his flamboyant haircut and utter confidence with the girls. This guy is awesome. He must be an apprentice of the KOSP... Or maybe the Kosp himself...."

As expected, the crowd delivers, they're all jumping around like maniacs, in the field and on their seats. Planes are taking off and landing above the stadium, people are lighting freakin flares in the freaking crowd! It's just unreal.

"This is the car of the guy you saw earlier. The KOSPMOBILE"

December 4th

I head to the stadium early, and find Kiyossan (another crazy fan from Japan!!) waiting in line. Perfect, I ninja my way into the line. Waiting in the line with the other fans is the best. This is pogo time. According to Kiyossan who was in the field for day 1, it's gonna be tough, lots of pushing and crowd movement.



It isn't that bad, nobody is passing out like in Paris , but the crowd is wild because of the DVD recording. Even during The Jack there was a lot of pushing like you can tell from this vid. And watch that crazy/brave girl's reactions when she decides to occupy centre stage... AHAHAHAH



POGO VORTEX

The most fascinating phenomenon I witnessed in these three days in Argentina is by far the POGO VORTEX... It is known in Europe too but here it reaches absolute perfection. It starts when three or more people use their strength to create an opening in the packed crowd. Then the pinball effect starts.... During the intro of Whole Lotta Rosie, they started to make small openings, then suddenly people around were like "Oh shit, pogo incoming, I don't want any part of this" then the circle would get bigger and bigger and sustain itself as more people would try to get away from it. Here's a video of this interesting phenomenon... (You can see fear in my eyes... and Lots of adrenaline...)



Look at this guy doing the patented Rolling On The Floor Like Angus ( ROTLFA ! ). The smile on their face is just representative of this whole trip to Argentina!



December 6th

Every muscle of my body hurts. Still one concert to go. My strategy is to relax, get to the stadium late while the people are getting tired of jumping between songs,and enjoy the first songs from a distance while the crowd is unleashing the fury, then use my ninja skills to navigate to the stage and enjoy the moshpitt.



The crowd is no where near as excited as during the second concert but still pretty wild. So here's the last vid from the second concert ! I salute you! Fire! Legendary experience... Soon on DVD!!

EUROPEAN TOUR 2010 PLANNING

Still no official confirmation from acdc.com. But at this point we believe it is just a question of hours... Here's the screenshot of one of the pages that were reportedly published on AC/DC.com for a few minutes yesterday and then saved on the Google cache.



In the last 24 hours the President of AC/DC Abruzzo has been working in the new AC/DC Abruzzo office in Sydney to plan the AC/DC Abruzzo European tour. Yesterday there was a frantic exchange of emails among Orangus in Milan, the Vice President in Abruzzo and the President to create the roadmap for the final leg of Black Ice World Tour and to cohordinate the purchase of tickets. The Secretary General, on the contrary, could be reached only via sms. Apparently he's still working full time on project Australia.

PRESALE

Here you will find all the details about the dates officially confirmed.

https://tickets.acdc.com/index.php?location=eu

Although this preale will be much easier than the one that took place last year for the arena indoor tour we don't want to leave anything to chance. The Udine show will go on presale today at 6pm Italian time here:

http://ticketone.it/ncr_id326934_ACDC-Biglietti-a-breve-in-vendita-Udine.html

Unanimity was reached on the fact that the Italian show is our number 1 priority. The Italian crowd proved to be the best of the entire European tour last year at the Forum of Milan so we all agreed that the Udine show will be memorable and cannot be missed.

Yesterday there were also contacts with the KOSP who strongly recommended to attend the following shows if they are confirmed.

27-May-2010 - Warsaw, Poland - Bermov Airfield - TBD
30-May-2010 - Tallinn, Estonia - Song Festival Ground - TBD
1-Jun-2010 - Tampere, Finland - Ratina Stadium - TBD
3-Jun-2010 - Stockholm, Sweden - Olympic Stadium - TBD
5-Jun-2010 - Horsens, Denmark - Horsens Stadium - TBD

According to the KOSP, in these areas there is great potential for recruiting new AC/DC Abruzzo groupies... :) AC/DC Abruzzo will listen to his mentor and give priority to Poland, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark.

Yesterday there were also other rumours about the band playing the entire Back in Black album live in Europe in 2010. Now, we believe in dreams but, considering our experience with the band, this will not happen. It would be nice to be proved wrong though.

It's hard work to be a hard core AC/DC fan... :)

MORE DATES!!!! EASTERN/NORTHERN EUROPE AND BALTIC COUNTRIES!! DONINGTON!!!!

AlexMadrid from Spain, one of our most faithful users, let us know that apparently acdc.com temporarily displayed some extra dates (see below). The page was saved HERE. Obviously we cannot confirm these dates at the moment but we've decided to publish them anyway. They are definetely plausible. The most important thing is that this epic world tour will go on and on for the delight of all the AC/DC fans around the world!!!

DATE CITY VENUE FAN CLUB SALE
14-May-2010 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Vassil Levsky Stadium - Fri Dec 18 @ 9AM
16-May-2010 - Bucharest, Romania - Piata Constitutiei - Wed Dec 16 @9AM
19-May-2010 - Udine, Italy - Stadio Friuli - Thurs Dec 17 @8PM
22-May-2010 - Wels, Austria - Air Field - Wed Dec 16 @9AM
25-May-2010 - Hannover, Germany - Messe - Wed Dec 16 @9AM
27-May-2010 - Warsaw, Poland - Bermov Airfield - TBD
30-May-2010 - Tallinn, Estonia - Song Festival Ground - TBD
1-Jun-2010 - Tampere, Finland - Ratina Stadium - TBD
3-Jun-2010 - Stockholm, Sweden - Olympic Stadium - TBD
5-Jun-2010 - Horsens, Denmark - Horsens Stadium - TBD
8-Jun-2010 - Zurich, Switzerland - Letzigrund Stadion - TBD
11-Jun-2010 - Donnington, UK - Download Festival - TBD
13-Jun-2010 - Stuttgart, Germany - Cannstatter Wasen - Wed Dec 16 @9AM
15-Jun-2010 - Nice,France -Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann -Fri Dec 18@8AM
18-Jun-2010 - Paris, France - Stadt De France - Fri Dec 18 @ 8AM
20-Jun-2010 - Dresden, Germany - Ostrahege - Wed Dec 16 @9AM
22-Jun-2010 - Berlin, Germany - Olympic Stadium - Wed Dec 16 @9AM

AC/DC BACK IN ITALY MAY 19, 2010!!!!

BREAKING NEWS!!

The President just got an email from Orangus back in Milan confirming the rumour about the come back of AC/DC to ITALIA!!! Although the news has not been officially confirmed yet by the band, www.rockol.it, an authoritative Italian music website, stated that AC/DC will be playing Italy on May 19, 2010 at the Stadio Friuli in Udine (approx. capacity 50,000 people). Obviously, if this rumour proves wrong AC/DC Abruzzo will have to kick some ass... But to be honest we also received a call from sources very close to people close to the band confirming the comeback to Italy next year. So we can continue to implement our nonviolence policy... ahahah

For the record Nice, June 15 and Paris Stade De France June 18 were also confirmed!!

!!!!!!!!!!!UPDATE!!!!!!!!!! 2.06 pm (Italian Time)

The above dates were confirmed by AC/DC.com and the following dates were also confirmed!!!!! Including Bucharest!! First time in Romania for AC/DC!!!! SARPARTE!!!!

16 May 2010 Bucharest RO Piata Constitutiei Coming Soon Coming Soon

19 May 2010 Udine IT Stadio Friuli 2009-12-17 Coming Soon

22 May 2010 Wels AT Air Field (Flugplatz Wels) Buy Tickets Coming Soon

25 May 2010 Hannover DE Messe 2009-12-16 Coming Soon

13 Jun 2010 Stuttgart DE Cannstatter Wasen 2009-12-16 Coming Soon

15 Jun 2010 Nice FR Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann 2009-12-18 Coming Soon

18 Jun 2010 Paris FR Stade De France 2009-12-18 Coming Soon

20 Jun 2010 Dresden DE Ostrahege 2009-12-16 Coming Soon

22 Jun 2010 Berlin DE Olympic Stadium 2009-12-16 Coming Soon

Shows confirmed in Germany/Austria in 2010 - presale started

We just received an email alert from eventim.de about the 2010 European tour. We don't know German but apparently it confirms the following dates. And it looks like the presale has already started... (???)

22.05.2010
A-Wels - Flughafen
25.05.2010
Hannover - Messe
12+13.06.2010
Stuttgart - Cannstatter Wasen (Festival)
19+20.06.2010
Dresden - Festwiese Ostragehege (Festival)
22.06.2010
Berlin - Olympiastadion

AC/DC Abruzzo's staff have immediately started the official planning of the 2010 European Tour...

UPDATE from AC/DC Abruzzo

"I'll tell you folks... it's harder than it looks"

Busy days of hard work for AC/DC Abruzzo staff...
After the gigantic dose of Rock'n'Roll in Argentina the Vice President has finally come back to the Abruzzo headquarters for some deserved rest. (But apparently he is already planning the next international trip... New Zealand?)
The President is still in Sydney, Australia experiencing the OZ summer lifestyle and working out the final details of the Australian tour (including the collaboration with the Kosp).
The Secretary General secretely met with Orangus/Belfagor before the premiere of Carmen, a few days ago, at La Scala Opera Theatre of Milan, to discuss some private business including the Japan minitour in March.
Project AC/DC Abruzzo goes on!

Buenos Aires, River Plate Stadium Dec 06, 2009 - Chettaffatto!

The Vice President on the phone

SETLIST

01. Rock N Roll Train
02. Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be
03. Back In Black
04. Big Jack
05. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
06. Shot Down In Flames
07. Thunderstruck
08. Black Ice
09. The Jack
10. Hells Bells
11. Shoot To Thrill
12. War Machine
13. Dog Eat Dog
14. You Shook Me All Night Long
15. T.N.T.
16. Whole Lotta Rosie
17. Let There Be Rock
18. Highway To Hell
19. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

Tonight we received a surprise phone call from Marcom and Andrea during the guitar intro of Highway to Hell live in Buenos Aires... It was really a pleasant surprise... Here's what they told us over the phone after the show:

Marcom: Chettaffatto! No extra cameras tonight. Don't ask me why but the DVD will be just the footage of the second night... I guess it will be enough anyway... Maybe they wìll add some audio from the other shows... We don't know... (The DVD probably won't be released before June). Anyway amazing performance of Brian tonight. He was on fire. Old school kick-ass performance of Angus. He was so happy about the response of the crowd during the LTBR solo that he took a bow in the middle of it to thank the audience. Incredible! The solo went on for some extra minutes. Possibly the longest LTBR solo of the entire tour... The audience was crazy as usual. One funny thing about Argentinian crowd is that you get to see people jumping wildly not only in the pitch but even on the second level on seats on the side in the Stadium... This time we decided to see most of the show in front of the catwalk, just in the middle. The sound there was so good that it was pure for our ears... Amazing!
One funny story for our readers. On Wednesday we were doing some grocery shopping in a local supermarket called DISCO in the centre of the city and we bumped into Ellen buying snacks ect. That was really funny! AC/DC Abruzzo and AC/DC Italia doing grocery shopping with Angus' wife in Argentina!!! AHAHAHAH. We also met Ross who was really cool with all his Facebook fans. We really loved his Ferrari jacket... Pretty nice! The band was pretty busy signing autographs with hundreds of fans. Always very cool... Another funny thing was the non authorised sellers of t-shirts outside the stadium. They mixed it up pretty well. Like you could see T-shirts with creative artwork such as Bon Scott on Razor's Edge album cover or souvenir t-shirts of the Argentinian tour with 4 dates instead of 3... AHAHAH

Andrea: Yesterday we went to the Boca Junior soccer match. Bellissimo! And today we had again 400g Argentinian steaks before the show... We love Argentina!

Argentinian Rock'n'Roll Train

In front of the Bombonera stadium