Fan Reviews - Week 12, Europe

• Johan Bergman
  Rock´n Roll gudarna drar loss!
  Har sett dom vid 5 tidigare turneér, denna tillhör en av dom vassaste, bästa mixningen av ljudet på länge. Samma spellista som tidigare platser på denna turnen, men spelglädjen är oerhört mycket tydligare än förra turnen. En liten insident hände under "Stiff upper lipp", bitar av den gigantiska gitarren som Angus-statyn håller i ramlade ner strax intill Phil Rudd (trummisen), bitarna kom dock på plats igen efter tredje låten.
  Hela konserten följde gamla traditionella AC/DC regler och tack för det, Jag vill inte ha några större överraskningar. Jag älskar AC/DC konserterna som dom är. Dom 12000 övriga i publiken gjorde det också.
  Jag har sällan sett ett sånt diggande och ös, som på denna spelningen. Hoppas att jag får se dom igen. Som jag brukar säga "om dom så bara spelar i Kiruna så skall jag dit" Jag bor i Södra Sverige.
  Dom är bäst utan tvekan. Johan Bergman, AccaDacca freak

• Staffan Johansson
  Outstanding!!! Best concert I´ve ever been to. NO-ONE beats AC/DC when i comes to live performances. Same setlist as most other gigs during this tour. "Get it hot" instead of "Satellite Blues" (Played in Atlanta.). AC/DC wins, rules and are forever the greatest heavy metal band !!!

• Matte
  The Gods of Metal are back!!! The greatest metal band of all time did it again. They were great last in Stockholm. Angus is a god. I saw them last 1996 and this was better than last time. They played songs like: 1 You Shook Me All Night Long, 2 Shot Down In Flames, 3 Whole Lotta Rosie, 4 Highway To Hell, 5 Back In Black, 6Hells Bells, 7Shoot To Thrill, 8 Rock 'n' Roll ain´t noise pollution,9 TNT, 10 Thunderstruck, 11 For Those About To Rock (We Salute You),12 Hard as rock, 13 Stiff Upper Lip, 14 Safe In New York City, 15 The Jack. This is not in order and not the whole setlist, so if someone has the whole setlist and everything that happened during the songs please email me. During the concert they had a big statue in bronze of Angus Young with smoke and small pyro coming out of the nose and two horns, a big doll during Whole lotta Rosie, The bell in Hells Bells, Pyro in Highway to hell, Cannons in the last song For Those About To Rock. If you wanna see a great concert see AC/DC next time they come to Stockholm. You won´t regret it. I promise.

• Steken
  What can I say? The lads did it again! From the first strokes of YSMANL to the last puffs of smoke from the canons it was a blast (no pun intended). We didn't get no Meltdown in Stockholm but we did "Get It Hot". Jeez! What a scorcher!! Brilliant show! Mind you, the canons were a bit lame in Sthlm!! More Pfft! than KABOOM!! but who gives a monkeys toss when the lads rocked like the proverbial motherfucker!!!
  A salute to the BEST band in the known galaxy! ACCA DACCA 4EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Tobbe
  Super!! The concert was great. They had even more energy than in -96. Angus rules and Brian seems to be so happy, always with a smile on his face. Don´t miss the chance to see the greatest band of all time. Och till alla svenska fans, skulle det inte vara årtusendets fest om dem kommer hit nästa sommar till stadion eller varför inte ullevi.

• Björn "Angus" Hellborg
  I have seen 3 concerts now on Stiff Upper Lip World Tour and this one was presumably the best of those 3.Every thing was almost perfect. The band and especially Angus was on top! Great sound (maybe the best one I´ve heard on any concert,I´ve seen 17th with AC)! And all the effects where there, Statue of Ang, Cannons, Bell and a Big doll of Rosie...etc. The only thing was that there was some trouble with the cannons. The audience was great and really in to it! I love Globe Arena and there is a great sound in it self. I had a great spot up on the seats and saw everything perfect from the left side which is the best side to be at on this tour with AC/DC. The setlist was the same with "Get it Hot" which is a killer live. I still miss some more songs from SUL and there was no skinny back from Ang during Bad Boy and no TITTS from the girls in the audience during The Jack. One of the best concerts I´ve seen with AC/DC. I also wore a shoolsuit (homemade). LONG LIVE ACCA DACCA !!!!!!

• Jukka P
  Yesterday I saw AC/DC in Helsinki and my ears are still humming. Setlist was the same as for example in Paris. First a few lines of criticism: "You shook me all night long" is totally a lousy opener, a weak, poppish song. The opening of the Ballbreaker -shows was much better with Beavis and Butthead movie etc. And why they play "Rock'n'Roll ain't noise pollution" and "Get it hot". These are great songs, but too weak compared to "Dirty Deeds", "Rosie" etc. the strong classics. In general, it must be a problem for the band to choose the songs, they have so many tunes that just have to be played. This makes the shows a bit too predictable.
  The volume was quite low in the beginning of the Helsinki show. After a while the volume and the sound turned clear, just perfect. But during "Hells Bells" the man behind the mixing desk did something clever, volume went straight through the ceiling and Malcolm's guitar sound turned from his original Gretch sound to ear-raching noise. At that moment I should have put on my earplugs...
  All in all, the show was great. The rhythm section (Malcolm, Cliff, Phil) is unbelievable. So tight and bare. Brian was as he always is. And though Angus does not anymore run around like hit by the lightning, he still gives everything for the crowd. The band is still good, old AC/DC. I know it's only rock'n'roll, but I like it.

• Late
  What a fucking great show! This was my first time when I saw them live, and the guys are really into music what they play. Setlist was same than it was before and they played LOUD! My ears are ringing till next week, I believe (I was in the front "row", just 2 metres away from stage and Angus`s sweat flew on me during the gig).

• Pete Tunturi
  Let there be AC/DC ! And finally we got the one and only rock'n'roll band to Helsinki. Enormous feeling, ears still ringing but we got the very best out of them. Brian did a fine gig and Angus has the energy level which only he can keep up. Even Mal seemed to enjoy a lot, the whole Band was doin' their best. Here's the setlist:
  1. You shook me all night long
  2. Stiff upper lip (still they're stiff!)
  3. Shot down in flames
  4. Thunderstruck (whole crowd yelled!)
  5. Hell ain't a bad place to be (rgds to Bon)
  6. Hard as a rock
  7. Shoot to thrill
  8. Rock'n'roll ain't noise pollution (it ain't)
  9. Safe in N.Y.C. (very fast!)
  10. Bad boy boogie
  11. Hells bells (the bell did toll!)
  12. Get it hot
  13. The jack (we all got it!)
  14. Dirty deeds done dirt cheap (rocked our hearts out!)
  15. Back in black (blacker than the black!)
  16. Highway to hell (pyros etc.)
  17. Whole lotta Rosie (fat!)
  18. Let there be rock (ROCK! smashing solo by Angus)
  19. T.N.T. (oi!!!)
  20. For those about to rock (we salute you AC/DC!)

  Welcome back soon guys, last time they we're here it was not so good gig as now (1996 Ballbreaker tour).
  Angus forever !

• Janne
  The show began at 8 pm when Backyard Babies (Sweden) played their set, mainly consisting songs from their knew. They played until 8.30 and after that they made place on the stage for AC/DC. It didn't take so long to rearrange the stage for AC/DC (drum set, amps and who knows what else), maybe 15-20 minutes, but then there was an awfully long pause before Angus & Co got on stage.
  The crowd began to clap hands and all that other stuff at least 3 times befor AC/DC finally got on stage. Angus saluted the crowd by taking the cap off from his head and the IT BEGAN.. YSMANL was played and then Brian Johnson greeted the crowd and told that the next song would the title track from Stiff Upper Lip - album. During the beginning of SUL there appeared a huge statue of Angus behind Phil Rudd. During other songs it came smoke out from the statue, from the eyes, guitar and even (I think) from the knees. Well, if the sound from the crowd in the arena was not AC/DC loud during the first 3 songs, it certainly was when Thunderstruck began. I mean the sound was incredible when they played Thunderstruck.
  So highlights during the concert besides Thunderstruck were IMO Safe In N.Y.C (absolutely the best track on album and even better when played live), Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (I wasn't the only from the crowd who liked, the sound from the crowd, especially during chorus was infernal!), Highway To Hell (the pyrotech was spectacular, as the flames came out you could almost feel that you were on the highway to hell, well it was almost too hot ;) and of course great were the 2 encore songs T.N.T and For Those About To Rock (the cannons shook the arena so one thougth it would tear down the place the next second).
  And the other songs were played great as well and even better, except Get It Hot, now why did they play that instead of like Girls Got Rhytm, Sin City, Jailbreak or Touch Too Much, I think some of those would have been much better. But then again I am not the on the stage playing so who am I to criticize them of not playing the right songs.
  In final I can say that the concert was awesome and they all played extremely good. So if you got the chance GO AND SE THEM , it's really worth it!
  (PS Brian Johnson shook my hand left hand during one of the songs so I guess I never will be washing that hand again =)

• Toni Viljanmaa
  Not many words left...attended both the shows in Finland: in Helsinki and in Turku. The most definite rock'n'roll band in this planet!!! They played the same tunes than in all of the concerts, so not many surprises. But hell with that: it was AccaDacca for the first time in nearly 5 years! I personally was excited of the old Bonnie tunes: Bad Boy Boogie, Hell Ani't..., Dirty Deeds and of course energic GET IT HOT. Also, I would've .liked to listen some more material from 'SUL', which I like A LOT. There were only two songs from 'SUL': Safe in NYC and the title song. Both were tremendous. The band was firing away the both shows, although the audience was much better in that ice-hall in Turku. I think Ang, Brian, Mal, Phil and Cliff noticed that too and rocked the shit out of us especially in Turku. My ears are still whistling'...

• Björn "Angus" Hellborg
  This was my third concert during this tour and GREEET as usaully!!! I saw both Gothenburg and Stockholm as well. But this time I stood on the floor just at the end of the catwalk. The setlist was the same as in Gothenburg and Stockholm with "Get it Hot" after "Hells Bells" and the rest of the song in order like it has been on the whole European tour so far. The sound was perfect. It can´t be better. The arena reminded me a little bit of Globe arena in Stockholm inside (I love Globe arena). But a little bit smaller, maybe 12000 during this concert. Elysee Arena was packed to the rim. The audience was good but they where more in to in Stockholm.
  Everything worked perfect with the music and the show and Angus and Brian was full of energy and the rest of the band did a great job. Me and my friends are from Sweden and we thought it was easy just to take the ferry over to Finland to see one more concert and i do not regret it!!! For you guys who are hesitant about to see this tour, DO IT !! I have seen AC/DC since 1977 17 times and this is among the best I have seen with the band. LONG LIVE ACCA DACCA and see you in GLASGOW !!!!

• Matti
  Hell of a night!
  This was the night I had been waiting for, to see five middleaged rockers who definitely kicks ass! They played same old songs as usual, but who cares, it´s a thrill every time you see them. AC/DC definitely switched on my respirator again, man!
  Rock In Peace!