Fan Reviews - Week 13, Europe

• Thomas
  Yeah! They played "GET IT HOT"! Great show again. Brian had some problems with his voice and with his ear monitor. But Angus was in a better form than in Berlin (this time the "Thunderstruck" intro was brilliant). I had some friends with me who know AC/DC only from the seventies and the beginning of the eighties. They all where excited! It was very loud again so I used ear plugs to find the right balance between pleasure and pain. It works!

• Lutz
  AC/DC in Leipzig 15000 ausverkauft.......also die besten Bedingungen für einen Top Abend ..Punkt 8.00 die Vorband (Backjard Babies )nicht schlecht......sahen aber nicht alle so....kurz nach 9 war es dann so weit........und was soll man noch sagen es war wieder ein absolutes Erlebnis......leider ist der Sound in der Messehalle nicht besonders,was sich aber bei`The Jack`mit extra Hall in der Wirkung noch verstärkte.Leider in der Setliste nichts neues....
  Aber alles in allem das Konzert des Jahres......und mit der Hoffnung das `HOLD ME BACK `zum Programm gehört fahr ich noch mal nach Riesa....

• Thomas
  On 11/11/00 the thunder from down under came over Leipzig. About 15.000 people watched the show and the band gave their best! The sound was rough and hard like I never heard it in the last 10 years! Unfortunately "Messehalle 1" isn´t a good place for a Rock´n´Roll concert because of its bad acoustics. This was my 3rd AC/DC concert and I was very disappointed about the crowd - many people just stood around and where not in the mood for the greatest band ever. Compared with the crowd in Kiel in 1996 they where very poor. :-((
  Setlist was the same like before with "Get it hot" instead of "Meltdown" or "Satellite blues". I´ll see them again in Riesa (11/25/00) and hope for a better audience. And that´s for sure: I will do my best!

• Thomas
  Now it's official: Leipzig is a Rock 'n' Roll City! Brian said these words after "Stiff Upper Lip" because the audience was just getting wild. This show was definitely the best of the three shows I've seen on this tour (Berlin, 2 x Leipzig). The band was full of energy. Brian was excellent (I didn't expect this because he really had problems the first day in Leipzig). The whole show was magic! I was dancing and headbanging all the time. In Berlin I thought that they are getting older. But I was wrong. They really enjoyed this show. So did I. The funny part: When Brian announced "RNR Ain't Noise Pollution ... do you know this one?" there was obviously not enough response from the audience. So he said to the band something like "I think we have to teach the basics". But then he was excited to hear 15000 voices sing this song. May be I should cancel the show in Riesa (Nov. 25) to keep this great show in mind ...

• Christian
  Wow, greatest show I ever saw. I have waited for an AC/DC gig since 1990, never got a ticket for any concert, but this time I got. And it was great, greater, greatest. I took a long travel of around 500 km´s to see the guys and I stood
  around one hour in front of the hall and 3 more hours to see ´em playing. They started like always on this tour, with Y.S.M.A.N.L. and the 15.000 people starts to jump and scream, so nobody was able to stand still. Do not ask for the official set, cos I don´t know what the played in which order. But the most important, the thing that had made me happy was: they played GET IT HOT, instead of Meltdown. Now I´ll try to get tickets for ROCK AM RING next year, cos they´ll play there.
  PS: the supportband for germany were the Backyard Babies, it was awfull, cruel, loud, bad sound
  

• Kees Kwak
  They really kicked some ass in Utrecht. The setlist wasn't surprising...almost the same as in the other places, accept for Meltdown, this one was replaced by Get it Hot.
  Lot of 'old' stuff, Mostly Back in Black, Highway to Hell and Let there be rock songz. What's wrong with Flick of the Switch ? Fly on the Wall ? Who made who ?? Powerage ?? Not a single song... pfff.. But hey, ok, the played for two hours. I've got just one negative comment : the sound. It was way to loud. I was standing about 2 meters from the stage, and - now 24 hours later - my ears are still hurtin'.... Let there be rock sounded just like one gigantic WALL of SOUND. Angus' solo disappeared in the noise.. a shame..
  For all you guys out there who've never seen AC/DC live : Get a LIFE !!
  GreetZ

• Martijn van Gijlswijk
  Fucked up ears and a few broken ribs, but I stand in the front row of the AC/DC gig in Utrecht. Me and my friend still don't know who the support act was but it's was kinda good. But then..........
  Lights out and, hell yeah, You shook me all night long. In the first part they play You shook me all night long, stiff upper lip, shoot to thrill (rockzzzzz), thunderstruck and Safe in New York city, don't like the song on the cd but live it was a real killer.
  After that they only play satelite bleus from the new album but who cares. Hell ain't a bad place, hell's bells, hard as rock(cool movie), back in black, let there rock, the jack, whole lotta rosie, rock 'n roll ain't noise pollution, TNT, For those about to rock, highway to hell and a few others, I really can't remember every song but after a handshake of Brian (friends got three of him) I could only say: WOW! 2.5 hours full of straight R&R, so I would say, go see them and for those about to rock, I salute you

• Arthur
  Oké, where should i start. The hall was packed with all sort of people; Men in there mid-40's even 50's who wanted to see there hero's from the past again, fathers with there sons who had to learn what rock & roll is al about, the average rocker and even little children. I only saw one number from the support band which was just an average R&R band.
  When the guys came on stage and played YSMANL, the whole crowd erupted. The only thing that bothered me was that the volume was just a little too loud, so the groove of the songs where a little bit lost in this big concrete hall. SUL received a great welcome from the crowd and everybody sang along.
  R&R ain't no pollution was the weakest song of the set. Never liked it that much on record also. The best played song and the only one with a big fat beat was Save in NY city. That song really is a live classic.
  Other two goodies were of course Bad Boy Boogie and Get it Hot. The striptease is still amusing although it is the same as it was in 1979. Whole Lotta Rosie started great but was played a little bit to slow to make it a real cracker.
  Highway to Hell was a great air-puncher with nice pyrotechnics. The crowd was singing louder with this one than with any other song.
  The cannons closed down the set wit a big bang and the band left with a ovation from 14,000 pair of hands. There was a smile on everybodys face because there ass was kicked by the greatest R&R band still alive.
  I only hope the guys will do some shows in more little clubs in the future where there music has got a better effect than in big halls. Till then; Let's all Rock on with ac/dc

• Roeland Gouw
  Terrific Show by AC/DC. Best proof is probably the fact that the concert even got good reviews by Holland's notoriously critic leading newspapers. As you all know the feeling of seeing our heroes on stage, I'll skip the descriptions and just give the setlist.
  - You Shook Me (All Night Long)
  - Stiff Upper Lip
  - Shot Down In Flames
  - Thunderstruck
  - Hard As A Rock
  - Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be
  - Shoot To Thrill
  - Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (Angus' strip-act)
  - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
  - Safe In New York City
  - Get It Hot (Really nice surprise, that one)
  - Bad Boy Boogie
  - The Jack (It's really nice AC/DC always play their only shitty song ever so the thirsty fans can get beer)
  - Back In Black
  - Hell's Bells
  - Whole Lotta Rosie
  - Highway To Hell
  - Let There Be Rock (extremely good pit during this one)
  - TNT
  - and, no surprises there, For Those About To Rock WE SALUTE YOU!

• Jan Nicolai
  Voor de 5e keer naar AC/DC geweest en ik moet zeggen...PUNTGAAF. Wat hebben deze 5 hardrockers uit Australie er weer een gigantisch rockfestijn van gemaakt.Hoewel al dik 40'ers, en inderdaad Angus rent minder heen en weer over het podium, kregen ze de zaal volledig plat.Een ding vond ik jammer, Stiff Upper Lip is zo'n goede CD geworden hier had best wat meer van gespeeld mogen worden.
  Slechts 2 nummers, Stiff en Safe in NYC kregen we tehoren.
  Toch hebben ze mij overtuigd in mijn mening dat AC/DC nog steeds de ABSOLUTE nr.1 rockband van deze aardbol is.

• Angeldust
  Not Slash's Snakepit but some other support act (not bad) Then finally...the crowds starts to scream/clap/etc. etc. and the first song "You shook me all night long" kicks in !!! Damm, what a great show, great sound and music... the whole AC/DC package was played except "Bonny/Fling Thing" and "Who made Who" But everything was great...really totally fucking great. Compared to my last AC/DC visit in 1992 'Monsters of Rock' Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The show was a bit less "huge" but played/performed much better (except for the vocals in some parts of the show, but still okay)
  Conclusion... Still one of the Best Live Act's in the World, If you ever get a chance to visit AC/DC don't think about it but go there and have a great time !!!

• Bart & Luitzen
  Yesterday i went to the concert in Utrecht. It was my 5th time and i must admit that it was not their best show i have seen.
  I already read some negative reviews and i must say that i have the same conclusions. Angus has gotten a little slow but he still plays great guitar and rocks the roof off! Brian had some difficulties with his voice, but hey he has gotten older, already did a lot of concerts and has given us some of the best rock and roll singing one could wish for and the spirit is still there. The breaks were sometimes a little longer, but then again it gives you a little break from all the emotions ac/dc rises with their songs. The setlist was 90% the same, but then again "why throw away the good stuff?" They played two songs of the new album Stiff Upper Lip and New York City and they played Get it Hot and Bad Boy Boogie and more classics.
  So its just how you look at it; either the glass is half empty or its half full! Its like an old blues album, it only sounds good and has soul if it has some bursts and noises on it because you played it already a thousand times!! I had a good time!!!

• Lovebomb
  So the best ac-dc site with the up-to date must be this one. Last night I saw Ac/Dc played for the 3rd time. As much as I like the latest album (#1 at my top 10 albums), I had too see them again.
  The first time they played for 7.000 people in Amsterdam (1984)last night it must be around 25-30.000 people. Was it better & new ???: No, No, No. there was nothing new if you saw them before. Well the show looks a lot better with a Angus statue and the video screens. The sound was hard; "Harder than a ROCK". The song were great like the new "Safe in New york" loud & fast, "Let there be rock" ooh so good incl. solo of angus, "Stiff upper lip" and "Hard as a rock" are live much beter song as on the albums. Both song are incl. video on the back of the stage. A surprise for me was "Get It Hot" the really rocked it. The crowd love every song especial the old goodies like "Whole lotta Rosie & "The Jack". Brain was in effect with "bad boy boogie", BUT the most enjoyable thing for me are the 6 cannons at the end. I will be there the next time again ! AC/DC : I SALUTE YOU

• Maik
  It was the best show I have seen on this German tour. I saw them in Berlin and Riesa as well. What can I say. About 17.000 people gone crazy as AC/DC hit the stage. In Berlin the crowd was boring. In Cologne everyone rocked in a way only cologne guys in Germany can rock. So the band was in an awesome mood. The people in the crowd were jumping and crying and everyone had fun. That's the way an ac gig has to go. Sweatin, jumping and screaming. I saw them three times in Cologne on different tours. It was always the best gig on German tour. About the show: What can I say? There's nothing better in music business on this planet. Just pure Rock'n'Roll. There's nothing to discuss. It's just a good feeling. Next summer they are coming back. The story goes on and we'll enjoy it.
  Rock on guys!!!

• Sven
  Ich hatte bisher schon das Vergnügen, AC/DC in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Oberhausen und Köln zu sehen. Es war jedes Mal der Hammer!! Aber das Konzert in Hannover war für mich bis jetzt die Krönung!! Die Jungs waren total super drauf, die Stimmung in der Halle war klasse, die Songliste war "fast" die gleiche wie bisher.Aber eben nur fast!!! Statt "Meltdown" knallten uns die Jungs "GET IT HOT" um die Ohren. Ich dachte, ich träume!!! Beim Song "Hells Bells" verschenkte Brian Johnson sein Cap an einen Fan!! Das hat wohl echten Seltenheitswert! Und beim großen Finale in Form von "For Those About To Rock" trug Brian ein Trikot der deutschen Nationalmannschaft, das ihm ein Fan auf die Bühne warf.
  Aber auch musikalisch spielten AC/DC ihre Songs überwältigend gut!! Als die Hallenbeleuchtung wieder an ging, war mein erster Gedanke: "Besser geht Rock´n Roll nicht!!!"
  See you in Dortmund und bei den Sommer-Open Airs!!!

• Simon
  Geil!!!! Es war mein erstes AC/DC - Konzert und es war der Hammer!!!!
  Die Vorband war gar nicht so schlecht, wie immer gesagt wurde und die Arena war total voll.
  Um 21 Uhr kamen dann endlich Angus und Co. auf die Bühne und begannen mit Ysmanl. Das ganze Konzert war voll mit tollen Licht- und Pyroeffekten und bei Highway to hell kamen riesige Feuerbälle von der Seite der Bühne. Bei The Jack gingen die Fans so richtig ab und ein Fan schmiß ein Deutschland Trikot auf die Bühne, das Brian dann auch anzog!!!
  Ich hoffe das mein erstes Konzert nicht das Letzte war, denn einmal AC/DC zu sehen ist mir zu wenig und auch wenn ich zur hoffentlich noch nächsten Tour in die Staaten fliege, ich will sie nochmal sehen!!!
  Allen Fans, die AC/DC bei der Tour nicht gesehen haben, muß ich sagen, daß ihr was verpasst habt!!!!