Fan Reviews - Week 35, Europe

• Markus
  Just returned from Nürnberg, (about 150 km North of Munich.). This was my 12th AC/DC Concert, the last of the SUL - Tour for me ...- saw them in Stuttgart, Munich (2x), Vienna, Munich again, PARIS !!! - and Nürnberg, of course.I´ve been looking forward to see the TOTEN HOSEN, but a little dissapointing - they opend as the first special guest at about six o´clock, the stadium was only filled to the half... - altough they did a very good job, the crowd was realy into it an they even had to come again to play an encore- not to bad if you think of the other opening bands we have seen the last months.... .. The following BLACK CROWES were realy dissapointing, no word to loose about this band - no spirit, no feeling, just terrible... in my opinion, but most of the crowd thougt the same, i think. ... I hope they´ll change that for the forthcoming concert in COLONGE....
  THE MASTERS OF ROCK started rocking at 20.50, same procedure as every day...Video, SUL, YSMANL.. it´s unbelievable whow they made the crowd go wild within seconds...- and keeping it up for more than two hours.... Sound was a little bit poorer than munich and paris i think, it´s the first time now i´ve got ringing ears....
  I´m really looking forward for the - hopefully - upcoming tours... HAVE FUN, HAMBURG, TORINO, BASEL and - especially - COLOGNE. I´d die to see Campino on stage with Angus, and i think they´ll do something special for the last concert...
  By the way, they also played an extra encore in nürnberg - shot down in flames, same as in munich... See you all in a few years....

• Claus Maiborn
  Hi there, just a few comments on the AC/DC - show that took place at the Frankenstadion in Nürnberg last friday (June, 29th):
  The support acts were "Die Toten Hosen" and "The Black Crowes". The weather and the location was great.
  "Die Toten Hosen" played first and did a pretty good job as an support act (although the band is not one of my favourites ;-) ). The audience enjoyed the show and was in a very good mood while and after the "Hosen" show.
  The Black Crowes were nice but I think a great part of the audience did not like the performance as much as the "Hosen" show. I have seen the Black Crowes at the Monster Of Rock festival (in 1991) and as far as I can remember that show was much better than the Nürnberg performance ?! Anyways, it was nice to see them performing live again.
  While the stage was set up for Angus & Co. the audience was having another beer, was doing the La-Ola thing over and over again and was waiting for AC/DC to come out and play.
  At 08:50 p.m. the Angus statue - video started and the audience was on fire from the first chords of the opener "Stiff Upper Lip" until the very last song. I think it is needless to mention the highlights of the show (Angus strip, the bell, cannons etc.) at this point as if you certainly know what I am talking about !? :-)
  As Angus and Brian frequently used the walkway which was built in the middle of the stadium, I sometimes really was concerned about the guys not falling down from that walkway (as it looked very narrow from my point of view) .... ;-)
  Brian was very excited about the audience as they were singing and clapping along with all the classic AC/DC tracks. He was smiling and shouting at Angus a few times while they were doing "The Jack", pointing to the audience as if he was saying "Look at this great sight, Angus !". Angus seemed to be very concentrated so I was not able to recognize any reaction on Brian's shouts, but I am sure that the band was pleased by the grateful audience.
  IMHO AC/DC are one of the few great top acts that really show their fans their appreciation, which is great ! Most of the top acts that I know hardly speak to or look at their fans during the concert (except for "Die Toten Hosen", they are also a very fan-friendly band and they keep the ticket and merchandising prices very low in comparison to other bands).
  The setlist for the Nürnberg show was the same as in Munich, except for the change of "The Jack" and "Up To My Neck In You" (I guess that Brian mixed it up :-) ).
  - Stiff Upper Lip
  - You Shook Me All Night Long
  - Problem Child
  - Thunderstruck
  - Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be
  - Hard As A Rock
  - Shoot To Thrill
  - Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
  - What Do You Do For Money, Honey
  - Bad Boy Boogie
  - Hells Bells
  - The Jack
  - Up To My Neck In You
  - Back In Black
  - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
  - Highway To Hell
  - Whole Lotta Rosie
  - Let There Be Rock
  - T.N.T.
  - For Those About To Rock
  - Shot Down In Flames
  As you can see we were also lucky to hear "Shot Down In Flames" as a second encore (with Brian performing that song topless, which I have never seen before) Although I really would have liked to hear "Ride On" 8-O, I was happy that they showed up again. All in all it was a great show and the people where very enthusiastic on their way back home.
  That's It ! Hope to see the boys again soon !
  Greetings from sunny Munich,
  Clausi.
  P.S.: I hope that the rumour will become true and the boys will release a Live Video from their current World Tour in october or november (hopefully they will choose the Munich performance :-) ). Can anybody confirm this rumour ?

• Tomas Krogh
  The setlist in Hamburg was the same like at the other european gigs this year. They started early, 08:20 p.m., and finished after For those ... with big fireworks. They played no song after For those...
  I can remember what Brian said before Up to my neck in you. He said to the crowd, that he`ll pay $50 for this person, who knows from wich album the next song is. Nice question. I think, less than 1% of the audience knows the answer. (But me, for sure..). I think in Hamburg where 50-60 thousand people. By the way. Because there are only 3 gigs left this year the merchandise people started to change the prices for some t-shirts. Now one shirt is DM30 instead of DM50, the football-shirt is now DM100 instead of DM160. But they don`t wanna make the best tourshirt this year cheaper (I asked) because this shirt is the bestseller this year. Well, I wanna go to Cologne too and `ll have a look to the shirt prices on their last show.

• Bart
  Well, well, well, this was my 8th gig of the SULtour. I must say that I felt tired before the show and had something like, did I see AC/DC too much over the years, are they too predictable? It must have been my mood. After a real boring show the Black Crowes left the stage as quiet as they came on. Nothing special really.
  30 minutes earlier than normal the band started off with the funny intro video followed by the first tunes of "Stiff Upper Lip". Because of the strong wind the sound was not quite clear as normal, sometimes you could hear Angus'guitarsound very loud, then Brian's shreeking voice dominated everything. Me and my pal Robert (who really loved the Black Crowes ?!?x!?xx!) went a bit more towards the middle of the field and had a much better view and sound.
  I have seen them many times over the years, but this gig was a bit different. You could see it in all little details.
  Angus and Brain had a lot of interaction, laughing faces. Before"The Jack" they had a short question and answergame. Brian introduced a lot of the songs. Angus had way more energy then the Autumntour in Europe, moved, banged and in nearly every song he did do his duckwalk. Brian and Angus both used the catwalk about a dozen times, again something which Angus did only three times before.
  In my opinion the had a faster pace with playing the songs, especially a lot faster than the Ballbreakertour.
  Another aspect of the gig the warm and friendly Hamburg audience. The whole day had a festival kind of atmosphere. Perhaps it got something to do with the way the stage was set up. Set up in front of the sun. That meant that AC/DC played until Hells Hells in daylight and full sunshine. Have you ever seen that guys???? Pretty cool for this time.
  Two little minor things, Angus made a lot of little mistakes on his guitar, probably too sweaty, the other was that because of the great gig I expected an encore (Shot down...). But no.... at last they had a wonderful Fireworkshow which completed this great day!!!!!!Hope to see ya al at the Koln-gig.

• Frank Thiem
  unkt 20.17 Uhr waren die ersten Töne von ‚Stiff Upper Lip‘ zu hören und schon war keiner mehr zu halten. AC/DC war super drauf und nach dem ersten Song begrüßte Brian die Menge ‚ Nice to see you. It’s a good place for Rock’n Roll. I smell it‘ Und ab diesem Zeitpunkt ging einfach nur noch die Post ab. Trotz der im Verhältnis zu den Konzerten in Paris, München, Hannover etc. schon fast als Club-Veranstaltung zu bezeichnenden Menge (nur 30.000 Fans) war das Konzert super. Angus und Co. waren bestens gelaunt und spielten die schon bekannte Set-List. Besondere Vorkommnisse gab es nicht. Schade, das viele Hamburger wohl schon wie auch wir im 50 km Stau nach Hannover gestanden haben. Die Akustik und der Blick auf die Bühne waren in Hamburg viel besser und so waren wir nach dem schon super Konzert in Hannover heute endgültig sicher: es gibt nichts besseres als ein geiles Konzert von AC/DC. Und wir hoffen, dass wir nicht zu lange auf die nächste Tour warten müssen. Und vielleicht werden wir nach dem Bericht von David Gatehouse aus Paris diese Arena beim nächsten mal einplanen.
  We Salute all AC/DC Fans and hope to see AC/DC and you soon. Frank, Susi, Thorsten, Rico, Rene, Andrea, Andrea, Dennis and much more.

• Erik
  Hi again, now back from Hamburg... and it's been really awesome again. No surprises in the setlist or encores but a really nice introduction to "The Jack" between Angus and Brian - somehow improvising a little. I think I have never heard it like that.
  Especially Brian, he's becoming more and more cooler and talkier than in earlier years. Always joking: "This place is really rockin' - I can smell it... what are you smokin' down there ?" And really nice fireworks afterwards, so Happy New Year ;o) See you in Cologne !

• Christian Ahlgren
  can´t say that i´ve been to that many ac dc concerts but anyway this was my eight. the first one was back in 84 when i was 13 years old and watched em´play the monsters of rock. the last one was two weeks ago at ullevi stadium in sweden. so at least i have a few to compare with. i have to say this one was probably the best i ve ever seen. the italians went totally crazy. on beforehand i was a bit disappointed that the boys kind of put the autopilot on. never changed the setlist,same yesterday, but they´re played in such a perfect way so you really cant complain. favourite song must be up to my neck in you. shoot to thrill live is as always ten times better than on the record. i´ve only got on question, when are they gonna start play more songs of their masterpiece power age? u t m n i y is a good start but i want to here more...
  forza acca dacca and italia!!

• Simone
  Torino, 4 luglio 2001
  Finalmente in Italia dopo più di 1 anno dall'uscita del loro ultimolavoro, gli Ac-Dc si presentano in forma smagliante al "Delle Alpi" di Torino per più di 2 ore di musica. Attorno alle 21:30 dai maxi-schermi (situati al centro e alle estremità del palco) parte l'intro: un Angus versione Godzilla che semina il panico devastando il mondo (l'Eiffel di Parigi,il Colosseo di Roma...) per poi far postoalla devastante STIFF UPPER LIP accompagnata dal boato dei presenti.Il volume è altissimo,il suono altrettanto pulito e la folla in visibilio perchè c'è subito YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; acclamata anche la successiva PROBLEM CHILD. L'inconfondibile riff di Angus ci introduce al crescendo dell'irresistibile THUNDERSTRUCK seguita da unasplendida versione di HELL AIN'T A BAD PLACE TO BE (tratta da Let There Be Rock) durante la quale Angus si spoglia rimanendo in mutande(con stampato il nostro tricolore)! Graditissima HARD AS A ROCK, accompagnata da un simpaticissimo clip... Poi quattro brani leggendari tratti da Back In Black (è l'album più rappresentato): la leggendaria SHOOT TO THRILL, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR MONEY HONEY e HELLS BELLS dove Bryan si lancia appeso alla epica campana. Quattro brani inframezzati da BAD BOY BOOGIE, anche questa tratta da Let There Be Rock.
  Da Powerage è tratta la splendida UP TO MY NECK IN YOU, seguita poco dopo dall'immancabile THE JACK dove Bryan canta con il pubblico.E' la volta di BACK IN BLACK, e il pubblico rimane estasiato dai potentissimi riffs di Angus. Arriva la canzone più potente del lotto: è DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRTY CHEAP, e sotto il palco tutti -ma proprio tutti-
  saltano all'unisono. Fiamme e lapilli ci introducono HIGHWAY TO HELL, cantata a squarciagola dal pubblico, e WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE fa impazzire gli astanti coinvolti in un ritmo davvero irresistibile.
  Tocca alla lunghissima LET THERE BE ROCK, con Angus che gira mezzo stadio durante l'assolo, e sembrava avesse chiuso lo show...
  Dopo pochi istanti nei quali la statua gigante di Angus si ritira dietro al maxi-schermo ...ma arriva il gran finale: T.N.T. con l'intro cantato da Angus (oi!...oi!...oi!) e l'immarcescibile FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK che chiude con i 6 cannoni che sparano dal palco e fuochi d'artificio che illuminano Torino.Ottima la performance dello spiritato Angus Young, sempre affidabile la base ritmica di Malcolm Young e Cliff Williams, impeccabile Phil Rudd dietro le pelli, discreto Bryan che ha colmato la penuria di acuti con la sua debordante simpatia:parlando quel poco che sa di Italiano (..."e adesso un'altra...song!"), lanciando bottigliette d'acqua e bibitoni gialli al pubblico disidratato dal caldo, duettando col pubblico in più di un'occasione e via discorrendo.
  L'ottima presenza on stage dei nostri è stata incorniciata da un impianto luci eccezionale, da una amplificazione stratosferica, ma soprattutto dalle splendide scenografie: la statua di Angus che buttava fumo dal naso e si spostava sul palco;la mitica campana dell'inferno; i fuochi e i lampi,i due cappelli "cornuti" posti sopra i monolitici set di casse ai lati del palco; la passerella che tagliava il pubblico e che permetteva a tutti di veder da vicino Angus e Bryan; le pedane, le scale, i fari e i maxi-schermi, i fumi e i cannoni... Tutto in un perfetto amalgama che ha fatto di questa tappa italiana degli Ac-Dc un evento davvero indimenticabile per i fortunati presenti (ed eravamo davvero in molti).....Angus!...Angus!...Angus!...

• Fabio
  Signori, giù il cappello: il blues dei canguri ha devastato, ancora una volta, il muro del suono. In forma smagliante, i Nostri hanno retto la scena per più di due ore tra fiamme, banbole, campane e muri di marshall. Johnson dirige l'orchestra ed Angus polverizza le corde in assoli da ricordare a lungo. Ottimi anche il fratellino e gli altri due componenti.Un intro da brividi, la favola di Rosie ed un "The jack" alla Robert Johnson i pezzi forti dello Show.
  Se qualcuno ha qualcosa di meglio da proporci, si faccia avanti...

• Alberto
  In una sola parola "GRANDIOSI", gli AC/DC sono stati spettacolari. Le canzoni eccezzionali tutte, Brian era al meglio della forma, Angus é una forza della natura,Malcom e Cliff splendidi e Phill un vero "martello rock". La scaletta delle canzoni é stata questa,
  Stiff upper lip (grande inizio)
  You shook me all night long (un classico sempre vivo)
  Problem Child (grande pezzo- cantata ottimamente)
  Thunderstruck (Thunder- Thunder)
  Hell aint' a bad place to be (ottimo "vecchio" pezzo)
  Hard as a rock (bellissimo pezzo dall 'album "Ballbreaker")
  Shoot to thrill (senza parole, Brian da applausi)
  R'n'R ain't noise pollution (uno dei miei pezzi preferiti)
  What do you do for money honey (Apoteosi)
  Bad boy boogie (grande Angus solo)
  Hells Bells (Fantastica)
  Up to my neck in you ( bel pezzo dall'album "Powerage")
  The Jack (grande partecipazione del pubblico)
  Back in Black (spettacolare)
  Dirty deeds (Basta il titolo)
  Highway to hell (grandiosa canzone con show do luci e fuochi)
  Whole lotta rosie (il meglio, con una nuova Rosie che balla)
  Let there be rock (Angus solo, grande Phil con la batteria)
  Tnt (pura dinamite)
  Fot those about to rock (l'ultima straordinaria conzone)

• Raffa
  ore 14:00 - arriviamo allo stadio Delle Alpi
  ore 17:30 - finalmente entriamo nello stadio. Non c'è il pienone ma alla fine penso fossimo in 20/30 mila.
  ore 18:30 - sulla tribuna centrale si intravede la sagoma di qualcuno vestito come Angus, accompagnato da due guardie del corpo. Penso che non fosse veramente lui perchè aveva i capelli troppo lunghi ed era vestito di rosso (durante il concerto Angus aveva la divisa verde). Cmq il pubblico è andato in visibilio e sono partiti cori e urla.
  ore 19:00 - Salgono sul palco gli HARDCORE SUPERSTAR. Non capisco cosa centrassero, comunque hanno suonato per una mezzoretta tra il disinteresse comune.
  ore 20:00 - Sul palco arrivano i GOTTHARD. Porco cane! Possibile che non li avessi ancora sentiti? Hanno suonato da Dio per quasi un ora concludendo con "Rock n' Roll" dei Led Zeppelin che ha fatto partire un bel pogo.
  ore 21:30 - Ormai è quasi buio e nessuno vuole più attendere. Il pubblico è caldissimo. Finalmente i maxischermi si accendono e mostrano una fantastica quanto inattesa intro: una statua virtuale di Angus corre in giro per il mondo distruggendo tutto ciò che trova sotto i piedi. Alla fine viene attaccato da alcuni elicotteri e cade. Sul primo piano del volto della statua il maxischermo si divide in due e ci mostra una statua di Angus alta una ventina di metri mentre Angus introduce le note di Stiff Upper Lip. Assolutamente fantastico! Durante le prime 3 canzoni retrocedo di quasi 20 metri dalla mia posizione iniziale (sotto il palco, sigh) per le ruzzate che prendo. La cosa che mi ha più soddisfatto è stato l'aver sentito le mie canzoni preferite (Rock n' Roll ain't noise pollution e Hell ain't a bad place to be), che solitamente non vengono proposte live (almeno così mi sembra). Le scenografie erano grandiose:
  -una mega statua di Angus di 15/20 m. che sputava fumo con le corna incandescenti;
  -una mega campana alla quale Brian si è appeso dopo una lunga rincorsa (Hells Bells);
  -dei lanciafiamme che creavano un'atmosfera infernale (Highway to Hell);
  -una mega Rosie danzante gonfiata (Whole lotta Rosie);
  -le mutande di Angus con la bandiera dell'Italia;
  -sei e dico sei cannoni (For those about to rock)
  -spettacolo pirotecnico finale.