Let there be ROCK!

[sunky]

www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=8274

Let There Be Rock - AC/DC Aussie and NZ Dates Announced

by Paul Cashmere - May 10 2009

AC/DC will hit the southern hemisphere for the homecoming leg of the Black Ice tour starting in New Zealand on January 30.

The band will tour then tour Australia for the first time since the Stiff Upper Lip tour in 2001 and perform in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane Adelaide and Perth.

The final show in Perth is expected to be attended by Bon Scott’s mother Isabelle.

Dates are sparse, suggesting that their will be multiple dates per city.

AC/DC is also rumoured to be playing a show at Ayers Rock as part of this tour. That is still be kept under wraps.

Dates so far are:

January 30, Wellington, venue to be confirmed
February 6, Auckland, venue to be confirmed
February 11, Melbourne, Etihad Stadium
February 18, Sydney, ANZ Stadium
February 25, Brisbane, Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre
March 2, Adelaide, Adelaide Oval
March 6, Perth, Subiaco

So what will they play? Well the setlist is pretty much set in concrete.

At their last show in April 23, in Brimingham, AC/DC performed:

Setlist:
Rock n Roll Train (from Black Ice, 2008)
Hell Ain't a Bad Place To Be (from Let There Be Rock, 1977)
Back In Black (from Back In Back, 1980)
Big Jack (from Black Ice, 2008)
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (from Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, 1976)
Shot Down in Flames (from Highway To Hell, 1979)
Thunderstruck (from The Razors Edge, 1990)
Black Ice (from Black Ice, 2008)
The Jack (from TNT, 1975)
Hells Bells (from Back In Back, 1980)
Shoot to Thrill (from Back In Back, 1980)
War Machine (from Black Ice, 2008)
Anything Goes (from Black Ice, 2008)
You Shook Me All Night Long (from Back In Back, 1980)
TNT (from TNT, 1975)
Whole Lotta Rosie (from Let There Be Rock, 1977)
Let There Be Rock (from Let There Be Rock, 1977)

Encore:
Highway To Hell (from Highway To Hell, 1979)
For Those About To Rock (from For Those About To Rock, 1981)

[Steve]

Read that this morning in the lacal rag. Pretty excited!

Hooray for Adelaide Oval and not AAMI Stadium too!

[de-tec-tive]

what the hell is Etihad Stadium in Melbourne...?

[Steve]

what Telstra Dome is now called

[boelsen]

are they expecting multiple shows, or whats with the big breaks between the shows?

maybe its just a massive stage

[Steve]

I think they would be expecting more shows. Prices are pretty good, that may be a reason why.

[de-tec-tive]

May 10, 2009 17:19:22 GMT 7 boelsen said:

are they expecting multiple shows, or whats with the big breaks between the shows?

of course

[scotopic lux]

I think the gaps would also be because it is a huge set up. Mum was reading it in the paper and telling me about it, a whole heap of semi-trailers to transport the stuff between gigs, and playing such big stadiums it would take ages to get it all set up and pulled down as well.

Adelaide is so full of bogans though, I dont know if i could handle it. Seeing The Darkness at Thebby was a bogan overload, increase that from 2000 to 40,000 people!

[Steve]

Wolfmother get the supporitng gig.

[foxy]

Call me what you want, I've always hated ac/dc... Both singers shat me... (I understand the paradox, considering I like sp)

Second thing, having a locked in set list.... Whats the fucking point? Especially with a band that is no-where near their prime, wouldn't you rather just listen to a best of cd? (again the paradox... I for one was glad that sp didn't just do a greatest hits tour)

[sunky]

hahah, if I could favourite that post Foxy I would. ... its a fair call.

I haven't been a AC/DC fan for that long, I never got the point ... until about a few years ago. Something just clicked and I began to understand the sound and found myself really enjoying them. To see them live it would be just to say, I've seen AC/DC ... simple as that.

[Steve]

Yeah it's just cool to have experienced them, i really like the older stuff with Bon Scott. Simple Rock n Roll.

The spectacle itself is going to be pretty awesome

[Steve]

Logged on an hour after tix went on sale and grabbed 5 GA's

Sometimes Adelaide is good

[Josh]

lol. sold out here in 10mins. 2nd show in 30 mins. thats 120,000 tickets...

[sunky]

Brunky aren't going at this stage ... down to the dollars ... damn them.
Rumours of more Perth shows being announced soon.

[Steve]

Aren't you getting a 3rd Josh?

[Josh]

yes we are. sooo yeh that will probably sell out too.

[sunky]

WHOA! Scalpers are already selling tickets on eBay for $700 plus ... insane.

[Josh]

yep. well when you put no limit on the amount of tickets you can buy... this is what happens.

[sunky]

oh really? there was no limit ... fuck! ACDC you dickheads!

[scotopic lux]

yeah we aren't going due to money too. Would be fun to see otherwise.
And that is crazy about their no limit.

[Steve]

I'm pretty sure GA had a limit of 4 but the seats were 20 here