AC/DC played their first show in seven years on Saturday night as part of the Power Trip festival. It was their first show with lead vocalist Brian Johnson since 2016, when he had to be replaced by Axl Rose on tour due to problems with hearing loss. In that time, they went on a hiatus and came back with a new album, Power Up, in 2020.
Their set last night contained a couple of Power Up live debuts, plus some songs they haven’t done with Johnson in a while.
Those included “Stiff Upper Lip” (first time since 2003), “Dog Eat Dog” (first time with Johnson since 2009), and “Riff Raff” (first time with Johnson since 1996).
Flick Of The Switch – The self-produced album saw the band return to the rawer sound of their earlier records. Tracks like “Bedlam In Belgium” and “Nervous Shakedown” still remain firm fan favourites 40 years later.
Fly On The Wall – This 1985 album was the band’s first to be produced solely by Angus and Malcolm Young. It was accompanied by long-form video of the same name, which saw the band playing five tracks from the album in a club full of shady characters and an animated fly, like the one featured on the album cover.
Blow Up Your Video – Initially released in 1988 and recorded in London and the South of France, the album contains the UK hit single “Heatseeker” and the US Rock hit “That’s The Way I Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll”.
Black Ice – Issued in the fall of 2008, the album saw the band working with producer Brendan O’Brien for the first time. They have since worked together on Rock Or Bust In 2014 and Power Up in 2020. Black Ice’was AC/DC’s first UK #1 album since Back In Black’and their first US #1 since For Those About To Rock.
Live At River Plate – Recorded, along with a David Mallet-directed live film, on 4th December 2009 at the second of three sold-out shows at the legendary River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the Black Ice Tour, in front of a crowd of over 60,000.
Power Up – AC/DC’s latest album, released in November 2020, was their first in six years. Released to fan and critical acclaim, it topped the charts in 21 countries, and the resulting European tour saw the band perform to over one million fans.
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