ACDC at Adelaide Oval

[Wizard of Oz]

Was very disappointed with the lack of volume....It was nowhere near loud enough. And yes, getting into the ground was a disgrace.

Was my fourth time seeing AC/DC.....the first was as a 10 year old at Globe Derby !

The show was what I expected.....they are very professional and always put on a great performance. My highlights were Let There Be Rock and For Those About to Rock......just epic as always.

Cant believe all the bandwagoners though.......where was everyone in 92 for the Thunderstruck tour ? Or 95 for the Ballbreaker tour ? So typical of Adelaide......must've been the in thing to see AC/CD "this" time.

[Interceptor]

Great close-ups of Angus during his big lead break demonstrating why Eric Clapton thinks Angus is the best guitarist of all time and why the band has been so good for so long. Each lead break in each song as near as damn it to the album version.

Just curious, got any references to where Clapton has said this?

[Wizard of Oz]

Great close-ups of Angus during his big lead break demonstrating why Eric Clapton thinks Angus is the best guitarist of all time and why the band has been so good for so long. Each lead break in each song as near as damn it to the album version.

Just curious, got any references to where Clapton has said this?

Outrageous if true...

[southee]

The volume was very low I thought.

We can't "shake the foundations" of the North Adelaide residents can we after 11pm....

Great show. Massive production and I thought the crowd, what I saw, was really well behaved.

I saw AC/DC in 1991 at the Entertainment centre. I could not hear for 3 days!!!! Today I dont even have a ring in my ear.

The whole getting into the gig was a disgrace. 6 scanners working...2 gates open. I thought if people dont get in before the show the crowd could turn violent quickly. Im sure Etihad or ANZ stadium did not have the same problem.....Adelaide, get ya sh*t together!!

Anyway, top value gig and left very happy. (seemed to be a certain smell in the air???)

Nice to see the bandwagoners in full force too

[newbloke]

Was very disappointed with the lack of volume....It was nowhere near loud enough. And yes, getting into the ground was a disgrace.

Was my fourth time seeing AC/DC.....the first was as a 10 year old at Globe Derby !

The show was what I expected.....they are very professional and always put on a great performance. My highlights were Let There Be Rock and For Those About to Rock......just epic as always.

Cant believe all the bandwagoners though.......where was everyone in 92 for the Thunderstruck tour ? Or 95 for the Ballbreaker tour ? So typical of Adelaide......must've been the in thing to see AC/CD "this" time.

Yeah y wernt all the 18 to 25 yo olds who were there last night not there back in 92 or 95?
They would of been around 3 to 10 years old back then!

[The Sleeping Giant]

Cant believe all the bandwagoners though.......where was everyone in 92 for the Thunderstruck tour ? Or 95 for the Ballbreaker tour ? So typical of Adelaide......must've been the in thing to see AC/CD "this" time.

Were those concerts not sold out?

[Bum Crack]

Was very disappointed with the lack of volume....It was nowhere near loud enough. And yes, getting into the ground was a disgrace.

Was my fourth time seeing AC/DC.....the first was as a 10 year old at Globe Derby !

The show was what I expected.....they are very professional and always put on a great performance. My highlights were Let There Be Rock and For Those About to Rock......just epic as always.

Cant believe all the bandwagoners though.......where was everyone in 92 for the Thunderstruck tour ? Or 95 for the Ballbreaker tour ? So typical of Adelaide......must've been the in thing to see AC/CD "this" time.

Yeah y wernt all the 18 to 25 yo olds who were there last night not there back in 92 or 95?
They would of been around 3 to 10 years old back then!

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. Well said.

[fisho mcspaz]

Was very disappointed with the lack of volume....It was nowhere near loud enough. And yes, getting into the ground was a disgrace.

Was my fourth time seeing AC/DC.....the first was as a 10 year old at Globe Derby !

The show was what I expected.....they are very professional and always put on a great performance. My highlights were Let There Be Rock and For Those About to Rock......just epic as always.

Cant believe all the bandwagoners though.......where was everyone in 92 for the Thunderstruck tour ? Or 95 for the Ballbreaker tour ? So typical of Adelaide......must've been the in thing to see AC/CD "this" time.

Yeah y wernt all the 18 to 25 yo olds who were there last night not there back in 92 or 95?
They would of been around 3 to 10 years old back then!

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. Well said.

I wouldn't even have known AC/DC were here in '92 or '95 - I was only a kid. I didn't hear much of their music until I was in high school. Still, I've made up for lost time. And I named my son after Angus Young.

[Wizard of Oz]

Was very disappointed with the lack of volume....It was nowhere near loud enough. And yes, getting into the ground was a disgrace.

Was my fourth time seeing AC/DC.....the first was as a 10 year old at Globe Derby !

The show was what I expected.....they are very professional and always put on a great performance. My highlights were Let There Be Rock and For Those About to Rock......just epic as always.

Cant believe all the bandwagoners though.......where was everyone in 92 for the Thunderstruck tour ? Or 95 for the Ballbreaker tour ? So typical of Adelaide......must've been the in thing to see AC/CD "this" time.

Yeah y wernt all the 18 to 25 yo olds who were there last night not there back in 92 or 95?
They would of been around 3 to 10 years old back then!

Didn't realise we lived in a society that didn't have 18-25 year olds back then ?

[Wizard of Oz]

Cant believe all the bandwagoners though.......where was everyone in 92 for the Thunderstruck tour ? Or 95 for the Ballbreaker tour ? So typical of Adelaide......must've been the in thing to see AC/CD "this" time.

Were those concerts not sold out?

Cant remember to be honest.....but the last 2 were at the Entertainment centre. 5 times less people then last night.

[BigRed42]

Went to the show last night and it was a fantastic and polished performance by a truly remarkable band. Ive seen many many and various shows in my 59 years and this was nearly as good as when I saw Queen in Sydney in 1985 but I doubt whether I will ever see a show that will top that one. Volume, as has been said before was not as loud as I would have thought but having said that it seemed to be balanced and the delay towers worked a treat as the audio was in sync with the video screens for the people in the Chappell Stand area. Professionalism at its highest peak and would have paid double to see them.

[Leaping Lindner]

Great close-ups of Angus during his big lead break demonstrating why Eric Clapton thinks Angus is the best guitarist of all time and why the band has been so good for so long. Each lead break in each song as near as damn it to the album version.

Just curious, got any references to where Clapton has said this?

Outrageous if true...

Clapton has a good sense of humour. Anyone who has heard his solo stuff from the late 70's will tell you that.

[Ian]

The whole getting into the gig was a disgrace. 6 scanners working...2 gates open. I thought if people dont get in before the show the crowd could turn violent quickly. Im sure Etihad or ANZ stadium did not have the same problem.....Adelaide, get ya sh*t together!!

Dont blame Adelaide or the SACA, they wanted to open 7 gates (and had planned to) the promoters insisted only 2 be opened

[Booney]

The whole getting into the gig was a disgrace. 6 scanners working...2 gates open. I thought if people dont get in before the show the crowd could turn violent quickly. Im sure Etihad or ANZ stadium did not have the same problem.....Adelaide, get ya sh*t together!!

Dont blame Adelaide or the SACA, they wanted to open 7 gates (and had planned to) the promoters insisted only 2 be opened

I had no trouble getting in*. Perhaps 30 or 40 minutes after I crossed the Torrens I had a beer in my hand. Cant complain about that and the fact the Western redevelopment is going on meant 40,000 people were all entering/using/leaving from only half the ground. Hard to use that as a guide for AFL footy being played there.

[Wedgie]

The whole getting into the gig was a disgrace. 6 scanners working...2 gates open. I thought if people dont get in before the show the crowd could turn violent quickly. Im sure Etihad or ANZ stadium did not have the same problem.....Adelaide, get ya sh*t together!!

Dont blame Adelaide or the SACA, they wanted to open 7 gates (and had planned to) the promoters insisted only 2 be opened

Cool, Ill blame ACDCs promoters for every time Ive been to Adelaide Oval in the last 30 years too.
Why did they not insist on the same thing at interstate concerts and Ill blame them for the typical Incompetence of Weslo.

Spectator to Weslo staff member putting on wrist bands: "Geez mate, you'll have to be quicker than that"
Weslo staff: "Why? I don't care if people get in on time or if there's a riot"
Ahhhh Weslo, you've done it again.

Ps took me about 10 mins to get in but we cheated

[A Mum]

Slightly off track-

My mum works in a roadhouse in Port Augusta and she said that they had truck loads and truck loads of 'staff' from ACDC stop there for their food stop etc at 4am Wednesday morning.

I found that fascinating actually...lol... not knowing much about 'bands' touring - it's obvious the staff just packed up the stage etc, etc and start heading for the next destination instantly.

[Booney]

I think the stage we had came from Brisbane and was then en-route to Perth. So by 4am if they were in Pt Augusta they must have left at mid-night. Concert finished at 11pm so that seems about right. A crew of over 150 roadies were working on the breakdown ( the biggest I have ever heard of, a mate does it ) and they would have had trucks loaded and gone an hour or two from finish of the show.

No messing around.

[southee]

The whole getting into the gig was a disgrace. 6 scanners working...2 gates open. I thought if people dont get in before the show the crowd could turn violent quickly. Im sure Etihad or ANZ stadium did not have the same problem.....Adelaide, get ya sh*t together!!

Dont blame Adelaide or the SACA, they wanted to open 7 gates (and had planned to) the promoters insisted only 2 be opened

Maybe they wanted another Globe Derby Park scenario?????

[heater31]

I think the stage we had came from Brisbane and was then en-route to Perth. So by 4am if they were in Pt Augusta they must have left at mid-night. Concert finished at 11pm so that seems about right. A crew of over 150 roadies were working on the breakdown ( the biggest I have ever heard of, a mate does it ) and they would have had trucks loaded and gone an hour or two from finish of the show.

No messing around.

they had two shifts of pushers, eg people who's job it was to push the boxes of stuff into the trucks. Both started after the gig and the first wave knocked off about 2am. The last truck had to leave for Perth by 6am.