30/10/2008 : Allstate Arena, Chicago

[Lumpy]

J'ai une petite question: c'est moi ou Cliff et Malcolm n'ont plus de câbles jack ??

C'est du play back ...!!!

Je me disais aussi...tu me rassures !!

[sydney76]

[Uncle Ben's]

en tout cas le papy n'a pas perdu trop de vitesse de ses doigts!! plutot bons les solos!! Brian a des abscences mais la voix est bonne, c'est rock n'roll que du bonheur!!

ps: super les pics syd'

[christangus]

merci pour toutes ces photos plus belles les unes que les autres
que tu nous fais partager, sydney !

[FlorianH]

je sais même pas si ils font payaient Angus car c'est une plublité ambulante pour Gibson.

Aussi bizarre que cela puisse paraître, j'ai réussi à comprendre cette phrase (il a tout de même fallu que je la lise 5 fois) mais il me semble qu'aucun musicien professionnel ne paie ses instruments (ou pas tous, en tout cas).
Qui croira que les gratteux de Metallica paient toutes leurs ESP? Et c'est valable pour bien d'autres...

[Lumpy]

Magnifiques photos !! Merci Syd' !!

[dfiad79pro]

je sais même pas si ils font payaient Angus car c'est une plublité ambulante pour Gibson.

Aussi bizarre que cela puisse paraître, j'ai réussi à comprendre cette phrase (il a tout de même fallu que je la lise 5 fois) mais il me semble qu'aucun musicien professionnel ne paie ses instruments (ou pas tous, en tout cas).
Qui croira que les gratteux de Metallica paient toutes leurs ESP? Et c'est valable pour bien d'autres...

Faux, ça arrive ( ou plutôt arrivait) fréquemment à Angus de s'arrêter dans un magasin de passage et pis de se payer une sg ! Cela dit gibson lui offre ce qu'il veut quand même !

[gibsonboy]

Merci pour les photos Syd!
Ah vivement qu'ils débarquent en Europe

[ConanleMoloch]

musicien professionnel ne paie ses instruments (ou pas tous, en tout cas).
Qui croira que les gratteux de Metallica paient toutes leurs ESP? Et c'est valable pour bien d'autres...

ESP et Gibson n'ont pas tout à fait la même notoriété ni le même prestige...Est-ce que Gibson a besoin de pub ???
Enfin bon, fin du HS et pour revenir au sujet initial, les photos sont belles (merci beaucoup), et le groupe est en forme. Etant donné que ça n'est que le troisième show, on peut s'attendre à du bon

[sydney76]

AC/DC at the Allstate Arena


Go ahead and scoff at AC/DC, if you feel you must.

Accuse the veteran Aussie hard-rockers of milking one idea for 35 years. (No two ways about it: They have. But it's a very good idea.)

Call them old (they are--the Young brothers, Angus and Malcolm, are 53 and 55, while vocalist Brian Johnson is 61) and more than a little bit silly (even at 53, Angus still won't give up that schoolboy uniform--or the obligatory mid-set strip tease).

You can even charge the band with distasteful business practices worthy of Wall Street at its worst for only selling its new album "Black Ice" at one retail chain--because as good as the disc is, it's hard to justify being forced to buy it at Wal-Mart.

None of that matters. On Wednesday, "Black Ice" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart, selling more than 780,000 copies in its first week and muscling aside no less a contender than that phenomenal teen-pop sales juggernaut "High School Musical III." Better yet, on Thursday, during the second night of its U.S. tour and the first of two sold-out shows in Chicago, the quintet rocked as righteously and as mightily as it ever has, or as any group could.

Some things just never get old or seem tired, and high atop this list of the best things in life are that simple, monolithic, four-on-the-floor AC/DC beat (bassist Cliff Williams and drummer Phil Rudd remain one of the most underrated rhythm sections in rock history) and that irresistible, undeniable combination of Malcolm's riffs and Angus' bluesy leads.

As for Andy Capp look-alike Johnson, well, his vocals remained as satisfyingly workmanlike as ever, without much loss of that unnaturally high-register rasp--though one suspects the need to protect his aging vocal cords as the reason for the relatively skimpy set list. Sixteen songs in the set proper, a quick encore and then thank you, goodnight. No muss, no fuss.

Nevertheless, AC/DC left fans feeling as if the band had given all it could possibly give, especially since new songs such as "Big Jack" and "Anything Goes" more than held their own beside classics such as "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap," "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "Whole Lotta Rosie."

In fact, with "Rock 'n' Roll Train," the new song that opened the show, the band hit upon the perfect metaphor for its ageless appeal. The lights dimmed, and on came an animated video of Devil Angus driving a locomotive--at least until he was tied up by two female hijackers.

Needless to say, the train hurtled to a fiery crash; the video yielded to the flesh and blood band playing in front of a backdrop of a derailed engine and the group proceeded to hurtle down the tracks of its set with just as much out of control ferocity.

All train wrecks--and concerts--should be this much fun.

[Thomas Wilkens]

Merci Syd', ces photos sont extra ! Brian en pleine forme, et le juvénile Angus font plaisir à voir...

[Bon&Brian]

Ce groupe est magique !

Je n'en reviens pas de ce Shoot To Thrill !

Merci pour les photos et tout le reste !

Bonheur !

[sydney76]

Encore une review très positive

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=247175&src=145

AC/DC drives 'Rock N' Roll Train' into Rosemont

Despite its volume, AC/DC's sold-out concert at Rosemont's Allstate Arena on Thursday, Oct. 30, was a soothing spectacle. The Australian hard rock quintet's first area show since 2001 brought back many of AC/DC's typical songs and stage tricks, but the grizzled hooligans' honest energy proved strangely comforting in these uncertain times.

Their latest, "Black Ice," is currently the best-selling album in America. It's AC/DC's first release to hit No. 1 here since 1981's "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)," despite only being sold through the band's Web site and at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. Yes, it sounds like no one but AC/DC. But let's dispel one popular myth right now.

Like most earsplitting rockers accused of the feat, AC/DC has not spent the past several decades repeatedly making the same album. "Black Ice" is miles away from the grimy, scrappy pub-band boogie of their early albums. Its crisp, modern guitar tone and bloated length cannot compare with the compact primal punch of 1980's legendary "Back in Black," still their most popular album, having sold more than 22 million copies in the United States alone.

The group is not repetitive. It's reliable. That, along with its accessibility and lyrical attention to blue collar values (rockin', womanizin', kickin' tail), is key to the AC/DC brand's enduring multigenerational appeal.

The band's extended absence may also be somewhat responsible for the success of "Black Ice," although the Thursday night audience didn't greet new material such as show-opening single "Rock N' Roll Train" with the expected volume. The glorious caveman stomp of "Back in Black" finally roused the crowd, which howled heartily with singer Brian Johnson on the classic rock radio staple.

Then, dependably, hit after hit of similar bone-shaking magnitude punctuated the evening. How satisfying to hear "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" in its proper element: a stadium stuffed with chanting voices, stomping feet and pumping fists, "Deeds," along with other expertly executed favorites "Thunderstruck," "Hells Bells," "T.N.T." and "Highway to Hell" were made for it. Sadly, though, it's still tough to hear "You Shook Me All Night Long" without feeling like you're at a wedding.

Johnson seemed a bit quiet compared to Angus and Malcolm Young's guitars, but his trollish shriek was often pitch-perfect. As for Angus, sure, the AC/DC axeman/mascot went up on a hydraulic platform for an extended "Let There Be Rock." Yet, after he effortlessly tossed out a sharp, searing solo during "Whole Lotta Rosie," still one of the best rock n' roll songs ever written, no one could accuse the man of pretension. And after the 53 year-old's customary striptease, who'd bother?

AC/DC performs again Saturday, Nov. 1. The show is sold out.

[sydney76]

AC/DC: Rock 'n' roll that outlasts time
No gimmickry—just hard-driving music at its elemental best

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertain ... 4568.story

[sydney76]