AC/DC: LG Arena, Birmingham NEC - Review, setlist and pictures

Apr 24 2009 By Paul Cole

It wouldn’t be an AC/DC show, of course, without the outrageous specials effects. The gig starts with a runaway steam train crashing out onto the stage and ends with the traditional six-gun salute of For Those About To Rock.

Whole Lotta Rosie is played out under the bulging boobs of a giant inflatable whore, the stage is bathed in flame during TNT and Young rises 30ft in the air to play Let There Be Rock – right in the middle of the crowd.

There’s a nice nod at this Midland gig to local superheroes Led Zeppelin, as he pinches part of Jimmy Page’s iconic guitar solo from Whole Lotta Love as part of his schoolboy solo showcase.

Electrifying, as you’d expect AC/DC to be.

SETLIST

Rock’n’Roll Train

Hell Ain’t a Bad Place To be

Back In Black

Big Jack

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Shot Down in Flames

Thunderstruck

Black Ice

The Jack

Hells Bells

Shoot to thrill

War Machine

Anything Goes

You Shook Me all night long

TNT

Whole lotta Rosie

Let There Be Rock

Highway To Hell

For Those About To Rock