There is nothing subtle about AC/DC. There never has been and there never will be. When you go and see their show as my son Tom and I did last night, you are pretty sure what you are going to get. A full on, auditory, ass kicking and we were not disappointed. After a regular show, you get the high pitched whine for a few hours afterwards and then it goes away. Mine was still there this morning and Tom says he still has his.

The “Black Ice” World Tour is a mix of new stuff from the current album along with the classics you would expect. Tracks such as “Rock and Roll Train” and “Big Jack” from the current offering mixed in seamlessly with “You Shook Me All Night Long” and ” Hells Bells”. The new stuff didn’t sound out of place at all, basically because is is pretty much the tried and tested in your face stuff that made the boys famous in the first place.

Brian Johnson sounded like he had been gargling Razor Blades before he came on stage but was spot on in his delivery. Angus Young, who is now 53, was as demented as ever, still in the Schoolboy outfit, which he still strips off during every show. Scrawny he may be but I wish I had that much energy. The rest of the band were almost secondary to the performances of Young and Johnson although it was amusing that Drummer Phil Rudd had a ciggy on the go for what seemed like the entire night.

Highlights of the night were ” Whole Lot of Rosie” and “Let There Be Rock” in which Angus assaulted our eardrums with close to 15 minutes of the loudest fastest guitar work I think I have ever heard. And just when you thought that you were in for some releif, the encore let us have it all over again with “Highway to Hell” and ” For Those About To Rock” complete with the 6 cannons at the back of the stage. When the show turns up in Europe, go see it. There can’t be many bands that put this much into a show for the fans.

I would also like to offer my congratulations to the support act. A bunch of Irish lads called The Answer. It must be daunting to open for such luminaries as AC/DC, but they did an excellent 6 song set and were warmly applauded by the crowd. Good on yer lads.