Under an electric sky, AC/DC ie Paris on August 9 in front of 80,000 spectators. Carried by an tireless Angus Young and a Brian Johnson at the top, the group chained its rock hymns in a millimeter show, celebrated by the media.
« Grandiose », “Trunk”, “At the top of their art” : Superlatives are jostling after passing AC/DC at the Stade de France on August 9. In front of 80,000 spectators heated to white – from veterans to children initiated by their parents – the Australian group offered more than two hours of raw and uncompromising rock. A return with great fanfare, hailed by the specialized press, which describes a spectacular musical moment, up to legend.
A shattering entry
Pour The pointfrom the intro video – a red racing car rushes towards “Paris” and the “Stade de France” – Angus Young appears, “Blue cap and red suit”and attack If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It). RTL evoked “A roar” at 8:30 p.m., followed by a Back in Black Incandescent launched by a Brian Johnson “Best than ten years ago”, Despite his 77 years. The riffs are heavy, but precise, the battery hammers and the message is clear: no room for nostalgia, AC/DC is still there for “Fuck the fire”.
Pour France 2the group has “Not having a wrinkle”always “Also dynamic”with this energy that seizes the public. Angus Young, 70, continues his legendary Duck-Walks without weakening.
Classic and raw energy
The point Insist: no artifice, “No soundtracks or improvisation”. Standards are linked: Thunderstruckchanted by 80,000 votes, Hells Bells and his bell descended from the hangers, High Voltage, Sin City, You Shook Me All Night Long… RTL tells an Angus “Dressing of sweat”taking off his jacket, before a Let There Be Rock 15 minutes where he traverses the scene, rises above the public and makes his Gibson SG howl under a rain of confetti.
Au ParisianMatthieu Drouot, boss of Gérard Drouot Productions, does not hide his emotion: “AC/DC is the largest group in the world, and he knows how to do it!” »» In the pit, note LCImusic acts as an outlet, “Lightening the weight of life” And suspending time, testifies a member of the French group AC/DOVE which organizes recovery concerts. The final on TNT et For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)with her cannons and fireworks, close an evening where legend has still proven that she burns with an intact flame.
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