UN An afterwards, AC/DC was back in Paris, or rather in Saint-Denis, for the first of two complete concerts. 80,000 tickets sold in 2024, nearly 160,000 in 2025, everything is fine for them, thank you! An “substantial” entry price and the organization, to say the least, of their last visit to the Longchamp racecourse, therefore did not cool the ardor of the fans.
Forgotten the zero visibility and the chaotic output of the “potato field”, they came, they are all there. Veterans according to the group since the 1970s, new converts following the last album Power Uppublished in 2020, parents taking their child “because you have to see them once before they stop”, fan clubs around the world … This planetary condensed is recognized by the four “AC/DC” letters sported on all the T-shirts or the flashing horns, one of the signs of rallying.
However, this joy of reunion between fans does not hide a certain melancholy: “Do you think they will be in good shape this evening?” “,” You have to take advantage of it, I don’t know if we will see them again … “, we could hear. Pending a possible answer, everyone is now rushing feverishly to benefit from a good place.
The Pretty Reckless get on stage on polished applause, assuming the thankless role of making the public wait before the heroes of the evening. An hour later, goodbye Taylor Momsen and his nightie, make way for technicians who saw the latest accessories on the AC/DC scene under the cheers of a decidedly playful crowd while the Olas are linked in the stands. There is electricity in the air.
Angus Young in Blue White Red
Energy, there are from the first seconds of the introduction video of the AC/DC concert. A racing car in the colors of the group rushes ragingly on a road leading to … “Paris”, (howls of the public) and seems to rush into a crowded “rowing)! Successful effect because at the same time, guaranteed thrill, finally appears Angus Young, identifiable with his uniform as an English schoolboy. As on all the dates of the tour, the guitarist is in the colors of the country that welcomes him, cap and blue tie, white shirt and red suit of the big evenings.
Yes, from the big night! Because from the first agreement of the aptly named “If you want Blood, You’ve Got It” (if you want blood, you will have it!), Angus immediately wants to put things in the end with his audience. Hung on to his Gibson SG, unless it is the opposite, the guitarist starts in a rush and goes up the footbridge splitting the pit in running, fist stretched, harangating the crowd acquired in his cause.
We are already looking for eyes Brian Johnson, here he is, the first stanza of the opening piece howled in the microphone. This time, no more doubts, they are in good shape! Barely time to recover from this first title sent as in the early days, that the universally known riff of “Back in Black”, the album with multiple gold records, sounds. “Yes I’m Back” flourished a brian visibly mad with joy, who continues to thank the Parisian public, hand on the heart. The smiles are out, even from an Angus Young usually hyper absorbed by on his game.
Tired, Angus? Never ! Basically, he walks the scene, embarks on his legendary Duck-Walks, does not cheat. No room for soundtracks and improvisation in the AC/DC house, the show is live and millimeter. Afficionados know all its phases by heart and ask for this ritual that Newbies discover amazed. Because in 2025, Angus magic still operates, a fifty meter of incarnated rock concentrate, very flexible despite its … 70 years! And he holds this crazy rhythm for two hours! Already try for two minutes!
Brian Johnson s’époumone
Occupying the fore-scope with him, Brian soon displays 78 spring on the clock. Man gives everything, throwing his last shredes of vocal cords with ecstatic happiness to the fans who give it back to him, unanimously responding to his least requests.
For its sixth visit to the Stade de France, the group favors its classics, “Thunderstruck”, “Hells Bells”, whose cloche descending of the hangers triggers a palpable emotion. And what about the definitive anthem “Highway to Hell”, whose infernal chorus is taken up by 80,000 votes in unison with a group that is tutoring the angels in front of so much love, “Shoot to Thrill” punctuated by 160,000 hands slamming in harmony with a rhythmic section assured of master’s hands by bass player Chis Chaney, drummer Matt Laug. If they will never make Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd with fans, will take on their role effectively, paying tribute to their glorious elders by their mastery of the group’s standards, a discreet but essential framework for this binary rock from the antipodes.
To discover
The kangaroo of the day
Answer
Four musicians and a singer who run this sublime “high voltage” or this “let there be rock” anthology under light games blooming the 80s and a soberly beautiful stage production, that’s it, AC/DC. The twenty -one titles played as so many cannons pass very quickly, when these famous cannons already appear on “for those about to rock”, closing the show of the AC/DC machine for decades.
A last fireworks, a last “goodbye” and it’s already over. Last, really? Not so sure … Alone Angus Young holds the answer, but seeing the smiles of the spectators leaving the enclosure, struck by the incredible performance of the always “biggest rock group in the world”, the question was rather: “But when are they coming back?” »»
