AC/DC in 2008: Black Ice and tour

Tickets for the show at the LA Forum go on sale this Saturday. I have zero opinion on Black Ice and, well, anything AC/DC has done since 1982.

However, I haven't ever seen AC/DC live before and I'm kinda wondering if this is potentially the last chance. Anyone see their last tour?

you can only get this album at Wal-Mart?

The single is not bad!

Mulvey gave it a thorough preview in his Wild Mercury Sound column:
http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/index.php?blog=6&p=950&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

You don't have to fork over $$$ to Wal-Mart; AC/DC is selling the new album on their site as well.

Their shows are absolute marvels. There's no such thing as an off night for AC/DC. Completely thrilling for at least two solid hours with no letup.

When are they playing in London???

Still TBC. I think I need to go to this.

i've warmed up to "rock n' roll train"

it's funny though cuz he says "runaway train" instead...i bet they wrote it and someone was like "uh dudes there was this band called soul asylum and they had this big hit in the US with a song called runaway train"...and ac/dc was probably like "soul who??"

I haven't heard this one yet...do they go for the ol' "train as penis" metaphor that we've come to expect (and love)?

yeah i guess? it's about some hot chick. sometimes i can't understand what brian says very well...

AC/DC's manager: "So, right, lads, there's this US band called Soul Asylum who've already hit big with a song called "Runway Train".
Angus Young: "Soul What?"
AC/DC's manager: "Soul Asylum."
Angus Young: "What Asylum?"
AC/DC's manager: "Soul Asylum."
Angus Young: "What What?"

Arrr, ahoy mateys, in honor o' Talk Like A Pirate Day, har's "Rock 'n' Roll Train" translated. More fun than a bout o' scur'y, am I right?

One heart angel
One cool de'il
Your mind on the fantasy
Li'in on the ecstasy
Gi'e it all, gi'e it,
Gi'e it what you got
Come on gi'e it all a lot
Pick it up mo'e it
Gi'e it t' the spot
Your mind on fantasy
Li'in on ecstasy

Runaway Train
(Runnin' right off the track)
Runaway Train
(Runnin' right off the track)
Runaway Train
(Runnin' right off the track)
Yeah the Runaway Train
(Runnin' right off the track)

One hard reng a ale
Old school rebel
A ten for the re'elry
Diamond o' the agency
Shake it, Shake it
Take it t' the spot
You know she make it verily hot
Get it on, get it up
Come on gi'e it all you got
Your mind on fantasy
Li'in on the ecstasy

Runaway Train
(Runnin' right off the track)
Yeah the Runaway Train yeah
(Runnin' right off the track)
On the Runaway Train
(Runnin' right off the track)
Runaway Train
(Runnin' right off the track)

(Angus Guitar Solo)

One hot southern belle
Son o' a de'il
A school boy spellin' bee
A school girl with a fantasy
One hot reng a ale
Old school rebel
A ten for the re'elry
Diamond o' the agency
Shake it, Shake it
Take it t' the spot
You know
She make it mightily hot Yeah
Get it on, get it up
Come on gi'e it what you got
You know she's just like a
Runaway Train
(Runnin' right off the track)
A pence for an old man o'de sea?

One hard reng a ale

say what?

My Aunt got herself and me tickets for the Toronto show for her birthday! I am pretty excited. I did see them at SARStock and that was a blast..

her birthday=my birthday, whups

Tickets go on sale tomorrow for Chicago, and I'm probably gonna pick one up. It seems I see them about once every decade. I first saw them in 1988 on the 'Blow Up Your Video' tour, and then in 1996 on the 'Ballbreaker' tour. I figure it's about time to check in on them again...

the single is pretty good too

Oakland tickets go on sale Sunday -- there with (hells) bells on! Admittedly it's the first time I've seen them...getting a lot of crap from friends who are asking about the legalities of this, me being Australian and all. My only defense is that I always associated the Brian-era with bogans. Sad but true. I'm almost certain that I'll be taking a beer-break during 'Thunderstruck'...it was like my bogan hometown's theme song. Yeesh.

Any word yet on an opening act? I'm still not sure if I should pick up tickets.(It's a 2.5 hour drive to the show).
Maybe the opening act will help me decide.
Actually no opener might be better.

the production on this is a bit, er, 'modern'. sounds more like jet than the ac/dc of yore

sounds more like jet than the ac/dc of yore

lol well there's a complementary reason it sounds like jet. ;-) (heavenz!)

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I don't know about the Walmart thing, but if this past Tuesday was THE release date, the Walmart exlusivity thing is bullshit, as I got this at Easy Street this week. (The vinyl was available 1-2 weeks prior though.) or has Walmart been carrying this since September and no one here wants to admit to buying it there?

Anyway, Black Ice is their best album since the early 80s. That's mainly because it sounds EXACTLY LIKE GOOD 80s AC/DC. It's like the previous three albums didn't exist, and this album was just the 2LP after Blow Up Your Video.
Surprisingly filler-lite... least filler since For Those About To Rock.

Releasing this in 2008 - the year of Fleet Foxes and Vampire Weekend - was very well timed.

Basically, Black Ice is the album designed for fans of The Darkness and Jet.