From the back of the 2025 Paris event shirt, we learn that 9 August marked the 24th full show passage in Paris, setting aside the mini performance at Canal+ studios in 2000 and the fun Fun Radio performance in 1995.
I had been receiving feedback and reading reviews from shows all over the world, on how AC/DC has been topping their performances with steady increments, town after town. Yet, tonight, they still struck me with the power and pleasure they put into the concert as if they were to conquer new territory and souls.
Well over 15 million fingers, learning how to play - Angus promoting the job
Just when you think you've seen the point of max capacity - which I thought they had reached in Munich 2024, they manage to pull all the way up to 11. The train keeps rolling. In hindsight, using the image of a train for the Black Ice tour was an excellent choice: a diesel engine at tour start, but boy, once they're going it is unstoppable. Full throttle on this 3rd leg of the Power Up Tour.
Coming to an intermediary conclusion: you HAVE to go SEE THEM - NOW! How lucky we are to see these lads dancing their socks off. Every night.
The sound was incredible, one of the best as far as I recall, with Brian's vocals confidently higher in the mix, roaring away fiercely. High Voltage contained an a-political message, in celebration of this thing we call rock 'n roll, which no politics or religion could ever halt. And you're right Brian, it feels good!
Angus played a little shredding variation at the end of the LTBR solo, a moment I could personally appreciate as it sounded like a high pitched Chuck Berry anthem.
Closer magazine: "Angus gets hit by Hells Bell"
