We saw AC/DC Thursday night in Minneapolis!

This was my Christmas gift to Dad. AC/DC is a band I’ve always wanted to see and I was stoked when I heard they’d be touring in the US.

I picked the first show of their tour, on Thursday April 10th, in Minneapolis for us. They were also going to be in Chicago in May but this timing made more sense.

The show was at the US Bank Stadium. The coworker I met with told me the acoustics aren’t great there and I totally saw (heard?) what he meant – it definitely wasn’t concert hall quality. Did that matter? Not too much!

We walked to the stadium from our hotel a little after 6:30 and got there around 7:00.

We were in the “F2” area of seating and we followed signs to enter through the “Polaris 360 Lounge” to get to our seats. A bunch of steps and two escalators later and we were in the lounge under our seats. I didn’t realize we’d have that lounge and it was a great perk – our own bathrooms and concessions.

Anyway, our seats were stellar!

The Pretty Reckless opened for AC/DC and I remembered I’ve downloaded a few of their songs. I couldn’t understand her singing or hear the music well but I loved her enthusiasm and all the f-bombs she dropped.

AC/DC stated around 8:30, with some cool graphics of a car driving to Minneapolis on the stage. We all got up and the energy was electric for the entire night.

Here’s the setlist (and pasted below). They played a lot of their hits, a few songs from their 2020 album, and some older stuff I wasn’t as familiar with.

I really enjoyed it all, but of course, was most excited for the hits I’ve heard hundreds (thousands?) of times. Hearing “Back in Black” live? Amazing. I also really enjoyed “Hells Bells,” “Highway to Hell,” Dirty Deeds,” “You Shook Me All Night Long, and “T.N.T.”

Despite “Thunderstruck” being one of my fave songs ever, I never love the versions I hear live (on recordings) as much as the studio recording. The crowd drowns out the guitar. And this performance seemed a bit slower than the studio recording. Let’s get to that.

Angus Young is 70.

Brian Johnson is 77.

That’s just… so insane and impressive. I mean, The Rolling Stones were also ancient when we saw them, but, geesh, it just blows my mid these guys are still rocking like this. At one point I saw Johnson bump into something and I thought he was kind of limping and I told my dad “this is why we had to go to the first concert – in case something happens to them!” Ha. I hope not. I hope they have a healthy tour.

This audience. They were so into it. At one point someone in front of me turns around and says “greatest fucking rock band ever!” The people behind me were dressed like Angus Young and kept yelling “Angus!” Someone somehow had the set list (how did they get it before?) and right before “You Shook Me All Night Long” came on he said “here’s the song all the white women have been waiting for!” It was amusing.

The walk out and back to the hotel (about a mile) was amusing too. Lots of rowdy behavior, lots of shouting. So much joy. I felt it too. I had a really great time and am so glad Dad and I got to go!

Setlist
If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)
Back in Black
Demon Fire
Shot Down in Flames
Thunderstruck
Have a Drink on Me
Hells Bells
Shot in the Dark
Stiff Upper Lip
Highway to Hell
Shoot to Thrill
Sin City
Rock ‘n’ Roll Train
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
High Voltage
Riff Raff
You Shook Me All Night Long
Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock (extended guitar solo)
Encore: T.N.T.
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)