As soon as we arrived in Dublin I knew it was gonna be a good one: the apartment we’d booked was deadly & only 10mins walk from the stadium, the sun was shining & AC⚡️DC were in town for a close as it gets to being a home town gig for me these days! Sweet!

Had to pop out to deliver a ticket we’d promised to a mate months ago but was a chance to soak up a bit of the atmosphere – place was buzzing already & I doubt you could fit one more person into any of the pubs nearby!

Arrived at the Aviva without any hassle & just time to pick up the Dublin tshirt then it was time for find our seats: premium level don’t you know! Fecking la di da! To be honest they were great seats and nice and easy to get to – pretty important with a two year old in tow…

So a new experience for me this time – taking our two year old daughter Beau to her first AC⚡️DC show: was a bit nervous about how she’d react to the volume and to the big crowd but whilst she was a bit overwhelmed to begin with she was soon having a great time.

Just caught the end of Vintage Trouble making some new friends again with another brilliant show but to be honest we were all there for the main event!!!

The band hit the stage and the party kicked off – have never seen a stadium fill so fast, two minutes before stage time there was loads of empty seats and gaps in the standing area, two minutes later the place was heaving…

Thankfully the party atmosphere reached the seats: they got very little use once the riff of Rock or Bust crunched around the stadium – happy days as there’s nothing worse than sitting at a rock show. It was a good natured crowd too, nobody complained when we had to sneak out and in with Beau – it might be AC⚡️DC on stage but no two year old has the patience to stay in the same place for two hours & the staff were happy to let us stand at the back and enjoy the show from there.

Best stadium sound of the UK & Ireland dates for me – crisp, loud & clear and a perfect Dublin evening: 55,000 having a blast as the sun set and band slammed through their set!

Observations:

Angus in green (obviously!)

Crowd was loud as fook

Band were definitely happy to be back in Dublin

Brian had a bash at some Irish dancing

Angus used a beer bottle thrown onstage for part of his LTBR solo

No Malcolm shout out in High Voltage

Brian seemed to be struggling with his ear piece

First appearance of boobs or bust for me on this tour!

Aviva is a great modern stadium with great acoustics

Highlights

Beau had a ball

TNT, Back in Black, Shoot to Thrill and Highway to Hell

Being back in our apartment 15mins after the end of the show

So great performance: sorry Glasgow but Dublin was so much better – better stadium, better sound, band played better, and a better crowd! This show will take some beating….







