I arrived in Paris on a foggy Saturday morning around 11am, already bleary eyed after a 4:30am start but in good spirits: Paris is a great town & I was going to see AC/DC in concert for the first time in nearly 5 years!

With a little bit of time to kill before I could check into my hotel I did a bit of sightseeing – although the band was the main event you can’t go to Paris with taking in a few sights

Splashed and dashed at the hotel then jumped on the Metro to get me to the stadium – as soon as I got off the train I could feel the place was buzzing and instantly knew it was gonna be a good one & a beer stand right outside meant I could start my AC/DC beer cup collection early…

So spent the next few hours wandering around soaking it all in – drank 3 or 4 beers then figured it was time to head into the stadium: was a bit nervous about this part as had bought the ticket on the ‘secondary’ market so was really hoping I hadn’t been ripped off…

Success – I was in: phew!

Few more beers in the stand and a quick tshirt purchase and it was time to venture onto the pitch! Got as far forward as I could without having to really force my way through – hate people who do that: if you wanna get to the front, get to the gig early and earn it!

Bit of a chat with some local lads in a mixture of French and English, cut short when the intro video started…. Here we go!!!

The sound was great, the band were in flying form and its definitely the best I’ve heard them so far this tour: I get the feeling that everything has clicked into place: Chris is looking comfortable behind the drum kit, Stevie is looking much more relaxed and confident, Cliff is a rock as always, Angus is giving it all every night and Brian is clearly having the time of his fucking life up there and the stage set really is awesome especially when it got dark.

The crowd were lively, passionate & loud as fook: cheering the band on & singing every word – everyone one there having a ball, was so happy I’d made the trip – awesome city, awesome fans and awesome band!!!

The sound was crisp, clear and had a bit of oomph where I was standing anyways: not many outdoor gigs leave my ears ringing the next day.

Every fecker in the place must had a pair of light up Angus horns – the sea of them twinkling was quite a sight!

A few people chanting Mal’s name at the start of Whole Lotta Rosie – hoping this is really starting to catch on, I really think the band need to do a bit more to acknowledge him – something like Bon’s wink on the video screens at the end of High Voltage on the Black Ice tour would be nice (and that should be brought back too).

No changes to set list they’ve played every night so far, I’m hoping that we might see a few changes before the UK & Ireland shows now that everyone is finding their rhythm.

Highlights of the set for me were Shoot to Thrill, High Voltage, Let There Be Rock & a ferocious version of TNT but to be honest it was all good – even Play Ball which isn’t my favourite song is starting to click into place.

As always it was over far too quickly – Paris, I salute you!!

Now roll on Glasgow, Dublin & London….