It was a bright warm morning in Manchester and I’d just arrived on an early morning flight bleary eyed but in good spirits: I’d had a blast in London and had a good feeling Manchester was gonna be even better….

Killed the bit of time around town before I could check into my hotel with brekkie, chilling out and a pint at the Brewdog pub – then it was a splash and dash at the hotel, couple of jars and a chat with an Irish guy called Aiden about AC⚡️DC (what else?!) then I was on my way to the stadium – a very manageable 20min walk but in the end I jumped on a tram to get me there ASAP!

Grabbed a jar and was planning on just dandering round and soaking up the atmosphere when I spotted Aiden standing chatting to a guy I recognised from Twitter Plunket Trainor in full Angus gear so I headed over to say hello! Stood and chatted for a while before we all decided we’d be better off standing on the pitch so off we went…We were all surprised that we could walk right up to the front but hey I wasn’t complaining: it was gonna be quite a view!

A few more pints and more chatting plus Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown (who I can confirm are definitely men – see London blog) to keep us entertained… Sadly at 8pm the five pints I’d drank had caught up with me & I felt the call of nature, headed off to the loo but couldn’t get back to them such was the crowd at the front – got to about 10ft away and thought feck it & stayed where I was!

8:30pm and the now very familiar video started playing and we were off…. Rock or Bust into Shoot to Thrill into HAABPTB into Back in Black is a cracking way to start the show but then we crash land with Got Some RnR Thunder – sweet Jesus it sucks but to be fair I spotted a fair few people singing along so maybe it’s just me?



Hot and sweaty down the front but everyone having a great time, singing along, punching the air & big smiles all around – this was the place to be alright; I hadn’t been this close to the front in years: actually being able to watch the band on the stage rather than on the screens was a complete joy and one I’m gonna do again next week in Germany given half a chance!

The sound was great and nice & loud and it’s amazing the difference going on stage 15mins later makes to how the lighting looks – took hundreds of photos (most of them shite TBH) cos I was so close that everything Angus or Axl came over to my side you just had to take a snap or 10…

Very impressed with Axl – he worked harder than Angus did and that’s saying something : constantly prowling the stage, dancing around and rocking out! Setlist seems to have settled down now and it’s looking more & more like those lucky folk in Prague are the only ones who got to hear Touch to Much – but maybe I’ll get lucky in Düsseldorf??

Songs highlight? Excepting GSRnRT it was all great (as usual) but special mention to High Voltage, If You Want Blood, Given a Dog a Bone & a cracking version of Thunderstruck 🤘🏻

The rain near the end came as sweet relief for me as Jaysus I was hot but couldn’t dampen my high spirits after another fantastic AC⚡️DC show…

By the time I got back to the hotel I was broken but see yous down the front one last time next week in Germany for what could be my last AC⚡️DC gig – if you see a large, bearded guy quietly sobbing in Düsseldorf on Wednesday night come and give me a hug!