Face Of Cheam

The much hyped and nigh impossible to get tickets shows of AC/DC at the O2. It has been six years since I saw them at the one off show at Hammersmith and nearly a decade since their last tour where I saw them at Wembley Arena. We stood on the Tuesday and got an excellent view down the front on the left. Thursday we were high in the gods near the back of the Dome. Each set was exactly the same and you'd be hard pushed to spot a difference if you played a tape of each show next to each other. However, it was still high quality entertainment. The cliches are there with Angus still dressed as a school boy, a giant bell coming down from the ceiling for Hells Bells and guns being shot during show closer, For Those About To Rock. However, a video of an out of control train with a devil angus being tied up by two rock chicks opened the show with a bigger than real life train crashing between the screens. A great stage effect. It was riden by a sixty foot inflatable of a large chested woman of the night during Whole Lotta Rosie, which led to the guns at the end being a bit of a let down. The set did have six songs from their latest album which was a bit much and we could have donw without the blues jam and striptease of 'The Jack'. Still a great show.
Belfast's The Answer was the support who I have seen a few times before. We caught only the last three songs on Tuesday and the full set on Thursday. Quite enjoyable too but still need time to get to know their new album.


Set - 'Rock And Roll Train’, ‘Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be’, ‘Back In Black’, ‘Big Jack’, ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’, ‘Shot Down In Flames’, ‘Thunderstruck’, ‘Black Ice’, ‘The Jack’, ‘Hell’s Bells’, ‘Shoot To Thrill’, ‘War Machine’, ‘Anything Goes’, ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’, ‘TNT’, ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ ‘Let There Be Rock’, /////// ‘Highway To Hell’ ‘For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)’.