Show Review- ACDC at Wrigley Field

On Tuesday, September 15^th 2015, ACDC played a sold out show at Wrigley Field in Chicago Illinois. To me, this was a show that was long overdue. In 2009, I was a sophomore in high school and ACDC came through with perhaps their biggest tour ever…and I missed it. I had no money at the time and it was a week night. Now flash forward six years later and they have a new album and they were coming back to Chicago. It was a week night but I wasn’t taking any chances and it was unfortunate that Malcolm and Phil were not there but I was still hopeful.

Wrigley Field as a venue was a place you either loved or hated there is no in between. I really like the field as a whole being one of if not the oldest ball field in America with its shades of America way back when. I have heard that the sound was garbage but its ACDC they are a loud band I didn’t think I had to worry. Opening act Vintage Trouble really were great with their style of Mississippi styled 50s funk rock. Their singer had a very strong James Brown feel and he really got down with the crowd even crowd surfing toward the end of their set. As the sun came down, a helicopter ominously flew above head and the camera posts were all set. The news was that Wrigley was being shot for the DVD of the tour which got me super excited. As the intro on stage began you could feel the anticipation of the crowd. Then as the meteor hit the ground and the stage exploded the band came out in fine form opening with the strong “Rock Or Bust”. The stage production for this tour was more toward the lighting than the sheer scope of the stage although the rustic shed look was pretty killer.

As for our band, Stevie Young carried himself greatly all the way to his foot tapping like a metronome. He swung a bit looser than Mal but still had that precise picking that his uncle had. He even brought out Malcolm’s signature beatup gretsch as well. Chris Slade was amazing and the guy is almost 70 years old, yet he plays like a 20 year old drummer with extreme ADD and he still is my favorite drummer ACDC ever had. Cliff is still a rock solid bass player and his backups mesh with Stevies pretty well
even though Stevies voice is a bit lower than Mals. Brian Johnson still has that voice and I really cannot believe how he can still carry himself. Angus who is now the ringleader still packs a punch live. He wore his red school boy uniform and although he didn’t do his strip this tour, he still had some shining moments like in Sin City when he literally tried to choke his SG with his tie or his badass no holds barred solo in Let There Be Rock. I was afraid with Wrigley in such a public place that they would have to que down the fireworks and not be able to sound as loud as normal. Well they really let loose and their finally was huge as well. Also, a fun little fact was that Angus brought out his black SG with the white pickguard that he recorded back in black with for the last two songs. So after the smoke cleared I realized that ACDC, although at this point they have nothing to prove, can still dish out the greatest show you will ever see. Seriously if anyone is reading this review, go see ACDC, you will not be disappointed.