Rose was announced as a replacement after Johnson, 68, was warned he risked going deaf if he continued to tour.
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The first reviews for AC/DC’s shock team up with LA wild-child and Guns n’ Roses frontman Axl Rose, and they are glowing.
The Guardian rate the show as a five-star performance, describing Roses” voice as “brilliant’ and urging fans to check out the show saying: “The triumph lies in the renditions of the songs AC/DC wrote and recorded when Scott was still alive”.
Roaring in just six minutes after the 9 p.m. start time, AC/DC’s new frontman outdid himself, having developed a reputation for extreme tardiness, missing rehearsals and soundchecks while with Guns N’ Roses. First, guitarist Malcolm Young stepped down from the band due to dementia.
Die-hard AC/DC lovers in Lisbon appeared to appreciate his efforts last Saturday.”Of course, he can’t replace Brian Johnson, but Axl Rose is a good singer”, said Mr Francis Vega, 48, who flew in from the Canary Islands for the gig. Rose sang seated on a chair due to a broken foot. He’s a great singer and it’s really challenging to sing it.
What AC/DC got out of the Lisbon show was a vindication of Axl Rose as a choice.
The Telegraph’s Catherine Gee said, “for two hours [Rose] hit every note and sent it to the heavens. he did a bang-up job”.
Notorious for playing at painfully high decibels, AC/DC has brought in Rose, 54, for the European tour and the 10 postponed United States dates.
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Or Gary Cherone, who joined hard rock outfit Van Halen in the late ’90s after the band’s manager invited him to audition in the midst of a botched reunion with original singer David Lee Roth.
