The tour’s name even referenced an Axl Rose quote when he was asked in an earlier interview about a reunion and he stated “not in this lifetime”.
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Axl Rose proved to be a hit with AC/DC fans in Portugal as he performed his first full gig with the Australian rockers.
“Yeah, he was good, I think he (Axl Rose) was good, I think he was good, he did it well”, one young female fan said after the concert.
‘Axl Rose is nothing like Brian Johnson, ‘ said a disappointed Marcos Vizoso, 44, who had brought his 10-year-old daughter to the show.
It’s one thing to hear that Axl Rose will be the new lead singer of AC/DC.
“From the opening salvo of Rock or Bust, Shoot to Thrill and Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be, it was clear that, musically at least, the GN’R man is a great fit for AC/DC”.
Notorious for playing at painfully high decibels, AC/DC brought in Rose for the Europe tour and the 10 postponed United States dates.
Rose attempted a Johnson-ish rasp but could not entirely contain his signature wail.
The hard rock giants had just lost their longtime singer, Brian Johnson, who was facing potential hearing loss if he kept performing in concert. At the 27:35 mark of the video, you can hear Rose tell a story that introduces the first performance of “Rock “n” Roll Damnation”, since October 21, 2003 at the Carling Apollo Hammersmith in London.
What AC/DC got out of the Lisbon show was a vindication of Axl Rose as a choice.
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It might make more recent claims easier to digest anyway, as Axl Rose also mentioned about how he’d quite like to become a permanent member of the band.
