Monday, 31 May 2010

WE ROCK AT DAWN ON THE FRONT LINE

The trip to Oslo with Sunniva, and the AC/DC concert was absolutely fantastic!
We didn't get enough sleep and I'm dead tired, but I really couldn't care less.

SATURDAY, 29th of May:
We woke up at 05:00 am (!), and went by car, plane, bus, train and metro for four hours to get to Oslo. We went to meet my uncle and aunt, we would be sleeping at their place later. We actually managed not to meet their twin sons during the whole stay! Pretty interesting...

We went to a café for lunch. It was in Karl Johan's Gate, so we could watch all the strange people that walked by. A lot of eurovision-fanatics with flags and shiny clothing, and a special-kid in a store with ugly stuff. Entertainment! We wanted to sit outside in the sun to enjoy the hot weather (it's summer in Oslo!), but there were only one free table, and there was a seriously scary woman sitting by the table beside it. We decided it would be more safe to sit indoors.

On the Opera:
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We were pretty exhausted when we returned to the house around 10:00, after having walked around in Oslo for 12 hours.

SUNDAY, 30th of May:
The day of the concert! We went to the concert arena around two, and there we waited for one hour, then they opened the first "doors", and we were allowed in to the area where they sold beer and food and stuff. We ran like crazy people to the next doors, that would not be opened until 5:00 pm. We were two of the first 20-30 people there, which is pretty impressive when you think that there were in all 40 000 people on the concert!
WAITING:

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When they opened the last doors, we were not allowed to run (HAHA), but of course everyone did. I and Sunniva got some really good places, in the corner between the catwalk and the stage. There were only two people in front of me! (I repeat: there were 40 000 at the concert.) Then I was all ready for the concert to begin! ...But we had to wait three hours for a sucky warm-up band, and two more hours for AC/DC. In all, I did not sit, eat, or drink for 10 hours. In the end, while waiting for them to come on stage, I was so sick and tired of waiting, that I actually thought of leaving. (Shame on me!) But when they finally came (about 09:50) it was all worth it!

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I think that the only time people actually cheer on a 55 year old man stripping, would be on a AC/DC concert.
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Rosie:
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Setlist:
1. Rock N'Roll Train
2. Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
3. Back in Black
4. Big Jack
5. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
6. Thunderstruck
7. The Jack
8. Hells Bells
9. Shoot to Thrill
10. High Voltage
11. You Shook Me All Night Long
12. TNT
13. Whole Lotta Rosie
14. Let There Be Rock
Encore:
15. Highway to Hell

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Hells Bells and Shoot to Thrill was awesome live! It was sad that they only did 15 songs, especially after having waited for 8 hours, I had hoped for a longer concert... And they didn't finish with For Those About To Rock.
They were really good, though!