Throwback Concert: AC/DC at The XL Center 1981

Throwback Concert: AC/DC at The XL Center 1981

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1981!

That year PLR welcomed AC/DC to Hartford’s XL Center (which at the time was called the Hartford Civic Center). The boys from Australia hit the road in 1981 to support its eighth studio album, “For Those About To Rock We Salute You,” which featured the singles Let’s Get It Up and the album’s title trackĀ For Those About To Rock We Salute You.

This was singer Brian Johnson’s first appearance in Connecticut as AC/DC’s front man. AC/DC had previously played only other concert in Connecticut (1978 at The Shaboo Inn) and that was with the late Bon Scott on vocals. Over the next decade or so AC/DC would go on to play several more shows in Connecticut, mainly in Hartford at the New Haven Coliseum.

 

AC/DC

Tour: For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

Special Guest: Midnight Flyer

Thursday December 3, 1981

The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut

Ticket Price: $11.50

Band Lineup: Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, Phil Rudd

Setlist*

  1. Hells Bells
  2. Shot Down In Flames
  3. Sin City
  4. Shoot To Thrill
  5. Back In Black
  6. Bad Boy Boogie
  7. Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution
  8. The Jack
  9. What Do You Do For Money Honey
  10. Highway To Hell
  11. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
  12. Whole Lotta Rosie
  13. Let There Be Rock
  14. You Shook Me All Night Long
  15. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
  16. T.N.T.

*source: setlist.fm

 

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