The design features a 6m high ‘Rock 'n' Roll Train' (the title of the group's recent single) which sits on a special track at a sharp 14 degree incline. The show opens with a brief 'Rock 'n' Roll Train' film segment before the train actually runs down the track in a blaze of lights, smoke and pyrotechnics. Lead guitarist Angus Young then leaps out of the structure to start the show.
Malcolm Richards from the Southampton office has been working closely with Richard Hartman, ACDC's Production Manager, and Mark Fisher, the tour Art Director, on the set's various structural engineering aspects.
Malcolm – who recently advised on Paul McCartney's acclaimed concert in Tel Aviv - is also currently working on George Michael and Alicia Keys' December gigs in the Middle East. He has previously designed theatres, studios and venues such as the revamp of the famous Abbey Road studios, De Montford Hall in Leicester and Riverside Arts Centre in London.
Following the current North American leg, the ACDC tour comes to Europe for two months including dates at London 02 Arena (April 14), Manchester MEN Arena (21), Birmingham LG Arena (23) The tour then heads to South America and Japan before culminating in Australia/New Zealand in 2010.
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