AC/DC 'Flick of the Switch' Tour Begins 1983

AC/DC - ON THIS DAY in 1983 'Flick of the Switch' tour kicked off at Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum supporting the album released August 19. The band's lineup included Brian Johnson, Malcolm Young, Angus Young, Cliff Williams and Simon Wright (replacing Phil Rudd on drums and who remained behind the drum kit for the next three albums before his departure in 1989).

The North American tour concluded on December 19th at Madison Square Garden and AC/DC were supported throughout the tour by British heavy metal band Fastway. The tour had not been the runaway success of previous tours, with some of the 35 North American gigs down to half capacity. The following year AC/DC only played ten further gigs including performances at seven of the gigs on the European Monsters of Rock circuit at Castle Donington/England, Stockholm/Sweden, Winterthur/Switzerland, Karlsruhe and Nuremberg/German and Rome and Turin/Italy.

Several songs from the AC/DC produced album made it onto the setlist including: 'Flick of the Switch', 'Guns for Hire', and 'This House is on Fire' (alternating with 'Rising Power', 'Bedlam In Belgium' and 'Landslide' which also made the setlist at some venues).

Flick of the Switch sample setlist:

1. Guns for Hire
2. Shoot to Thrill
3. Sin City
4. Rising Power
5. Back in Black
6. Bad Boy Boogie
7. Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
8. Flick of the Switch
9. Hells Bells
10. The Jack
11. This House is on Fire
12. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
13. Highway to Hell
14. Whole Lotta Rosie
15. Let There Be Rock
16. You Shook Me All Night Long
17. For Those About to Rock

AC/DC perform at Monsters of Rock on this day 1981

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