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Associated album
  
Ballbreaker

End date
  
30 November 1996

Start date
  
12 January 1996

Legs
  
7

No. of shows
  
155 played, 1 cancelled, 6 postponed

The Ballbreaker World Tour was a rock concert tour played by the hard rock band AC/DC, which had 5 legs around the world lasting 11 months starting on 12 January 1996 in Greensboro, North Carolina finishing on 30 November 1996 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Contents

Background

The tour saw the return of drummer Phil Rudd to the lineup making it his first tour with the group since 1981's For Those About to Rock Tour.

Live footage can be found on the DVD No Bull , filmed at Plaza de Toros Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain during the tour. A few more shows were released on the DVD box set Plug Me In released in 2007.

Four shows were postponed in the early leg so Brian Johnson could attend his father's funeral.

A video was played at the beginning of each concert featuring Beavis and Butt-head attempting to get into the band's dressing room, only to be chased away by a female security guard sent by Angus Young.

Each concert on the tour started with a large wrecking ball 'destroying' part of the stage, forming a gap in the stage, where the band would emerge before playing "Back in Black." During the song "Ballbreaker", Brian Johnson would climb onto the top of the wrecking ball to sing. At the beginning of "Highway to Hell", the wrecking ball would drop onto the floor of the stage creating a "hole to hell", after which Angus Young would emerge from the hole in a cage from hell before playing the song.

Personnel

  • Brian Johnson – lead vocals
  • Angus Young – lead guitar
  • Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, background vocals
  • Cliff Williams – bass, background vocals
  • Phil Rudd – drums

    • First Night Setlist

    1. "Back in Black"
    2. "Shot Down in Flames"
    3. "Girls Got Rhythm"
    4. "Dog Eat Dog"
    5. "Thunderstruck"
    6. "Cover You in Oil"
    7. "Shoot to Thrill"
    8. "Boogie Man"
    9. "Ballbreaker"
    10. "Hells Bells"
    11. "Down Payment Blues"
    12. "The Jack"
    13. "Who Made Who"
    14. "Hard as a Rock"
    15. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
    16. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
    17. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
    18. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
    19. "T.N.T."
    20. "Let There Be Rock"

    Encore:

    1. "Hail Caesar"
    2. "Highway to Hell"
    3. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"

    Typical setlist

    1. "Back in Black"
    2. "Shot Down in Flames"
    3. "Thunderstruck"
    4. "Girls Got Rhythm"
    5. "Cover You in Oil" (Played sometimes instead of "Hail Caesar")
    6. "Shoot to Thrill"
    7. "Hard as a Rock"
    8. "Boogie Man"
    9. "Hail Caesar"
    10. "Hells Bells"
    11. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (played three times)
    12. "Dog Eat Dog" or "Down Payment Blues"
    13. "The Jack"
    14. "Ballbreaker"
    15. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
    16. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
    17. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
    18. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
    19. "T.N.T."
    20. "Let There Be Rock"

    Encore:

    1. "Highway to Hell"
    2. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"

    References

    Ballbreaker World Tour Wikipedia
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