Back in Black (live)

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Live information
Name Back in Black
Tours Drones (1)
The Resistance (6)
First performance 22nd January 2010
Latest performance 27th August 2017
Pro-shots 2017:
Reading (08/27/2017)
2010:
Sydney (01/22/2010)
Audience footage 2010:
Milan (06/08/2010)
Perth (01/31/2010)
Adelaide (01/29/2010)
Melbourne (01/26/2010)
Sydney (01/23/2010)
Audio recordings None
# of performances 7
Uno Live Database 100%




This page contains a list of all known performances of Back in Black.

Analysis and Explanation

Originally performed by AC/DC, Muse performed a cover of Back in Black five times during the band's shows at the Big Day Out festivals in January 2010, each time joined by Nic Cester, lead singer of the band Jet, on vocals. The song was done as a tribute to AC/DC themselves due to the gigs taking place in Australia. Cester's band Jet have a similar style to AC/DC, which is likely why he was chosen to sing the cover. It was not performed after the Big Day Out festivals with the exception of one performance at the San Siro in June 2010, where the band happened to be in Italy at the same time as Cester, thus they decided to play the song.

The song appeared on the setlist for Glastonbury Festival 2016, and the band themselves hinted prior to the gig that they may bring in a special guest during the show (this being AC/DC singer Brian Johnson). But for legal reasons regarding Johnson's then-status with AC/DC it couldn't played, and the song was crossed off the setlist. It was instead performed in 2017 at the Reading Festival gig with Johnson joining the band onstage to sing the song, with all legal complications having been resolved. The performance was uploaded officially on YouTube by the band after Malcolm Young's death later the same year.

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Drones era

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2017

# Date Venue Location Link
1 2017-08-27 Little John's Farm (Reading Festival) Reading, England Watch here

The Resistance era

2010

# Date Venue Location Link
6 2010-06-08 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Milan, MI, Italy Watch here (B)
5 2010-01-31 Claremont Showgrounds (Big Day Out) Perth, WA, Australia Watch here (B)
4 2010-01-29 Royal Showground (Big Day Out) Adelaide, SA, Australia Watch here (B)
3 2010-01-26 Flemington Racecourse (Big Day Out) Melbourne, VI, Australia Watch here (B)
2 2010-01-23 Sydney Showground (Big Day Out) Sydney, NS, Australia Watch here (B)
1 2010-01-22 Sydney Showground (Big Day Out) Sydney, NS, Australia Watch here (B)

See also

This is a table of jams and unreleased covers live performances.

Note: white indicates performed at 75-100% of known setlists.

Gainsboro indicates performed at 50-75% of known setlists.

Silver indicates performed at 25-50% of known setlists.

Dark gray indicates performed at 0-25% of known setlists.

Black indicates no known performance that year.

Aqua indicates a performance in the current tour and year for which the final amount of performances is unknown.

All years with unknown setlists (1994-2004) are indicated with small font.

Last updated: November 25, 2019.

Song Title Era 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 #
Osaka Jam Black Holes and Revelations 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Helsinki Jam The Resistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 56 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 97
Glasgow Jam The Resistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
MK Jam The Resistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
Montpellier Jam The 2nd Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 103
Munich Jam Drones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 81 29 3 0 163
Houston Jam Simulation Theory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 53
Dracula Mountain Absolution 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
America The Resistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Back in Black The Resistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
Where the Streets
Have No Name
The Resistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sign o' the Times The 2nd Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lithium The 2nd Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lies Drones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
New Kind of Kick Drones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 28

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