Likely it's going to be Axl/DC until mid-June. After that, Guns tour.

If Brian gets well in the coming months, the most logical choice would be to reinstate him for the NA leg.

In that case, Axl would simply bow out after the European leg. But this will be Angus' call to make.

Yup. It's officially the biggest item since the HOB 01/01/01 Japanese DVD, which was, apparently, all but released.

What makes this show further legendary is that metatarsal. Hard to watch it without thinking about the increasing heat in Axl's foot.

The next step, if there'll be one, would like tie up with a new album. He's still in 'hard rock nostalgia' mode and the added confidence could just make him hark back to 2010 with less stuff on to begin with. That'd follow through the same idea with more practicality.

If he get serious on an album, he'll soon look the part. Just how it is.

Axl's quite precious about his self-image. Pick any era of his career and you see a distinct generalized look. Unlike Bowie, who personalized each look, Axl just seems to throw stuff on himself to portray some particular corner of his mindscape. 2001 was the most phoned-in, there - sweatpants and unbuttoned shirts. He got the Rio plane at the nick of time due to emotional turmoil (you can imagine) and his apparel does suggest he saw the show as something of a work-out; he needs to overcome the challenge in order to further his cause. Hence, he gave the audience a very rudimentary Axl.

People did go on unnecessarily much about his weight, even then. I always thought the flack he got about his physical appearance contributed to the oversized jerseys. They were muu-muu-sized, at worst, and one thing they do particularly well is to cover up the body shape. Early on in '02, there was at least some form of consistency to this outfit. Before the VMAs and whatnot, the jerseys were more skimmed down, he had a bandanna and leather pants - a wholly Axl mash-up of clothing he somehow managed to get away with.

There's a strange air of rock royalty in him, there. Dressing up for the occasion and making it feel right for the context. New band with a rough edge, waist down. The jersey can be read as 'team mate'. Throw in a nice jacket to bring it all together and wrap the olden days around your cornrows. I may be making excuses for his lack of taste, but whatever.

But the MVP went south by the infamous '02 tour. Sweatpants and sneakers, working his way through it. Jerseys got supersized, it seemed as if a part of him wanted to hide within them. They got paid a good deal of money for a spectacularly shoddy tour. This is one of the things bad management costed Axl. His comeback tour was scheduled around 5 times before the album was completed. Smart money would've kept them out doing festival shows and limited tours every other year during the CD production. But everybody aside Axl wanted to cash in on a tour and with ClearChannel, it was pretty obvious Axl had rather been home.

Plus,

There's more going on than just angry people online. They should listen to their man.

Rock or Bust's name just got real. Axl saved their asses big time and he's sounded surprisingly protective on the gig. It sounded like he'd step down only for Brian.

Should be interesting. But fear not, as it has been pointed out by others here, AC/DC nowadays tours in about 5-year intervals - and they tour a new album. There's a theoretical chance, then, that Angus' last stand will be an album and a tour with Axl.

Meantime, Axl will wholly enjoy the fact that he's pulling one up on Slash, who did the warm-up shows as the returning guitar hero, while someone observed him from his throne. Once they hit the stadiums, Axl should be mobile again, with his voice and confidence all geared up.