''Live at River Plate'' is a live concert film documenting

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. The DVD includes footage from three concerts performed in December 2009 at the

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, Argentina, which is the home stadium of Argentine

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club River Plate. It was directed by David Mallet, with Rocky Oldham as producer. The recording of the concerts required the use of 32 HD cameras; a company called Serpent Productions was responsible for filming and then producing the footage of the concerts. It was also the band’s last live album to feature rhythm guitarist

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, before his retirement from touring due to

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five years later and his death in 2017.

Release

On 13 April, the Teatro de Colegiales in Buenos Aires had an advance showing of the film for an estimated thousand people. The official world premiere of the film was on 6 May at the

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theater in London. ''Live at River Plate'' was released on

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and

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on 10 May 2011. In addition to the live footage, interviews with band members, road crew personnel and fans are included. The film debuted at the number one spot for music DVDs in seventeen countries, selling 19,000 copies in the United States during its first week on sale. In Brazil it achieved platinum status in just two weeks, selling 40,000 copies. The double CD version was released in November 2012. On 7 December 2012 an edited hour-long version was shown on

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Track listing

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Bon Scott Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian singer and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. Born in Forfar in Angus, Scotland, ...

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Back in Black ''Back in Black'' is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC. It was released on 25 July 1980 by Albert Productions and Atlantic Records. It is the band's first album to feature lead singer Brian Johnson, following the death of ...

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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap ''Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'' is the third studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, originally released only in Europe and Australia in 1976. The album was not released in the United States until 1981, more than one year after lead s ...

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" (A. Young, M. Young) # " The Jack" (Scott, A. Young, M. Young) # " Hells Bells" (Johnson, A. Young, M. Young) # "

Shoot to Thrill "Shoot to Thrill" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the second track on the 1980 album ''Back in Black''. This song is also the second track of ''AC/DC Live'' and ''AC/DC Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition'', and is included on th ...

" (Johnson, A. Young, M. Young) # " War Machine" (A. Young, M. Young) # " Dog Eat Dog" (Scott, A. Young, M. Young) # "

You Shook Me All Night Long "You Shook Me All Night Long" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, from the album ''Back in Black''. The song also reappeared on their later album ''Who Made Who''. It is AC/DC's first single with Brian Johnson as the lead singer, rep ...

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Whole Lotta Rosie "Whole Lotta Rosie" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the eighth and final track on the band's fourth Australian album, ''Let There Be Rock'', released in Australia in March 1977, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young ...

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Highway to Hell ''Highway to Hell'' is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released on 27 July 1979. It was the last album featuring lead singer Bon Scott, who would die early the following year on 19 February 1980. Background By 1978 ...

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For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The song was first released on AC/DC's eighth studio album ''For Those About to Rock We Salute You'' in 1981, and later as a single in 1982. The single' ...

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Personnel

AC/DC *

– lead guitar, backing vocals on "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" and "T.N.T." *

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

– lead vocals *

Cliff Williams Clifford Williams (born 14 December 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. He started his professional music career in 1967 and had previously been in the English g ...

– bass guitar, backing vocals *

Phil Rudd Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd (born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecius, 19 May 1954) is an Australian drummer, best known as the drummer of AC/DC across three stints. On the 1977 departure of bass guitarist Mark Evans from AC/DC, Rudd became ...

– drums, percussion Production * David Mallet – director *Rocky Oldham – producer

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Album

On 13 September 2012, AC/DC announced a live album called ''Live at River Plate'', containing all of the songs from the DVD and set and was released on 19 November 2012 in both 3 red vinyl set and 2-CD set formats.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Live At River Plate (Ac/Dc) AC/DC live albums 2011 video albums 2011 live albums ARIA Award-winning albums Live video albums AC/DC video albums Films directed by David Mallet (director)