AC/DC announce first Australian shows in a decade
There'd been rumblings, and now the thunder's struck.
AC/DC, one of our nation's biggest music exports, are returning home for their first Australian shows since 2015.
Fronted by iconic guitarist Angus Young and vocalist Brian Johnson, the Australian rock legends will play stadiums in Melbourne (November 12), Sydney (November 21), Adelaide (November 30), Perth (December 4) and Brisbane (December 14).
The Power Up tour kicked off in Europe last year, where it shifted more than 2 million tickets in 24 hours. It has continued through the US from April, and this month the band will play additional European shows before returning to Australia in November.
The box office demand for these shows will be intense. AC/DC's past two homecoming tours tallied about 1 million ticket sales, but hopefully with the large gaps between dates, there will be additional shows announced to supply blockbuster demand.
Late 2025 is shaping up to be busy (and costly) for rock fans, with reunited Britpop icons Oasis and Metallica also bringing huge shows to the country from October.
The tour shares its name with the band's 17th studio album, Power Up, which topped the charts upon its release in 2020, making AC/DC the first band to have an Australian number one record in five consecutive decades.
Supporting AC/DC at all dates will be Melbourne/Naarm pub-punks Amyl & The Sniffers.
The ARIA award-winning group's international profile has exploded in recent years — including a buzzed-about performance at Coachella festival and a slot on US late night TV — thanks to a fun, ferocious live show centred around charismatic ringleader Amy Taylor.
Back In Black, Highway To Hell, Let There Be Rock, TNT, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap: you can expect to hear plenty of hits from many classic albums at AC/DC's forthcoming dates.
The band — Johnson, Young, his nephew Stevie Young on guitar, drummer Matt Laug, and bass player Chris Chaney — have been performing a career-spanning set list on the road.
These dates will be the group's first on home turf since the deaths in 2017 of Malcolm Young, rhythm guitarist, and George Young, influential producer of AC/DC's first five records, and since the childhood home of AC/DC's founding members was mistakenly demolished.
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