Australian news LIVE: Everything you need to know today - as one of the country's most popular bands confirms a major tour
Rock icons AC/DC will return Down Under later this year for their first Aussie tour in a decade.
The nationwide Power Up tour kicks off at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 12.
The band will then head to Sydney's Accor Stadium on November 21, perform at the bp Adelaide Grand Final on November 30, Perth's Optus Stadium on December 4 and ends at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium on December 14.
Joining AC/DC on the tour will be Australian rock band Amyl and the Sniffers.
Tickets will go on sale at staggered times on Thursday June 26 through Ticketek.
Speculation has swirled for weeks that the band was heading home and appeared to be confirmed on Friday night when Melbourne's iconic Nylex Clock silos lit up with a projection of a red lightning bolt which looked very similar to the famous AC/DC logo.
The band has sold 200 million albums sold worldwide since their first live concert more than half a century ago.
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