{"id":1236004810,"date":"2025-06-23T03:08:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T07:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/?p=1236004810"},"modified":"2025-06-23T03:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T07:08:34","slug":"ac-dc-2025-australian-stadium-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/ac-dc-2025-australian-stadium-tour-1236004810\/","title":{"rendered":"AC\/DC Announce Long-Awaited 2025 Australian Stadium Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tAC\/DC<\/a> are heading home. The legendary rock band have announced a five-date stadium tour of Australia for November and December 2025, marking their first national run since 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tThe Power Up tour will kick off Nov. 12 at Melbourne Cricket Ground and includes stops in Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane, with tickets going on sale via TEG Van Egmond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tThe tour follows AC\/DC\u2019s massive European<\/a> and North American legs earlier this year, and continues the band\u2019s celebration of their 2020 studio album Power Up<\/em><\/a>, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 117,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week, according to Nielsen Music\/MRC Data. The release became AC\/DC\u2019s third No. 1 album in the U.S., joining 2008\u2019s Black Ice<\/em> and 1981\u2019s For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)<\/em>. It also marked their 26th charting album on the Billboard 200, and 10th top 10 overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tThe album also nabbed No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, Billboard 200 and the Official UK Albums Chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tThe Australian shows will feature support from Amyl and the Sniffers<\/a>, who frontwoman Amy Taylor called the \u201chighlight of my literal life\u201d when announcing the news on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tTaylor took to Instagram Stories to share her disbelief and excitement at landing the gig: \u201cAC\/DC! The best rock and roll band in the world. I just can\u2019t believe it. I am so excited,\u201d she wrote. \u201cNever ever ever would have dreamed this. Highlight of my literal life like wow can you believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tShe also reminisced about the band\u2019s early connection to AC\/DC, writing, \u201cFive years ago we covered the same three AC\/DC songs on the back of a truck up the Canning Highway for two hours straight. A band\u2019s music that\u2019s been weaved through my wholeeeeee life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tTo mark the full-circle moment, Taylor shared a throwback video of Amyl and the Sniffers performing \u201cHighway to Hell\u201d during Perth Festival in 2021. She ended the post with a final fangirl flourish: \u201cMainly just excited to see them play multiple times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tThe upcoming dates are being produced by TEG Van Egmond, who previously helmed the band\u2019s record-breaking Black Ice<\/em> (2009) and Rock or Bust<\/em> (2015) tours. The band sold over 520,000 tickets across 11 shows on the last Australian run, including stops in Auckland and Wellington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tAC\/DC\u2019s current lineup features guitarist Angus Young, vocalist Brian Johnson, rhythm guitarist Stevie Young, drummer Matt Laug and bassist Chris Chaney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tFans can expect a career-spanning setlist with tracks from all 17 of the band\u2019s studio albums. AC\/DC are one of only two bands inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the ARIA Hall of Fame (the Bee Gees being the other), and their legacy as one of the most successful and influential bands in history is cemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tAC\/DC 2025 Australian Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tWith special guests Amyl and the Sniffers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tNov. 12 \u2013 Melbourne Cricket Ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tNov. 21 \u2013 Sydney Accor Stadium <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tNov. 30 \u2013 Adelaide BP Adelaide Grand Final <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tDec. 4 \u2013 Perth Optus Stadium <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tDec. 14 \u2013 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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