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AC/DC Make Victorious Return With First Live Show in Seven Years

By Charisma Madarang

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AC/DC took to the stage for the first time in seven years on Saturday night of the Power Trip festival .

It was the first time lead vocalist Brian Johnson performed live with the group since September 2016 in Philadelphia, following a 79-date Rock or Bust world tour. The ill-fated trek  required the services  of Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose for the final 22 stops after Johnson bowed out with  hearing loss issues .

Saturday’s lineup also saw Matt Laug step in for drummer Phil Rudd, while longtime bassist Cliff Williams came out of retirement with Angus and Stevie Young on guitar.

AC/DC played a 24-song set and opened for the first time with “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It),” according to Spin . The performance also packed hits “Back in Black,” “Thunderstruck,” “Have a Drink on Me,” “Highway to Hell,” and “You Shook Me All Night Long.”

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Last year, Johnson told  Rolling Stone   he didn’t know if AC/DC would perform again. “I would love to,” he said. “It’s as simple as that. I think everybody would. There’s a groundswell of people just asking. But I hate talking about the future, because, fuck, we were ready two years ago, and the pandemic came, and it screwed everything up. So I’m terrified to say what could happen and what couldn’t.”

Power Trip also saw Judas Priest reunite with guitarist Glenn Tipton, who retired in 2018 due to Parkinson’s disease. The band filled in for former Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, who was scheduled to headline at the festival, but withdrew due to ongoing health issues .

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• If You Want Blood (You've Got It) ( first time as show opener; first performance with Brian Johnson since 2003 ) Play Video
• Back in Black Play Video
• Demon Fire ( live debut ) Play Video
• Shot Down in Flames Play Video
• Thunderstruck Play Video
• Have a Drink on Me Play Video
• Hells Bells Play Video
• Shot in the Dark ( first time played live by AC/DC ) Play Video
• Stiff Upper Lip ( first time since 2003 ) Play Video
• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Play Video
• Shoot to Thrill Play Video
• Sin City Play Video
• Givin the Dog a Bone Play Video
• Rock 'n' Roll Train Play Video
• You Shook Me All Night Long Play Video
• Dog Eat Dog ( first time with Brian since 2009 ) Play Video
• High Voltage Play Video
• Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be Play Video
• Riff Raff ( first time with Brian live ) Play Video
• Highway to Hell Play Video
• Whole Lotta Rosie Play Video
• Let There Be Rock ( with Angus Young guitar solo ) Play Video
• T.N.T. Play Video
• For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) Play Video

Note: First show since September 20th 2016; first show with Brian Johnson since February 28th 2016; Matt Laug filling in for Phil Rudd on drums.

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AC/DC Rock Power Trip Festival for First Show in Seven Years: Photos + Video

Judas Priest also play electrifying set on middle day of historic three-day fest

AC/DC played their first show in seven years on Saturday night (October 7th) at the Power Trip festival in Indio, California. The evening also featured a set by fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Judas Priest .

For this Power Trip gig, AC/DC’s lineup featured classic members Brian Johnson (vocals), Angus Young (lead guitar), and Cliff Williams (bass) alongside Stevie Young (rhythm guitar) and drummer Matt Laug.

Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden set the bar high at Power Trip the night before, but AC/DC were up to the challenge, showing no signs of rust as they ripped into “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It),” marking the first time they’ve ever kicked off a set with the Highway to Hell song.

From there, the 24-song set featured one classic after another, with the very next tune being the iconic “Back in Black,” followed by other favorites like “Thunderstruck,” “Hells Bells,” “You Shook Me All Night Long,” and “Highway to Hell.”

With the show being AC/DC’s first gig since the release of their 2020 album, Power Up , the band gave that LP’s “Demon Fire” and “Shot in the Dark” their live debuts. And for the encore, they went back to a couple of classics: “T.N.T.” and the set-closing “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You).”

AC/DC last performed in September 2016, with Axl Rose filling in for Johnson, who was experiencing hearing issues at the time. Last night’s show with Johnson marked his first gig with the band since February 2016.

Judas Priest had an equally daunting challenge, filling in for the originally scheduled Ozzy Osbourne, who had to drop out of the gig due to his ongoing health issues. Rob Halford and company did not disappoint, delivering an electrifying 18-song performance.

At the beginning of their set, Judas Priest surprised the audience by announcing their long-awaited new album. The band’s 19th studio LP, titled Invisible Shield , will arrive March 8th.

Kicking things off with “Electric Eye,” Judas Priest offered up such classics as “The Sentinel,” “Turbo Lover,” “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’,” and “Painkiller” during their main set.

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After starting their encore with “Hell Bent for Leather,” Priest welcomed classic guitarist Glenn Tipton to the stage for the final three numbers: “Metal Gods,” “Breaking the Law,” and “Living After Midnight.” Tipton only plays with the band occasionally as he is battling Parkinson’s disease, so his appearance at Power Trip was a real treat for fans.

Power Trip concludes on Sunday (October 8th) with sets from Metallica and Tool.

See our photographer Alex Kluft’s photos of AC/DC and Judas Priest below, followed by fan-filmed video footage and each of the band’s setlists.

Photo Gallery – AC/DC and Judas Priest at Power Trip (click to expand and scroll through):

AC/DC Setlist: If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It) Back in Black Demon Fire (Live debut) Shot Down in Flames Thunderstruck Have a Drink on Me Hells Bells Shot in the Dark (Live debut) Stiff Upper Lip (first time since 2003) Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Shoot to Thrill Sin City Givin the Dog a Bone Rock ‘n’ Roll Train You Shook Me All Night Long Dog Eat Dog (first time with Brian since 2009) High Voltage Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be Riff Raff (first time with Brian Johnson since 1996) Highway to Hell Whole Lotta Rosie Let There Be Rock (with Angus Young guitar solo) Encore: T.N.T. For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)

Judas Priest Setlist: Electric Eye Riding on the Wind Heading Out to the Highway Lightning Strike Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez cover) The Sentinel A Touch of Evil Turbo Lover Firepower Desert Plains Rapid Fire The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) (Fleetwood Mac cover) You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ Painkiller Encore: Hell Bent for Leather Metal Gods (with Glenn Tipton) Breaking the Law (with Glenn Tipton) Living After Midnight (with Glenn Tipton)

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AC/DC Triumphs in First Show in 7 Years

Brian Johnson and Angus Young of ACDC, at the Power Trip festival

AC/DC returned to the stage on Saturday (October 7, 2023) for their first concert in seven years at the Power Trip festival. The performance, which headlined the second night of the three-day event in Indio, Calif., was a triumph for the legendary hard rock band, and marked the return of lead vocalist Brian Johnson as well as bassist Cliff Williams, joining mainstay lead guitarist Angus Young. For this show, drummer Phil Rudd was replaced by Matt Laug. The lineup is completed by rhythm guitarist Stevie Young. The audience, estimated at 80,000, was treated to a 24-song set of classic rock favorites followed by a fireworks display.

AC/DC powered its way through many of their iconic songs throughout the set, including “Back in Black,” “Thunderstruck,” “Hells Bells,” “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,” “You Shook Me All Night Long,” and “Highway to Hell,” as well as several numbers from their 2020 album,  Power Up .

AC/DC’s set followed one by Judas Priest, who were replacing Ozzy Osbourne. (Osbourne had bailed in July admitting that “my body is telling me that I’m just not ready yet.”) Power Trip began on Friday (Oct. 6) with sets by Iron Maiden and Guns N’ Roses. It closes tonight with Tool followed by Metallica.

Watch AC/DC’s introduction and their first two songs, “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)” and “Back in Black”

Johnson departed the band in 2016 after suffering a hearing loss during the group’s “Rock or Bust” tour. He was replaced for the remainder of that tour by Axl Rose, though Johnson vowed to return. The vocalist issued a statement at that time that said he hoped to be able to resume his performance career eventually. “My entire focus is to continue medical treatment to improve my hearing,” he said. “I am hoping that in time my hearing will improve and allow me to return to live concert performances. While the outcome is uncertain, my attitude is optimistic.”

The concert marked the band’s first performance of “Demon Fire” from  Power Up .

The event is from Goldenvoice, the Coachella organizers who also produced 2016’s Desert Trip. The event was originally revealed on March 30 after teasers began to appear on the social media platforms of many of the acts involved.

Five songs in… “Thunderstruck”

Watch AC/DC perform “Givin the Dog a Bone” and “You Shook Me All Night Long”

Watch the spectacular main set’s closer, “Let There Be Rock”

And here’s the evening’s final number, “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)”

Thanks to The Californian Adventurer for some of the great videos. Here’s hoping the band announces a full tour.

AC/DC Power Trip Festival, Oct. 7, 2023, Setlist “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)” “Back in Black” “Demon Fire” “Shot Down in Flames” “Thunderstruck” “Have a Drink on Me” “Hells Bells” “Shot in the Dark” “Stiff Upper Lip” “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” “Shoot to Thrill” “Sin City” “Givin the Dog a Bone” “Rock ‘n’ Roll Train” “You Shook Me All Night Long” “Dog Eat Dog” “High Voltage” “Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be Play Video” “Riff Raff” “Highway to Hell” “Whole Lotta Rosie” “Let There Be Rock”

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Is it just me, or is Brian’s range gone? He sure wasn’t hitting any high notes in “You Shook Me.” Now, I realize that this stuff is hard to sing, and that Brian is getting on up there in age, but he sure was singing flat and not hitting the high ones. I hope things will improve as more concerts unfold.

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Metallica, AC/DC, Judas Priest Rule at All-Metal ‘Power Trip’ Festival: Concert Review

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“This is a celebration!” proclaimed Metallica’s James Hetfield midway through the band’s set at the first-ever all-metal “Power Trip” festival . His comment was actually an understatement: While major metal festivals have been staged for decades, this one placed six of the world’s most legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands in history on one stage at the Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif. — home of Coachella festival and, of course, “Desert Trip,” the similarly billed 2016 classic-rock super-festival that featured Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Roger Waters, Bob Dylan and Neil Young.

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If you’re thinking the crowd consisted largely of aging Beavis’ and Buttheads, you’re not wrong: One very awesome official tee shirt featured that duo headbanging on site, and the “newest” group in the lineup, Tool, released their first EP 31 years ago. And though many metalheads’ dreams of collaborations and reunions with past band members didn’t come to fruition, the fest was a testament to what nearly all of these long-running acts do best: hard-rocking classics and stage shows filled with various forms of over-the-toppedness, and with two acts playing per day to allow for proper headlining sets.

Worse, Guns N’ Roses, who have essentially been on one long tour since three key members reunited in 2016, played an over-long three-hour set that would have been much stronger if it was tighter. And while lead guitarist Slash has never sounded better, the same can’t be said for singer Axl Rose, whose vocals were inconsistent, perhaps due to the dry desert air.

Thankfully, rock valhalla arrived on day 2: Judas Priest and AC/DC were undeniable highlights of the weekend, with the former relentlessly blasting through hits like “A Touch Of Evil” and “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” with full confidence and a sound-mix that showed off 72-year old singer Rob Halford’s near-operatic range, which he somehow delivered in a series of leather outfits despite the 90-degree-plus heat. Founding guitarist Glenn Tipton, who is suffering from Parkinsons’ Disease, joined the band for their encore, a family-minded move that was clearly relished by the band and their fans.

The nearly sold-out crowd was swelling with flashing red devil horns by the time AC/DC took the stage for their first show since 2016, reuniting with singer Brian Johnson (who took a leave of absence that year for hearing related problems) and slammed the field with a 24-song set that included nearly every song a fan could hope for: “Back in Black,” “Dirty Deeds,” “Hell’s Bells,” “For Those About To Rock,” “You Shook Me All Night Long,” “High Voltage,” “Highway to Hell,” and many more, delivering a great reminder that they’re among the most influential rock bands of all time.

The final day was an ode to two different brands of intensity, with Tool — an outlier in the lineup, as they’re more associated with the ‘90s alt-rock movement than classic metal — playing a preposterously loud, overly ambitious set of their proggy, moody ear-blasts amid surreal psychedelic videos depicting skeletons, body parts, and shape-shifting aliens. Sadly, they do a disservice to fans further back by not allowing close-ups of them playing to appear on the video screens, leaving the audience to wonder whether all of those drum sounds come from superhuman skin-pounder Danny Carey (spoiler from the front: they do).

Power Trip was billed as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see all these high-level heavy bands at once, and though there were some squandered opportunities to make the sets themselves stand out from what each of these bands does night after night on tour, devil horns were raised, countless beers were consumed, and ears were blown: a success by any suitable metric.

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“The question I got for you right now: Do you want heavy?”

That was James Hetfield about halfway through Metallica’s closing set Sunday night at this past weekend’s Power Trip festival — and indeed heavy was what the tens of thousands of fans before him got in the form of a bludgeoning rendition of “Sad But True” that seemed to shake the desert ground.

Held at the Empire Polo Club (where its promoter, Goldenvoice, also puts on the annual Coachella and Stagecoach fests), Power Trip brought together Metallica, AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Tool for a kind of harder-and-faster follow-up to 2016’s Desert Trip mega-concert featuring the legends of 1960s rock.

Here are 10 of the show’s most memorable moments:

1. Metallica was in Southern California just weeks ago for a pair of sold-out dates on its M72 tour, whose ring-shaped stage the band adapted to a semicircle at Power Trip. (As a result, Lars Ulrich utilized only two drum kits as opposed to the four he played at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium.) But the presence of so many peers and predecessors — “I got to see my heroes this weekend,” Hetfield told the crowd — appeared to draw out the group’s competitive streak: Its 1-2-3 opening punch of “Whiplash” into “Creeping Death” into “For Whom the Bell Tolls” was as tight and furious as Metallica has sounded in ages.

2. Hetfield tapped into a richly emotional vein in the haunting “Fade to Black,” which he described as a song about suicide — “something we’re not supposed to talk about,” he noted — and which he used as an opportunity to address anyone in the audience who might’ve needed it. “If you’re feeling the darkness, talk to your friends, please,” he said. “Please do it. We need you here.”

3. Among the heroes Hetfield beheld was Judas Priest, which capped its set on Saturday with an unannounced appearance by longtime guitarist Glenn Tipton, who stopped touring with the hugely influential British group in 2018 due to Parkinson’s disease. Here he rejoined his bandmates for “Metal Gods,” “Breaking the Law” and “Living After Midnight.”

4. Always a snazzy dresser, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford was one of two gentlemen at Power Trip, along with Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose, to don a sparkly silver jacket that happily played up the theatrical side of heavy metal and hard rock. (Halford took his off after a few minutes to reveal an equally fetching sequined leather number.) Yet as style icons both men were actually outdone by AC/DC’s Angus Young, who came onstage in his signature schoolboy uniform but eventually lost the jacket and tie and unbuttoned his shirt to let it billow in the desert wind.

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5. AC/DC’s performance was its first since 2016, when singer Brian Johnson was forced off the road as a result of hearing loss and was replaced for a stretch of gigs by GNR’s Rose. With Johnson back in the fold — and Young’s nephew Stevie filling in for founding riffmeister Malcolm Young, who died in 2017 — the band’s whole set here was a rowdy delight. But it peaked with a merry run through “Highway to Hell” that made you wonder whether there’s any bad trip AC/DC couldn’t rebrand as a good time.

6. Playing mostly in shadows, Tool did the opposite in a nightmarish set of dense prog-metal that likely terrified anyone who’d taken the wrong drugs before showtime.

7. By far the festival’s chattiest performer, Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson introduced “Death of the Celts” with an impromptu history lesson on how “human beings have a streak of being the biggest f—ing a—holes on the planet.”

At Power Trip, Guns N’ Roses ditches spectacle as it polishes the messy past

Guns N’ Roses headlined the first night of this weekend’s Power Trip hard rock festival with a show that lacked spectacle and mayhem.

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8. Guns N’ Roses played the longest set of the weekend, finishing at 1 a.m. early Saturday morning, yet somehow couldn’t find time to do “Don’t Cry,” its second-best power ballad after “November Rain,” which Rose did sing while seated on a piano bench designed to look like a motorcycle. What made the omission even crazier (in a fun way) was that GNR dedicated four minutes or so to a very sincere cover of “Wichita Lineman,” Jimmy Webb’s classic country-pop tune that was a hit for Glen Campbell in the late ’60s.

9. Rose also reached back to the classic-rock past for the band’s hit renditions of songs by two Desert Tripsters: Wings’ “Live and Let Die,” which he dedicated to Paul McCartney on the occasion of the song’s turning 50, and Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” which had a kind of sanctified reggae vibe.

10. Heavy metal and hard rock thrive on instrumental prowess, as Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo demonstrated in a performance of a song they said they’d composed earlier Sunday. (Somewhat sheepishly, Trujillo reported that the song was titled “Funk in the Desert.”) Yet the festival’s most endearing moment arrived maybe 20 minutes later when Hammett flubbed the intricate fingerpicked intro of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters.” “Sorry, guys,” he told the crowd with a laugh before starting again. “You know, it’s really hot in this f—ing desert.”

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Classic members Brian Johnson (vocals), Cliff Williams (bass), and Phil Rudd (drums) all rejoined AC/DC for their 2020 album Power Up . However, Rudd won’t be behind the kit when the band performs its first show in seven years on October 7th at the Power Trip festival in Indio, California.

On Saturday (September 9th), AC/DC posted rehearsal audio on their social pages (see below), with the caption: “PWR UP for Power Trip! Listen to the rehearsal of the boys powering up with Cliff Williams, who’s coming out of retirement for the festival and Matt Laug on drums.”

Laug is a veteran drummer who has played with Alanis Morissette, Alice Cooper, and Slash’s Snakepit, among other acts. Most notably, he performed on several tracks on Morissette’s multiplatinum album Jagged Little Pill .

No reason was given for Rudd’s absence. The drummer had previously been replaced by Chris Slade on AC/DC’s “Rock or Bust” tour following an arrest in 2014 for a slew of serious legal issues.

Williams had retired at the end of the “Rock or Bust” tour, while Johnson had been replaced by Axl Rose in the midst of that outing due to hearing issues.

The band’s lineup for Power Trip now appears to be Johnson, Williams, Laug, lead guitarist Angus Young, and rhythm guitarist Stevie Young (who had previously replaced the late Malcolm Young).

The three-day Power Trip fest, taking place October 6th-8th, also features Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Tool, and Judas Priest (who are filling in for the originally announced Ozzy Osbourne). Tickets are available here .

Take a listen to AC/DC rehearsing “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)” for the upcoming Power Trip festival below.

PWR UP for Power Trip! Listen to the rehearsal of the boys powering up with Cliff Williams, who's coming out of retirement for the festival and Matt Laug on drums. pic.twitter.com/FdpX3bf65a — AC/DC (@acdc) September 9, 2023

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AC/DC have announced that they will be playing live for the first time since 2016, after the final line up for Power Trip Festival was confirmed this morning.

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Despite the band releasing a new album, Power Up , in 2020, this will be the first time they have played live together in seven years, and the first since guitarist Malcolm Young passed away in 2017. Young was forced to retire from touring due to ill health in 2014, and was joined in retirement by vocalist Brian Johnson in 2016, who was advised by doctors to retire mid-tour due to hearing damage – he was replaced for the rest of the tour by Axl Rose.

Happily, however, Johnson will likely be able to return to the stage with AC/DC for the Power Trip performance thanks to a new type of in-ear monitor that will protect his damaged hearing while he fronts one of rock’s most enduringly popular bands.

Young’s nephew Stevie replaced Malcolm following his retirement and will join the returning Phil Rudd on drums, alongside the ever-present and seemingly indefatigable Angus Young on lead guitar.

Alongside AC/DC the Power Trip Festival will see performances from Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden and Ozzy Osbourne, who announced he would be performing this week just months after retiring from touring due to ongoing health problems.

Tickets for the three-day rock festival, which take place in the Coachella festival grounds, are set for release on 6 April at 10am Pacific Time. There are also a variety of hotel and VIP packages to choose from.

This is not the first time that some of the star-studded line up have been on the same bill – Metallica did a co-headline tour with Guns N’ Roses back in 1992.

AC/DC has not yet scheduled any future performances, but considering the whole band is performing for this one show, it would be unsurprising if they had more planned in the future.

For more information about Power Trip Festival, and how to get tickets, you can head to PowerTrip.live .

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Review: METALLICA, AC/DC, PRIEST and more rule first-ever Power Trip festival

"So the question I got for you right now: Do you want heavy? Indio, do you want heavy ?"

Even as he asked the question, James Hetfield already knew the answer, not just as Metallica 's frontman and co-founder, but as a true fan of all that had unfolded this past weekend at the Power Trip festival , set on the vast green fields of the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, since 1999 the site of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. Metallica was joined there by five other essential headliners of metal and hard rock: AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and TOOL.

As hard-rock and metal summits go, Power Trip was unique in that it was limited to six acts, serving as a heavy-music answer to 2016's Desert Trip festival, which gathered a dream lineup of Sixties rock acts, including the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and the Who at the same venue. TOOL, AC/DC and GN'R had all played Coachella in the past as sometimes lone representatives of heavy music on the festival bill, but gathered together, Power Trip was a show of force by some of the genre's biggest names over a three-day weekend, October 6th-8th.

There have been monumental metal summits before, one-off festivals and traveling roadshows over the decades remembered as much for hard partying and self-immolation as epic riffs. Back in 2004, Ozzfest had three pillars of metal with Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Slayer all on the same stage in one eardrum-melting day. And in 2011, Metallica hosted the "Big 4" fest in Indio with fellow thrash originators Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax.

With fall temperatures reaching 100 degrees and above in the desert, each act pushed through the heat and delivered in top form. One clear highlight was AC/DC, marking their first live performance in seven years. In that company, no act could fall short without some kind of shame, and none did.

On Sunday, Metallica kicked off their set with some of their most immediate songs, starting with the jagged thrash attack of "Whiplash," from the band's 1983 debut, Kill 'Em All . Then came "Creeping Death" and the hypnotic pulse of "For Whom the Bell Tolls," including a startling guitar wind-out from lead guitarist Kirk Hammett.

Unsurprisingly, Metallica was fully in shape after a summer tour of North America and Europe in support of their newest album, 72 Seasons . They performed 16 songs stretching from their early Eighties infancy to the present moment, including "Too Far Gone," a grinding growling tune with a forlorn Hetfield vocal, ending with Ulrich tossing his sticks hard into the crowd. At times, band members wandered out on a wide circular catwalk, much like on this year's world tour, designed to bring the players closer to fans. But there was something especially moving when they kept close around Ulrich's drumkit, standing tightly together like journeymen thrashers in a space the size of a one-car garage.

After playing a delicate guitar intro, Hetfield roared the opening lyric to 1997's "Fuel" — "Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire!" — to a tidal wave of flames that erupted across the stage. The quartet stretched out on the expansive instrumental "Orion" in tribute to their late bassist Cliff Burton, the primary writer of the song. During "Seek and Destroy," remnants of old flyers from their earliest days on the SoCal metal scene flashed on the screen. Ulrich took a rare solo, sending Robert Trujillo spinning in a circle with his bass.

"After 42 years of playing music, we don't take it for granted," Hetfield told the thousands gathered in front of him. "We love what we do. We get to do this. This is our purpose. There's been a bunch of bands here that we greatly respect because they have helped Metallica become Metallica. I got to see my heroes this weekend. We were down in the front headbanging."

During the inevitable closing "Master of Puppets," discovered by a new generation of listeners after appearing on Netflix's Stranger Things , one last mosh pit opened up near the stage. Then the set was over, and the big screen turned white, lighting up the faces of fans. In the festival's final moments, Ulrich grabbed the mic and declared the weekend a huge success, and a signal that "heavy music is alive and maybe doing better than ever before!"

As an esteemed veteran act on the bill, Iron Maiden started the festival off Friday with a 15-song, action-packed set built on decades of metal in the classic mode. Frontman Bruce Dickinson moved across the stage like a Shakespearean actor, gesturing dramatically to the band's three-layers of baroque guitars, and traded onstage canon fire with the band's ghoulish mascot Eddie, dressed in sci-fi battle gear. From an informal T-shirt count alone, Maiden was clearly the main event for many in the pit, and fans leaned forward to sing along to "Can I Play With Madness?" Later, there were delicate moments of guitar on "Fear of the Dark" before giving way to heavier riffs and Dickinson's hearty wail.

Behind the band was a kind of dystopian cityscape of the Blade Runner variety, with signs in Asian script and another announcing a "Mars Shuttle." As ever, special effects were at centerstage: A supersized Eddie appeared dressed as a samurai knight, doing battle with a bloody sword against the three guitarists, while "Hell on Earth" had fire shooting across the stage. By the time Maiden closed with a loud yet wistful "Wasted Years," they had fully demonstrated the firepower that had inspired generations of metal players.

Closing the festival's opening night was Guns N' Roses, delivering a marathon 29-song set that took the night to one minute past curfew and a blast of fireworks at 1:01 a.m. Opening with the signature rocker "It's So Easy," released as the band's debut single in 1987, the night was less about playing the hits than showcasing the band's history and range. Slash unfurled some sleazy, slippery bottleneck guitar on the Aerosmith-ish "Bad Obsession," while the big screen zoomed in on his fingers and skull rings in action.

Guns N' Roses last played on these grounds for Coachella in 2016 with the newly (and miraculously) reunited Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan at the band's core. Axl had a busted foot that night, and performed on a throne borrowed from Dave Grohl, but the reunion has held together in the years since. While no new album project has emerged after reuniting, onstage this expanded lineup of players was a tight unity, delivering the old songs and surprises.

Axl screamed the opening lines to "Welcome to the Jungle" — the threatening "You know where you are!?" and "I want to hear you scream!" — more screechy and insane than ever, as lasers shot over the crowd. The song began with a music history lesson as Slash played a bit of Link Wray's "Rumble," a direct influence on later generations of heavy players. The guitarist also closed "Civil War" with a taste of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child."

These and other moments showed Slash is still growing as a guitarist, bringing new shadings even to the older songs. During the big solos, he would lean back in his Alice Cooper T-shirt, face skyward, mirror shades catching the light. He brought some exotic jazzman subtlety during his solo on "Double Talkin' Jive," from Use Your Illusion I . Axl noted that the song's grisly opening line about finding a severed head and arm in a trash can behind the studio (during the recording of Use Your Illusion ) was a true story: "Whose they were, I don't know."

Duff stepped up to the mic for a snarling take on the Stooges' "TV Eye," sung with mad proto-punk force. There were other surprising covers, like Axl singing the 1968 Glen Campbell hit "Wichita Lineman," following a haunting echoing intro by guitarist Richard Fortus, and the more expected but always explosive "Live and Let Die," by Paul McCartney and Wings. Not every fan was able to make it the full three hours, and there were some empty seats by the very end of the night, but the run time was an impressive display of endurance for a band back in shape.

Night two began with Judas Priest, who announced their upcoming, 19th album, Invincible Shield , right before their set. The veteran "metal gods" stepped onstage only after Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" blasted the crowd, paying tribute to some sidelined friends and comrades: Sabbath was originally invited to play the festival but declined, and then Ozzy Osbourne had to cancel his set for health reasons, before Priest stepped into his slot.

Singer Rob Halford entered like the Gandalf of classic metal with a full white beard, silvery long coat and a cane, as the band erupted in rapid fire on two songs from 1982's Screaming for Vengeance : "Electric Eye" and "Riding on the Wind." With footage of motorcycles roaring across a desert landscape on the big screen, Halford unleashed his piercing operatic wail and walked up to the front of the stage and fans already chanting "Priest! Priest! Priest!"

The cane was gone, and Halford was in black motorcycle leather to sing along to the whiplash riffs of 1981's "Heading Out to the Highway." Later, "Turbo Lover" began with guitarist Ritchie Faulkner clapping a beat to get the crowd going. Guitarist-producer Andy Sneap stepped forward for a spaced-out solo, and the crowd shouted the chorus without being coached as Halford walked in front of them, waving his finger like a conductor. "Firepower," from the band's last album in 2018, inspired one of the first mosh pits of the weekend.

During the encore, after Halford arrived in classic biker attire on a roaring chopper for "Hell Bent for Leather," came their set's emotional high point: a rare appearance by longtime guitarist Glenn Tipton, who no longer tours with the band because of Parkinson's disease. Together, they closed out with a hit parade of "Metal Gods," "Breaking the Law" and their catchiest anthem, "Living After Midnight." Halford leaned in close during one of Tipton's solos, cheering him onward. By now Halford was in a floor-length denim battle vest covered in patches, the ultimate cheerleader for his metal genre.

Unlike the previous night, when fans left for food, drink or a bathroom break between the two bands, a large number of fans stayed put after Priest was done. No one wanted to give up their place for AC/DC, performing their first live gig since 2016. The day's army of anxious fans in new or vintage AC/DC T-shirts was apparent from the parking lot to the pit, as were the blinking red devil's horns available for purchase on-site that lit up the massive crowd to the horizon.

"How cool is this? Let's get rockin' and rollin'!" grunted singer Brian Johnson.

From the first song, "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)," to the closing "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)," AC/DC were back at full earth-shaking power, commanding the stage as one of the great and distinctive hard rock bands, built on songs and riffs that define a genre, and that somehow remain as immediate as when the band began in the Seventies. With a wall of Marshall amp cabinets behind them, Angus Young fired off bolts of electricity on lead guitar in his schoolboy uniform and tie, hopping and skipping up the catwalk.

Even on the lesser-known songs, the riffs, hooks and Johnson's growling goodtime vocals always delivered, even with the absence of late rhythm guitarist and riff master Malcolm Young. The crackling "Demon Fire" from 2020's Power Up album, released at the height of COVID-19, kept the formula alive and largely unchanged for a new decade. The 24-song set was also filled with radio hits from across their career. "All Night Long" was big and soaring, while "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" had a nastier edge, as Johnson approximated the original eccentric Bon Scott vocal. On "Shoot to Thrill," the singer acted out every syllable like the greatest balls-out raconteur in your favorite pub.

"Come on, sing it with me!" Johnson yelled with a grunt and a cackle from the catwalk, as a churning guitar began "Highway to Hell." Angus chanted the opening " Oi! Oi! Oi! " to begin "T.N.T." and Johnson growled ecstatically: "I'm dirty, mean and mighty unclean/I'm a wanted man/Public enemy No. 1/Understand?"

While there were fireballs and canon fire and fiery images on the big screen, the real power mostly resided in the songs, which had fans across the polo fields dancing and shouting along. AC/DC were done by midnight. Johnson thanked the crowd, looking overjoyed and pumping his arms excitedly before running off the stage.

The final night of Power Trip brought together two modern but very different versions of heavy music. Like Metallica, TOOL is fully capable of filling massive venues by themselves, with their own obsessive following. That only added to the rare nature of Power Trip as a gathering of metal tribes. Also notable was that TOOL was the youngest act in the lineup, starting merely three decades ago in 1990.

Their festival set began with two songs from the album 10,000 Days , slowly building things up from the shadows with the scraping of guitar strings and thundering beats of "Jambi," as singer Maynard James Keenan crouched on a shadowy perch, anxiously pacing in place, like a fighter ready to throw down. "The Pot" followed with crisp, growling guitar, as images of otherworldly architecture and life forms splashed across the screen.

"Good evening, Power Trip," said Keenan, barely lit but with his spiky mohawk wig visible in silhouette. "You all look great, and smell delicious."

Soon came the title song from the band's most recent album of epic-length tracks, Fear Inoculum , beginning the 10-minute piece with a mysteriously stretched ringing sound that drifted over the polo fields. In a voice soulful and meditative, Keenan sang cryptically from the near-dark: "Contagion, I exhale you/Naive I opened up to you/Venom in mania."

"Rosetta Stoned" was a rarely played deep cut recently reintroduced into the touring setlist, and at Power Trip it was built up in layers of relentless beats and deep rhythm from drummer Danny Carey and bassist Justin Chancellor, and guitar from Adam Jones that was as noisy and wild-eyed as an Ornette Coleman jazz solo. Keenan's voice soared, with a scream near the finish, pacing in a circle like a caged animal, as the big screen showed murky scenes of underwater horror and tortured life forms. While the band offered a sample of their shorter hits from the Nineties ("Ænema" and "Stinkfist"), even the later epics seemed to go by quickly in a 12-song set.

They played no encore (the only band not to). With their mind-expanding set of epic songs behind them, TOOL said their goodbyes at human scale. Jones brought out one of his kids onstage, and Carey had his long-haired son toss out a small drum-head. It would make for a prize memento from a show to remember.

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See First Photo Of AC/DC's New Touring Lineup

AC/DC has shared the first photo of the band's new touring lineup, featuring singer Brian Johnson , guitarists Angus and Stevie Young , drummer Matt Laug and the latest addition to the group's touring lineup, bassist Chris Chaney . You can see it below.

The legendary hard rock act's 24-date "Power Up" European tour will kick off all on May 17 at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany and run through August. The trek will hit Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland before landing at London's Wembley Stadium for a pair of shows on July 3 and 7, then moving on to Germany, Slovakia and Paris and winding down at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland. The European tour is the first run of gigs since AC/DC 's return to the stage at last year's rock Power Trip festival in Indio, California.

AC/DC 's last tour took place in 2015 and 2016 and had a $180 million gross, with 2,310,061 sold tickets reported to the Pollstar box office.

Laug is an American drummer who has played with many bands/artists such as Alanis Morissette , Alice Cooper , SLASH'S SNAKEPIT and Vasco Rossi . Matt moved to Los Angeles after graduating from South Florence High School in 1986 and after attending college in L.A., Matt became a sought-after studio drummer.

In 2001, Laug supported AC/DC as part of SLASH'S SNAKEPIT on the North American and European legs of the "Stiff Upper Lip" tour.

In its announcement about Laug 's addition to the band's Power Trip lineup, AC/DC offered no explanation for the absence of the band's longtime drummer Phil Rudd , who rejoined AC/DC for the recording of the group's comeback album, "Power Up" , which came out in November 2020.

Rudd was ousted from AC/DC when he was sentenced to eight months of home detention by a New Zealand court in 2015 after pleading guilty to charges of threatening to kill and drug possession. He was replaced on the band's "Rock Or Bust" tour by Chris Slade , who had previously served as AC/DC 's drummer between 1989 and 1994, playing on the album "The Razor's Edge" .

Rudd , who appeared on all but three of AC/DC 's 18 previous studio albums, toured in support of his 2014 solo debut, "Head Job" . It was the release of that album that led indirectly to Rudd 's arrest, with the drummer allegedly so angry at a personal assistant over the way the record was promoted that he threatened to have the man and his daughter killed.

AC/DC postponed the last 10 dates of its spring 2016 North American trek after Johnson was advised to stop playing live or "risk total hearing loss." The band went on to complete the European and North American legs of its "Rock Or Bust" tour with GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose as a "guest vocalist." At the time, Johnson had been AC/DC 's singer for 36 years, ever since replacing the late Bon Scott in 1980 and making his debut on the classic "Back In Black" album.

To enable him to perform live with AC/DC again, the now-76-year-old Johnson worked with audio expert Stephen Ambrose , who said he could help resolve the singer's hearing problems.

Ambrose , who invented the wireless in-ear monitors that are widely used by touring artists today, claimed to have invented a new type of ear-bud that would allow Johnson to perform without causing further damage to his eardrums. After three years of experimenting and "miniaturizing" the equipment, Johnson previously said the technology could allow him to tour again.

Chaney is best known as the bassist of JANE'S ADDICTION and as a member of Alanis Morissette 's touring and recording band. Chaney was also a member of TAYLOR HAWKINS AND THE COATTAIL RIDERS and CAMP FREDDY , as well as being a prolific and versatile session musician, having played with artists including Joe Cocker , Shakira , Slash and Avril Lavigne to Sara Bareilles , Gavin Degraw , Cher , SHINEDOWN and Celine Dion . Chaney is also a founding member and partner in the all-star supergroup ROYAL MACHINES along with Dave Navarro ( JANE'S ADDICTION ), Mark McGrath ( SUGAR RAY ), Josh Freese ( FOO FIGHTERS ) and Billy Morrison ( BILLY IDOL ).

Bassist Cliff Williams announced his retirement at the end of AC/DC 's 2015-2016 "Rock Or Bust" tour, which also saw Johnson leaving. However, Williams — and Johnson — took part in the recording sessions that resulted in "Power Up" . Both of them were also part of the AC/DC lineup that performed at Power Trip .

During an October 2020 interview with Dean Delray 's "Let There Be Talk" podcast, Cliff was asked if Johnson 's departure from the road was what led to his desire to stop touring. Cliff responded: "It was before then. I spoke to Angus about it initially. I was at a point — and this is at the beginning of the 'Rock Or Bust' tour — that I just felt, for me, it was time to hang it up. I knew that I didn't wanna keep doing these two-year tours, and I didn't wanna hold them back, so I made them aware of the fact that this was gonna be my last go-round. It was a tough tour to finish. God bless Axl for coming in and helping us out, finish it up. He did a great job. And at the end of that, I was definitely — that was it for me. Done — just done. That compounded the whole thing."

According to Williams , he wanted to take part in the recording sessions for "Power Up" as a tribute to Angus 's late brother, founding AC/DC rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young , who died in 2017 from effects of dementia at age 64. Malcolm is credited as a writer on all 12 tracks on "Power Up" .

"If 'Back In Black' has [late AC/DC singer] Bon Scott all over it, for me, 'Power Up' has got Malcolm Young ," Cliff said. "This is for him. And it's the band that we played together with for 40-plus years. And I wanted to do that — I wanted to come back and do that.

"We did some rehearsals earlier [in 2020] before this darn COVID thing popped up, and we had great rehearsals," he continued. "The band was playing really well. So [they asked me], 'Do you wanna do a few shows? 'Sure'. A few shows. We were planning on doing that. Everyone goes home to their respective homes, and bang, we've been here ever since [because of the coronavirus-related shutdown]."

Cliff went on to confirm that his commitment to AC/DC was only for "a few" dates in support of "Power Up" .

"For both [my mental and physical] health," he said. "I definitely have some physical issues, which I won't bore you with the details of. But, yeah, it's tough. I'm very grateful for everything. It's been fantastic. But I just don't wanna do that anymore."

Williams previously revealed that a "terrible" bout with vertigo contributed to his 2016 retirement. He also admitted the return of both Johnson and drummer Phil Rudd convinced him to rejoin the group. "It was like the old band back together," he told Rolling Stone . "It was not like starting over again, but as close to the band that's been together for 40-plus years as we can possibly make it. I didn't want to miss that."

The follow-up to 2014's "Rock Or Bust" , "Power Up" was recorded over a six-week period in August and September 2018 at Warehouse Studios in Vancouver with producer Brendan O'Brien , who also worked 2008's "Black Ice" and "Rock Or Bust" .

In the studio, gearing up for the #POWERUPTOUR⚡️kicking off in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, in just one week! 📷: Christie Goodwin Posted by AC/DC on  Thursday, May 9, 2024

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AC/DC Announces 2024 ‘Power Up’ Tour Dates and New Lineup

AC/DC has announced that they will tour Europe this summer with a brand-new lineup.

The 21-date Power Up tour will kick off May 17 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany and is scheduled to conclude on Aug. 17 in Dublin, Ireland.

You can see a complete list of tour dates below. Tickets go on sale Feb. 16.

According to the band's X (formerly Twitter) posts, drummer Phil Rudd and bassist Cliff Williams will not be performing at these dates. Lead guitarist Angus Young , singer Brian Johnson and rhythm guitarist Stevie Young will be joined by Matt Laug on drums and former Jane's Addiction bassist Chris Chaney.

Rudd missed AC/DC's 2015-16 Rock or Bust tour due to his well-documented legal troubles . He returned to record 2020's Power Up album but was replaced by Laug at the group's only concert since that time, which took place in October 2023 at the Power Trip festival in Indio, Calif.

Williams announced his retirement after the Rock or Bust tour due to what he described as a bout with " terrible vertigo ," but returned for the recording of Power Up and for the Power Trip performance.

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The announcement comes four months after AC/DC made their triumphant return to the stage with their performance at the Power Trip festival. The gig marked the Aussie rockers’ first concert since 2016 and brought to an end the longest show-free stretch of the band’s career.

The Power Trip set was also AC/DC’s first performance since the death of founding member Malcolm Young. The rhythm guitarist was replaced by his nephew, Stevie Young, who also played on the group’s 2020 album Power Up .

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AC/DC has yet to tour in support of Power Up . The album was recorded in 2018 and 2019, but released in 2020 – right as the COVID-19 pandemic brought the live music industry to a halt. Johnson, who had dealt with severe hearing loss for years, was also testing experimental hearing aid technology. At the time, he was still unsure if he’d be able to perform with AC/DC again, however a handful of successful guest appearances – including a memorable performance at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in London – left Johnson confident he could return to touring again.

“I walked out there, the roof lifted up off Wembley and I sang my little heart out,” he recalled of the Hawkins show . “I did two songs and the place went absolutely crackers. I think I floated off. It was absolutely wonderful. So we knew [the hearing aids] worked. We were absolutely jumping for joy at the side of the stage. It was something special.”

AC/DC Power Up 2024 European Tour Dates May 17:  Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Veltins Arena May 21:  Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Veltins Arena May 25:  Reggio Emilia, Italy - RCF Arena May 29:  Seville, Spain - La Cartuja Stadium June 5:  Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Johan Cruyff Arena June 9:  Munich, Germany - Olympic Stadium June 12:  Munich, Germany - Olympic Stadium June 16:  Dresden, German - Messe June 23:  Vienna, Austria - Ernst Happel Stadium June 26:  Vienna, Austria - Ernst Happel Stadium June 29:  Zurich, Switzerland - Letzigrund Stadium July 3:  London, England - Wembley Stadium July 7:  London, England - Wembley Stadium July 13:  Hockenheim, Germany - Ring July 17:  Stuttgart, Germany - Wasen July 21:  Bratislava, Slovakia - Old Airport July 27:  Nuremberg, Germany - Zeppelinfeld July 21:  Hannover, Germany - Messe Aug. 9:  Dessel, Belgium - Festivalpark Stenehei Aug. 13:  Paris, France - Hippodrome Paris Longchamp Aug. 17:  Dublin, Ireland - Croke Park

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AC/DC's long-awaited return to the road has finally been confirmed

AC/DC have announced a 10-city, 21-date European tour. The band, who returned to the stage at last year's Power Trip festival in California , will kick off the Power Up schedule at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on May 17, and wrap things up at the Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, on August 17. The schedule includes two UK shows at London's Wembley Stadium on July 3 and 7. Full dates below.

Tickets go on sale at 10am local time on February 16. 

The band have also confirmed the lineup for the tour, which will see Brian Johnson, Angus Young and Stevie Young joined by drummer Matt Laug, who deputised for Phil Rudd at Power Trip, and former Jane's Addiction bassist Chris Chaney, who'll be filling in for Cliff Williams. Williams initially retired from the band at the end of the Rock Or Bust tour in 2016, but returned for 2020's Power Up album.

Chaney was also a member of Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, and played at Wembley Stadium during the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert . A noted session and touring musician, he's also performed with Joe Satriani, Slash, Joe Cocker, Bryan Adams, Meat Loaf and many others.

AC/DC began teasing the tour last week by posting a mysterious video on their social media channels. The clip showed a flickering version of the band's lightning bolt logo, followed by the words 'ARE YOU READY', accompanied by the AC/DC song of the same name. Subsequent clips continued the countdown to today's announcement, while a clock did the same job on the band's official website. 

No dates have yet been announced for North and South America, Asia or Australasia, although Brazilian sources claim that AC/DC have been approached to perform at this year's Rock In Rio event, which takes place in September.  

Prior to Power Trip, the Aussie titans hadn't hit the road together since 2016. The new dates also mark the return to full-time action of frontman Brian Johnson, who was forced to abandon AC/DC's Rock Or Bust trek after developing hearing problems, and was replaced by  Guns N' Roses  singer Axl Rose for the remainder of the tour. 

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AC/DC: Power Up tour dates

May 07: Gelsenkirchen Veltins Arena, Germany May 21: Gelsenkirchen Veltins Arena, Germany May 25: Reggio Emilia RCF Arena, Italy May 29: Seville La Cartuja Stadium, Spain Jun 05: Amsterdam Johan Cruyff Arena, The Netherlands Jun 09: Munich Olympic Stadium, Germany Jun 12: Munich Olympic Stadium, Germany Jun 16: Dresden Messe, Germany Jun 23: Vienna Ernst Happel Stadium, Austria Jun 26: Vienna Ernst Happel Stadium, Austria Jun 29: Zurich Letzigrund Stadium, Switzerland Jul 03: London Wembley Stadium, UK Jul 07: London Wembley Stadium, UK Jul 13: Hockenheim Ring, Germany Jul 17: Stuttgart Wasen, Germany Jul 21: Bratislava Old Airport, Slovakia Jul 27: Nuremberg Zeppelinfeld, Germany Jul 31: Hannover Messe, Germany Aug 09: Dessel Festivalpark Stenehei, Belgium   Aug 13: Paris Hippodrome, France Aug 17: Dublin Croke Park, Ireland

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AC/DC announce huge summer 2024 POWER UP European tour

AC/DC will be playing two nights at London’s Wembley Stadium as part of their newly-announced POWER UP tour, which also includes shows in Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Belgium, France and Ireland.

It’s happening! After a whole lotta teasing over the last couple of weeks, AC/DC have just announced a huge European headline tour for this summer.

The band will finally be taking POWER UP out on the road for some massive dates in Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, England, Slovakia, Belgium, France and Ireland from May to August, for their first proper tour in a whopping eight years.

They’ve confirmed that their line-up will consist of vocalist Brian Johnson, guitarists Angus and Stevie Young, Matt Laug on drums and Chris Chaney on bass – who as AC/DC themselves say will be carrying “the torch for Cliff” Williams, who retired from performing in 2016 though did make it back out onstage with them for Power Trip festival last year .

Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 16 – get them here.

Catch the POWER UP tour at the following:

17 Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Veltins Arena 21 Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Veltins Arena 25 Reggio Emilia, Italy, RCF Arena 29 Seville, Spain, La Cartuja Stadium

5 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Johan Cruyff Arena 9 Munich, Germany, Olympic Stadium 12 Munich, Germany, Olympic Stadium 16 Dresden, Germany, Messe 23 Vienna, Austria, Ernst Happel Stadium 26 Vienna, Austria, Ernst Happel Stadium 29 Zurich, Switzerland, Letzigrund Stadium

3 London, England, Wembley Stadium 7 London, England, Wembley Stadium 13 Hockenheim, Germany, Ring 17 Stuttgart, Germany, Wasen 21 Bratislava, Slovakia, Old Airport 27 Nuremberg, Germany, Zeppelinfeld 31 Hannover, Germany, Messe

9 Dessel, Belgium, Festivalpark Stenehei 13 Paris, France, Hippodrome Paris Longchamp 17 Dublin, Ireland, Croke Park

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Earlier today, May 9th, AC/DC shared the following photograph via social media, with an accompanying statement that read: 

"In the studio, gearing up for the #POWERUPTOUR [⚡️] kicking off in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, in just one week!" [📷] : Christie Goodwin

AC/DC’s Power Up Tour launches in Germany in May with support from The Pretty Reckless.

When the band announced their first tour in eight years, they said: "We are thrilled to finally announce the 'Power Up' European Tour. Angus, Brian, Stevie, and Matt will be joined by Chris Chaney to carry the torch for Cliff. The tour will see us play shows across Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, England, Slovakia, Belgium, France & Ireland this Summer. We can't wait to see you all out there."

Tour dates:

May 17 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Veltins Arena 21 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Veltins Arena 25 - Reggio Emilia, Italy - RCF Arena 29 - Seville, Spain - La Cartuja Stadium

June 1 - Seville, Spain - La Cartuja Stadium 5 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Johan Cruyff Arena 9 - Munich, Germany - Olympic Stadium 12 - Munich, Germany - Olympic Stadium 16 - Dresden, Germany - Rinne 19 - Dresden, Germany - Rinne 23 - Vienna, Austria - Ernst Happel Stadium 26 - Vienna, Austria - Ernst Happel Stadium 29 - Zurich, Switzerland - Letzigrund Stadium

July 3 - London, England - Wembley Stadium 7 - London, England - Wembley Stadium 13 - Hockenheim, Germany - Ring 17 - Stuttgart, Germany - Wasen 21 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Old Airport 27 - Nuremberg, Germany - Zeppelinfeld 31 - Hannover, Germany - Messe

August 4 - Hannover, Germany - Messe 9 - Dessel, Belgium - Festivalpark Stenehei 13 - Paris, France - Hippodrome Paris Longchamp 17 - Dublin, Ireland - Croke Park

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The Pretty Reckless to Support AC/DC on 2024 PWR Up European Tour

Taylor Momsen and the Pretty Reckless will support AC/DC on the "Hells Bells" band's upcoming 2024 European tour . The news was announced on Monday morning (March 25) when AC/DC shared a poster for their first Euro swing in eight years, which will feature the "Only Love Can Save Me Now" band serving as the only opener on all 24 dates of the stadium outing slated to kick off on May 17 at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

"It's f–king AC/DC. That's it," the band says when asked to describe their excitement about hitting the road with the "Dirty Deeds" icons.

AC/DC's first European tour in nearly a decade will find the band playing with a line-up featuring singer Brian Johnson, guitarist Angus Young, rhythm guitarist Stevie Young, drummer Matt Laug and Jane's Addiction bassist Chris Chaney replacing longtime bassist Cliff Williams; Williams retired from the band at the conclusion of their 2016  Rock  or Bust tour, returning to the fold briefly for the 2020  Power Up  album. Johnson was temporarily replaced by Guns ‘N Roses singer Axl Rose in 2016 due to Johnson's battle with hearing loss issues.

The AC/DC tour will hit Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland before touching down at London's Wembley Stadium for a pair of shows on July 3 and 7, then moving on to Germany, Slovakia and Paris and winding down at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland on August 17. The European tour is the first run of gigs since AC/CD's long-awaited return to the stage at last year's all-star hard rock Power Trip Festival in Indio, California.

See the Pretty Reckless announcement and the AC/DC 2024 European tour dates below.

AC/DC 2024 European summer tour dates :

May 17 – Gelsenkirchen, Germany @ Veltins Arena

May 21 – Gelsenkirchen, Germany @ Veltins Arena

May 25 – Reggio Emilia, Italy @ RCF Arena

May 29 – Seville, Spain @ La Cartuja Stadium

June 5 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Johan Cruyff Arena

June 9 – Munich, Germany @ Olympic Stadium

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June 16 – Dresden, Germany @ Messe

June 23 – Vienna, Austria @ Ernst Happel Stadium

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July 21 – Bratislava, Slovakia @ Old Airport

July 27 – Nuremberg, Germany @ Zeppelinfeld

July 31 – Hannover, Germany @ Messe

August 9 – Dessel, Belgium @ Festivalpark Stenehei 

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August 17 – Dublin, Ireland @ Croke Park

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