Stadium slayers AC/DC to carve up Aussie stadiums in November and December

The world’s greatest hard rock band are heading back home. Here’s everything you need to know about the shows and how to get tickets.

Kathy McCabe

@McCabeRadar

3 min read

June 23, 2025 - 8:04AM

Entertainment Network

The world’s greatest hard rock band AC/DC has confirmed they are coming home to Australian stadiums for their first shows in a decade in November and December.

The good news is the legendary stadium rock kings will open the Power Up concerts at the MCG on November 12 before heading to Sydney’s Accor Stadium on November 21, the bp Adelaide Grand Final on November 30, Perth’s Optus Stadium on December 4 and Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on December 14.

The bad news is the online battle for tickets to their five shows will be a virtual highway to hell.

Demand will be off the charts. The rock legends sold 1.7 million tickets in one day for the opening European leg of the tour.

AC/DC have been carving up stages in Europe and US on the Power Up world tour. Picture: Christie Goodwin.

It’s been 10 years since they tore up our biggest stages and their Aussie fanbase now stretches across five generations. There’s also an international AC/DC army of European, South American and North American fans who follow the tour around the globe.

Because Angus Young is a fans-first, no-nonsense kind of rocker, unlike every other stadium act there are no pre-sales, so there is an equal playing ground for tickets which are priced from $132.45 including booking fee.

“They want everyone to have an equal opportunity to get tickets. AC/DC are extremely fan focused, always have been, so no pre-sales, accessible ticket prices and an unbelievable show,” their Australian promoter Christo Van Egmond said.

While it takes a few days to transport and erect the giant Power Up staging and lighting, it appears there are gaps in the Australian tour schedule to add extra shows.

The band sold more than 520,000 tickets when they last toured Australia on the Rock or Bust run in 2015.

For those about to rock, Angus salutes you! Picture: Christie Goodwin.

The promoter, who took the reins of TEG Van Egmond built by his late father Garry who toured AC/DC in Australia for 40 years, said the rockers have been in searing form during their runs in Europe and America over the past year.

Christo has seen more than 60 AC/DC shows since he started going with his father when he was nine years old.

“They sound unbelievable; Brian sounds incredible, Angus is absolutely shredding it up and they’re on fire at the moment,” he said.

The Australian summer stadium concert season is shaping up to Rockember, with Metallica and Oasis also bringing their huge world tours here in late 2025.

The Power Up album debuted at No.1 when it was released in 2020, making them the first band to have an Australian chart-topping record in five consecutive decades.

Brian Johnson and Young doing their rock god thing. Picture: Christie Goodwin.

Tickets to the tour, which will feature Aussie rock stars Amyl and the Sniffers as the support act, go on sale via on June 26 at staggered local times - Sydney from 9am, Adelaide from 10am, Brisbane from 11am and Melbourne and Perth from 1pm.

All tickets are available via Ticketek except the bp Adelaide Grand Final concert which is sold by Ticketmaster.

Ticketek advises fans to disable VPNs or IP-masking tools as your unique IP helps the site to confirm you’re a real person, not a bot.

The Ticketek Lounge will open one hour before the on sale time and fans are advised to not refresh or close browsers as the page will automatically refresh

A spokesman also stressed fans should only attempt to buy tickets with one device as multiple devices or browsers at once may trigger bot protection and could remove you from the queue.

All ticket and show details via www.tegvanegmond.com

AC/DC Power Up tour setlist at Huntington Bank Field, Cleveland, Ohio on May 28, 2025.

1. If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)

2. Back in Black

3. Demon Fire

4. Shot Down in Flames

5. Thunderstruck

6. Have a Drink on Me

7. Hells Bells

8. Shot in the Dark

9. Stiff Upper Lip

10. Highway to Hell