AC/DC (final?) tour begins at US Bank Stadium Minneapolis

AC/DC (final?) tour begins at US Bank Stadium Minneapolis

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers AC/DC will embark on their first U.S. tour in nine years – and possibly the band’s final tour ever – when they headline US Bank Stadium on April 10.

Tickets go on sale Friday at noon via Ticketmaster.

The group, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last December, will play 13 stadiums across the country during the tour named after “Power Up,” AC/DC’s 17th album. Released in November 2020, it debuted at No. 1 in 21 countries and was nominated for three Grammys, including Best Rock Album.

Guitarist Angus Young, the only continuous member in the band’s 51-year history, co-wrote the songs with his brother Malcolm, who died in 2017. Stevie Young, nephew of the Young brothers, replaced Malcolm on AC/DC’s final tour, arriving at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul in February 2016. Just weeks later, doctors told singer Brian Johnson that he had a hole in his left eardrum and risked total hearing loss if he finished the tour. Guns N’ Roses leader Axl Rose represented Johnson at the final 22 shows.

Johnson was back at the forefront of AC/DC’s 17 European shows over the summer.

Longtime band members Cliff Williams (bass) and Phil Rudd (drums) played on the new album but have retired from touring. They were replaced by bassist Chris Chaney (Alanis Morissette, Jane’s Addiction) and drummer Matt Laug (Alanis Morissette, Alice Cooper).

In a four-star review of the band’s July concert at London’s Wembley Stadium, the Guardian’s Michael Hann wrote: “In truth, it’s more or less the same show that AC/DC have been playing for decades… The emotional power comes from that Suspicion that …”This world tour will certainly be the band’s last, and of the palpable joy that their stirring, stripped-down, original music has brought over so many years.”

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