AC/DC Announces ‘POWER UP’ European Tour Dates ●
AC/DC ● L to R: Malcom Young, Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd, Angus Young, Cliff Williams / Atlantic Records Publicity Photo / IVOX MEDIA collection
After making its live comeback at the Power Trip festival last October in Indio, Calif., AC/DC has announced an extensive European tour -- its first in eight years -- slated to begin during May in Germany. The trek will feature 21 performances in 10 countries, running into mid-August and featuring mostly stadium dates. It's being billed as the Power Up Tour, in reference to AC/DC's 2020 album of that title, which the band could not tour due to the pandemic.
Brian Johnson will be back fronting the band after dropping out of the Rock or Bust World Tour in 2016 due to hearing issues (replaced by Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose. Johnson will be joined this year by co-founder Angus Young on guitar, his nephew Stevie Young on rhythm guitar and new drummer Matt Laug. Chris Chaney will join on bass to replace the retired Cliff Williams.
American-born Chaney has an extensive resume that includes Jane's Addiction. Alanis Morissette, Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders and others. Laug, who's also American and replaces Chris Slade from the Rock or Bust World Tour, made his debut with AC/DC at Power Trip after tenures with Morissette, Alice Cooper, Slash's Snakepit and Mike Campbell's Dirty Knobs.
There's no word yet about AC/DC dates in North America, where the group last toured during the fall of 2016.
AC/DC ● ‘POWER UP’ 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