AC/DC Australia Tour 2027

AC/DC have not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there are no new dates, cities or ticket details for the region. The band's most recent home shows were the Australian leg of the Power Up Tour in November and December 2025: nine stadium concerts in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane, with Amyl and the Sniffers as the main support.

That run came ten years after the previous Australian tour. Angus Young and Brian Johnson led a line-up completed by Stevie Young on rhythm guitar, Matt Laug on drums and Chris Chaney on bass, playing a 21-song set built around 'Back in Black', 'Thunderstruck', 'Highway to Hell' and 'T.N.T.'.

This page explains what is and is not known about AC/DC's plans for 2027, then tells the story of the band's concerts in Australia and New Zealand, from the first gig at Chequers in Sydney on New Year's Eve 1973 to the last night at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on 18 December 2025.

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official AC/DC tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No dates have been released, and no 2027 AC/DC concerts have been announced in Europe either. Any list of AC/DC 2027 Australian dates, or any 'presale code' offered for them, is unconfirmed until the band confirms a tour.

The Power Up Tour has been a long one. It began in Europe on 17 May 2024 with 24 shows supported by The Pretty Reckless, moved to North America in April and May 2025, reached Australia in November and December 2025 and, according to Wikipedia, continued with South American and North American dates from February to September 2026, with an extra show in Winnipeg on 20 September 2026. Nothing after that date has been announced.

New Zealand was not part of the 2025 leg, and the last AC/DC concerts there were in December 2015. Australian fans should also note the band's rhythm: before 2025 their home tours came in 2001, 2010 and 2015, often several years apart. That history says nothing definite about 2027, and this page will not guess at dates.

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Before the AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

AC/DC played their first official gig at Chequers nightclub in Sydney on 31 December 1973. Bon Scott joined in September 1974, and the band moved to Melbourne, where promoter Michael Browning booked them into his Hard Rock Cafe and the pub circuit became their training ground. Their 1975 singles were pushed by appearances on ABC TV's Countdown, and the clip for 'It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)' was filmed on the back of a flatbed truck in Swanston Street, near the lane renamed AC/DC Lane in 2004.

After Bon Scott's death in 1980 and the success of Back in Black, the band came home in February 1981. Wikipedia lists the Perth Entertainment Centre on Friday 13 February, Memorial Drive in Adelaide, the Sydney Showground on 23 February, two nights at Festival Hall in Brisbane and two at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on 27 and 28 February 1981. Seven years later the Blow Up Your Video World Tour played indoor arenas: two nights at the Perth Entertainment Centre, four at the National Tennis Centre in Melbourne, five at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Globe Derby Park in Adelaide and two at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in February 1988, before Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on Thursday 25 February.

The Razors Edge World Tour came in October and November 1991 with one of the band's longest home runs: six nights at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, four at the National Tennis Centre in Melbourne, two each in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane, then Athletic Park in Wellington on 14 November and Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on Saturday 16 November 1991. The Ballbreaker tour followed in November 1996, opening at the Burswood Superdome in Perth on Saturday 2 November and adding Centre Court in Melbourne for three nights, four nights in Sydney, Marrara Oval in Darwin and the Cairns Showgrounds, before Ericsson Stadium in Auckland and Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch on 30 November.

The Stiff Upper Lip World Tour of January and February 2001 went back to arenas and to places the band rarely visited: two nights at the Burswood Dome in Perth from Friday 19 January, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, the TCA Ground in Hobart on Saturday 27 January, Exhibition Park in Canberra, two nights in Brisbane, three at Rod Laver Arena and six at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, the last on Thursday 15 February 2001.

From 2010 AC/DC played stadiums. The Black Ice tour opened in New Zealand with two nights at Westpac Stadium in Wellington and Western Springs in Auckland on Thursday 4 February 2010, then played three nights at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, three at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, two at QSAC in Brisbane, Adelaide Oval and two at Subiaco Oval in Perth, ending on Monday 8 March 2010. The Rock or Bust World Tour, with Chris Slade on drums, followed in November and December 2015 at ANZ Stadium, QSAC, Adelaide Oval, Domain Stadium in Perth and Etihad Stadium, then Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Saturday 12 December and Western Springs on Tuesday 15 December 2015, still the band's last New Zealand show.

The Power Up Tour's Australian leg opened at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday 12 November 2025 and played there again on Sunday 16 November, then Accor Stadium in Sydney on Friday 21 and Tuesday 25 November, the Adelaide Parklands Circuit on Sunday 30 November as part of the BP Adelaide Grand Final, Optus Stadium in Perth on Thursday 4 and Monday 8 December, and Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Sunday 14 and Thursday 18 December 2025.

The table below lists 98 documented Australia/NZ concerts by AC/DC between 1988 and 2025, with the most shows in Sydney (28), Melbourne (21), Perth (13), Brisbane (8), Adelaide (8), Boondall (6). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027 setlist: the songs played most often in Australia and New Zealand

Across the 15 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (27 November 2015 to 18 December 2025), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Back in Black — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Have a Drink on Me — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Hells Bells — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. High Voltage — played at 15 of 15 shows
7. Highway to Hell — played at 15 of 15 shows
8. Let There Be Rock — played at 15 of 15 shows
9. Shoot to Thrill — played at 15 of 15 shows
10. Shot Down in Flames — played at 15 of 15 shows
11. Sin City — played at 15 of 15 shows
12. T.N.T. — played at 15 of 15 shows
13. Thunderstruck — played at 15 of 15 shows
14. Whole Lotta Rosie — played at 15 of 15 shows

Before the AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• Power Up (2025): 9 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane.
• Rock or Bust World Tour (2015): 11 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Wellington, Auckland.
• Black Ice (2010): 14 Australia/NZ shows — Wellington, Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth.
• Stiff Upper Lip World Tour (2001): 16 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Sydney, Canberra, Boondall, Melbourne.
• Ballbreaker (1996): 15 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Darwin, Cairns, Auckland, Christchurch.
• Razors Edge World Tour (1991): 18 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Boondall, Wellington, Auckland.
• Blow Up Your Video World Tour (1988): 15 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Boondall, Auckland.

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

AC/DC have built their Australian and New Zealand history almost entirely on their own headline shows rather than music festivals. The closest exception in recent years is the Adelaide date of the Power Up Tour on 30 November 2025, staged at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit as part of the BP Adelaide Grand Final motorsport event, with Amyl and the Sniffers opening as at the other stadium shows.

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: career and records

AC/DC were formed in Sydney in November 1973 by the brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Their sister Margaret suggested the name after seeing it on the adapter of her sewing machine, and in Australia the band are widely known as 'Acca Dacca'. The early albums High Voltage and T.N.T. (both 1975) were released only in Australasia; T.N.T. reached No. 2 on the Australian chart.

With Bon Scott on vocals, Phil Rudd on drums and Cliff Williams on bass from 1977, the band made Let There Be Rock, Powerage and Highway to Hell. Scott died in February 1980 and is buried in Fremantle, Western Australia, where his family had settled. Brian Johnson replaced him, and Back in Black (1980) became one of the best-selling albums of all time and the band's first Australian No. 1.

The Razors Edge (1990) brought a commercial resurgence, and Rudd returned for Ballbreaker (1995), another Australian No. 1. Black Ice (2008), Rock or Bust (2014) and Power Up (2020) also topped the ARIA chart. Malcolm Young left in 2014 because of dementia and died three years later; his nephew Stevie Young took his place. In 2016 Axl Rose stood in for Johnson on part of the Rock or Bust tour, and the Rock or Bust line-up reunited for Power Up in 2020.

AC/DC have sold an estimated 200 million records worldwide. Their awards include two Grammys, three ARIA Awards and eight APRA Awards, among them the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music, and the band are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Founding drummer Colin Burgess died in December 2023.

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: what is and is not announced

As of 9 October 2026, AC/DC have no announced concerts in Australia or New Zealand and no announced 2027 tour anywhere. The last Australian dates were the nine Power Up stadium shows of November and December 2025, and the last published date on the tour itself was Winnipeg on 20 September 2026.

The band have made no public statement about what follows the Power Up Tour. Until they do, any 2027 date list for Australia or New Zealand is speculation.

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: a summer of stadiums in 2025

The 2025 leg was the band's biggest home tour in years: nine stadium nights in five cities over five weeks, two each at the MCG, Accor Stadium, Optus Stadium and Suncorp Stadium plus the Adelaide show. Every night in the archive used the same 21-song set, opening with 'If You Want Blood (You've Got It)' and closing with 'T.N.T.' and 'For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)'.

Amyl and the Sniffers, the Melbourne punk band whose singer Amy Taylor lists AC/DC among her influences, opened all nine shows, a pairing of two generations of Australian hard rock on the same stages.

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: the Melbourne connection

Although AC/DC formed in Sydney, Melbourne is where they became a live band in 1974 and 1975, and the city has kept the link: AC/DC Lane in central Melbourne has carried the name since 1 October 2004. On tour Melbourne has hosted them at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in 1981, the National Tennis Centre in 1988 and 1991, Centre Court in 1996, Rod Laver Arena in 2001 and Etihad Stadium in 2010 and 2015.

The two MCG nights of November 2025, on Wednesday 12 and Sunday 16 November, opened the Australian leg of the Power Up Tour.

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: Auckland, Wellington and New Zealand

New Zealand has seen AC/DC on most of their big tours: Western Springs in Auckland in 1988, Athletic Park in Wellington and Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland in 1991, Ericsson Stadium and Christchurch's Queen Elizabeth II Park in 1996, and two stadium visits in 2010 and 2015, each with Westpac Stadium in Wellington and Western Springs in Auckland.

The 2025 Power Up leg did not cross the Tasman, so the last AC/DC concert in New Zealand remains Western Springs on Tuesday 15 December 2015. No New Zealand date has been announced for 2027.

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: Perth, Fremantle and Bon Scott

Perth has a special place in the AC/DC story because Bon Scott grew up in Fremantle and is buried there. The band have played Perth on every major home tour in the record: the Perth Entertainment Centre in 1981, 1988 and 1991, the Burswood Superdome in 1996, the Burswood Dome in 2001, Subiaco Oval in 2010, Domain Stadium (the same ground) in 2015 and Optus Stadium in 2025.

The two Optus Stadium shows, on Thursday 4 and Monday 8 December 2025, are the band's most recent concerts in Western Australia.

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

The Power Up shows of 2025 ran to 21 songs. The set opened with 'If You Want Blood (You've Got It)', 'Back in Black' and 'Demon Fire' from Power Up, then ran through 'Shot Down in Flames', 'Thunderstruck', 'Have a Drink on Me', 'Hells Bells', 'Shot in the Dark', 'Stiff Upper Lip', 'Highway to Hell', 'Shoot to Thrill', 'Sin City', 'Jailbreak', 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap', 'High Voltage', 'Riff Raff', 'You Shook Me All Night Long', 'Whole Lotta Rosie' and 'Let There Be Rock', with 'T.N.T.' and 'For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)' as the encore.

AC/DC's sets change slowly. 'Back in Black', 'Hells Bells', 'Highway to Hell', 'Shoot to Thrill', 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap', 'You Shook Me All Night Long', 'Whole Lotta Rosie', 'Let There Be Rock', 'T.N.T.' and 'For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)' appear in every Australian and New Zealand set list in the archive from 1988 to 2025, and 'Thunderstruck' in all but one. Each tour adds a few songs from the current album: 'Big Jack', 'Black Ice' and 'War Machine' in 2010, 'Rock or Bust', 'Play Ball' and 'Baptism by Fire' in 2015, 'Demon Fire' and 'Shot in the Dark' in 2025.

Earlier home tours had slightly shorter sets, of 18 to 20 songs, with deeper cuts such as 'Heatseeker' and 'Who Made Who' in 1988, 'Fire Your Guns' and 'Moneytalks' in 1991, 'Hail Caesar' and 'Ballbreaker' in 1996, and 'Bad Boy Boogie' and 'Get It Hot' in 2001.

AC/DC Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no AC/DC tickets on sale for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no concerts have been announced. Any site already selling 2027 seats or a 'presale code' is not official.

If the band announce new dates, tickets will be sold through the official ticket outlet named for each stadium, usually after presales for registered fans. Buy only through those channels, expect name-locked mobile tickets for stadium shows, and avoid anyone selling access codes.

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AC/DC Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are AC/DC touring Australia in 2027?

Nothing has been announced. As of 9 October 2026 there are no AC/DC dates in Australia or New Zealand for 2027.

When did AC/DC last play in Australia?

On the Power Up Tour, which ended its Australian leg at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Thursday 18 December 2025.

Where did the 2025 Power Up Tour play?

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (12 and 16 November), Accor Stadium in Sydney (21 and 25 November), the Adelaide Parklands Circuit (30 November), Optus Stadium in Perth (4 and 8 December) and Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane (14 and 18 December 2025).

Who supported AC/DC in Australia in 2025?

Amyl and the Sniffers opened all nine shows.

When did AC/DC last play New Zealand?

At Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on Tuesday 15 December 2015, on the Rock or Bust World Tour. The 2025 leg did not include New Zealand.

Who is in AC/DC's live line-up?

On the Power Up Tour: Angus Young, Brian Johnson, Stevie Young, Matt Laug on drums and Chris Chaney on bass.

How long is an AC/DC concert?

The 2025 Australian shows had 21 songs, ending with 'T.N.T.' and 'For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)'.

Is there an AC/DC presale code for 2027?

No. With no tour announced there is no presale. Ignore anyone selling codes.

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