AC/DC announces summer 2025 European leg of 'Power Up' Tour
03-02-2025
Hard rock legends AC/DC have announced the summer 2025 European leg of the “Power Up” tour.
The new AC/DC dates kick off on June 26 at Letňany Airport in Prague, Czech Republic and wrap up at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 21. Along the way, AC/DC will make stops in Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Estonia, Sweden, Norway and France.
“AC/DC will return to Europe this Summer to continue their ‘Power Up’ tour,” reads a message on the group’s social media. “The band will play 12 dates across 10 countries – including Edinburgh, Scotland, the home nation of the Young clan.”
Tickets for most of the shows will go on sale on February 7 at 10 a.m. local time, with the Italian tickets going on sale at 11 a.m. the same day, and French tickets going on sale at 10 a.m. on February 10.
Tour dates:
Jun. 26 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Airport Letňany
Jun. 30 – Berlin, Germany @ Olympiastadion
Jul. 04 – Warsaw, Poland @ PGE Narodowy
Jul. 08 – Düsseldorf, Germany @ Open Air Park Düsseldorf
Jul. 12 – Madrid, Spain @ Metropolitano Stadium,
Jul. 20 – Imola, Italy @ Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Jul. 24 – Tallinn, Estonia @ Song Festival Grounds,
Jul. 28 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Ullevi
Aug. 05 – Oslo, Norway @ Bjerke Racecourse
Aug. 09 – Paris, France @ Stade De France
Aug. 17 – Karlsruhe, Germany @ Messe Karlsruhe
Aug. 21 – Edinburgh, Scotland @ Murrayfield Stadium
According to bassist Cliff 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”.
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