"Power-Up" European tour in summer: AC/DC play additional concerts

The legendary hard rock band AC/DC's first tour in almost eight years will be longer than expected: the Australians, famous for rock anthems such as "Highway To Hell", "Back In Black" and "Thunderstruck", will be playing two additional concerts in Germany on their "Power-Up" European tour. Hannover Concerts announced on Friday that the reason for this was the "sensational" demand in advance sales, which had only just started.

The additional concerts are planned for Dresden (June 19) and Hannover (August 4). In total, the hard rock band led by cult guitarist Angus Young will play eleven concerts in Germany - ending in Hanover. In addition to Dresden, Gelsenkirchen, Munich, the Hockenheimring, Stuttgart and Nuremberg are also on the program.

The tour will reportedly also take the band to Italy, Spain, Austria, England, Ireland, Belgium and France as well as Switzerland, the Netherlands and Slovakia this summer. The "Power-Up" tour is named after the band's latest studio album, which reached number one in 21 countries, the organizer announced.

Band founder Young (68), who always performs in school uniform, and singer Brian Johnson (76) are the last remaining members of the AC/DC line-up that recorded "Back In Black" in 1980, one of the most successful albums in music history. Rhythm guitarist Stevie Young succeeded band founder Malcolm Young, who fell ill in 2014 and died in 2017. New to the band is drummer Matt Laug (55), who performed with the group for the first time last year at the "Power Trip" festival. Former Jane's Addiction bassist Chris Chaney (53) also replaces Cliff Williams, who has retired.

During the coronavirus pandemic, AC/DC had initially put their 2020 tour plans on hold. "We were already preparing, actually wanted to play a few live concerts", said Angus Young in an interview with the German Press Agency in London, "and then this virus came along". Singer Johnson also expressed the hope that the band would make up for it: "We would love to play concerts again."