The Australian rock world champions AC/DC are coming to Munich: Angus Young, Brian Johnson & Co. will be performing at the Olympic Stadium on June 9th and 12th. This became official on Monday when the organizer announced the dates of their “Power Up Tour”.
The Munich hard rock fans have of course been energized for weeks: Munich’s mayor had casually revealed that AC/DC would be performing twice in the Olympic Stadium. There was actually a discussion in the town hall about Ed Sheeran’s concert as the big opening ceremony of the European Football Championship in the city on June 12th on Theresienwiese (there are no tickets for that yet). The city leaders would have preferred to celebrate in the sporting setting of the Olmypia Stadium, but this was already occupied by a performance by AC/DC, it was said in the town hall at the time.
So now it’s official: AC/DC are playing 21 concerts in ten countries this summer. They are back in Europe for the first time since 2016, when Axl Rose played singer Brian Johnson, who suffered from hearing loss. They last played in the Olympic Stadium in 2015, with Brian Johnson. In addition to Munich, the “biggest rock’n’roll band in the world” (according to the organizer United Promoters) also plays in Germany in Gelsenkirchen (May 17th and 21st), in Dresden (June 16th), at the Hockenheimring (May 13th). . July), in Stuttgart (July 17th), in Nuremberg (July 27th) and Hanover (July 31st) their hits like “TNT”, “Highway To Hell”, “Hells Bells” and songs from the current album “Power “Up”.
This reached number one in 21 countries in 2020 and gave the tour its name. Experience has shown that the tickets are likely to sell out quickly. Advance sales start on Friday, February 16th at 11 a.m. on the website www.eventim.de.
AC/DC have been active for 50 years and have sold more than 200 million records, including 50 million of “Back in Black” alone, which is considered the best-selling album by a band. Only Angus Young, lead guitarist in school uniform, remains of the founding group. Long-time AC/DC musicians Brian Johnson (vocals), Phil Rudd (drums) and Cliff Williams (bass) have been back since 2020.