Rock band: AC/DC rock at Schalke – start of the European tour

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AC/DC rock at Schalke – start of the European tour

Tour kick-off: AC/DC rock the stage in Gelsenkirchen. Photo

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They actually wanted to go on tour in 2020, but Corona got in the way. Now AC/DC are back on stage and are playing their first of eleven concerts in Germany.

The legendary hard rockers from AC/DC are back on tour in Europe a good 50 years after the band was founded. The Australians played in front of 54,000 spectators in the arena in Gelsenkirchen on Friday evening. The group around cult guitarist Angus Young will play a total of eleven concerts in Germany alone until August. The program always includes some of the famous rock anthems such as “Highway to Hell”, “Back In Black” and “Thunderstruck”.

For AC/DC, the “Power-Up” European tour is the first in almost eight years. The Australians actually wanted to go on tour in 2020, but were slowed down by the corona pandemic.

Guitarist Angus Young (68) and singer Brian Johnson (76) are the last remaining members of the AC/DC line-up that recorded the cult album “Back In Black” in 1980. Since the band’s beginnings when he was still a teenager, bandleader Young has always performed in his school uniform, which he largely gets rid of during the concert. Rhythm guitarist Stevie Young has been there since 2014. He replaces his uncle, the band’s founder Malcolm Young, who died in 2017.

Next Tuesday AC/DC will perform in Gelsenkirchen for the second time. Further stations in Germany include Dresden, Hockenheim, Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Hanover. According to the concert organizer, there are still remaining tickets for some concerts – for example in Dresden. The “Power Up” tour is named after the band’s latest studio album, which reached No. 1 in 21 countries.

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