AC/DC Europe Tour 2027

AC/DC have not announced any European concerts for 2027. As of 5 October 2026, the Power Up Tour, which brought the band back to European stadiums in 2024 and 2025, has completed its South and North American legs of 2026, the last of them scheduled to end in Winnipeg on 20 September 2026, and no further European dates have been published.

Europe has been central to the Power Up era. The band's first full tour in eight years opened at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen on 17 May 2024 and played twenty-four European shows that summer, from Seville and Reggio Emilia to the Johan Cruijff ArenA, Munich, Dresden, ParisLongchamp and Croke Park. A second European summer in 2025 added the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Düsseldorf, two nights at Madrid's Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Imola, two nights at the Stade de France and Karlsruhe.

This page explains what is known about AC/DC's plans, then retraces the band's half-century of concerts in continental Europe and Ireland, from Boddy's Music Inn in Amsterdam in August 1976 to the stadium nights of 2025.

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

Nothing official has been published about AC/DC concerts in Europe in 2027. The Power Up Tour was announced on 12 February 2024, a North American leg followed in spring 2025, an Australian leg in November and December 2025, and on 3 November 2025 the band announced South American and North American dates for February to September 2026 with The Pretty Reckless as support.

The current touring line-up is Angus Young and Stevie Young on guitars, Brian Johnson on vocals, Chris Chaney on bass and Matt Laug on drums. Cliff Williams came out of retirement for the band's first show in seven years, at the Power Trip festival in Indio, California, in October 2023, before Chaney took over for the tour.

European tours by AC/DC have always been planned around stadiums and very large open-air sites, especially in Germany, and announced many months ahead. If a 2027 European leg is confirmed, it would be reported here immediately; until then, treat any 'presale code', listing or leaked list of dates with suspicion.

Before the AC/DC Europe Tour 2027: European concert history

AC/DC's European story begins in the Netherlands. The setlist archive's first continental date is Boddy's Music Inn in Amsterdam on 19 August 1976, followed by the Grote Zaal in Amsterdam, the Eksit in Rotterdam, the Luxor Theater in Hoensbroek and the Congresgebouw in The Hague, on what was billed as the Lock Up Your Daughters Tour. In October 1976 they played Besançon, the Pavillon de Paris and the Cirque Royal in Brussels.

The Bon Scott years built a huge following in France and Belgium. The Highway to Hell tour played the Olympic Ballroom in Dublin twice in August 1979, Forest National in Brussels and the Jaap Edenhal in Amsterdam in November, and a long French tour in December 1979 and January 1980 from Metz and Paris to Nice, Bordeaux, Nantes and Brest. Scott died in February 1980, seven months after Highway to Hell was released; that summer the band returned with Brian Johnson, playing Namur, De Roma in Antwerp, Deinze and Breda, then two nights at Le Bourget in November 1980.

In the 1980s AC/DC became an arena and stadium act across the continent: Forest National again in 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1988; Dortmund's Halle 1; stadiums in Karlsruhe, Nuremberg and Turin in 1984; and long German arena tours in 1986 and 1988. The Monsters of Rock tour of August and September 1991 took them to the Waldbühne in Berlin, Pukkelpop at Hasselt, the Goffertstadion in Nijmegen, the Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris and the Olympic stadium in Barcelona.

The Ballbreaker tour of 1996 played arenas from Kiel and Berlin to Bologna, Rome, the Forum di Assago, Bercy, Barcelona and three nights at Las Ventas in Madrid. The Stiff Upper Lip tour of 2000 and 2001 included two nights each in Stuttgart, Munich, Frankfurt and Leipzig, three in Madrid, and stadiums including the Stade de France and Turin's Stadio delle Alpi.

Black Ice (2008) brought one of their biggest European tours: arenas in early 2009, then stadiums from Leipzig and Munich to the Vicente Calderón in Madrid, the Stade de France, the Amsterdam ArenA and Punchestown in Ireland, with more stadiums in 2010. Rock or Bust followed in 2015 and 2016, with two nights each at the Stade de France and the Vicente Calderón, and the 2016 shows with Axl Rose on vocals in Seville, Marseille, Werchter, Hamburg, Leipzig and Düsseldorf.

The Power Up Tour returned to Europe in 2024 with two nights at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, the RCF Arena Campovolo in Reggio Emilia, two at La Cartuja in Seville, the Johan Cruijff ArenA, two at Munich's Olympiastadion, two at Dresden's Rinne, Hockenheim, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, two in Hanover, Dessel, ParisLongchamp on 13 August and Croke Park in Dublin on 17 August 2024. The 2025 summer ended at the Freigelände Messe in Karlsruhe on 17 August 2025.

The table below lists 343 documented European concerts by AC/DC between 1976 and 2025, with the most shows in Paris (19), Munich (16), Madrid (13), Berlin (9), Dublin (9), Hanover (9). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

AC/DC Europe Tour 2027 setlist: the songs played most often in Europe

Across the 15 most recent documented European concerts with a full song list (17 July 2024 to 17 August 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. Demon Fire — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Have a Drink on Me — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. Hells Bells — played at 15 of 15 shows
7. High Voltage — played at 15 of 15 shows
8. Highway to Hell — played at 15 of 15 shows
9. If You Want Blood (You've Got It) — played at 15 of 15 shows
10. Let There Be Rock — played at 15 of 15 shows
11. Riff Raff — played at 15 of 15 shows
12. Shoot to Thrill — played at 15 of 15 shows
13. Shot in the Dark — played at 15 of 15 shows
14. Sin City — played at 15 of 15 shows

Before the AC/DC Europe Tour 2027: past European tours at a glance

• Power Up (2024–2025): 26 European shows — Gelsenkirchen, Reggio nell'Emilia, Seville, Amsterdam, Munich, Dresden, Hockenheim, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Hanover, Dessel, Paris….
• Rock or Bust World Tour (2015–2016): 24 European shows — Arnhem, Nuremberg, Dresden, Hockenheim, Munich, Saint-Denis, Barcelona, Madrid, Cologne, Hanover, Berlin, Dublin….
• Black Ice (2009–2010): 37 European shows — Paris, Merksem, Leipzig, Dusseldorf, Oberhausen, Bremen, Rotterdam, Dortmund, Assago, Frankfurt, Munich, Barcelona….
• Club Dates/Rolling Stones Tour (2003): 5 European shows — Berlin, Oberhausen, Munich, Leipzig, Hockenheim.
• Stiff Upper Lip World Tour (2000–2001): 47 European shows — Ghent, Amnéville, Stuttgart, Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Oberhausen, Cologne, Paris, Oslo, Gothenburg, Stockholm….
• Ballbreaker World Tour (1996): 42 European shows — Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Kiel, Berlin, Leipzig, Utrecht, Frankfurt, Dortmund, Stuttgart….
• Monsters of Rock 1991 (1991): 12 European shows — Munich, Berlin, Hasselt, Hanover, Nijmegen, Mainz, Modena, Dortmund, Paris, Barcelona.
• The Razors Edge (1991): 13 European shows — Stuttgart, Mannheim, Paris, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Hanover, Cologne, Leiden, Dortmund, Munich, Oldenburg, Kiel….
• Blow Up Your Video World Tour (1988): 20 European shows — Arnhem, Brussels, Hamburg, Malmö, Drammen, Helsinki, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Berlin, Oldenburg, Frankfurt, Essen….
• Fly on the Wall Tour (1986): 18 European shows — Brussels, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Essen, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich, Zürich, Eppelheim, Böblingen, Neunkirchen am Brand, Würzburg….
• Flick of the Switch Tour (1984): 11 European shows — San Sebastián, Stockholm, Winterthur, Karlsruhe, Nuremberg, Rome, Nettuno, Turin, Paris, Lyon.
• For Those About to Rock Tour (1982): 12 European shows — Ballsbridge, Dublin, Lyon, Avignon, Morières-lès-Avignon, Paris, Le Bourget, Brussels, Dortmund, Zürich.
• Back in Black Tour (1980–1981): 32 European shows — Namur, Antwerp, Borgerhout, Deinze, Arlon, Breda, Wateringen, Stockholm, Oslo, Paris, Le Bourget, Strasbourg….
• Highway to Hell Tour (1979–1980): 25 European shows — Bilzen, Dublin, Aix-les-Bains, Brussels, Amsterdam, Bern, Metz, Reims, Lille, Paris, Grenoble, Clermont-Ferrand….

AC/DC Europe Tour 2027 and European festivals

AC/DC rarely play festivals, but the setlist archive includes Pukkelpop in Hasselt in 1991, the Graspop site at Dessel in 2015 and 2024, Rock Werchter in 2016 and the open-air shows at Hockenheim, a regular AC/DC site in 2001, 2003, 2009, 2015 and 2024. The Monsters of Rock package of 1991, with AC/DC headlining, visited Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France and Spain.

No festival appearances have been announced for 2027.

AC/DC Europe Tour 2027: career and records

AC/DC were formed in Sydney in 1973 by the brothers Angus Young (lead guitar) and Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar). After early line-up changes, Bon Scott became the singer, and the classic line-up with Phil Rudd on drums and Cliff Williams on bass settled after Let There Be Rock (1977). Highway to Hell (1979) was Scott's last album: he died of alcohol poisoning in February 1980, and the band recruited the English singer Brian Johnson.

With Johnson they recorded Back in Black (1980), one of the best-selling albums of all time and their first UK No. 1, followed by For Those About to Rock We Salute You (1981). The Razors Edge (1990) brought a commercial resurgence, and Rudd returned for Ballbreaker (1995). Black Ice (2008) also topped the UK chart.

In 2014 Stevie Young replaced his uncle Malcolm, who had early-onset dementia and died three years later. During the Rock or Bust tour Chris Slade replaced Rudd, and in 2016 Axl Rose stood in for Johnson because of the risk of hearing loss; Williams then retired. In September 2020 the band confirmed the return of Johnson, Rudd and Williams, and Power Up, released on 13 November 2020, became another UK No. 1.

AC/DC call their music simply rock and roll. For their 50th anniversary in 2024 they reissued their catalogue on gold vinyl, and their High Voltage Dive Bars, pop-up bars tied to the tour, appeared in Gelsenkirchen, Seville, Munich, London and Paris.

AC/DC Europe Tour 2027: why Germany comes first

No country has hosted AC/DC as often as Germany. The 2024 Power Up leg alone included two nights in Gelsenkirchen, Munich, Dresden and Hanover, plus Hockenheim, Stuttgart and Nuremberg; Munich's mayor even confirmed the Olympiastadion booking before the tour was officially announced.

Over fifty years, Germany has seen the band in clubs, arenas, racetracks, airfields and stadiums, from Dortmund's Halle 1 in 1982 to Karlsruhe's exhibition grounds in 2025. Any future European tour would almost certainly start there.

AC/DC Europe Tour 2027: Paris, from the Pavillon to the Stade de France

France was one of the first countries to embrace AC/DC, with the Pavillon de Paris in 1976, 1977 and 1979 and long regional tours in 1979, 1980 and 1981. Bercy hosted them in 1984, 1991, 1996, 2000 and 2009, and the Stade de France in 2001, 2009, 2010, twice in 2015 and twice in August 2025.

In between, the Power Up Tour played the ParisLongchamp racecourse on 13 August 2024.

AC/DC Europe Tour 2027: Ireland, from the Olympic Ballroom to Croke Park

AC/DC's Irish history runs from two nights at the Olympic Ballroom in Dublin in August 1979 to the RDS Simmonscourt in 1982, the Point Theatre in 1991 and 1996, the O2 in 2009, Punchestown Racecourse in 2009 and the Aviva Stadium on 1 July 2015.

The most recent Irish show was Croke Park on 17 August 2024, the final night of the first Power Up European leg.

AC/DC Europe Tour 2027: Spain and the big stadiums

Spain has grown into one of the band's biggest markets: three nights at Madrid's Palacio de Deportes in 2000, three at Las Ventas in 1996, the Vicente Calderón in 2009 and twice in 2015, La Cartuja in Seville in 2010, 2016 and twice in 2024, and two nights at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano in July 2025.

Barcelona has hosted them at the Palau Sant Jordi and the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, most recently in 2015.

AC/DC Europe Tour 2027: what to expect live

Power Up shows in Europe ran to 21 songs. At the Stade de France on 9 August 2025 the band opened with 'If You Want Blood (You've Got It)', 'Back in Black' and 'Demon Fire', played 'Thunderstruck', 'Hells Bells', 'Shot in the Dark', 'Highway to Hell', 'Shoot to Thrill', 'Sin City', 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap', 'Riff Raff' and 'You Shook Me All Night Long', and closed with 'Whole Lotta Rosie', 'Let There Be Rock', 'T.N.T.' and 'For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)'. The opening show in Gelsenkirchen on 17 May 2024 had 24 songs, including 'Rock 'n' Roll Train', 'Givin the Dog a Bone' and 'Dog Eat Dog'.

Set lists have changed little from night to night, which is typical of AC/DC. Any 2027 shows would most likely follow the same stadium production.

AC/DC Europe Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no AC/DC tickets on sale for Europe in 2027, because no concerts have been announced. Any site selling seats or offering a presale code now is not official.

When European dates are confirmed, tickets will be sold through the official ticket outlet of each country and the stadiums' websites. Register for official alerts and use only the official resale platform of each country if you miss out.

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AC/DC Europe Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are AC/DC touring Europe in 2027?

No European dates have been announced as of 5 October 2026.

When did AC/DC last play in Europe?

The last European show of the Power Up Tour was in Karlsruhe on 17 August 2025.

When did AC/DC last play Paris?

At the Stade de France on 9 and 13 August 2025.

When did AC/DC last play Ireland?

At Croke Park in Dublin on 17 August 2024.

Who is in AC/DC on the Power Up Tour?

Angus Young, Stevie Young, Brian Johnson, Chris Chaney and Matt Laug.

What was AC/DC's first concert in mainland Europe?

The setlist archive's earliest is Boddy's Music Inn in Amsterdam on 19 August 1976.

When did the 2026 tour end?

The South and North American legs were scheduled to end with an extra show in Winnipeg on 20 September 2026.

Is there an AC/DC presale code for 2027?

No. Nothing is on sale, so any code offered now is not genuine.