AC/DC Open Their Last North American Run — 21 Songs in Charlotte, Bon Scott in the Set

Angus Young is 71 and still slides across the stage on his knees. On Saturday night, AC/DC opened the North American leg of their "Power Up" tour at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte — 21 songs, a little over two hours, their first show in the city since 2008.

They opened with "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)", a track from the Bon Scott era. The timing landed: two days earlier, on 9 July, the singer, who died in 1980, would have turned 80. Five songs came from "Back in Black", the album the band made in the wake of his death. Their current record "Power Up" supplied two numbers, "Demon Fire" and "Shot in the Dark", both early in the set. The close, as it has been for decades: "T.N.T." and "For Those About to Rock".

The setlist matters less than the line the band dropped on Instagram in June: "powering up for the last time". In all likelihood, then, this run is the last of a tour that began at the Power Trip festival in California in 2023. Around 18 stadiums remain, among them Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Vancouver, Atlanta, Toronto and New Jersey; it ends in Philadelphia in late September. The Pretty Reckless, fronted by Taylor Momsen, support on every date.

The numbers show why it works: more than 120 million dollars grossed across 15 shows and roughly 907,000 tickets sold — comfortably ahead of any other rock band this year.

Sources: Blabbermouth, Ultimate Classic Rock.