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AC/DC Kick Off Australian Tour at MCG, Revive 'Jailbreak' After 34 Years

The homecoming show highlighted stadium-sized production that even registered on local seismographs.

Overview

  • About 80,000 fans packed the Melbourne Cricket Ground for AC/DC’s first Australian concert since 2015.
  • The set featured the first live performance of 'Jailbreak' since 1991, with 'If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)' and 'Riff Raff' performed in Australia for the first time.
  • Seismology monitors detected low‑frequency ground motion in the 2–5 hertz range during the concert, while 374 bagpipers set a world record performance at Federation Square earlier in the day.
  • Promoters detailed a massive touring operation using roughly 300 tonnes of steel, about 28 tonnes of PA, 155 crew, dozens of containers and trucks, and around 500 kW of show power.
  • Promoter figures put global Power Up tour sales at roughly 3.5–4 million tickets so far, with Australian dates continuing through December before scheduled stops in South America, Mexico and a summer 2026 North American return.