Rock or Bust World Tour

Rock or Bust World Tour
Tour by AC/DC

Rock or Bust World Tour Promo Poster
Associated album Rock or Bust
Start date 10 April 2015
End date 20 September 2016
Legs 7
No. of shows
  • 41 in Europe
  • 36 in North America
  • 11 in Oceania
  • 88 total [1]
AC/DC concert chronology

Rock or Bust World Tour was a 2015-2016 concert tour by Australian rock band AC/DC in support of the group's seventeenth studio album, Rock or Bust, released in November 2014.[2][3][4][5]

Background

Opening on 10 April 2015, at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.

Malcolm Young was replaced by his and Angus's nephew Stevie Young and Phil Rudd was replaced by their former drummer Chris Slade. They have both played for AC/DC on the Blow Up Your Video World Tour and on the Razors Edge World Tour, respectively.

In Germany, the band set a new world record in the number of sold tickets within the shortest timespan, with more than 300,000 tickets sold out in seventy-seven minutes.[6]

In Switzerland, the band set a new record in the duration to a 'sold out' concert. The concert in Zurich was sold out in 6 minutes (over 40,000 tickets) [7]

The band played at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards awards, performing Rock or Bust and Highway to Hell on February 8, 2015.[8]

The last 22 shows were rescheduled as Brian Johnson was ordered to stop touring immediately.[1] Ten shows from March 8, 2016 to April 4, 2016 were cancelled and had to be rescheduled,[9] with Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses appearing in Johnson's place [10] marking first time that AC/DC has featured a lead vocalist other than Brian Johnson since they concluded the Highway to Hell Tour on 27 January 1980.

As part of this tour, AC/DC performed the first concert at the Olympic Stadium in London since its redevelopment following the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.[11]

Longtime bassist Cliff Williams announced that he would retire upon completion of the tour, citing losing interest following the health issues with Malcom Young and Brian Johnson, and the legal issues with Phil Rudd.[12]

The band broke their normal routine at the end of the final concert with Angus Young leading Williams out to the front of the stage to take a final bow. Rose also introduced the band members one by one.[13]

Typical Set list

AC/DC performing in Tacoma, Washington on Feb. 2, 2016.
AC/DC performing the first concert at the Olympic Stadium in London, on June 4, 2016.
  1. "Rock or Bust"
  2. "Shoot to Thrill"
  3. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be"
  4. "Back in Black"
  5. "Play Ball" (legs 1–4) / "Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder" (legs 5–7)
  6. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
  7. "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" (leg 6-7)
  8. "Thunderstruck"
  9. "High Voltage"
  10. "Rock N Roll Train"
  11. "Hells Bells"
  12. "Baptism by Fire (legs 1–4) / "Given the Dog a Bone" (legs 5–7)
  13. "Dog Eat Dog" (only on 22 May 2016)
  14. "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" (leg 6 – starting from 13 May 2016 & leg 7)
  15. "Touch Too Much" (leg 6 – here only on 12 & 15 June 2016) / "Live Wire" (leg 7 – first live performance since 9 October 1982)
  16. "You Shook Me All Night Long" (switched with "Sin City" during legs 5–7)
  17. "Sin City" (switched with "Shot Down in Flames" during legs 5–7)
  18. "Shot Down in Flames"
  19. "Have a Drink on Me"
  20. "T.N.T."
  21. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
  22. "Let There Be Rock" (including Angus Young's guitar solo)

Encore

  1. "Highway to Hell"
  2. "Riff Raff" (legs 6–7) / "Touch Too Much" (leg 6 – here only on 22 May 2016 – first live performance since 14 December 1979)
  3. "Problem Child" (leg 7 – only played on 20 September 2016)
  4. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"

Note: "Sin City" played before "You Shook Me All Night Long" on 2016 shows. "Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder" and "Given the Dog a Bone" only played on 2016 shows.[14][15]

Coachella Set list

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets, and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance[16] Revenue[16]
Leg 1 — North America[17]
10 April 2015 Indio United States Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival – Empire Polo Grounds — — —
17 April 2015
Leg 2 — Europe[18][19][20]
5 May 2015 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome Vintage Trouble 30,000 / 30,000 —
8 May 2015 Nuremberg Germany Zeppelinfeld 80,000 / 80,000 —
10 May 2015 Dresden Ostragehege 90,000 / 90,000 —
14 May 2015 Zeltweg Austria Red Bull Ring 105,042 / 115,000 —
16 May 2015 Hockenheim Germany Hockenheimring 100,000 / 100,000 —
19 May 2015 Munich Olympiastadion 140,000 / 140,000 —
21 May 2015
23 May 2015 Paris France Stade de France 150,000 / 150,000 [21] —
26 May 2015
29 May 2015 Barcelona Spain Estadi Olímpic 60,000 / 60,000 —
31 May 2015 Madrid Estadio Vicente Calderón 104,355 / 104,360 —
2 June 2015
5 June 2015 Zürich Switzerland Letzigrund Stadion 100,000 / 100,000 —
7 June 2015
19 June 2015 Cologne Germany Jahnwiesen — —
21 June 2015 Hanover Hanover Fairground — —
25 June 2015 Berlin Olympiastadion 70,000 / 70,000 —
28 June 2015 Glasgow Scotland Hampden Park 48,505 / 48,505 —
1 July 2015 Dublin Ireland Aviva Stadium 50,000 / 50,000 —
4 July 2015 London England Wembley Stadium 80,000 / 80,000 —
6 July 2015 Dessel Belgium Festivalpark Stenehei 50,000 / 50,000 —
9 July 2015 Imola Italy Autodromo Ferrari 92,000 / 92,000 —
12 July 2015 Gelsenkirchen Germany Veltins-Arena 52,770 / 55,000 —
15 July 2015 Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival Site 55,000 / 55,000 —
17 July 2015 Oslo Norway Valle Hovin Stadion 40,000 / 40,000 —
19 July 2015 Stockholm Sweden Friends Arena 50,460 / 50,460 —
22 July 2015 Hämeenlinna Finland Kantola Event Park 55,000 / 55,000 —
25 July 2015 Warsaw Poland National Stadium 48,000 / 48,000 —
Leg 3 — North America[22][23][24][25][26]
22 August 2015 Foxborough United States Gillette Stadium Vintage Trouble — —
26 August 2015 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium 48,881 / 50,000 $4,492,251
28 August 2015 Quebec City Canada Plains of Abraham 48,588 / 58,000 $4,047,480
31 August 2015 Montreal Olympic Stadium 36,917 / 46,100 $3,238,650
3 September 2015 Ottawa TD Place Stadium — —
5 September 2015 Moncton Magnetic Hill — —
8 September 2015 Detroit United States Ford Field 43,000 / 43,000 —
10 September 2015 Toronto Canada Downsview Park — —
15 September 2015 Chicago United States Wrigley Field 29,732 / 29,732 $3,024,480
17 September 2015 Winnipeg Canada Investors Group Field 34,000 / 34,000 —
20 September 2015 Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium — —
22 September 2015 Vancouver BC Place 45,000 / 45,000 —
25 September 2015 San Francisco United States AT&T Park 46,167 / 46,167 $4,446,189
28 September 2015 Los Angeles Dodger Stadium 46,215 / 46,215 $3,975,040
Leg 4 — Oceania [27][28][29][30]
4 November 2015 Sydney Australia ANZ Stadium The Hives, Kingswood 140,000 / 140,000 [31] —
7 November 2015
12 November 2015 Brisbane Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre 90,000 / 90,000 [32][33] —
14 November 2015
21 November 2015 Adelaide Adelaide Oval 50,000 / 50,000 [34] —
27 November 2015 Perth Domain Stadium 80,000 / 80,000 [35] —
29 November 2015
6 December 2015 Melbourne Etihad Stadium 100,000 / 100,000 [36] —
8 December 2015
12 December 2015 Wellington New Zealand Westpac Stadium Shihad, Villainy 30,000 / 30,000 [37] —
15 December 2015 Auckland Western Springs Stadium 30,000 / 30,000 [38] —
Leg 5 — North America[39][40][41]
2 February 2016 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown[42] 21,337 / 21,337 $2,544,102
5 February 2016 Paradise MGM Grand Garden Arena 13,491/13,817 $1,416,474
8 February 2016 Denver Pepsi Center — —
11 February 2016 Fargo Fargodome 19,308 / 19,308 $2,049,080
14 February 2016 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 14,858 / 14,858 $2,010,470
17 February 2016 Chicago United Center 13,773 / 13,773 $1,696,155
20 February 2016 St. Louis Scottrade Center 13,985 / 14,320 $1,520,878
23 February 2016 Dallas American Airlines Center 13,727 / 14,391 $1,519,861
26 February 2016 Houston Toyota Center — —
28 February 2016[nb 1] Kansas City Sprint Center — —
Leg 6 — Europe[44][45]
7 May 2016 Lisbon Portugal Passeio Marítimo de Algés Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown[46] — —
10 May 2016 Seville Spain Estadio de La Cartuja 60,000 / 60,000 —
13 May 2016 Marseille France Stade Vélodrome — —
16 May 2016 Werchter Belgium Festivalground Werchter Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, Black Box Revelation[47] — —
19 May 2016 Vienna Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown[48] — —
22 May 2016 Prague Czech Republic Letnany Airport Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, Doctor Victor[49] — —
26 May 2016 Hamburg Germany Volksparkstadion Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown[46] — —
29 May 2016 Berne Switzerland Stade de Suisse — —
1 June 2016 Leipzig Germany Red Bull Arena — —
4 June 2016 London England Olympic Stadium — —
9 June 2016 Manchester Etihad Stadium — —
12 June 2016 Aarhus Denmark Ceres Park — —
15 June 2016 Düsseldorf Germany Esprit Arena Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, Massendefekt[50] — —
Leg 7 — North America[51]
27 August 2016 Greensboro United States Greensboro Coliseum Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown[46] 12,320 / 13,898 $1,268,400
30 August 2016 Sunrise BB&T Center 11,930 / 12,944 $1,263,029
1 September 2016 Atlanta Philips Arena — —
4 September 2016 Columbus Nationwide Arena 11,032 / 15,771 $1,366,460
6 September 2016 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 8,355 / 9,113 $901,870
9 September 2016 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 7,897 / 12,626 $904,984
11 September 2016 Buffalo First Niagara Center — —
14 September 2016 New York City Madison Square Garden 13,737 / 13,737 $1,555,320
17 September 2016 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 11,708 / 14,182 $1,423,688
20 September 2016 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 14,089 / 14,089 $1,216,141
Total 2,310,061 $180,000,000

Personnel

Grossing

The Rock or Bust Tour was the 2nd most attended tour of 2015 behind One Direction and 3rd highest grossing tour behind Taylor Swift and One Direction(Pollstar Year End Top 100 Worldwide tours of 2015). AC/DC in 2015 gross was $85 million from 54 shows in 50 cities and drew 1,310,061. The source earlier was from a pre year end estimate of the Top 20 Worldwide tours of 2015 by Pollstar.

AC/DC grossed $28.2 million and drew 242,202 from 22 shows in 22 cities(Pollstar Top 100 Worldwide Tours Mid Year). The Rock or Bust World Tour has grossed $208.2 million so far through June 30, 2016.

References

  1. ↑ This show was originally scheduled for 29 February 2016, but has been pushed back to the previous day to allow vocalist Brian Johnson to attend a funeral of a close friend.[43]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Doctors Tell AC/DC Frontman Brian Johnson To Stop Touring Immediately". theMusic. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ac/Dc: First 2015 European Tour Dates Announced - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "AC/DC The Archives". Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Guardian music. "AC/DC's Malcolm Young departs as new album Rock or Bust announced". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "AC/DC Tour 2015 Confirmed for North American Stadiums". Retrieved Feb 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.vorverkaufstarts.de/acdc-tour-tickets
  7. ↑ Blick (16 December 2014). "Ausverkauft nach 6 Minuten: AC/DC brechen den Allzeit-Rekord!". Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ariana Grande, Madonna Among First 57th GRAMMY Performers". The GRAMMYs. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "AC/DC to reschedule Upcoming U.S. Tour dates". acdc.com. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Rock Or Bust World Tour Continues With Axl Rose". acdc.com. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Axl Rose and AC/DC play first ever concert at London's Olympic Stadium". NME. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Foerste, Jonathan (July 2016). "Still Rockin' in Southwest Florida". Gulfshore Life. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  13. ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/ac-dc-rock-or-bust-last-show/
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  16. 1 2 "Current Boxscore". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  17. ↑ "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. July 21, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015.
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  46. 1 2 3 "AC/DC Tour Archive". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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