AC/DC Kicks Off Third Year Of ‘PWR/UP Tour,’ Enters Top 10 On Artist Power Index

AC/DC returns to the lineup on the Artist Power Index ranked No. 9 after resuming the “PWR/UP Tour” that played stadiums in Europe, North America and Australia over the past two years. The tour, supporting the band’s November 2020 studio album Power Up, kicked off its third year on the road in South America, beginning with a Feb. 24 concert at MorumBIS in São Paulo, Brazil, the first of three shows planned at the stadium through March 4. The group previously performed for 65,311 fans there in November 2009 during their “Black Ice Tour.”

Following a two-night stint at Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile, March 11 and 15, the band will return to two more Latin American venues they last played in 2009. The first is Estadio Mâs Monumental in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where they drew 170,630 fans for three “Black Ice” concerts and will perform another three shows on the current tour, March 23, 27 and 31. Then, three concerts are booked in Mexico City at Estadio GNP Seguros, April 7, 11, 15. Previously, they sold 50,853 tickets there for one performance on the “Black Ice Tour” on Nov. 12, 2009.

This summer AC/DC will bring their “PWR/UP Tour” back to the U.S. and Canada for a second stadium trek, starting with a July 11 event at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Last year, they performed at 13 stadiums in North America, averaging more than 49,000 tickets sold per show, according to box-office figures reported to Pollstar.

Holding the No. 1 ranking on the Artist Power Index is Lady Gaga, who tops the chart for a second consecutive week following the North American return of “The Mayhem Ball.” Her first two U.S. shows this year at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, were attended by 26,926 fans, Feb. 14-15, while the ticket count was 53,847 for the subsequent four-show run at Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, Feb. 18-23.

She is also No. 1 on Global Concert Pulse, which ranks touring artists by gross averages over the past three months. Her stadium shows in three Australian cities in December and two in Japan in January racked up a combined gross of $106.1 million, which averages over $9.6 million per concert to earn the top ranking on the chart. She takes the top spot from Bad Bunny, who ranked No. 1 for the first seven weeks of 2026. His 23-show gross average this week comes to $8.4 million per show.

However, Bad Bunny is ranked highest on LIVE75. He makes his second consecutive appearance at the top of the chart and his fifth at No. 1 since the beginning of the year. He earns his ranking this week with a sold-ticket average of 57,600 from 14 performances on his “Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour” that launched last November. While AC/DC has the top debut on the Artist Power Index, Rod Stewart and Raye both join the lineups on Global Concert Pulse and LIVE75, respectively, with the highest-ranked chart debuts of the week. Stewart earns the No. 8 ranking on GCP based on his gross average of $1.24 million from seven arena concerts in November and December during his “One Last Time” tour’s second European leg of 2025. Then, Raye’s LIVE75 appearance at No. 4 is based on a per-show ticket average of 16,099 from four February concerts at three arenas in Europe on her 2026 tour named “This Tour May Contain New Music.”