The Rock or Bust World Tour was a 2015–2016 concert tour by the Australian rock band AC/DC, in support of their sixteenth studio album Rock or Bust, which was released on 28 November 2014. This tour had 7 legs around the world lasting more than 17 months starting on 10 April 2015 in Indio, California and finishing on 20 September 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Background Malcolm Young was replaced by his and Angus' 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 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.

In Switzerland, AC/DC set another new record in the duration to a 'sold out' concert. The concert in Zurich was sold out in 6 minutes (over 40,000 tickets)

AC/DC played at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, performing "Rock or Bust" and "Highway to Hell" on 8 February 2015.

The last 22 shows were rescheduled as Brian Johnson was ordered to stop touring immediately. Ten shows from 8 March 2016 to 4 April 2016 were cancelled and had to be rescheduled, with Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses appearing in Johnson's place 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.

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

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

Johnson, Rudd, and Williams later returned to the band.

Grossing The Rock or Bust World Tour was the second most attended tour of 2015 behind One Direction and third highest-grossing tour behind Taylor Swift and One Direction (Pollstar Year End Top 100 Worldwide tours of 2015). The tour grossed $180 million from 54 shows in 2015. and $40.1 million from 32 shows in 2016. There was a total gross of $221.1 million from 86 shows performed. 2.31 million fans attended the tour's 2015 dates and the band played to an estimated 4 million fans worldwide for the entire tour.

Set list

"Rock or Bust" "Shoot to Thrill" "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" "Back in Black" "Play Ball"[a] "Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder"[b] "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation"[b] "Thunderstruck" "High Voltage" "Rock 'n' Roll Train" "Hells Bells" "Baptism by Fire"[a] "Givin' the Dog a Bone"[b] "Dog Eat Dog"[b] "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)"[b] "Touch Too Much"[b] "Live Wire"[b] "Sin City" "You Shook Me All Night Long" "Shot Down in Flames" "Have a Drink on Me" "T.N.T." "Whole Lotta Rosie" "Let There Be Rock"

Encore "Highway to Hell" "Riff Raff"[b] "Problem Child"[b] "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"

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Tour dates + List of 2015 concerts Date (2015) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue 10 April Indio United States Empire Polo Club rowspan="2" 198,000 / 198,000 $28,088,088 17 April 5 May Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome Vintage Trouble — — 8 May Nuremberg Germany Zeppelinfeld — — 10 May Dresden Ostragehege — — 14 May Zeltweg Austria Red Bull Ring — — 16 May Hockenheim Germany Hockenheimring — — 19 May Munich Olympiastadion — — 21 May 23 May Paris France Stade de France — — 26 May 29 May Barcelona Spain Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys — — 31 May Madrid Vicente Calderón Stadium — — 2 June 5 June Zürich Switzerland Letzigrund Stadion — — 7 June 19 June Cologne Germany Jahnwiesen — — 21 June Hanover Hanover Fairground — — 25 June Berlin Olympiastadion — — 28 June Glasgow Scotland Hampden Park 50,335 / 50,335 $5,126,269 1 July Dublin Ireland Aviva Stadium — — 4 July London England Wembley Stadium — — 6 July Dessel Belgium Festivalpark Stenehei — — 9 July Imola Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 90,034 / 90,034 $7,482,298 12 July Gelsenkirchen Germany Veltins-Arena — — 15 July Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival Site — — 17 July Oslo Norway Valle Hovin — — 19 July Stockholm Sweden Friends Arena — — 22 July Hämeenlinna Finland Kantola Event Park 55,000 / 55,000 $5,016,055 25 July Warsaw Poland National Stadium — — 22 August Foxborough United States Gillette Stadium — — 26 August East Rutherford MetLife Stadium 48,881 / 50,000 $4,492,251 28 August Quebec City Canada Plains of Abraham 48,588 / 58,000 $4,047,480 31 August Montreal Olympic Stadium 36,917 / 46,100 $3,238,650 3 September Ottawa TD Place Stadium — — 5 September Moncton Magnetic Hill Concert Site — — 8 September Detroit United States Ford Field — — 10 September Toronto Canada Downsview Park — — 15 September Chicago United States Wrigley Field 29,732 / 29,732 $3,024,480 17 September Winnipeg Canada Investors Group Field — — 20 September Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium — — 22 September Vancouver BC Place — — 25 September San Francisco United States AT&T Park 46,167 / 46,167 $4,446,189 28 September Los Angeles Dodger Stadium 46,215 / 46,215 $3,975,040 4 November Sydney Australia ANZ Stadium The HivesKingswood — — 7 November 12 November Brisbane Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre — — 14 November 21 November Adelaide Adelaide Oval 42,384 / 42,384 $3,950,376 27 November Perth Domain Stadium — — 29 November 6 December Melbourne Docklands Stadium — — 8 December 12 December Wellington New Zealand Westpac Stadium ShihadVillainy — — 15 December Auckland Western Springs Stadium — —

+ List of 2016 concerts Date (2016) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue 2 February Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown 21,337 / 21,337 $2,544,102 5 February Paradise MGM Grand Garden Arena 13,817 / 13,817 $1,416,474 8 February Denver Pepsi Center — — 11 February Fargo Fargodome 19,308 / 19,308 $2,049,080 14 February Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 14,858 / 14,858 $2,010,470 17 February Chicago United Center 13,773 / 13,773 $1,696,155 20 February St. Louis Scottrade Center 13,985 / 14,320 $1,520,878 23 February Dallas American Airlines Center 13,727 / 14,391 $1,519,861 26 February Houston Toyota Center — — 28 February Kansas City Sprint Center 13,146 / 13,146 $1,612,754 7 May Lisbon Portugal Passeio Marítimo de Algés — — 10 May Seville Spain Estadio de La Cartuja — — 13 May Marseille France Stade Vélodrome — — 16 May Werchter Belgium Werchter Festival Ground Tyler Bryant & The ShakedownBlack Box Revelation — — 19 May Vienna Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown — — 22 May Prague Czech Republic Letnany Airport Tyler Bryant & The ShakedownDoctor Victor — — 26 May Hamburg Germany Volksparkstadion Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown — — 29 May Bern Switzerland Stade de Suisse — — 1 June Leipzig Germany Red Bull Arena — — 4 June London England Olympic Stadium — — 9 June Manchester City of Manchester Stadium — — 12 June Aarhus Denmark Ceres Park — — 15 June Düsseldorf Germany Esprit Arena Tyler Bryant & The ShakedownMassendefekt — — 27 August Greensboro United States Greensboro Coliseum Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown 12,320 / 13,898 $1,268,400 30 August Sunrise BB&T Center 11,930 / 12,944 $1,263,029 1 September Atlanta Philips Arena 11,173 / 13,012 $1,169,355 4 September Columbus Nationwide Arena 11,032 / 15,771 $1,366,460 6 September Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 8,355 / 9,113 $901,870 9 September Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 7,897 / 12,626 $904,984 11 September Buffalo KeyBank Center — — 14 September New York City Madison Square Garden 13,737 / 13,737 $1,555,320 17 September Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 11,708 / 14,182 $1,423,688 20 September Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 14,089 / 14,089 $1,216,141 Total — $221,100,000

Personnel Brian Johnson – lead vocals (April 10, 2015–February 28, 2016) Angus Young – lead guitar Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals Stevie Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Chris Slade – drums

Additional musicians Axl Rose – lead vocals (May 7–September 20, 2016)

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