Rock or Bust World Tour

Background

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

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 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.

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)

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

The last 22 shows were rescheduled as Brian Johnson was ordered to stop touring immediately. Ten shows from March 8, 2016 to April 4, 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 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.

Typical Set list

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

23. "Highway to Hell"
24. "Riff Raff" (legs 6–7) / "Touch Too Much" (leg 6 – here only on 22 May 2016 – first live performance since 14 December 1979)
25. "Problem Child" (leg 7 – only played on 20 September 2016)
26. "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.

Personnel

Grossing

The Rock or Bust 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. Total gross: $221.1 million from 86 shows performed.