AC/DC’s long-awaited Power Up stadium tour Down Below is already proving a powerhouse, smashing data with its opening onsale.
On June 26, Ticketek reported a record-breaking 370,000 tickets offered throughout all occasions on its platform, setting a brand new all-time day by day gross sales report for the corporate. Of these, greater than 320,000 tickets had been for AC/DC’s Energy Up tour alone, making it the most important live performance onsale day in Ticketek’s 40-plus yr historical past.
The determine smashes the band’s personal 2009 benchmark through the Black Ice tour and drove nearly all of gross sales site visitors throughout the platform that day. The remaining ~50,000 tickets had been offered for different occasions together with Lightscape, NRL matches, AFL fixtures, and main theatre productions. That feat eclipses the band’s personal 2009 Black Ice tour, which beforehand held the report and in the end moved over 650,000 tickets nationwide.
The brand new benchmark overtakes the earlier report set earlier this month throughout The Ashes onsale.
“These outcomes are a mirrored image of the collaboration, ardour, and sheer effort from each a part of our enterprise,” stated Cameron Hoy, Ticketek Leisure Group’s Head of International Ticketing. “I’m extremely pleased with what the staff have completed.”
Ticketek knowledge exhibits that greater than 1.7 million followers queued on-line throughout all tour stops when tickets went reside. A number of dates offered out inside hours, prompting further exhibits in main cities. Since then, the run has grown from 5 to 9 live shows as a result of overwhelming demand, making it one of many largest nationwide rock excursions of the yr.
Produced by TEG Van Egmond, the Energy Up tour marks AC/DC’s first Australian trek in almost a decade and follows the discharge of their ARIA No. 1 album Energy Up in 2020. The band’s return has ignited fan fervor, with each legacy listeners and new generations flocking to safe their seats.
Becoming a member of the tour as particular visitors are Amyl and the Sniffers, winners of a number of ARIA and Rolling Stone Australia Awards.
The final time AC/DC toured Australia and New Zealand was in 2015 on their Rock or Bust tour, which offered over 520,000 tickets throughout 11 dates, together with two exhibits in Auckland and Wellington.