AC/DC Plays Allegiant Stadium, Not the Sphere, in 2026
AC/DC's only 2026 Las Vegas date is at Allegiant Stadium, not the Sphere. Setlist, tickets, showtime, and heat advisory details inside.
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AC/DC is playing Las Vegas exactly once — Saturday, August 1, 2026 — and despite what's floating around online, it's at Allegiant Stadium, not the Sphere. Angus Young, Brian Johnson, and Stevie Young headline the "POWER UP TOUR 2026" with The Pretty Reckless opening, and resale tickets are already running $143-$161 with several sections down to just a couple seats.
Quick Facts
- What: AC/DC, “POWER UP TOUR 2026,” with The Pretty Reckless opening
- When: Saturday, August 1, 2026 — showtime 7 p.m., doors expected 5-6 p.m.
- Where: Allegiant Stadium, 3333 Al Davis Way, Las Vegas — not the Sphere
- Tickets: Resale running roughly $143-$161 per ticket on StubHub, with only a couple of seats left in several sections; VIP packages start around $104 and average about $348 on the secondary market
- Worth knowing: It's an August night in a stadium — the venue itself is telling people to hydrate at the free water stations outside and dress light
Angus, Brian, Stevie, and the Touring Rhythm Section
This is still the lineup that matters: Angus Young on lead guitar, Brian Johnson singing, and Stevie Young holding down rhythm guitar, the core that’s carried this band through every version of itself for decades. Behind them, Chris Chaney plays bass and Matt Laug is on drums, both touring players who’ve been with this configuration for the run. Angus and the Youngs are the real thing here, not a tribute act with one original member propped up by hired guns, touring behind an album, “Power Up,” and a catalog that goes back over 50 years.
The Pretty Reckless, fronted by Taylor Momsen, opens. She played the little sister on “Gossip Girl,” but she's fronted this band for over a decade now and built a real following in rock circles that has nothing to do with television.
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The Setlist So Far
The official Vegas setlist wasn’t posted as of this writing, but this tour has been remarkably consistent night to night. Recent shows in San Antonio, Denver, and Columbus all ran close to this order:
1. Intro
2. “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)”
3. “Back in Black”
4. “Demon Fire”
5. “Shot Down in Flames”
6. “Thunderstruck”
7. “Have a Drink on Me”
8. “Hells Bells”
9. “Shot in the Dark”
10. “Stiff Upper Lip”
11. “Highway to Hell”
12. “Shoot to Thrill”
13. “Sin City”
There’s more after that, plus an encore, and it shifts slightly night to night, but that’s the backbone. Ticketmaster’s own tour coverage describes the setlist as splitting time between the ’80s peak material and the newer “Power Up” cuts, with a song or two pulled from nearly every album in the catalog and the two career-definers — “Highway to Hell” and “Back in Black” — never missing. That’s a smart way to build a stadium show: you don’t make forty thousand people wait through deep cuts to get to the songs they came for. You spread them out.
Getting There and Getting In
Allegiant Stadium sits just off the Strip near Mandalay Bay, and if you’re staying at a Strip property and thinking you’ll just walk over, budget 15 to 20 minutes on foot with almost no shade along the way. In August, in Las Vegas, that’s not a small detail — the venue has put out a heat advisory for this show, telling people to hydrate, use the free water stations set up outside the stadium, and wear lightweight, breathable clothing. I’ve lived here since before there was air conditioning in most casinos, and that advisory isn’t boilerplate. An August stadium show here will test you if you show up in jeans and a leather jacket because it looked good in the mirror.
Tickets on the secondary market were running $143 to $161 for general seating with limited availability — several sections down to two seats left — and VIP packages starting around $104 with an average resale price near $348. If you’re still shopping day-of, StubHub's listings and the venue's own event page are the two places worth checking before you pay a reseller markup somewhere less reliable.
After Vegas, the tour keeps moving — San Francisco on August 5, then Edmonton, Vancouver, Atlanta, and Houston, eighteen stops across North America in all. People keep calling this the band’s last major run at this scale. Nobody’s confirmed that, but Angus Young is in his seventies, and stadium tours like this don't happen indefinitely.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the AC/DC Las Vegas show at the Sphere?
No. AC/DC is playing Allegiant Stadium on August 1, 2026. There's been talk online about the band eventually playing the Sphere, but no such show is confirmed — this date is at the stadium, not the Sphere.
What time does AC/DC take the stage in Las Vegas?
Showtime is 7 p.m. Doors are expected to open sometime between 5 and 6 p.m., in line with how doors have run on other stops of this tour.
Who is opening for AC/DC at Allegiant Stadium?
The Pretty Reckless, fronted by Taylor Momsen, is the opening act for this show.
How much are tickets to AC/DC at Allegiant Stadium?
Resale tickets have been running roughly $143 to $161 depending on section, with several sections showing very limited availability. VIP packages start around $104 and are averaging closer to $348 on the resale market.
How do I get to Allegiant Stadium from the Strip?
It’s walkable from Strip properties near Mandalay Bay, roughly 15 to 20 minutes on foot, but there’s very little shade along the route. Given the August heat advisory the venue has issued, driving or rideshare is the more comfortable option for most people.
