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AC/DC
MetLife Stadium — East Rutherford, NJ
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About AC/DC

AC/DC formed in Sydney in 1973 when Scottish brothers Malcolm and Angus Young decided to build the simplest, dirtiest rock and roll machine possible. For five decades, they've been weirdly consistent about it. Angus's guitar work is all controlled chaos—he can make a riff do more with less than almost anyone else. The band's signature sound came together fully with Back in Black in 1980, an album so commercially dominant it basically taught the world what stadium rock should sound like. They've cycled through vocalists and drummers, but the formula held. Their songs work because they're built on the most basic rock DNA: a hook that lodges in your brain, rhythm section that doesn't overthink it, and Angus playing like he's got a personal vendetta against the amp. AC/DC never chased trends or tried to evolve beyond their wheelhouse. That restraint is kind of the point.

Loud, sweaty, and exactly what you paid for. Angus tears through solos while the crowd loses its mind on every familiar riff. No surprises, no deep cuts. Just the hits played with the understanding that everyone came for the same reason.

Known for Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long, Highway to Hell, Thunderstruck, T.N.T.

AC/DC + New York

AC/DC brought the full arsenal to Madison Square Garden on September 14, 2016, running through 24 songs of pure rock bedrock. They opened with "Rock or Bust" and spent the next two hours methodically demolishing the place, hitting all the monuments—"Back in Black," "Thunderstruck," "Highway to Hell." But what stuck was the deep stuff: "Sin City" hit different in a room that size, and "Whole Lotta Rosie" proved they could still make a guitar riff feel like a physical force. They closed with "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)," which at Madison Square Garden felt less like a song and more like a stated fact. New York had seen them before, but this was the kind of show that reminded you why AC/DC has never needed to evolve—just refine.

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Live Music in New York

New York's rock legacy is basically written in AC/DC's DNA. The city that birthed punk and kept hard rock alive through every trend shift naturally gravitates toward their stripped-down, no-bullshit approach. Madison Square Garden has hosted everyone, but AC/DC's kind of straightforward guitar rock—no production tricks, no apologies—resonates here because New York audiences respect craft over flash. They came to see a band that plays the same riff for forty years and somehow makes it heavier each time.

New York road trip to see AC/DC?

Stay in the Upper West Side near Central Park—quieter than Midtown, better restaurants, and close enough to everywhere that matters. Dinner at Balthazar in SoHo if you want classic New York energy, or Gramercy Tavern if you prefer something less scene-y. Spend your afternoon at the Met or catching live music at Blue Note or The Basement—both venues where you'll see the players who influenced Mars's sound. Walk through Washington Square Park, grab a coffee, remember why New York mattered to music in the first place.

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