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The Power Up World Tour is an upcoming concert tour played by the hard rock band AC/DC, in support of their seventeenth studio album Power Up, which was released on 13 November 2020.

Background
AC/DC embarked on the Rock or Bust World Tour in May 2015, in support of their sixteenth studio album, Rock or Bust (2014). On 7 March 2016, the members announced that the final ten dates of the tour would be rescheduled as Brian Johnson's doctors had ordered him to stop touring immediately: he risked complete deafness if he persisted. He was replaced by Guns N' Roses front man Axl Rose on 16 April. Bassist Cliff Williams indicated that he would be leaving AC/DC after the tour during an interview with Gulfshore Life's Jonathan Foerste on 8 July 2016. After completing the tour, AC/DC went on hiatus. Over the next few years, speculation grew that former members Johnson and Rudd were back and working with the band again. A fan living near the Warehouse Studio, Vancouver claimed to have observed them in the outdoor area of the studio from an apartment window.

On 7 October 2020, the band confirmed the upcoming release on 13 November of their next studio album, Power Up and issued its first single, "Shot in the Dark". The album's track listing was revealed on their website the same day. AC/DC performed a co-headlining act of the Power Trip music festival, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California on 7 October 2023, with Williams being part of the line-up after coming out of retirement, and American drummer Matt Laug, replacing Rudd. The band have dropped clues, giving "speculation" that they would be going on another tour in 2024; including a possible appearance at the 2024 edition of the Rock in Rio festival, set to take place in September in Rio de Janeiro, and an appearance in Munich's Olympic Stadium on 12 June 2024.

On 6 February 2024, the band published a teaser on their social accounts, showing the band's lightning bolt symbol flickering, before the words "Are You Ready" appear and their song of the same name. They then announce a world tour on 12 February, with Chris Chaney replacing Williams as bass guitarist.