AC/DC’s first Sydney night at Accor Stadium didn’t just sound huge, it felt alive in a way only this band can pull off.
AC/DC’s first Sydney night at Accor Stadium didn’t just sound huge, it felt alive in a way only this band can pull off.
The kind of night where you walk through the gates and the air already feels charged. For this one, Blunt photographer James Miller was right in the thick of it, shooting from the pit, the runway and the stage edge, close enough to catch every expression and every snap of intensity.
There’s a different tone to these photos. Most of the big outlets will run the wide, polished stadium shots. That’s fine. But this set feels personal. It feels like someone opened a side door and let you stand on the stage for a night. You can see the sweat on Brian’s face, the way Angus braces before sprinting down the runway, the moments between chords where the whole stadium seems to hold its breath.
In the days leading into Sydney, the band arrived earlier in the week in a private jet, signalling from the start that the home stretch of the Australian Tour 2025 was going to hit differently. And on the morning of the show, news broke that Bon Scott’s ex wife Irene Thornton had passed away at 75, a moment of reflection that hovered quietly over the day. It didn’t dampen the energy, but it added a sense of history to the night, a reminder of the people who shaped this band long before stadium crowds knew their names.
When the lights finally dropped, Sydney got a setlist identical to Melbourne, but the important part is how it landed here. The band hit every song like they were trying to etch it into the concrete. There were moments where Angus tore across the stage like he was powered by something you couldn’t see. Brian locked in with the crowd and it genuinely felt like the whole stadium surged forward.
And yeah, the question that always floats around when AC/DC tours came up again throughout the crowd. Will this be their last run. There’s no way to know, but looking at the energy in these shots, Sydney wasn’t watching a band on the way out. It was watching a band still capable of levelling a stadium with nothing but volume and presence.
Below is the gallery James brought back from inside the blast zone. Twenty one photos that feel real, immediate and close in a way the big agencies just don’t capture. A look at AC/DC the way Sydney saw them from ten metres away, not a hundred.
PHOTOS: AC/DC Sydney 21/11/2025 – By Blunt Mag’s James Miller
With one more Sydney show still to come, then Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane, the tour isn’t slowing down. If anything, this feels like the point in the run where everything locks into place. The band tightens, the crowds get louder and the shows start to feel heavier than the sum of their parts. If the rest of the country gets what Sydney just got, they’re in for something special.
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