AC/DC didn’t just roll into Sydney. They arrived carrying the aftershock of a week that had already rattled Melbourne so hard it practically left a crater.
What started as Melbourne’s Big Rock Week with that rush of stadium crowds, late-night train stations overflowing, and a whole city reminding the rest of the country that it still knows how to throw its weight around, didn’t end when the lights went down at the MCG. It simply shifted north.
Sydney felt that movement the moment Accor Stadium filled. The Melbourne stretch set the tone. It was the kind of run where every night felt like the main event. One city talked about seismographs twitching and debated the future of live music while the biggest rock band on the planet shook the foundations at the same time. You could feel the pulse jumping states. Melbourne lit the fire. Sydney came to see how high the flames could go.
The Sydney show wasn’t a sequel. It was a continuation of the same surge. The same crowd energy. The same sense that a band forty years into their career can still pull people in like gravity. The same feeling that Australia, even with its venue politics and endless noise complaints, still has these moments where everything lines up and you remember why rock music still matters.
The Don Arnold gallery captures that shift perfectly. Melbourne gave us the warning shot. Sydney is where the impact landed. Angus duck-walking across the runway, Brian belting like he’s trying to punch a hole in the sky, a stadium of people who didn’t bother sitting down once the lights dropped. It’s the kind of night that makes sense of the entire week. One giant national exhale followed by a roar.
If Melbourne reminded everyone that live music culture isn’t dead, Sydney proved it can travel. This gallery is what that looks like.
PHOTOS: AC/DC Sydney Accor Stadium 21/11/2025 (Don Arnold/Wireimage)
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