{"id":547862,"date":"2026-03-20T00:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547862\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:19:08","slug":"stevie-young-of-ac-dc-hospitalized-after-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547862\/","title":{"rendered":"Stevie Young of AC\/DC Hospitalized After Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

AC\/DC <\/a>guitarist Stevie Young, who replaced his uncle Malcolm Young<\/a> in 2014 after the band cofounder was diagnosed with dementia, has been hospitalized following a recent concert in South America.<\/p>\n

“Out of an abundance of caution, he was admitted to a local [Buenos Aires] hospital where he is undergoing a \u200bfull battery of tests,” a spokesperson said, according to Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Stevie is \u200bdoing well and is in good spirits. He is looking forward to \u2060getting onstage on Monday.”<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Top 50 Hard Rock Songs of the ’70s<\/a><\/p>\n

The Australian band recently performed in Santiago, Chile; they are scheduled to play three shows<\/a> in Buenos Aires, Argentina, starting on March 23. They last played the city in 2009.<\/p>\n

When Did Stevie Young Join AC\/DC?<\/p>\n

The 69-year-old Stevie Young joined AC\/DC in 2014, after Malcolm Young was diagnosed with dementia. He had also played with the band, led by Malcolm and his brother Angus Young<\/a>, in 1988 during a U.S. tour, subbing for Malcolm.<\/p>\n

He played on the band’s 2014 album, Rock or Bust,\u00a0but wasn’t named an official member of the longtime group until later in the year. (Malcolm Young died in 2017.)<\/p>\n

AC\/DC performs in Arlington, Texas, in April 2025 during a stop on the Power Up Tour (Bryan Rolli, UCR)<\/p>\n

AC\/DC performs in Arlington, Texas, in April 2025 during a stop on the Power Up Tour (Bryan Rolli, UCR)<\/p>\n

Young has played on AC\/DC’s Rock or Bust World Tour in 2015-16 and the current Power Up Tour, which began in 2024 and continues through this year.<\/p>\n

Where Is AC\/DC Playing in 2026?<\/p>\n

AC\/DC will play several more South American dates this spring before heading to North America for a new leg of the Power Up Tour <\/a>in July.<\/p>\n

The first date takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 11 and plays dates in Denver, Vancouver, Houston and Toronto, before wrapping up on Sept. 29 with a date in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

You can see AC\/DC’s 2026 tour schedule below.<\/p>\n

AC\/DC, Power Up Tour 2026<\/p>\n

3\/23 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Estadio River Plate
3\/27 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Estadio River Plate
3\/31 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Estadio River Plate
4\/7 – Mexico City, MX @ Estadio GNP Seguros
4\/11 – Mexico City, MX @ Estadio GNP Seguros
4\/15 – Mexico City, MX @ Estadio GNP Seguros
7\/11 – Charlotte, NC @ Bank of America Stadium
7\/15 – Columbus, OH @ Ohio Stadium
7\/19 – Madison, WI @ Camp Randall Stadium
7\/24 – San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome
7\/28 – Denver, CO @ Empower Field at Mile High
8\/1 – Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium
8\/5 – San Francisco, CA @ Levi’s Stadium
8\/9 – Edmonton, AB @ Commonwealth Stadium
8\/13 – Vancouver, BC @ BC Place
8\/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium
8\/31 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium
9\/4 – South Bend, IN @ Notre Dame Stadium
9\/8 – St. Louis, MO @ The Dome at America’s Center
9\/12 – Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
9\/16 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Stadium
9\/25 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
9\/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field<\/p>\n

From AC\/DC to Led Zeppelin to Van Halen: The Top 35 Hard Rock Albums of the ’70s<\/p>\n

From holdover electric blues to the birth of heavy metal, these records pretty much summed up the decade.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Michael Gallucci<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AC\/DC guitarist Stevie Young, who replaced his uncle Malcolm Young in 2014 after the band cofounder was diagnosed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341,44],"class_list":["post-547862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}