The tour won the " Major Tour of the Year " award at the 2009 Pollstar Concert Industry Awards . The tour was also nominated in the " Top Tour " and " Top Draw " categories at the 2009 '' Billboard '' Touring Awards . According to '' Billboard '' , the tour " has clearly tapped into a demand for AC/DC , resulting from the band 's eight-year absence from touring , and takes its place as one of the band 's most successful tours . " By the tour 's culmination , the group had played over 160 shows to approximately 4.9 million people . It was one of history 's highest grossing concert tours , grossing $ 441.6 million , third behind The Rolling Stones ' A Bigger Bang Tour , which grossed $ 558.3 million in the mid-2000s , and U2 's 360 ° Tour , which grossed $ 736.1 million in 2011 . It dropped to fourth place after Roger Waters ' The Wall Live tour when the latter ended in 2013
The Wall Live
The Wall Live (2010–13)
Black Ice World Tour