AC/DC Guitarist Stevie Young Hospitalized in Buenos Aires Ahead of Power Up Tour Stadium Gigs

AC/DC guitarist Stevie Young was hospitalized in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Thursday (March 19) just days ahead of the legendary Australian hard rock group’s planned three-show run in the city. According to the Associated Press, the 69-year-old nephew of late band co-founder guitarist Malcolm Young was “not feeling well” and as a precaution was admitted to a local hospital, where he is undergoing “a full series of tests,” per a statement released on Thursday by the show’s promoter.

At press time no additional information was available on Young’s condition or the specifics of the reported ailment. “Stevie is doing well and in good spirits,” a spokesperson told the AP. “He is eagerly looking forward to getting on stage on Monday.”

The veteran “Back in Black” group are scheduled to play three sold-out shows at Buenos Aires’ 85,000-capacity Monumental Stadium on March 23, 27 and 31. The gigs will be AC/DC’s first performances in Argentina since 2009, when they played for nearly 200,000 fans over three shows at the same stadium on their Black Ice world tour.

Young has been the band’s rhythm guitarist since 2014, when his uncle Malcolm retired from the group due to health issues related to dementia; Malcolm Young died at age 64 in November 2017. At press time a spokesperson for AC/DC had not returned Billboard‘s request for comment on Young’s condition.

AC/DC launched the Power Up tour in support of their 17th studio album of the same name in May 2024 in Gelsenkrichen, Germany. After a run of European shows that year, the band moved to North America early last year and then returned to Europe during the summer before heading back home to Australia for a run of stadium shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane. They picked things back up last month with a trio of shows in São Paulo, Brazil and two gigs last week Santiago, Chile.