Making their first Pittsburgh visit in 16 years, the Australian music legends charged through a high-voltage, hooks-laden set Thursday at Acrisure Stadium, playing all the big hits and most of the second-tier radio favorites, plus a few recent songs that also rocked mightily.

Angus Young waited only a few seconds into the 21-song set before trotting out the first of many of his signature duck-walks while his fingers blasted out crisp, thunderous guitar riffage on opening salvo “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It).” Sporting his trademark schoolboy uniform, with shorts and cap, Young regularly framed his mouth into an O-shape as he blazed away on guitar

Singer Brian Johnson’s vocals — a mix of shouting, singing and screaming — sounded as raw, craggy and endearing as it has for decades. Wearing his trusty wool-looking cap and flexing in a sleeveless, V-neck shirt, Johnson’s squints — as he dug deep to reach vocal crescendos — and his smiles as he succeeded — were fun to watch on the jumbo video screens.  For “Hell’s Bells,” he stuck the landing with a lower, shorter vocal climb than on the original version.

It was well worth the admission simply hearing those flawlessly executed and epic AC/DC hooks — a genius mix of heft and space — powering classic-rock songs like “Back in Black,” “You Shook Me All Night Long” and encore-launcher “T.N.T.”

There were a few minor glitches. Ear monitor issues hassled Johnson amid “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,” and “Thunderstruck” sounded a gear slower than normal.

But high points abounded, as on 2020’s “Demon Fire” with its brisk, boogie beat from drummer Matt Laug and bassist Chris Chaney and Young slide-picking the top string of his guitar its entire length for the finale. Halfway through “Sin City,” Young took off his yellow and black striped necktie, held it tautly with both hands, and pulled it across his guitar strings, making a cool noise that would have made Beavis & Butthead smile. Young finished many songs with a final lick from his guitar lifted over his head.

A hydraulic lift elevated Young as he did one-handed strumming early in a 10-minute-plus “Let There Be Rock” where his string shredding dazzled the mixed age crowd. Huge swaths of stage confetti caught the wind and floated towards the back of the crowd, many of whom wore flashing red demon horns sold at the merch tables for $25 ($10 from the bootleggers outside the stadium.)

“Whole Lotta Rosie” put the beloved big gal on the video screens. Maybe a Rolling Stones-style giant inflatable costs too much these days.

After the 21-gun (give or take) salute in encore closer “For Those About to Rock,” fireworks lit up the sky, signaling fans to head home.

They savored a great night out, witnessing a legendary musical act, still in fine form, doing what band members were born to do.

For those who got to rock, we salute them.

The Pretty Reckless opened the show, led by dynamic vocalist Taylor Momsen. Her potent voice and enthusiasm were entertaining throughout a 50-minute set launched by the hard-rock band’s best-known song, “Death by Rock & Roll.”

You could hear not-yet-in-the-know spectators gleefully muttering, “Hey, did you know she was Cindy Lou Who in “The Grinch” movie.

Um… yeah, that’s old news.

Momsen also played Jenny Humphrey in TV’s “Gossip Girl.”