Now, we’ve always known how to be a great audience here in Scotland, with superstars from all around the globe, such as Coldplay, claiming we’re “one of the best audiences“. However, we took it to the next level at Murrayfield Stadium last weekend by cheering and dancing so much to Taylor Swift it triggered the earthquake monitors.
As the shows proved to be the highest-attended stadium gigs in Scottish history, 73,000 Taylor Swift fans danced so hard on Friday (June 7) night it created an earthquake alert 6 kilometres away. Apparantly, Cruel Summer, Ready For It? and Champagne Problems proved to be the crowd’s favourites to jump and dance to.
The dancing was also equivalent to charging 6,000 car batteries, according to the BGS: no wonder why SWG3 operates on human-powered energy, right?!
BGS seismologist Callum Harrison said: “Clearly Scotland’s reputation for providing some of the most enthusiastic audiences remains intact. It’s amazing that we’ve been able to measure the reaction of thousands of concertgoers remotely through our data. The opportunity to explore a seismic activity created by a different kind of phenomenon has been a thrill.”
While all three concerts were felt on the monitors, Friday night was the most powerful, when Swifties moved the ground by 23.4 nanometres.
However, the movement was only felt by those at the stadium and directly next to it, so no real-world impact has been felt by most Edinburghers.