Not just supersonic, but seismic: Oasis just set a new record for making the earth move, beating their old one from 2009

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Last night in Edinburgh...and it was Cigarettes & Alcohol again.

https://www.aol.co.uk/entertainment/oasis-gig-murrayfield-more-ground-121950810.html

The Gallagher brothers’ last Scottish gig 16 years ago had topped the chart for the most powerful seismic concert at the venue in the last 20 years, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said.

But their shows at the stadium on August 8, 9 and 12 proved even more ground-shaking, particularly while the crowd danced to the song Cigarettes And Alcohol.

The crowd on Tuesday generated the highest peak power reading of 261KW, followed by Friday (206KW) and Saturday (160KW).

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BSG said: “The peak power reading on each night was registered around 8.40pm whilst the crowd was dancing to Cigarettes And Alcohol.

Article from last week, from the British Geological Society:

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/oasis-revealed-as-scottish-capitals-most-seismic-concert/

New data from BGS reveals that Oasis is the ‘most seismic’ act to have performed at Murrayfield Stadium over the last two decades, a fact that may come as little surprise to fans of a band as famous for its internal turbulence as its musical output.

Researchers have reviewed archived data from a nearby seismic monitoring station, roughly 4 km from the venue, to compare the earth-shaking impact of the biggest acts to perform in Scotland’s largest stadium. In terms of crowd energy, the Mancunian band’s performance in 2009 really does set them apart as the capital’s true ‘Shakermakers’.

There's a table there showing Oasis was much more earthshaking in 2009 (215 kW) than runner-ups over those decades who were far behind: Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2004 (107 kW), Kings of Leon in 2011 (96 kW), Taylor Swift in 2024 (83 kW), Foo Fighters in 2015 (79 kW).

This is what it looked like last night:

You can hardly hear the band there over the fans singing along (even with the opening riff). You can hear Oasis better in this video from the 9th, with Liam getting the crowd moving:

And I can't help wondering what the seismic reading would have been at Knebworth in August 1996, with an even larger audience jumping and dancing: