To mark the start of AC/DC‘s homecoming tour in Australia Tuesday in Melbourne, 374 bagpipers gathered in the city’s Federation Square for “The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash” where they performed along with the video of AC/DC doing “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” on a flatbed truck there on Swanston Street in 1976.
With thousand of onlookers, the gathering set the world record for the largest bagpipe ensemble, breaking the record of 33 set in 2012 in Bulgaria.
At AC/DC’s show later that night at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, they played “Jailbreak” for the first time since 1991, and they did the Aussie concert debuts of “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)” and “Riff Raff.”
🇦🇺🎸 More than 374 bagpipers in Melbourne just broke a world record — all performing AC/DC’s classic “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)” together! 🥁🎶
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Now that’s how you pay tribute to Bon Scott and Aussie rock history! 🤘
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