US EditionWake The Kids: There's A New World Record For Most People Playing AC/DC On Bagpipes At The Same Time
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A sea of diamonds and shiny pipe instruments in Melbourne: with an AC/DC classic, 374 bagpipe players have broken the world record for the largest »Bagpipe« ensemble. The oldest of them is 98.
Wake The Kids: There's A New World Record For Most People Playing AC/DC On Bagpipes At The Same Time
In the world of rock songs with bagpipe solos in them, legendary rock band AC/DC's Bon Scott-era classic "It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)" stands head and shoulders above the rest.And not just because it might be the only rock tune with a bagpipe solo.I dig the occasional bagpipe tune, but it's not something I throw on Spotify with any regularity. In fact, I've heard bagpipes many times in my life, but have only heard the…
In Melbourne, a massive tribute to Bon Scott — bringing together 374 bagpipers — set a new world record and symbolically launched the Australian tour of AC/DC. A historic tribute to Bon Scott on the streets of Melbourne On November 12, 2025, as AC/DC reunited with the Australian scene for the first time in ten years [...]
Piping into the record books
Nothing like the bagpipes to grab one’s attention and they did just that in Melbourne, Australia as hundreds of pipers entered the Australian record book in honour of the late Bon Scott. 374 pipers gathered together in Federation Square in Melbourne to belt out AC/DC’s “It’s a long way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” smashing the 2012 Bulgarian record of 333 bagpipers. The oldest piper was 98 years old, as participants and spectators of…
In Melbourne, Australia, 374 bagpipers set a new world record on Wednesday. They played the song "It's a Long Way to the Top" by the hard rock band AC/DC together. The previous record was set in 2012 when 333 bagpipers played the song in Sofia, Bulgaria. A bagpipe is a musical instrument.
Hundreds Of Bagpipers Gather In Australia To Set World Record By Covering AC/DC’s “It’s A Long Way To The Top”
On Wednesday (November 12), nearly 400 bagpipers gathered in Melbourne’s Federation Square to set a new world record by performing AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top,” surpassing the previous record of 333 pipers set in Bulgaria in 2012. The oldest bagpiper who took part in the record-setting performance was 98-years-old. The event, dubbed “The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash,” honored a famous scene from AC/DC’s 1976 film featuring the Australian…
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