AC/DC just played their first Australian concert in a decade on November 12 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne and it shook the Earth. I mean literally, it shook the Earth.
According to Adam Pascale, the chief scientist at the Seismology Research Centre, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (via Blabbermouth) that he clocked the earthquake a little over two miles away at his office. Which isn't as far as it got, either – one resident roughly six miles away also said they felt the shakes.
"The sound waves that people were experiencing nearby and feeling something through their bodies, that's the equivalent to what our seismographs feel," said Pascale. "We're picking up the ground motion, we're not picking up the sound from the air. So you've got speakers on the ground pumping out vibrations and that gets transmitted through the ground, but also the crowd jumping up and down is feeding energy into the ground."
Pascale added: "If everyone's sort of bouncing in unison, it tends to amplify the signal so we can pick it up a little bit better. Whereas if it's sort of just general crowd motion, like even at the grand final at the MCG [Melbourne Cricket Ground], we can still pick that up."
AC/DC is set to continue causing earthquakes in 2026 with the next leg of their ongoing POWER UP world tour. The POWER UP tour, named for their latest studio album, will see the band play 21 dates across Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Atlanta, South Bend, Toronto, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and more.
The dates begin on February 24 at the Estádio do MorumBIS in São Paulo, Brazil, and (so far) wrap up on September 29 at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA. Get your tickets here.
2/24 São Paulo BR Estádio do MorumBIS
3/11 Santiago CL Parque Estadio Nacional
3/23 Buenos Aires AR Estadio River Plate
4/7 Mexico City MX Estadio GNP Seguros
7/11 Charlotte NC Bank of America Stadium
7/15 Columbus OH Ohio Stadium
7/19 Madison WI Camp Randall Stadium
7/24 San Antonio TX Alamodome
7/28 Denver CO Empower Field at Mile High
8/1 Las Vegas NV Allegiant Stadium
8/5 San Francisco CA Levis Stadium
8/9 Edmonton AB Commonwealth Stadium
8/13 Vancouver BC BC Place
8/27 Atlanta GA Mercedes-Benz Stadium
8/31 Houston TX NRG Stadium
9/4 South Bend IN Notre Dame Stadium
9/8 St. Louis MO The Dome at Americas Center
9/12 Montreal QC Parc Jean-Drapeau
9/16 Toronto ON Rogers Stadium
9/25 East Rutherford NJ MetLife Stadium
9/29 Philadelphia PA Lincoln Financial Field
