Fans at Taylor Swift’s Scotland concerts last weekend danced so hard they set off earthquake monitors, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS).
Seismic activity was recorded up to six kilometres away during the three gigs last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium, with some of her biggest songs causing spikes in activity every night.
“Honestly, it was the most magical and wonderful night,” said Lindsay Hempenstall who was at the Eras gig on Friday.
“A stadium full of complete love and joy, singing at the top of our lungs and sharing it all with more than 70,000 other people and my nine-year-old daughter.”
Friday night is thought to be the most highly attended show in Scottish history, which Swift described as the “wildest way to welcome a lass to your city”.
Fans dancing in time to the music was the main cause of the seismic activity, which reached its peak during the song …Ready For It? on all three nights.
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At that point, Swifties were transmitting enough power through their dancing and stomping to charge 6,000 car batteries, that’s around 80 kilowatts, according to BGS.
“Clearly Scotland’s reputation for providing some of the most enthusiastic audiences remains intact!” said BGS seismologist Callum Harrison.
Smash hits Cruel Summer, Champagne Problems and Shake It Off also triggered significant activity across the three gigs. Bethan Bryan was there on Saturday night and chose Shake It Off as her favourite song of the night.
“It was fantastically loud!” she said. “It was amazing to hear everyone sing…
