Oasis’ 2009 performance at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium has been crowned the most “ground-shaking” concert at the venue in the last 20 years.
According to seismic data analysis from the British Geological Survey (BGS), the concert – which was among the Britpop legends’ last before their 16-year hiatus – caused a 215.06Kw surge from fans dancing and jumping up and down.
It beat out concerts by Taylor Swift and Kings of Leon.
The new data comes ahead of the Shakermaker rockers returning to the venue this weekend (August 8 to 12).
And, as fans have never been more excited to see Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher back onstage again on the Oasis Live ’25 Tour, the seismic energy is bound to skyrocket.
BGS seismologist Callum Harrison commented: “In 2009, seismic signals generated by Oasis fans were consistent with a crowd energy of 215kW at its peak – enough to power around 30 of the scooters featured on the iconic Be Here Now album cover.
“Our network of sensors around the country is sensitive enough to pick up ground movement from a source miles away that may not be detectable to humans – and precise enough to register exact timestamps for when the events occur.
“The peak energy reading was recorded around 8.30pm on that June evening back in 2009, which correlates to the time the band first took the stage and performed Rock ‘N’ Roll Star, which couldn’t be more fitting in terms of topping our seismic music chart.”
He continued: “In this instance we are only looking back over 20 years, however geological processes occur over vast time scales that can be difficult for humans to comprehend.
“Improving our understanding of historical earthquakes is an important part of BGS research in trying to understand and mitigate the seismic risk around the country.”
On whether they can top the 2009 reading, Harrison said: “The main contributing factors are going to be how energetic the crowd is.
“If they’re jumping along with the music, how high or how fast are they jumping?”