Overview
- Officials counted 374 pipers performing in unison at Melbourne’s Federation Square on Wednesday.
- The massed ensemble played AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)” beside the street where the 1976 video was filmed.
- The tally surpassed the previous mark of 333 set in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2012.
- Participants ranged from school bands to veterans, including Rats of Tobruk pipers Les Kenfield and Kevin Conlon, with the oldest performer aged 98.
- Billed as the Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash, the event drew thousands of spectators and preceded AC/DC’s return to the nearby MCG for their first Australian show in a decade.