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Edinburgh Council to Advise No Fireworks at Murrayfield After AC/DC Noise Breach

Environmental officers cite monitoring findings, with licences still decided case by case.

Overview

  • A bulletin to councillors says AC/DC’s August 21 show at Murrayfield exceeded permitted noise levels.
  • Council officers will recommend that fireworks are not used at future Murrayfield events, though each application will be judged on its own merits.
  • Sixteen complaints were logged across the AC/DC night and three Oasis dates, with reports of music audible in a child’s bedroom and a dog triggered by fireworks.
  • Environmental health staff monitored the concerts and recorded low-level bass audible inside a nearby bedroom with the window open.
  • The move follows wider expansion of city firework control zones after zoo welfare concerns, even as a local councillor questioned whether fireworks were the main issue and Liam Gallagher criticized council descriptions of attendees.