Overview
- Performers gathered at Federation Square on Swanston Street, echoing the site of AC/DC’s 1976 video for the same song.
- The new tally surpassed the previous benchmark of 333 pipers set in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2012 by a margin of 41.
- Among the players were Rats of Tobruk veterans Les Kenfield and Kevin Conlon, with organizers noting the oldest participant was 98, as thousands looked on.
- The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash was supported by Fed Square, the City of Melbourne and ABC Radio Melbourne, with multiple school bands boosting the count.
- After the record was confirmed, the massed pipers performed encores of Happy Birthday and Amazing Grace as AC/DC prepared to play the nearby MCG that evening.