Oasis‘ last performance at Murrayfield Stadium in 2009 has been confirmed as the most ground-shaking event in the last 20 years at the Scottish venue.
After 16 years away, Oasis return to Scotland this week for three concerts at the home of Scottish rugby. They will play Murrayfield on August 8th, August 9th, and August 12th before taking their reunion tour to Croke Park in Ireland.
Their last visit to Edinburgh also occurred at Murrayfield, just two months before their split. Over the last twenty years, the venue has welcomed huge names such as Taylor Swift, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Eagles, Foo Fighters, and Robbie Williams, but according to the British Geological Survey, Oasis delivered the most seismic moment.
The measurements were taken at a nearby seismic monitoring station and reached heights of 215.06Kw, more than twice as high as Red Hot Chili Peppers’ second-place score of 106.87Kw.
The British Geological Survey’s Callum Harrison said (per STV): “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.”
Harrison then explained how their system works, sharing, “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 seismologist then revealed that the peak time registered on their system came in 2009 when Oasis “first took the stage and performed ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Star’, which couldn’t be more fitting in terms of topping our seismic music chart”
Harrison said it is “certainly possible” they could top the previous gig’s output in 2009, adding: “We’ll just have to wait and see.”
The Oasis reunion tour has been the hottest ticket of the summer. So far, they’ve played five shows at Wembley Stadium, five shows in Manchester at Heaton Park, and two concerts at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
However, one person who has chose against attending is Paul Weller, who told Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2, “I’m not a big fan of big gigs, I said to Noel, a few weeks or months ago, ‘Are you going to do any warm-ups?’, which he wasn’t, but, I’d go and see something like that in a smaller venue, but I just don’t like big gigs. It doesn’t matter who it was, really.”
