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Foo Fighters Fans Cause Seismic Activity During New Zealand Gig
Friday, 16 December 2011 Written by Elliott Batte
Foo Fighter Fans Cause Seismic Activity During New Zealand Gig

Alternative rock icons the Foo Fighters and comedy rockers Tenacious D managed to pull off one of the most rock ‘n’ roll achievements ever at a gig in New Zealand - after geologists nearby recorded tremors similar to those recorded during earthquakes.

The show on Tuesday, which was attended by a crowd in excess of 50,000 people, turned into a wild gig with thousands upon thousands of fans dancing and moshing away, causing seismometers watched by nearby geologists to go off the scale.

When support act Tenacious D made their way on to stage, the crowd were already in hyperactive mode, and caused so much action that showed up on the equipment as actual seismic activity. But when the Foo Fighters came on, the biggest activity was recorded, causing seismometers to go off the scale.

“The cause of the shaking is most likely the weight of the 50,000 fans dancing, as 50,000 fans is equal to around 5,000 tonnes of mass moving (or moshing) on the ground for the duration of the concert,” the Auckland-based scientists explained. “This set up a nice harmonic vibration in the ground which was recorded in our nearby borehole seismometers.”

The earth-shattering band will soon be working on their eighth studio album, after frontman Grohl wrote through the official Foo Fighters website that they’d be heading back to the studio in 2012 to record.

He said: “We're not finished yet. There are still more shows to play, more songs to write, more albums to record, for years to come. I mean if you would have told me 17 years ago that in 2012 I would be writing songs for our eighth studio album...well.”
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