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Andy Price

“So yeah, we caused an earthquake - something to go on the CV”: The beloved British band whose comeback gig actually made the earth move

Madness.

There have been quite a few instances when a mass gathering of human beings, bouncing in unison at a live music event, has caused the ground to literally shake. Often, this underfoot rumbling has been felt by people nearby - triggering fears that something on a seismic level was taking place.

There’s been some notable examples over the years, from the Bass Center festival’s thumping low-end being felt five miles away, to Taylor Swift’s Era’s Lumen Field show in Seattle causing actual seismic activity to be registered by scientists.

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