Watch the Full, Uncut World-Record Bagpipe Performance of It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll) by AC/DC

Experience the complete, unedited moment when 374 bagpipers joined together in central Melbourne to break the world record — playing AC/DC’s iconic rock anthem live and in unison. ABC

Held at Federation Square in Melbourne’s CBD, the event drew thousands of spectators as a sea of tartan-clad pipers took to the stage, shattering the previous record of 333 pipers set in Bulgaria in 2012. ABC

🎶 Why this matters:

  • This historic attempt coincides with nearly 50 years since the original AC/DC music video was filmed along Swanston Street in Melbourne. ABC

  • The senior organiser, Senior Pipe Major Campbell Wilson of the City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band, noted the challenge: “getting everybody to play in tune … bagpipes are essentially four instruments in one”. ABC

  • Veteran piper Les Kenfield, who appeared in the original 1970 video, took part again, saying the attempt is a “jolt in the arm for the piping community”. ABC