"On Wednesday afternoon, 374 bagpipers gathered in Melbourne's Federation Square to play AC/DC's It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll), setting a new world record just up the road from where Bon Scott and the band famously played the song on the back of a flatbed truck riding up Swanston Street 50 years before. It's the one hit AC/DC no longer plays live, retired out of respect to Scott after his death in 1980."
"But you barely notice it is missing when their live shows are this stuffed with classics: an audible thrill ripples through the 80,000 punters in Melbourne Cricket Ground when AC/DC opens with If You Want Blood (You've Got It) then tears straight into Back in Black."
374 bagpipers set a world record in Melbourne's Federation Square by playing It's a Long Way to the Top, near the spot Bon Scott performed it 50 years earlier. The song remains retired out of respect for Scott after his 1980 death. AC/DC's Melbourne concert at the MCG drew 80,000 fans and opened with If You Want Blood before moving into Back in Black, delivering a two-hour greatest-hits celebration. Brian Johnson, 78, and Angus Young, 70, performed with reduced power but evident joy and crowd-driven energy.
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