6 Minute English / Did Taylor Swift fans cause an earthquake?

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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Phil.

And I'm Georgie.

If you're a 'Swiftie', that's a fan of pop star, Taylor Swift, her music rocks your world.

I like that phrase, 'rock your world', Phil. It means that something makes your life enjoyable, right?

Well, yes but actually no, Georgie. I mean, Taylor Swift literally rocks the world! At a recent concert in Edinburgh, as part of Taylor Swift's 'Eras' tour, her fans' energetic dancing literally moved the Earth, with seismic activity usually associated with earthquakes detected four miles away!

Yes, it's hard to believe, but in this programme we'll be hearing about the 'Swift-quake', a powerful force like an earthquake, coming not from nature, but from a pop concert! And, as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

Great. But first I have a question for you, Georgie. Actually, Taylor Swift's Edinburgh show wasn't the first music concert to trigger seismic waves. In 1992, the band Madness caused two earthquakes that saw local residents evacuated from their homes. But at which London venue did the concert take place? Was it:

a) Hyde Park?b) The Royal Albert Hall? orc) Finsbury Park?

I'll guess the concert was held at the Royal Albert Hall.