‘Nutbush’ World Record Almost Broken by Australian State

3,720 festival-goers danced across the sprawling desert plains behind the historic mining town of Silverton to the 1973 Tina Turner soul classic. Courtesy of the Matt Williams/Mundi Mundi Bash

Despite the effort of close to 8,000 festival-goers attending the Mundi Mundi Bash music festival in New South Wales (NSW) on Aug. 18-20, the world record for the largest “Nutbush City Limits” dance remains with the state of Queensland.

Nearly half of the crowd, 3,720 festival-goers danced across the sprawling desert plains behind the historic mining town of Silverton to the 1973 Tina Turner soul classic, many of whom dressed in costumes inspired by the Mad Max movie franchise.