Dubai a city known for superlatives and big money spending, has set a new Guinness World Record for the largest fireworks display ever seen as the emirate saw in the New Year - although the spectacular event was delayed until 20 minutes after midnight.

Ten months in planning, over 500,000 fireworks were used during the display which lasted around six minutes, with Guinness World Records adjudicators on hand to confirm that a new record had been set.

Covering a distance of over 94km (61.6 miles) of the city’s seafront, the display incorporated some of Dubai’s top landmarks, including Palm Jumeirah, World Islands, the Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab.

The spectacle’s final salvo of fireworks created an artificial “sunrise” along the seafront, with the highest fireworks reaching more than one kilometre in height.

Organisers had been aiming to beat a record set in 2012 during a
display to mark Kuwait’s golden jubilee anniversary which saw a
total of 77,282 fireworks launched.
Dubai's attempt broke that benchmark by some margin, with
enough fireworks launched within the first minute of the display
alone to surpass the previous record.

What has now goes down as the biggest bang in the history of pyrotechnics was designed by U.S. firm Fireworks by Grucci.

The performance used 100 computers to synchronise the pyrotechnics, along with a choreographed musical soundtrack.

In the build up to the event, more than 200 expert technicians worked 5,000 man hours to ensure that the fireworks’ timing was accurate down to the millisecond.

E.M.Ezzy:
What is worth doing is worth doing well.thats the result of over 10 months of preparation and the one at bar beach yesterday am sure was put in place in a day or two.smh......we need to RISE ABOVE MEDIOCRITY.

E.M.Ezzy:
What is worth doing is worth doing well.thats the result of over 10 months of preparation and the one at bar beach yesterday am sure was put in place in a day or two.smh......we need to RISE ABOVE MEDIOCRITY.

XLR8:

WAS THE ONE LAUNCHED AT THE BAR BEACH AIMED TO BEAT WORLD RECORD. IGNORANCE

E.M.Ezzy:
you are the ignorant fellow here.did you not read the article? it states clearly that the fireworks launched in the 1ST MINUTE was enough to break the world record and the masterpiece lasted 8 MINUTES,so clearly they were not after the world record but quality.
Its not just about launching firework randomly like in lagos but they ensured perfectio even by millisecs, so bleeping go back into your hole of ignorance. PERVERT.

XLR8:

"Organisers had been aiming to beat a record set in 2012 during a
display to mark Kuwait’s golden jubilee anniversary which saw a
total of 77,282 fireworks launched.
Dubai's attempt broke that benchmark by some margin, with
enough fireworks launched within the first minute of the display
alone to surpass the previous record."

dumba$$ and why would Lagos want to put up a show like that. You can go do it yourself if you're so disappointed!