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The concert was free, and was the first allowed in the collapsing Soviet regime from an American band. It was held at an airfield which is how there was so much room. The stopped counting at 500k, there were over 1 million for sure, most estimates place it around 1.5 million. It was one of the most beautiful sentiments/expressions of freedom I've ever seen
Except that it wasn't the first American band's show there. Bon Jovi headlined Moscow 2 years earlier. Also Metallica was one of the opening acts for the real headliner AC/DC, a non American band
Elton John and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band played in the USSR in the 70s. Uriah Heep, Ozzy, Pink Floyd, Scorpions, Motley Crue, Skid Row, Cinderella, PIL, Sonic Youth, Billy Joel in the 80s. So yeah, that concert wasn't the first one.
I'm a 52 year old cardiologist and 19 when this performance was done. In today's music, you could give free tickets away and still not amass 1.6 million people. This concert is historic. I can recall Russia as CCCP, Soviet Union, and Russia. It was collapsing and Metallica was immaculate.
I believe you meant you were 17 when the wall fell to allow this to happen. I was 16 when it fell. I had a friend who was a foreign exchange student from Denmark. We were going somewhere and as we were walking out the door she stopped dead in her tracks and was staring at the floor model TV in the living room. Her mouth was wide open in disbelief as we watched the people taking sledgehammers to the wall and celebrating on the evening news. She was in utter shock.
@@TheJhale2011 No, I never stated anything regarding the German wall. I had a typo in my age (I'm 52 today actually so happy bday to me). Glad the wall came down, but my post wasn't about Germany nor the wall. I merely stated I watched Russia change names many times.
Not really. I was 23 when this concert happened, 21 when they held the Moscow Music Peace festival with Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Scorpions, Skid Row, Motley Crue, and Ozzy Osbourne And THAT concert was something we thought we would never see. By the time this concert happened Berlin Wall had come down and everyone knew the USSR was on its last legs. When the Moscow Peace festival happened, The Berlin wall was still up. And we didnt really know how close the USSR was to collapsing
Despite over a million people, there were barely any injuries and no fatalities. There was planning with the military to assist, as you’ll see lines of them in uniforms in the crowd. Gives me goosebumps til this day, simply amazing.
1.6mil and you are wrong it was 50 deaths 52 to be excact, stampedo was happen when people try to leave airport and also there ws multiple fights with copsa and Soviet army
A prime example of why METAL is king. No hip hop act could ever attract a crowd of 1.6 million anywhere at anytime. Feel the power and timeless quality of music played by musicians with no auto tune or dj enhancing a damn thing, just 4 guys dropping a nuke of your senses.
"How many people are here?" certainly not 1.6 million 😏 AC/DC - Back in black at Donington... and that was a 70.000 people crowd... Considering this is THE SAME EXACT stage, control tower distance and PA system setup... if you double the 70k crowd you get almost double the surface covered by people. So it can't be more than double the crowd of Donington 1991. SO THE ANSWER IS around 150.000 people is the crowd at this venue anyway way, way, way less than the kids fairytale of 1.6 million. 😏
@@RoverWaters yes 1.6 million people one of the biggest concerts in history. After the deconstruction of the Berlin wall 1st concert in that area after the collapse of the Soviet Union.. this will never ever happen again because of the new generation now. They can't even have a crowd of a couple thousand without trampling and killing each other. 1.6 million people and no one was harmed except when the government and cops overreacted because they weren't used to people being able to do this freedom of expression
The only reason why there was so much people was because of the generation and the politics surround this event. Metal is indeed trash lol Metallica and this nonsense anyways and it will be phased out in a couple years anyways.
@@ben69065 LOL you're funny. Metal will never go anywhere that's why it's been around for so long. Trash....🤨I listen to the stuff on your page that's some trash ass music fake synthesized music over and over repeated same garbage
We will never see a crowd like that again in our lifetime. Metal and Hard Rock in the 80's-90's was the pinnacle of music history. It was a insane time with just so much amazing music constantly coming out. I so miss those days of great bands that actually played their instruments live and the crowds were awesome and huge. No cell phone crap and dead/lifeless crowds like today.
согласна1!!!. хоть я и родилась в 2001. тащусь по музыке 80 и 90х. ааааа! простите что не на английском пишу. мой английский плох. так бы написала бы на английском.
Not to be contrarian… but I saw Metallica with my 16 yo daughter in Florence, Italy on June 19… it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen- this video gives you a sense of the amazing energy they generate… it was not this many people- but I bet there was 100,000… they just started at dusk… And they started with that ecstasy of Gold song - opening into Whiplash- it was fucking amazing
I was one of the 1.6 million in the crowd,it was hot and fricking amazing,seen metallica lots of times but this was crazy day and being drunk, helped,we had russian soldiers by us and even them started enjoying them selves
In all fairness, it's a pretty easy song to play. Knew a 10 year old in high school who could play the entirety of the guitar part quite well. That said, anyone besides Metallica playing it wouldn't sound right. They have their own unique sound, and it's refreshing to see great performances like this one.
So much respect for not interrupting the song, and for making your voice in the background instead of over the top like others!!!! Great person you are!!!!
wrong...Rod stewart concert had 3.54 million a few years after this concert. in 1997 3.9 million at a concert in moscow to celebrate ruissias 850th bday.Jean-Michel Jarre's 1997 concert, which marked the 850th anniversary of Moscow, was attended by over 3.5 million people, making it the most widely attended concert of all time.
Yeah, but that music is meh...Accessible, we'll say. Hence the numbers. I am much more impressed by bands that go against the grain and still have a massive listening audience. Tool comes to mind.
And this is why, us, your parents generation were cool as hell. This was our time and our music. We were blessed. You won't see anything like this again. 😊🤘🤘
@@bramjanssens9996 I’m Pretty sure they meant the music at that time not just metallica, and they aren’t wrong, we don’t see insane concerts like these without autotune anymore let alone THAT many people. Hell when’s the last time you heard a “good” guitar solo since probably 2004. We still have good music today but what really made it great was the band aspect and the music is all made with your voice and hands not a computer.
The concert was put on by president Mikhail Gorbachev who, unknowingly, engineered the end of the Soviet Union. He implemented the policy of "glasnost", which means "openness", that resulted in a withdrawal from the war in Afghanistan, the limitation of nuclear weapons, open talks with Ronald Reagan, and the end of the cold war, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize. He also instituted freedom of speech and freedom of the press, and helped Poland gain its independence from Russia. He decentralized the economy and effectively moved Russia away from communism into a new era of capitalist social democracy. If Russia ever had a hero, Gorbachev would be it.
He even planned to convert the Soviet Union to capatalism with the New Union Treaty. Sadly it didn't happen due to complex politics and events at the time. And then Russia, Ukraine and Belarus pulled out of the Soviet Union, leaving Kazakhstan to dissolve the Soviet Union. Gorbachev did help to introduce the most important part of East-West relationships: P I Z Z A H U T
1991 Monsters of Rock I was stationed at the US Embassy in Moscow 3.5 miles away and still had noise levels above 90db inside the building. The estimate of 2 million people was fairly close. 1.6 million tickets were sold. Not sure what kind of speakers they were using but damn! Oh, and just for kicks, 50k people in a mosh pit....
About 300 thousand spectators came and came from other cities to the concert with the participation of PANTHERA, BLACK CROSE, METALLIKA, AS / DS and our EST. This concert was guarded by 11 thousand people: police, riot police, internal troops, rifle divisions of the Soviet Army. When the first bottles fell on their heads and two soldiers were taken away by an ambulance, angry law enforcement officers began to rush at anyone they did not like, beating people with their hands, feet and clubs. The space in front of the stage literally turned into a bloody battle that did not stop from the very beginning of the concert until midnight. According to the ambulance station, 56 people were taken to hospitals with serious injuries, of which 16 were military personnel." Oleg PSHENICHNY Photo by L. LAZAREV "Horizon №12'1991
@@Lornefs "According to various sources (the exact figure cannot be given, because the entrance was free), on Saturday, from 300 to 400 thousand people visited the airfield in Tushino. They did not reach the Guinness Book of Records (while the record for attendance of the free Jean-Michel Jarre show in 1989 in Paris, which was attended by 1 million 300 thousand spectators, is held), but maybe this is for the best." Moskovsky Komsomolets" 01.10.1991
Some concerts go down in history and the 1991 'Monsters of Rock' festival in Moscow was no exception. Known as one of the biggest concerts to ever take place, with a huge 1.6 million attendees, it marked the most momentous of performances for the heavy metal band Metallica.
I was fortunate enough to attend the Monsters of rock concert in Germany in 1991, it was so packed you could lift your feet off the ground and not move. Metallica AC/DC Motley Crue Queensryche Black crows The cool think is you got to camp outside the fence the night before and party your ass off.
Pantera opened up for Metallica, checkout their first song "Domination". At the end of the video there is an unbelievable aerial shot of all the people.
Yeah I remember that concert I may still have the VHS cassette some place 😂 I remember Pantera AC/DC I think also Black Crows and of course Metallica, at that year o was taking electric guitar lessons and looking for an ESP guitar the one with a Les Paul body shape with a Floyd Rose 😂🤟🏽 oh man
@@bramjanssens9996 Quit being a jerk with things people say to describe how they are feeling about this concert. You want to be a petty, pissed off little man then go be that way elsewhere. This was a time when Metallica was on top of the world of music.
@@ThePsykoGamer I don't think the craze if metallica has faded away. Even the newer generation listens to it. My uncles are fan of playing guitars and admire their skills a lot.
Боже как я завидую людям, побывавшим на том концерте...это было невероятно и легендарно. я хочу плакать от счастья, смотря само выступление. не представляю какая атмосфера была на САМОМ концерте....
Это просто не вероятной ,в то время когда открылся железный занавес ,для людей был это просто шок! Я являюсь кумиром Металлики с 1993 гада,а увидел их концерт на видеокассете в первые в 1995,это был концерт 1989 года в Сиэтле! Представляете какого это увидеть в первые ,своих кумиров спустя 2 года? А тут побывать на живом концерте ,правда слезу пустишь!!!
А я там был в первых рядах))) запомнилось на всю жизнь,это не вероятно круто было, мне с Латвии один рокер угостил еще коксом)) я вообще был в оргазме от этого концерта))
Zero fatalities. In September 1991, only a month after the August Putsch failed, 1.6 million rock music fans converged in Moscow to enjoy the first open-air rock concert, as part of the Monsters of Rock series. British rock singer Rod Stewart proved that better than anyone else on New Year's Eve 1994/1995. His free New Year's Eve concert attracted a bit more than 3.5 million people that year, making it the biggest concert of all time.
The big structure out in the middle of the crowd is the Production/Engineer "tent." Also if you notice off to the left and right a bit farther back there are smaller "tents" that is additional PA booths so the crowds way in the back can hear. Not to mention the giant PA system over the stage that has it's own metal support system.
If you notice the helicopters flying around the crowd during the show. That's actually the Russian military. They were the ones in charge with crowd control.
I was 18 years old and I was there among this crowd. My friends and I arrived at the field at 5 o'clock in the morning. There were several terrible moments when soldiers and police beat people with clubs, and people threw glass bottles at them. Luckily, my friends and I weren't hurt. Impressions from this concert remained for life! I especially remember the end of the concert - the last song For Those About To Rock, gun shots, salute! It's unforgettable!
Make note, this concert was just months (if not days or weeks) before the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was on December 26, 1991. It wasn't until Gorbachev's introducing in the 1980s Perestroika (restructuring) and Glasnost (openness) into the nation that more Western world influences were allowed for consuming. 1.6 million people!!!
This event was held a month after the failed August Coup d'état against Gorbachev. It was a miracle it was able to be pulled off at all at that time. Everything in Eastern Europe was a potential powder keg that could have gone south real quick if things didn't play out right. That day probably helped out a hell of a lot in the long run.
The concert was in a kind of airport. Concert with a mixed of feelings. You see people just exploding in joy and happiness. Pure freedom. And then you see a military heli, soldiers...After...soldiers dancing and headbanging. Sometimes people asked him what freedom is and what it represents. I always speaks about this concert. Russia, american band, more than 1 million people...the end of soviet union...that crowd was feeling the music, the freedom and a kind of democracy.
*Democracy is complete shit, they just love Metallica and AC/DC in Russia, otherwise what you are talking about, there is nothing to do with freedom about, in the USSR there were more freedom in the USSR than in the USA!* ruclips.net/video/xROxlIu__Fs/видео.html
It is stated the helicopters flying relatively low were to keep the crowd cool- a crowd that size makes a lot of heat jumping around, and heat exhauston too.
This is definitely top 5 of the greatest concerts of all time, unfortunately there were around 50 deaths but not everything can stay in control with 1 million people
Imagine the feeling you get when you get on stage and see a sea of people as far as your eyes can see who came because of you. If you hadn't had stage fright before, you have now.
It truly was the dawn of a new and better era. Walls were falling, peace was beginning to return to minds and hearts of millions, and for many in that crowd, it was their first taste of liberty. What a time it was.
They were all in their late 20's. This concert was huge with 1.6 million people reported there. When I first saw this footage I had chills the whole time from the fact that these people were experiencing a moment of release from oppression of western entertainment, only to be rivalled by the 1989 Peace Festival with the Scorpions. It showed that despite prior blocks from western influence, people were still getting these CDs and jamming to them.
Back then it was all about the music and love, huge crowds like this were pretty safe and needed little security compared to now. Lots of huge bands got amazing crowds. 😊
James was interviewed one time and asked what it was like playing for a crowd like that? His response was, imagine getting out of a shower soaking wet, and walking into a curtain of electricity!!🔥🔥
1997 Jean Michel Jarre in Moscow 3.5 million people. Took over 3 hours to walk the normal 15 min journey back to the apartment we were staying in. But wow what a concert it was. All those people and when JMJ asked for a moment of silence for Princess Diana who died the week before, the silence among such a huge crowd was something I will never forget.
So nice to see someone witness this for the first time, i was just the same when first watching it and it drove me to become a pro musician although in metal, these shows will never happen again
If you thought this was impressive - watch "Creeping Death" from the same show. You can also add Pantera "Domination" to the watch list. They played at this same show in Moscow. By far one of the best break downs in metal music. They were about 29 when this show went down. It was an add on show for the "Monsters of Rock" tour that was already in progress. This was a reward to the people to stop the coup during the fall of the Iron Curtain. This was the first time western music was allowed to be played. 53 people died at this show. The helicopters flew low to not only monitor the crowd and to provide wind to cool down the masses.
The best era for live concert…no smartphones…the pure energy!! I am in a band for 20 years and i work in a foreign country…RUSSIANS are one of the best crowd in a bar…the best giver of tip also…🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿
dude, if you grew up in the 80s, I guarantee you would have been a Metallica head like the rest of us. They were unique, like no other band. With that hard, loud, and in-your-face sound. They were the best there was.
I was 16 years old and I was there with my girlfriend. we had the front row, just 25 feet from the stage. I can still remember the guy next to me was so drunk and died from screaming so loud.
When you're at a Metallica Concert and close to the stage, say, inside 100 yards, the deeper bass soundwaves can be felt against your chest. They have a series of 18 inch subwoofers, like maybe 20 or 30 of them on each side of the stage in some venues, depending on the size, and you can feel the music, not just hear it.
Yeah i went to a metallica concert just yesterday, and dudu, i was at the middle of the sound structure, it was just insane, i could feel the high piches vibrating in my body hair, best night of my life, it was at the Porto Alegre Metallica concert 2022 btw
@@glenpaul5663 That's why I always have earplugs in my pocket just in case, some concerts are too loud. After I saw Anthrax in small club, I had ringing in my ears for months, I think I have it permanently in left ear after this concert. Normaly it disapears after like 3 days, but some concerts can be pretty crazy. :-)
It was stated that those helicopters you see in the video, were meant as "crowd control", and they were hovering over the crowd so close you could almost touch them! ....
Sean? I'm here to drop some info on this historic gathering. First some background. In 1990, the Berlin Wall fell, and president Gorbachev was replace as president by Boris Yeltsin. This concert was free for three consecutive days- The Monsters Of Rock Concert Series came to Moscow. Sept. '91. A month before just down the street from where this concert was held, The Russian Army attempted to overthrow the newly seated government, just a month before. The world descended on Moscow for this concert- .1 6 million strong. Yep, that's atleast a million in this video, but probably closer to a million and a half, as with all three days free, and many just staying put in the area, between shows, (camping) and attending all three shows. Keep in mind, the Russian Army, for the most part, aren't happy campers, what with this many people descending right into Moscow, just after a failed putsch. Because of that, and the fact that the Army was doing security for this shindig, there were inevitable, (harassed, threatened etc.) confrontations with some concert goers, that didn't end well. They say 56 people died- how? I'm sure a multitude of ways, including being snuffed out by some pricks in uniform. They say concert organizers did their best to get assurance from the new President Yeltsin, to police the Army for any type of aggressive policing. Thjey said the army tried multiple times to shit the place down, eve stopping the live acts a few times, before being repelled by Yeltsin's men. Think about this for a moment Sean- these guys could have freaked out at this mass of humanity, and just started going berserk on people. But the 'world' had come to the new Moscow, and Yeltsin's security force I'm sure remove a few of the more aggressive types well in advance- maybe sent them to a dachau on the Black Sea for the week. This attendance record was probably 1.2 or 1.3 m per day- that's not being topped. They used a massive grass infield of an airfield. How you'd like to walk out there with your turntables, and have that much humanity jumping in unison while cheering without EVER stopping? I thought you'd like that feeling. Cheers.
Great vid, man! Glad to see more people "cross over" and take in some quality Metal performances! Give "Creeping Death" and "Harvester Of Sorrow" a look (from this show in Moscow). It's fascinating to see the band control 1.6 million fans. Metallica ruled Russia that day. Also...give anything from Seattle '89 a look. Amazing live performance. You do those and your views and subs will go up. I promise😁! Liked and sub'd for more metal!
Check out "Creeping Death" from Metallica at this concert! Better be wearing your seat belt because it's a very high intensity song and even more crazy when they play it live!
I was 13 in 91' and they had the Monsters Of Rock video with this concert footage. It's about 1.6 million (though, to this day, even the band is still unsure of the precise crowd attendance) I've heard Enter Sandman thousands of times since then, but hearing "The ecstasy of Gold" (their intro tape since 1984) play at the beginning always gives me goosebumps ! It's amazing to see people so oppressed for so long, finally get the chance to vent and go nuts to music the rest of the world has been enjoying for years... it's breathtaking
Grew up in the 90's. The music, whether rap, rock, metal, grunge, were just amazing. You grow up spoiled like that and you think it will keep on going. The 2000's were ok. Good music were dead by the 2010's.
This was the first heavy metal concert after the fall of the Soviet Union. This concert, for all intents and purposes, was the funeral for the USSR. So this one time, all of Moscow showed up for Metallica. Yes. 1.6 million people were there.
I've got to ask. How long did it take you to pick your jaw up off the floor? Everyone's hits the floor when they see this vid. Great reaction & hope you're keeping well
Me and one of my buddies use to party with Jason Newsted when he played in a local Phoenix band called Flotsam and Jetsam! Good times! I went to a Metallica and guns and roses concert at Phoenix International Raceway back in ‘91 and it was packed. I heard it was over 300,000 people. We were up front by the stage and I almost got a high 5 from Hetfield. Getting out after the concert was horrible we didn’t get home until almost 6 hrs after the concert ended.
That structure directly in front of them is the sound engineer/s doing their best to make them sound amazing. They’re the last line of defense as far as what the audience is hearing. At that size of a show though…forget it. 1.6 million very lucky fans
I love hip hop. I do. But watching you react to this historical event made me think. This is the real music. Rap really is crap. Can any hip hop artist say they ever brought in these numbers? No. But Metallica, Pantera, AC/DC, Slayer, etc can. Music died after the introduction of Americas Got Talent. Music became manufactured after that. "Fuck Hip Hop" - Hopsin
I feel you, most commercial rap is trash in terms of substance and quality lyrics but there’s still good rap artists out there! Also back then was a different time, concerts were a lot more special. I don’t know if any artist in any genre could pull numbers like this today.
@@SeanStaxxMusic I also have to agree with you. There really is some good artist out there that drop good quality rap. Hopsin, Tech, Macdonald, Burgen, Yella, Busta Rymes still gets down, Prozac, ICP even! The list goes on and on. There are enough out there that keep it real.
I watched the interview. and they told how hard it was to set up and organize everything. because it was the 90s, the collapse of the iron curtain, then there was little. but they did it! Then a war broke out at the concert between the people and the police/military.The police tried to calm them down, but people were just expressing their emotions! And the bottles flew on their heads. Really madness! But the music decided everything🔥
Those are sound relay towers. They are often used for large crowds. They match the music and sounds coming from the stage microphones to the rear of the fans are. Without them the sound in the back wouldn't be heard nor matched with what's being played on stage due to the distance. I belive the promotion stopped counting around 6-700k estimates are pegged around 1.6-1.8 million people showed up. Impressive!
Yes! That's the reaction you'd expect from someone listening to 80s/90s Metallica in 2020'...! Nobody makes music like that anymore! This is absolutelly AMAZING.. the music, the festival, the context, the 1.6 Million people... EPIC!
To answer a few questions, the structures you see rising up among the crowd were multi-functional. The bottom had port-o-pots and medics, above that, relay speakers and above that was security/observation watching for people going down in the crowd
1.6 million while metallica was playing...it was the biggest concert ever at the time. it was beaten , also in russia. Jean-Michel Jarre's 1997 concert, which marked the 850th anniversary of Moscow, was attended by over 3.5 million people, making it the most widely attended concert of all time.
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You speak bullshit
Im in Antarctica & i was there ya muppet
There where an estimated 1.6milion people at the concert.
those additional structures u see are more speakers and cameras and such
Garbage
Dude, you should see Pantera in the same concert there's more footage from the helicopters it was massive.
I was 17 years old and I was there among this crowd. I was drunk and happy
What an experience! You’ll carry that memory forever
So was I. Remember I was on your shoulders didn’t understand why you had your back to the show i wasn’t
You were at probably the most significant concert ever. I was at Modena two weeks earlier and would have given away my ticket to be in Moscow.
I'm still there. I missed my ride.
@@delyea after 10+years
The concert was free, and was the first allowed in the collapsing Soviet regime from an American band. It was held at an airfield which is how there was so much room. The stopped counting at 500k, there were over 1 million for sure, most estimates place it around 1.5 million. It was one of the most beautiful sentiments/expressions of freedom I've ever seen
Except that it wasn't the first American band's show there. Bon Jovi headlined Moscow 2 years earlier. Also Metallica was one of the opening acts for the real headliner AC/DC, a non American band
Elton John and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band played in the USSR in the 70s.
Uriah Heep, Ozzy, Pink Floyd, Scorpions, Motley Crue, Skid Row, Cinderella, PIL, Sonic Youth, Billy Joel in the 80s.
So yeah, that concert wasn't the first one.
Actually they stopped counting at 1.4 million, 3.4 - 4.2 million is the unconfirmed number
@@unorthodoxspork5634 Ahh lets just make it a round 10 million, why not it's the internet lol. There was 600k.
@@mrsiborg Are you mentally challenged?
I'm a 52 year old cardiologist and 19 when this performance was done. In today's music, you could give free tickets away and still not amass 1.6 million people. This concert is historic. I can recall Russia as CCCP, Soviet Union, and Russia. It was collapsing and Metallica was immaculate.
So this concert were in 1989 ? Enter Sandman was released in 90's if I'm not mistaken
This was in 91’
I believe you meant you were 17 when the wall fell to allow this to happen. I was 16 when it fell. I had a friend who was a foreign exchange student from Denmark. We were going somewhere and as we were walking out the door she stopped dead in her tracks and was staring at the floor model TV in the living room. Her mouth was wide open in disbelief as we watched the people taking sledgehammers to the wall and celebrating on the evening news. She was in utter shock.
@@TheJhale2011 No, I never stated anything regarding the German wall. I had a typo in my age (I'm 52 today actually so happy bday to me). Glad the wall came down, but my post wasn't about Germany nor the wall. I merely stated I watched Russia change names many times.
Me to Doc.
To those of us that lived through the Cold War era this was a historical event!
absolutely!
Yep! I was 16 and remember doing drills in school in case the "USSR" bombed us
Not really. I was 23 when this concert happened, 21 when they held the Moscow Music Peace festival with Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Scorpions, Skid Row, Motley Crue, and Ozzy Osbourne
And THAT concert was something we thought we would never see. By the time this concert happened Berlin Wall had come down and everyone knew the USSR was on its last legs.
When the Moscow Peace festival happened, The Berlin wall was still up. And we didnt really know how close the USSR was to collapsing
Despite over a million people, there were barely any injuries and no fatalities. There was planning with the military to assist, as you’ll see lines of them in uniforms in the crowd. Gives me goosebumps til this day, simply amazing.
exactly! and just weeks ago, in Korea, around 100k people in a Halloween event, 156 death.
100 people died what’re you smoking
@@myleswebster8180 well, u just need to google for the news.
1.6mil and you are wrong it was 50 deaths 52 to be excact, stampedo was happen when people try to leave airport and also there ws multiple fights with copsa and Soviet army
@@zlatiborpress5501 no there were 52 sent to hospital, none dead.
A prime example of why METAL is king. No hip hop act could ever attract a crowd of 1.6 million anywhere at anytime. Feel the power and timeless quality of music played by musicians with no auto tune or dj enhancing a damn thing, just 4 guys dropping a nuke of your senses.
For real! The only rapper who might’ve been able or would be Eminem but even then man idk haha it’s so many ppl!
"How many people are here?" certainly not 1.6 million 😏
AC/DC - Back in black at Donington... and that was a 70.000 people crowd...
Considering this is THE SAME EXACT stage, control tower distance and PA system setup... if you double the 70k crowd you get almost double the surface covered by people.
So it can't be more than double the crowd of Donington 1991.
SO THE ANSWER IS around 150.000 people is the crowd at this venue
anyway way, way, way less than the kids fairytale of 1.6 million. 😏
@@RoverWaters yes 1.6 million people one of the biggest concerts in history. After the deconstruction of the Berlin wall 1st concert in that area after the collapse of the Soviet Union.. this will never ever happen again because of the new generation now. They can't even have a crowd of a couple thousand without trampling and killing each other. 1.6 million people and no one was harmed except when the government and cops overreacted because they weren't used to people being able to do this freedom of expression
The only reason why there was so much people was because of the generation and the politics surround this event. Metal is indeed trash lol Metallica and this nonsense anyways and it will be phased out in a couple years anyways.
@@ben69065 LOL you're funny. Metal will never go anywhere that's why it's been around for so long. Trash....🤨I listen to the stuff on your page that's some trash ass music fake synthesized music over and over repeated same garbage
We will never see a crowd like that again in our lifetime. Metal and Hard Rock in the 80's-90's was the pinnacle of music history. It was a insane time with just so much amazing music constantly coming out.
I so miss those days of great bands that actually played their instruments live and the crowds were awesome and huge.
No cell phone crap and dead/lifeless crowds like today.
Well said. I wish I could’ve experienced something like this
Ever heard of Woodstock?
unless there looting and destroying our cities
согласна1!!!. хоть я и родилась в 2001. тащусь по музыке 80 и 90х. ааааа!
простите что не на английском пишу. мой английский плох. так бы написала бы на английском.
Not to be contrarian… but I saw Metallica with my 16 yo daughter in Florence, Italy on June 19… it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen- this video gives you a sense of the amazing energy they generate… it was not this many people- but I bet there was 100,000… they just started at dusk… And they started with that ecstasy of Gold song - opening into Whiplash-
it was fucking amazing
I was one of the 1.6 million in the crowd,it was hot and fricking amazing,seen metallica lots of times but this was crazy day and being drunk, helped,we had russian soldiers by us and even them started enjoying them selves
its always delightfull when a rapper finally sees what a REAL crowd is. love ur reation
This crowd is one for the books! Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 🙏
33 years later you can still feel the energy from that crowd and this video. What a sight!
That crowd is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. 1.6 million people coming together for a common interest. Music is love.
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Every time I think I don’t like ‘Enter Sandman’ because it was such a mainstream success, I hear it and can’t help but love it.
I’m right there with ya bro
Actually like it more now than I did when it first came out... maybe cause it isn't being crammed down my throat every ten minutes on Much Music. Lol.
Irconically, it's the only song of theirs that i actually like! lol ...But, i love the band!
Proof that only music can bring that much people together at one place peacefully 🤘 😎🤘
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Music and drugs. You know the drugs were flowing like water.
You do know that a ton of people died at that concert right? Lol
@@Jayytype21 Did they get trampled or something?
@@Heatwave9000 I don’t remember but I remember people dying there , could be like Travis Scott concert
What blows me away is just how good these guys sound live . absolutely flawless performance
They weren’t always like that, but well worth the wait!
Seen them in 2018 best concert ever!
In all fairness, it's a pretty easy song to play. Knew a 10 year old in high school who could play the entirety of the guitar part quite well. That said, anyone besides Metallica playing it wouldn't sound right. They have their own unique sound, and it's refreshing to see great performances like this one.
That was a flawless performance. I thought it was direct from the album until Kirk's solo.
I agree, saw them live yesterday in Copenhagen. Didn’t miss a beat 🔥🔥
So much respect for not interrupting the song, and for making your voice in the background instead of over the top like others!!!! Great person you are!!!!
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No other kind of music has this many people in the crowd …all hail metal !!!
wrong...Rod stewart concert had 3.54 million a few years after this concert. in 1997 3.9 million at a concert in moscow to celebrate ruissias 850th bday.Jean-Michel Jarre's 1997 concert, which marked the 850th anniversary of Moscow, was attended by over 3.5 million people, making it the most widely attended concert of all time.
Yeah, but that music is meh...Accessible, we'll say. Hence the numbers. I am much more impressed by bands that go against the grain and still have a massive listening audience. Tool comes to mind.
And this is why, us, your parents generation were cool as hell. This was our time and our music. We were blessed. You won't see anything like this again. 😊🤘🤘
Truly one of a kind
Blessed because of Metallica? Cool? Hahaha, thanks for making me laugh today..
@@bramjanssens9996 I’m
Pretty sure they meant the music at that time not just metallica, and they aren’t wrong, we don’t see insane concerts like these without autotune anymore let alone THAT many people. Hell when’s the last time you heard a “good” guitar solo since probably 2004. We still have good music today but what really made it great was the band aspect and the music is all made with your voice and hands not a computer.
@Senia T why blessed to see Metallica? It will never make any sense to me.. Anyway it doesn't matter.. anyone has his bands..
Straight up was there myself
Legend says there's still people returning home nowadays☠🎸
The concert was put on by president Mikhail Gorbachev who, unknowingly, engineered the end of the Soviet Union. He implemented the policy of "glasnost", which means "openness", that resulted in a withdrawal from the war in Afghanistan, the limitation of nuclear weapons, open talks with Ronald Reagan, and the end of the cold war, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize. He also instituted freedom of speech and freedom of the press, and helped Poland gain its independence from Russia. He decentralized the economy and effectively moved Russia away from communism into a new era of capitalist social democracy.
If Russia ever had a hero, Gorbachev would be it.
That's an interesting fact! I'll remember it.👍
Thanks for this part of history that I wasn't aware. Cheers!!
He even planned to convert the Soviet Union to capatalism with the New Union Treaty. Sadly it didn't happen due to complex politics and events at the time. And then Russia, Ukraine and Belarus pulled out of the Soviet Union, leaving Kazakhstan to dissolve the Soviet Union.
Gorbachev did help to introduce the most important part of East-West relationships:
P I Z Z A H U T
And today we see that it was a huge mistake. HUGE.
People who had their young adulthood in the 80 and 90s.... you youngsters just don't know. It was fn awesome!!!
I can imagine! 🤘🔥
1991 Monsters of Rock I was stationed at the US Embassy in Moscow 3.5 miles away and still had noise levels above 90db inside the building. The estimate of 2 million people was fairly close. 1.6 million tickets were sold. Not sure what kind of speakers they were using but damn! Oh, and just for kicks, 50k people in a mosh pit....
90db inside the building over 3.5miles away?! Goodness gracious that’s insane lol 🤘
About 300 thousand spectators came and came from other cities to the concert with the participation of PANTHERA, BLACK CROSE, METALLIKA, AS / DS and our EST. This concert was guarded by 11 thousand people: police, riot police, internal troops, rifle divisions of the Soviet Army. When the first bottles fell on their heads and two soldiers were taken away by an ambulance, angry law enforcement officers began to rush at anyone they did not like, beating people with their hands, feet and clubs. The space in front of the stage literally turned into a bloody battle that did not stop from the very beginning of the concert until midnight.
According to the ambulance station, 56 people were taken to hospitals with serious injuries, of which 16 were military personnel."
Oleg PSHENICHNY
Photo by L. LAZAREV
"Horizon №12'1991
There were no tickets because this was a FREE concert.
@@mikatu Yea, I screwed up when I said sold. The Russian government gave out tickets trying to track how many people were at the airfield.
There was actually 1.6 million people there. It wasn't just for metalica, it was a festival
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@@RoverWaters Could you elaborate?
@@Lornefs "According to various sources (the exact figure cannot be given, because the entrance was free), on Saturday, from 300 to 400 thousand people visited the airfield in Tushino. They did not reach the Guinness Book of Records (while the record for attendance of the free Jean-Michel Jarre show in 1989 in Paris, which was attended by 1 million 300 thousand spectators, is held), but maybe this is for the best." Moskovsky Komsomolets" 01.10.1991
@@RoverWaters Thanks
Still to this day...The LOUDEST concert in human history.
1.6 million people enjoying the concert, and not one person recording on a cell phone
Love it 🤘
About 100k people was locked in milicia (police station) around 40km Tushino airport
Some concerts go down in history and the 1991 'Monsters of Rock' festival in Moscow was no exception. Known as one of the biggest concerts to ever take place, with a huge 1.6 million attendees, it marked the most momentous of performances for the heavy metal band Metallica.
Crazy to think that happened 2 years after the Cold War ended... and these days we are at it again :(
I was fortunate enough to attend the Monsters of rock concert in Germany in 1991, it was so packed you could lift your feet off the ground and not move.
Metallica
AC/DC
Motley Crue
Queensryche
Black crows
The cool think is you got to camp outside the fence the night before and party your ass off.
Pantera opened up for Metallica, checkout their first song "Domination". At the end of the video there is an unbelievable aerial shot of all the people.
Never seen those images before. Just fecking waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh...................
heaviest breakdown in history of metal
and Metallica opened for AC/DC...AC/Dc were the headliners
Yeah I remember that concert I may still have the VHS cassette some place 😂 I remember Pantera AC/DC I think also Black Crows and of course Metallica, at that year o was taking electric guitar lessons and looking for an ESP guitar the one with a Les Paul body shape with a Floyd Rose 😂🤟🏽 oh man
One of the greatest moments in rock history.
When Metallica ruled the world was a real period in history
Hahaha, ruled the world.. Some people have such a funny imagination.. 🤣
@@bramjanssens9996 Quit being a jerk with things people say to describe how they are feeling about this concert. You want to be a petty, pissed off little man then go be that way elsewhere. This was a time when Metallica was on top of the world of music.
@@ThePsykoGamer I don't think the craze if metallica has faded away. Even the newer generation listens to it. My uncles are fan of playing guitars and admire their skills a lot.
Боже как я завидую людям, побывавшим на том концерте...это было невероятно и легендарно. я хочу плакать от счастья, смотря само выступление. не представляю какая атмосфера была на САМОМ концерте....
Это просто не вероятной ,в то время когда открылся железный занавес ,для людей был это просто шок! Я являюсь кумиром Металлики с 1993 гада,а увидел их концерт на видеокассете в первые в 1995,это был концерт 1989 года в Сиэтле! Представляете какого это увидеть в первые ,своих кумиров спустя 2 года? А тут побывать на живом концерте ,правда слезу пустишь!!!
Я был там мне было 16:лет 😊
А я там был в первых рядах))) запомнилось на всю жизнь,это не вероятно круто было, мне с Латвии один рокер угостил еще коксом)) я вообще был в оргазме от этого концерта))
Zero fatalities.
In September 1991, only a month after the August Putsch failed, 1.6 million rock music fans converged in Moscow to enjoy the first open-air rock concert, as part of the Monsters of Rock series.
British rock singer Rod Stewart proved that better than anyone else on New Year's Eve 1994/1995. His free New Year's Eve concert attracted a bit more than 3.5 million people that year, making it the biggest concert of all time.
This is legit the power of MUSIC no matter what genre and also the time in which it took place
The big structure out in the middle of the crowd is the Production/Engineer "tent." Also if you notice off to the left and right a bit farther back there are smaller "tents" that is additional PA booths so the crowds way in the back can hear. Not to mention the giant PA system over the stage that has it's own metal support system.
Haha that’s so wild
If you notice the helicopters flying around the crowd during the show. That's actually the Russian military. They were the ones in charge with crowd control.
Oh shit I did not notice that haha that’s awesome
@@SeanStaxxMusic They were cooling off the crowd At one point dozens of people per minute were passing out.
if somebody tried to jump the stage, the Mi24s would anihilate them midair
This is crazy i still suprise and shiver when watch this 🔥
It’s mind blowing
I was 18 years old and I was there among this crowd. My friends and I arrived at the field at 5 o'clock in the morning. There were several terrible moments when soldiers and police beat people with clubs, and people threw glass bottles at them. Luckily, my friends and I weren't hurt. Impressions from this concert remained for life! I especially remember the end of the concert - the last song For Those About To Rock, gun shots, salute! It's unforgettable!
That’s such an amazing experience to carry with you! Truly once in a lifetime moment 🤘
Make note, this concert was just months (if not days or weeks) before the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was on December 26, 1991. It wasn't until Gorbachev's introducing in the 1980s Perestroika (restructuring) and Glasnost (openness) into the nation that more Western world influences were allowed for consuming. 1.6 million people!!!
This event was held a month after the failed August Coup d'état against Gorbachev. It was a miracle it was able to be pulled off at all at that time. Everything in Eastern Europe was a potential powder keg that could have gone south real quick if things didn't play out right. That day probably helped out a hell of a lot in the long run.
The concert was in a kind of airport. Concert with a mixed of feelings. You see people just exploding in joy and happiness. Pure freedom. And then you see a military heli, soldiers...After...soldiers dancing and headbanging. Sometimes people asked him what freedom is and what it represents. I always speaks about this concert. Russia, american band, more than 1 million people...the end of soviet union...that crowd was feeling the music, the freedom and a kind of democracy.
*Democracy is complete shit, they just love Metallica and AC/DC in Russia, otherwise what you are talking about, there is nothing to do with freedom about, in the USSR there were more freedom in the USSR than in the USA!*
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It is stated the helicopters flying relatively low were to keep the crowd cool- a crowd that size makes a lot of heat jumping around, and heat exhauston too.
Creeping death live Moscow! It's there next song on the set. Greatest Metallica performance ever. Blows this one out of the water
Definitely! I still get goosebumps everytime I see the video.
@@Creeping__Death especially the moment everybody shouts 'DIE'
@@Kilian600 although they are Russian, they might just be screaming "da" lol
1.6 million people attended that..... fucking insane. wish I was there for it. and there was 0 deaths. LEGEND
Crazy!
1.6 million plus! live in person. Still a world record by far for a live concert of any kind. This concert was held at an open airfield.
This is definitely top 5 of the greatest concerts of all time, unfortunately there were around 50 deaths but not everything can stay in control with 1 million people
Honestly given that it was probably the first live performance of metal to a crowd of 1.6mil+, it's kinda surprising that more people didn't die
Probably there time to ride the lightning.
Imagine the feeling you get when you get on stage and see a sea of people as far as your eyes can see who came because of you. If you hadn't had stage fright before, you have now.
More from the best band ever….Metallica. To this date they still sell out any arena worldwide no matter the size 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘
Goated
Only Band to have played on all 7 continents.
Absolutely
I hope they keep rocking for 40 more years. Best band ever. 🎸🎤🥁🎸
@@disposable_hero1725 and did it all in one calendar year too
It truly was the dawn of a new and better era. Walls were falling, peace was beginning to return to minds and hearts of millions, and for many in that crowd, it was their first taste of liberty. What a time it was.
They were all in their late 20's. This concert was huge with 1.6 million people reported there. When I first saw this footage I had chills the whole time from the fact that these people were experiencing a moment of release from oppression of western entertainment, only to be rivalled by the 1989 Peace Festival with the Scorpions. It showed that despite prior blocks from western influence, people were still getting these CDs and jamming to them.
Back then it was all about the music and love, huge crowds like this were pretty safe and needed little security compared to now. Lots of huge bands got amazing crowds. 😊
Yeah. Until Woodstock 99 lol
James was interviewed one time and asked what it was like playing for a crowd like that? His response was, imagine getting out of a shower soaking wet, and walking into a curtain of electricity!!🔥🔥
Haha what a rush
1997 Jean Michel Jarre in Moscow 3.5 million people. Took over 3 hours to walk the normal 15 min journey back to the apartment we were staying in. But wow what a concert it was. All those people and when JMJ asked for a moment of silence for Princess Diana who died the week before, the silence among such a huge crowd was something I will never forget.
wow....what a crowd, amazing, never seen so many at one concert....long live rock 'n' roll....
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So nice to see someone witness this for the first time, i was just the same when first watching it and it drove me to become a pro musician although in metal, these shows will never happen again
If you thought this was impressive - watch "Creeping Death" from the same show. You can also add Pantera "Domination" to the watch list. They played at this same show in Moscow. By far one of the best break downs in metal music.
They were about 29 when this show went down. It was an add on show for the "Monsters of Rock" tour that was already in progress. This was a reward to the people to stop the coup during the fall of the Iron Curtain. This was the first time western music was allowed to be played. 53 people died at this show. The helicopters flew low to not only monitor the crowd and to provide wind to cool down the masses.
Two years earlier was the Moscow Music Peace Festival...Motley Crue, Skid Row etc.
The best era for live concert…no smartphones…the pure energy!!
I am in a band for 20 years and i work in a foreign country…RUSSIANS are one of the best crowd in a bar…the best giver of tip also…🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿
Да, мы русские такие) спасибо!)
dude, if you grew up in the 80s, I guarantee you would have been a Metallica head like the rest of us. They were unique, like no other band. With that hard, loud, and in-your-face sound. They were the best there was.
I probably would have! 🤘
Didn't go a day without listening/playing Metallica when I was growing up.
100% I love how you said you have heard this song but not the live show in Moscow. That's why I know your reaction is so true. Love from Australia.
🙏💯 always try to be as transparent as I can
Harvester of sorrow from this concert is amazing.
I was 16 years old and I was there with my girlfriend. we had the front row, just 25 feet from the stage. I can still remember the guy next to me was so drunk and died from screaming so loud.
I love your reaction! I’m showing this to my husband he’s a huge Metallica fan ❤️
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When you're at a Metallica Concert and close to the stage, say, inside 100 yards, the deeper bass soundwaves can be felt against your chest. They have a series of 18 inch subwoofers, like maybe 20 or 30 of them on each side of the stage in some venues, depending on the size, and you can feel the music, not just hear it.
Yeah i went to a metallica concert just yesterday, and dudu, i was at the middle of the sound structure, it was just insane, i could feel the high piches vibrating in my body hair, best night of my life, it was at the Porto Alegre Metallica concert 2022 btw
But that's normal on all concerts, if you don't feel it in your chest, it's not loud enough. :-D
Slayer/Pantera 2001 I believe, in Fargo, 50 feet away from the speakers and it felt like your hair was popping out of your head!!
@@glenpaul5663 That's why I always have earplugs in my pocket just in case, some concerts are too loud. After I saw Anthrax in small club, I had ringing in my ears for months, I think I have it permanently in left ear after this concert. Normaly it disapears after like 3 days, but some concerts can be pretty crazy. :-)
It was stated that those helicopters you see in the video, were meant as "crowd control", and they were hovering over the crowd so close you could almost touch them! ....
That’s crazy!
They were being used to blow air onto the crowds
Sean? I'm here to drop some info on this historic gathering. First some background. In 1990, the Berlin Wall fell, and president Gorbachev was replace as president by Boris Yeltsin. This concert was free for three consecutive days- The Monsters Of Rock Concert Series came to Moscow. Sept. '91. A month before just down the street from where this concert was held, The Russian Army attempted to overthrow the newly seated government, just a month before. The world descended on Moscow for this concert- .1 6 million strong. Yep, that's atleast a million in this video, but probably closer to a million and a half, as with all three days free, and many just staying put in the area, between shows, (camping) and attending all three shows. Keep in mind, the Russian Army, for the most part, aren't happy campers, what with this many people descending right into Moscow, just after a failed putsch. Because of that, and the fact that the Army was doing security for this shindig, there were inevitable, (harassed, threatened etc.) confrontations with some concert goers, that didn't end well. They say 56 people died- how? I'm sure a multitude of ways, including being snuffed out by some pricks in uniform. They say concert organizers did their best to get assurance from the new President Yeltsin, to police the Army for any type of aggressive policing. Thjey said the army tried multiple times to shit the place down, eve stopping the live acts a few times, before being repelled by Yeltsin's men. Think about this for a moment Sean- these guys could have freaked out at this mass of humanity, and just started going berserk on people. But the 'world' had come to the new Moscow, and Yeltsin's security force I'm sure remove a few of the more aggressive types well in advance- maybe sent them to a dachau on the Black Sea for the week. This attendance record was probably 1.2 or 1.3 m per day- that's not being topped. They used a massive grass infield of an airfield. How you'd like to walk out there with your turntables, and have that much humanity jumping in unison while cheering without EVER stopping? I thought you'd like that feeling. Cheers.
Great vid, man! Glad to see more people "cross over" and take in some quality Metal performances!
Give "Creeping Death" and "Harvester Of Sorrow" a look (from this show in Moscow). It's fascinating to see the band control 1.6 million fans. Metallica ruled Russia that day.
Also...give anything from Seattle '89 a look. Amazing live performance. You do those and your views and subs will go up. I promise😁!
Liked and sub'd for more metal!
Appreciate you! I’ve been diving into a lot of different genres lately and I’m really enjoying all the music out there 🤘
IDK what`s more impressive, the crowd or the fact that no one in the band is tattooed yet :D
Bro what. Kirk has tats on his stomach and James has sleeves and neck tats
@@alebarajas3045 not in 1991
🤣🤣🤣 tattooed YET👈 key word!!😁
Check out "Creeping Death" from Metallica at this concert! Better be wearing your seat belt because it's a very high intensity song and even more crazy when they play it live!
I was 13 in 91' and they had the Monsters Of Rock video with this concert footage. It's about 1.6 million (though, to this day, even the band is still unsure of the precise crowd attendance) I've heard Enter Sandman thousands of times since then, but hearing "The ecstasy of Gold" (their intro tape since 1984) play at the beginning always gives me goosebumps ! It's amazing to see people so oppressed for so long, finally get the chance to vent and go nuts to music the rest of the world has been enjoying for years... it's breathtaking
I've watched this dozens of times and I still can't believe that many people showed up.
Absolutely insane 🤯
Grew up in the 90's. The music, whether rap, rock, metal, grunge, were just amazing. You grow up spoiled like that and you think it will keep on going. The 2000's were ok. Good music were dead by the 2010's.
This was the first heavy metal concert after the fall of the Soviet Union. This concert, for all intents and purposes, was the funeral for the USSR. So this one time, all of Moscow showed up for Metallica. Yes. 1.6 million people were there.
It was the perfect storm 🔥
The fall of the Soviet Union didn't happen until after the concert.
The collpase happened after the concert.
I've got to ask. How long did it take you to pick your jaw up off the floor? Everyone's hits the floor when they see this vid.
Great reaction & hope you're keeping well
My jaws still on the floor haha thank you and hope you’re well too!
There were 1.6 Million people in the Audience that's the most amount of people for one concert
Me and one of my buddies use to party with Jason Newsted when he played in a local Phoenix band called Flotsam and Jetsam!
Good times!
I went to a Metallica and guns and roses concert at Phoenix International Raceway back in ‘91 and it was packed. I heard it was over 300,000 people.
We were up front by the stage and I almost got a high 5 from Hetfield.
Getting out after the concert was horrible we didn’t get home until almost 6 hrs after the concert ended.
That’s awesome! What a cool memory and experience to have 🤘
@@SeanStaxxMusic it was in 92 not 91.
Aragorn: "We have to attract them, pull them out, empty the land of Mordor to give Frodo safe passage"
Metallica: "Hold my beer!"
Bro Metallica concerts are LOUD AF. I'm sure no one had any problem hearing.
That structure directly in front of them is the sound engineer/s doing their best to make them sound amazing. They’re the last line of defense as far as what the audience is hearing. At that size of a show though…forget it. 1.6 million very lucky fans
San Francisco Bay Area had Some of the Greatest Bands of all Time.. Starting with Woodstock
you know its a million people when THE RUSSIAN ARMY is security detail..
I love hip hop. I do. But watching you react to this historical event made me think. This is the real music. Rap really is crap. Can any hip hop artist say they ever brought in these numbers? No. But Metallica, Pantera, AC/DC, Slayer, etc can. Music died after the introduction of Americas Got Talent. Music became manufactured after that.
"Fuck Hip Hop" - Hopsin
I feel you, most commercial rap is trash in terms of substance and quality lyrics but there’s still good rap artists out there! Also back then was a different time, concerts were a lot more special. I don’t know if any artist in any genre could pull numbers like this today.
@@SeanStaxxMusic I also have to agree with you. There really is some good artist out there that drop good quality rap. Hopsin, Tech, Macdonald, Burgen, Yella, Busta Rymes still gets down, Prozac, ICP even! The list goes on and on. There are enough out there that keep it real.
The boy bands were the beginning of the end. Backstreet Boys and all that shit.
@@davebonilla4561 I feel you on this. Pop deserves its place though. We may not like it but it still has it's place.
That shred though🤯 I've always loved these guys. This song gives me chills every time I hear it no matter how many times.🤘 miss those days
This is 1.6 million. Record is over 3 million. Rod Steward live at Copa Cabana beach on a New Years eve
So crazy 🔥🤯
USSR: “How many people you want to attend”
Metallica: “ALL”
USSR: “Bet”
😂 for real
Cliff would have loved it. We also would have been very homesick bless his heart.
there were 1 million people at this concert.this is insanely cool!🔥🤟
my dad loves this concert. He watches the video with tears in his eyes.
I watched the interview. and they told how hard it was to set up and organize everything. because it was the 90s, the collapse of the iron curtain, then there was little. but they did it! Then a war broke out at the concert between the people and the police/military.The police tried to calm them down, but people were just expressing their emotions! And the bottles flew on their heads. Really madness! But the music decided everything🔥
The biggest concert ever recorded was in Copacabana, Brazil by Rod Stewart in front of 3.5 million spectators in 1994 new years eve. 👍
I remember this. It was a million for sure.
Those are sound relay towers. They are often used for large crowds. They match the music and sounds coming from the stage microphones to the rear of the fans are. Without them the sound in the back wouldn't be heard nor matched with what's being played on stage due to the distance.
I belive the promotion stopped counting around 6-700k estimates are pegged around 1.6-1.8 million people showed up. Impressive!
Yes! That's the reaction you'd expect from someone listening to 80s/90s Metallica in 2020'...! Nobody makes music like that anymore! This is absolutelly AMAZING.. the music, the festival, the context, the 1.6 Million people... EPIC!
it was music of freedom!!!
people were hungry for this!!
I think The Scorpions did a Moscow concert as well where they sang Winds of Change and it was one of those chills down the spine moments as well.
People had respect for their fellow concert mates! And yes, different breed! Love it review.
Bruh I would do anything to go and see that Concert Live 1.6 million people good God
I watched this many times and it still brings tears, I’m 65 love Metallica 🤟🤟🤟
To answer a few questions, the structures you see rising up among the crowd were multi-functional. The bottom had port-o-pots and medics, above that, relay speakers and above that was security/observation watching for people going down in the crowd
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Gives me chills every time. This and live aid queen.
there's quite literally almost the amount of people my home country of latvia has in a single video jesus christ
That’s just crazy lol 🤯
BRO you was vibing, thats awesome. ur reaction at the end, the one and only "bruh" LMAO music is just insane! good luck with content bro. keep it up
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In 2000 in Cracow was a concert of Scorpions, where were over 700K audience. I was there also.
@Sean Staxx one structure is the stage, the others are towers for cameras and more speakers to be heard to "every back" around the stage
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1.6 million while metallica was playing...it was the biggest concert ever at the time. it was beaten , also in russia. Jean-Michel Jarre's 1997 concert, which marked the 850th anniversary of Moscow, was attended by over 3.5 million people, making it the most widely attended concert of all time.
I was 15 when this show was live, how I wish I was there!
Still can’t believe there was 1,6 million people there
Same lol it’s just inconceivable
That was when the Iron curtain fell in Eastern Europe. 1.6 million people attended 1991. Moscow!!! It was the 5th largest concert in history.