I was a 16yo boy in the soviet bloc at that time, it was a historic moment. There's no other drug like freedom. I love watching reactions to this, and how most of the people reacting don't even understand the significance of what they're watching at the moment. :D
I get super emotional watching this because you can feel the release of the crowd. I was 14 yr old California kid so far removed from this in 1991 but now as an adult watching this and knowing the history it’s incredibly moving
This took place three months before the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was the first concert of its kind in the USSR and you can see military helicopters flying overhead to control the crowd.
The overhead choppers were also there to provide air flow. They initially sold 500k tickets, this one 1 show from the 1991 Mosters of Rock Tour which had AC/DC headlining it also included Pantera and the Black Crowes. Everyone showed up for this show and they just let everyone in. They STOPPED counting at 1.6 MIL. It took place at Tushino Air Field.
@@terryberkshire5504 Wow, I did not know all that. The crown seemed so big I was wondering how big it can actually be. Would have never guessed over a million. I mean.. what the hell?!
People have talked about it a little in the comments, but the censorship of music in the former Soviet Union was absolute. It's a very long and interesting story, but just for brevity people were sentenced to hard labor for bootlegging music in the USSR. It was BANNED unless it was Communist sanctioned. So when the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia finally allowed rock concerts, this was the epitome of what transpired.
And you can see the military police in the crowd, some of them jamming, lol, but there are videos of this concert where some of them were abusing people, there were military helicopters over the concert. I think everyone involved was overwhelmed. The crowd, the police, the government, even Metallica. It's a beautiful but scary thing to watch. People feeling free for the first time.
@@JennRighter That ads such a crazy vibe to the footage, i knew shows there were not a common thing at all, but didn't know the actual cultural significance of it. Very cool. Thanks for the little history lesson!
I think this concert may have taken place a couple months *before* the fall. I saw a great documentary about bootlegging under Communist regimes years ago. Eye opening.
Yes and no. When I was there in the late 80s, Yngwie Malmsteen had just been touring. There was rock music, just not really much in the way of American rock music. For obvious reasons. I saw a funny interview with the guy who ran the pop and rock division of the soviet record label. He hated all of it. He used to work for the classical music division but he pissed someone off and got sent to run the pop label as punishment. His dream was that one day he could get back in the good books of his superiors and go back to classical. As a result the output of the pop label was pretty random, from utterly insipid pop drivel, to pretty experimental bands. But yeah, all the lyrics were vetted. there was also a DIY indie scene where bands who couldn't or didn't want to "make it" onto the label, recorded themselves and distributed cassettes. They worked normal jobs and did music in their spare time, so had more creative freedom. Unlike the signed artists who got paid a wage to record and tour, but had to keep the boss happy. A pretty familiar story, just in a bizarre society.
@@Somesaymisery Well it was created from rock but today it's pretty much a genre on it's own considering just how different rock and metal sound now,especially the extreme metal genres(nothing like rock). And metalica is thrash metal not heavy metal :)
It was a free weekend concert after the 'Iron Curtain' fell. Time Warner wanted to take advantage of a brand new business opportunity and gave the tickets away. On this specific performance there were about HALF MILLION people although the entire weekend brought approximately 1.6 million. It took place on an air field. AC⚡DC, Pantera and Mötley Crüe were also part of the bands that performed.
This Monsters of Rock concert, where this is filmed, included sets by AC/DC, Metallica, The Black Crowes, Pantera, and E.S.T and took place at the Tushino Airfield in Moscow. The estimated crowd size is 1.6 million. 54 people died. The concert was free to all-comers. The U.S.S.R. did not allow rock concerts and frowned on Western music, so this was everyone's first concert ever. It took place about a month after the August military coup failed in the U.S.S.R. The U.S.S.R. was in the process of imploding and in three months from this concert would cease to exist. In my opinion, this is one of the finest wakes for any country ever. The rock gods played at the capital of the U.S.S.R. as it died.
Still the largest concert/live performance to date 🤯! Insanity 1.6 million people all down for some live rock music, they had been so sadly denied for too long! I love this performance so much both for Metallica and the lucky folks in attendance! This was a huge day for everybody involved!! Great reaction to this mind blowing spectacle! Much ❤️ for you!!
Metallica live is otherworldly, Metallica live at an outdoor arena is cosmic..i was lucky enough to see them 3 times..if you ever get the opportunity GO!!!!!!
This was a rare even in history because Russia at those times is not only Russia but The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. Ruled by a dictator at those time and Mikhail Gorbachiv. This was their first concert and a short experience of the people of USSR of what freedom was before the collapse of USSR later that same year.
@@OP-1000 His accomplishment is great I know that but he was the leader at those time and whether I mentioned him or not, is just part of my comment. The point is, the audience were massive and they reacted in those manner because it was the 1st time in their lives to watch a live concert and experienced what freedom felt.
I believe it's in the documentary "A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica" they talk about what a monumental show this was in both good and bad ways. It's a great watch, anyway, but that was a really, really striking part of it.
"People probably took a day to get back home". I saw a brilliant comment on another reaction of this performance, saying "People are still making their way home today". LOL. Best comment ever. Shout out to whoever wrote that comment.
@@newgrl That's tragic but I guess the statistics would suggest that a certain amount of people will die if 1.6 million of them gather in one place at one time. Was it crowd trouble or, as I suspect, the Russian Military being heavy handed?
@@mst1740 Oh ya. With over 1.6 million people there and the small security force, I'm actually incredibly surprised the number was that low. I'm sure there were a lot of crush injuries and dehydration in that withering mass of bodies. I'm also surprised that no one rushed the stage. You think the 5 military guys up front would have been able to stop that swarm of humans? I don't think so.
This is going to take me back! I was fortunate to see Metallica in concert some many years back, an outdoor concert in Vancouver. I even got front row and was able to stay there through the opening act, Suicidal Tendencies (great band). Alice in Chains didn't show like they were supposed to, so Metallica came on early. OMG, the crush of bodies! I'm 5'1" and was not able to deal, so I threw my hands up to the strange guy behind me and said get me out! He picked me up, didn't even cop a feel so a good guy, and I head-walked the crowd to a less crushy space where I could still see the band. It was an amazing concert!
When I was 15, I was at a large open air concert and got stuck in the crush of people near the front of the stage. As a smaller person, I also wormed my way out of the crowd before it got too tight, it WAS terrifying. Never went to a huge open air event like that again.
Before us Gen Xers had grunge, we had Metallica... and still do. They are timeless. Metallica was/is loved in USSR. I'm pretty sure it was a free concert in Red Square, but not for sure about that. The time was very different for the country back then... it was illegal to leave the country permanently and even had to have special permission to go temporarily, as in the Olympic athletes. The collapse of the government happened about that time, but they were trying to hold on as you can see with the helicopters and forces. The audience showed everyone, including the government, their power when banded together.
its funny to hear what th bands said about trying to eat over there. Before th Iron Curtain fell i guess th food in so-called restaurants was inedible! To hear them tell it they almost starved while there
@@gizzy2403 that doesn't surprise me... my grandparents defected from there, and the stories were insane. But it is funny to think James Hetfield trying to find something decent to eat... yet they still rose to the occasion come time to play.
@@RockyNikolashin oh that reminds me, th record labels sent a personal Dr. w/ to take care of all th bands " needs" since there's no sneaking drugs in th USSR! So w/ some amphetamines & Vodka im sure they were all ready 2 go then 😅🍻🍸
This concert was their best in my eyes. With over 1.5 million people jumping and jamming, Helicopters flying around, man I wish I was born back then to see them there.
"Is that all people?" Yeah,,bands back then would go to Eastern Europe and sell out the country. These artists today brag about selling out 20k arenas. Shyt, Michael Jackson sold out Istanbul.
Think it was back in 2019 when Metallica played on Ullevi in Gothenburg. Around 70 000 attended. Too lazy to check but correct me if I'm wrong. Rock and Metal isn't as popular these days. Modern pop musicians ave no actual talent. Producers hires people to write songs and then give songs to suitable artists that use a shit ton of autotune and take all the credit.
@@jp3813 True, but I am guessing you werent around then...I was. And I saw the Beatles in Toronto with 50,000 screaming girls. NO speakers, even today, could handle that decibel level in an indoor venue. Some musicians went deaf (Pete Townsend), many had to wear earplugs. Indoor and outdoor are different animals.
Having lived through those times on separate sides of the wall, me and my ex watched this and cried like fuck. The relief that the constant threat of War was lifted for a moment. It's hard for Europeans to express how this felt for us in full. Just raw as hell emotion that words can't express. Btw 1.6 million when they stopped counting...
Absolutely luv Metallica n this concert must've been insane lol as usual, thanks so much for all the hard work you put in. By far my favorite RUclips channel. Keep rockin, brother🤘🎸:)
Watch the short documentary on the rise and fall of the great Berlin wall dividing east and west Berlin, deep within the then soviet controlled area of east Germany before Germany was allowed to reunite into the country you are familiar with today, this concert was part of the inspiration of the German band the Scorpions song called Winds of Change...👏💯
Wind of Change was released on the 6th of November 1990 - almost exactly a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1 month after the reunnification of Germany and a couple on months before this Festival. But West Berlin Radio Stations played an important role in introducing Western Music into the Eastern Block - West Berlin Radio signals could be received (and recorded) in almost all of East Germany.
This is what happens when legendary artists visit a nation that gets few live shows. I was lucky enough to be able to go to a live metallic show with my DAD about 5 years ago... it was the concert of 3 generations...
I think I've seen Metallica in concert something like 8 times. If you ever get a chance to see them, take advantage and GO! They put on one helluva show! You'll have a blast!
Man I love watching your musical journey. And getting to discover new music. I’ve seen Metallica live 3 times. They were grand. I really miss concerts now that COVID has taken over. When this all blows over I hope you will go see some live stuff. I discovered lots of new music going to see concerts of some of the bands I liked. There is nothing like being in the middle of a crowd of people that are there to here the music. But keep your phone in your pocket and enjoy the show. That bothers me now seeing people at a show that have their phones out tweeting and filming. Just go and experience it.
The actual number of the people at this concert will never be know. It’s definitely over 1,000,000. They ran out of tickets and just had to let everyone in.
I was good friends with the DJ at my home town club. I made him play David Bowie's "Heroes" as last song every Friday night, just before 'lights on'...
@@redbandita020 The last song of the night was always important to me as an employee, because that's what would be stuck in my head while I was doing my work at the end of the night. I had a dj once that would always play "Zoot Suit Riot" which was cool back in the "bartendingdays" when I would be stocking beer, and stuff. Good song to have stuck in your head,lol
@@garylindsey5174 I just checked it out! Superfun music! At the end of my kitchen/waiting days, I would play Dexy's Midnight Runners, "The Celtic Soul Brothers". Epic feelgood tune, for me.
This was in the soviet union, held outside an old airport with 1.6 million people there. It was not just Metallica but also AC/DC, Crue, Black Crows, Etc... The security is the Russian army..
I believe Virginia Tech football team uses this as their walk in ceremony for home games. Not sure if it's Virginia Tech but pretty sure it's a Virginia team.
I'm 45 and American. I've lived in several other countries and have seen them 4 times.. that being said - only 1 time in America. They are AND always have been HUGE globally. If I remember correctly, 54 died that day during the festival. That festival symbolized SOOOO much more for those ppl than just " going to a show". It was freedom! Love seeing your mind expand to different genres. Growing up, my parents played it all. I have mad respect for bluegrass - r&b - jazz - hip hop - rock - industrial - alternative - grunge - metal and so forth. I can't imagine my life NOT knowing and appreciating all of the genres. It would be boring af. That's why these reactions channels amaze me. Can't imagine growing up NOT being introduced to music different than my household. I have 2 boys.. my 7 yo jams to the Dead one minute and next hour jamming to Beck. 😍😄 Love your channel❣
@Luna Raven I always liked their music. One of my best friends toured with them for about 3 yrs & said they were really cool & down to earth. He said the drummer, Lars would always go hang out & chill with them. 🙌🏻
@Luna Raven awesome 👏🏼 I’m glad you gave them a chance. I get what you’re saying, they’re not for everyone but I personally like many of their songs 🙌🏻
The show was part of the 'Monsters of Rock' festival, which also brought together groups such as AC/DC and Pantera. In total, the event was attended by over 1.6 million people & was promoted as a celebration of democracy and freedom. The Metallica concert is said that 500+k were there. The helicopters were flying low to help cool the crowd down.
I didn't get into Metal alot but did love this one! Because I have always been into lyric, melody and dance..I asked a friend WHY on Metal? He said,"I can let loose my anger and frustration and go to a different place" and that is what music, ANY music is about!! Plus...frontman is HOT ! ;)
I was a 16yo boy in the soviet bloc at that time, it was a historic moment. There's no other drug like freedom.
I love watching reactions to this, and how most of the people reacting don't even understand the significance of what they're watching at the moment. :D
I get super emotional watching this because you can feel the release of the crowd. I was 14 yr old California kid so far removed from this in 1991 but now as an adult watching this and knowing the history it’s incredibly moving
Can you imagine being in front of 1.6 million people inhaling their first taste of freedom to your band?!? Absolutely epic!
This was a decent to hell for Russia, 90's saw 30 million excess deaths due to economic collapse. Worse than ww2.
We aren't even free !!! American
This took place three months before the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was the first concert of its kind in the USSR and you can see military helicopters flying overhead to control the crowd.
That is cool context. You can see the military and police joining the festivities.
The overhead choppers were also there to provide air flow. They initially sold 500k tickets, this one 1 show from the 1991 Mosters of Rock Tour which had AC/DC headlining it also included Pantera and the Black Crowes. Everyone showed up for this show and they just let everyone in. They STOPPED counting at 1.6 MIL. It took place at Tushino Air Field.
Didn't work did it, they woke up. Song to me represents what they are leaving.
@@terryberkshire5504 Wow, I did not know all that. The crown seemed so big I was wondering how big it can actually be. Would have never guessed over a million. I mean.. what the hell?!
Now Americans want the iron curtain of communism lmao
People have talked about it a little in the comments, but the censorship of music in the former Soviet Union was absolute. It's a very long and interesting story, but just for brevity people were sentenced to hard labor for bootlegging music in the USSR. It was BANNED unless it was Communist sanctioned. So when the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia finally allowed rock concerts, this was the epitome of what transpired.
And you can see the military police in the crowd, some of them jamming, lol, but there are videos of this concert where some of them were abusing people, there were military helicopters over the concert. I think everyone involved was overwhelmed. The crowd, the police, the government, even Metallica. It's a beautiful but scary thing to watch. People feeling free for the first time.
@@JennRighter That ads such a crazy vibe to the footage, i knew shows there were not a common thing at all, but didn't know the actual cultural significance of it. Very cool.
Thanks for the little history lesson!
@@patientzeropoint5271 aww, thanks 💖 that’s sweet, warms my heart. A nice reply on the internet! Lol. Seriously, thank you.
I think this concert may have taken place a couple months *before* the fall. I saw a great documentary about bootlegging under Communist regimes years ago. Eye opening.
Yes and no. When I was there in the late 80s, Yngwie Malmsteen had just been touring.
There was rock music, just not really much in the way of American rock music. For obvious reasons.
I saw a funny interview with the guy who ran the pop and rock division of the soviet record label. He hated all of it. He used to work for the classical music division but he pissed someone off and got sent to run the pop label as punishment. His dream was that one day he could get back in the good books of his superiors and go back to classical.
As a result the output of the pop label was pretty random, from utterly insipid pop drivel, to pretty experimental bands.
But yeah, all the lyrics were vetted.
there was also a DIY indie scene where bands who couldn't or didn't want to "make it" onto the label, recorded themselves and distributed cassettes.
They worked normal jobs and did music in their spare time, so had more creative freedom. Unlike the signed artists who got paid a wage to record and tour, but had to keep the boss happy.
A pretty familiar story, just in a bizarre society.
No disrespect to other genres but this is why rock music is king!
this isnt rock tho .
@@durv13 metallica is a heavy metal band... heavy metal is a subgenre of rock. there are many subgenres of rock.
@@Somesaymisery Well it was created from rock but today it's pretty much a genre on it's own considering just how different rock and metal sound now,especially the extreme metal genres(nothing like rock). And metalica is thrash metal not heavy metal :)
@@Somesaymisery lol. If Yu gonna talk sub . You can say Metallica is every style of music. But they are a metal band.
@@cheesecracker835 you mean thrash metal... a subgenre of heavy metal and still rock music as per google and common sense.
Today's bands: I sold out Staples Center
Metallica: that's cute
NICE
😂
Nailed it!
Everybody incorrectly credits Metallica as being responsible for this crowd. It was a festival with a stellar line up. AC/DC were the headliner.
😊👊
It was a free weekend concert after the 'Iron Curtain' fell. Time Warner wanted to take advantage of a brand new business opportunity and gave the tickets away. On this specific performance there were about HALF MILLION people although the entire weekend brought approximately 1.6 million. It took place on an air field. AC⚡DC, Pantera and Mötley Crüe were also part of the bands that performed.
Didn't know that tidbit, thank you.
the iron curtain and the berlin wall are two very very different things. . this was after the wall fell but still months before the 'curtain'
This was 3 months before the Soviet Union collapsed. The Iron Curtain had not fell yet but it was on life support and everyone knew that.
They stopped counting at 1.6 million. There was more
@@Dimes607 silly kid
I think there’s a couple of people still waiting in line for the bathroom.....😭
That's hilarious
😂
Hahaha!!!!
That's a piss where you stand event.
😁 Thanks for the smile!
Theses kids today say they living like a rock star, NO. The rock bands of the 80' and 90's set the bar for living like a rock star.
Yes. But sadly, that's why half are dead now. I say that with much sadness.
TOO FUKN RIGHT . TELL ME / WHATS COME UP SINCE THEN ? NOT A NEW THING AT ALL . ITS THE 80'S BANDS THAT STILL FILL ARENAS
Keith Moon set the standard back in the seventies
Led Zep were 70s. They were the trailblazers.
@@jonnylumberjack6223 also the who .
Russian police and military were scared to death.... Always remember we the people have the power....
You obviously don't understand how things work in Russia.
that's why they divide us.
No we don’t. We’re letting that power be transferred to the elites in the name of virtue, diversity, and the critical theory/intersectionality cult.
B.A. it was still the sovjet union back then.
@@ChuckHickl Agreed. But some of those in charage were in blind terror that the people would realize that a crowd this big could swarm the Kremlin.
This Monsters of Rock concert, where this is filmed, included sets by AC/DC, Metallica, The Black Crowes, Pantera, and E.S.T and took place at the Tushino Airfield in Moscow. The estimated crowd size is 1.6 million. 54 people died. The concert was free to all-comers. The U.S.S.R. did not allow rock concerts and frowned on Western music, so this was everyone's first concert ever. It took place about a month after the August military coup failed in the U.S.S.R. The U.S.S.R. was in the process of imploding and in three months from this concert would cease to exist. In my opinion, this is one of the finest wakes for any country ever. The rock gods played at the capital of the U.S.S.R. as it died.
YEP 1.6 MILL UNREAL HUH ?
Briefly, in 40's Germans tried to destroy communist Russia and failed. In between 50's and 90's US tried it. Finally god sent Metallica.
@@RudeboxTheRockstar LOL! Indeed.
54 deaths, oh wow..... :/
1.6 mill is a fairytale... you can see the grass field behind the crowd 1:09
As a black dude, freshman year in college, I got introduced to Metallica in the weight room. This is some of the best music to lift to.
RIP to all the people who died for this concert. One of the most legendary music events in all history
Nobody died
No they did, this was covered world wide, we will never forget
Imagine being backstage and your manager comes back and asks if you're ready to go on stage...there are 1.6 million people waiting! Lol
"you could get smooshed in that crowd". cutest description of death by rock crowd ever!
The comments are hitting me with tons of facts
Thanks y’all ♥️
Still the largest concert/live performance to date 🤯! Insanity 1.6 million people all down for some live rock music, they had been so sadly denied for too long! I love this performance so much both for Metallica and the lucky folks in attendance! This was a huge day for everybody involved!! Great reaction to this mind blowing spectacle! Much ❤️ for you!!
Metallica live is otherworldly, Metallica live at an outdoor arena is cosmic..i was lucky enough to see them 3 times..if you ever get the opportunity GO!!!!!!
I saw them in the Superdome in New Orleans in '92 with Faith No More and Guns N' Roses. My neck hurt for a week after.
Really the only band I have ever heard live that sounded like a CD. The sound quality was incredible.
@@TreyBlythe oh you lucky bastard!
Absolutely! Saw them 4 times in the 90s. Fond memories.
@@TreyBlythe that was my first concert...in NY though
Just imagine walking out on stage and seeing a million and a half people rocking back at you.
This was a rare even in history because Russia at those times is not only Russia but The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. Ruled by a dictator at those time and Mikhail Gorbachiv. This was their first concert and a short experience of the people of USSR of what freedom was before the collapse of USSR later that same year.
Gorbachev a dictator? He reformed the communist party and ended the Cold War. He got a Nobel Peace prize for it.
@@OP-1000 His accomplishment is great I know that but he was the leader at those time and whether I mentioned him or not, is just part of my comment. The point is, the audience were massive and they reacted in those manner because it was the 1st time in their lives to watch a live concert and experienced what freedom felt.
@@laoaganlester1728 . I was just surprised he was referred to as a dictator, that’s all.
Did you read my comment with and
Gorba was and is a great guy.
I believe it's in the documentary "A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica" they talk about what a monumental show this was in both good and bad ways. It's a great watch, anyway, but that was a really, really striking part of it.
"People probably took a day to get back home". I saw a brilliant comment on another reaction of this performance, saying "People are still making their way home today". LOL. Best comment ever. Shout out to whoever wrote that comment.
This video is SO AMAZING. I didn’t believe it was real, either, the first time I saw it. So awesome.
The first time I saw Metallica was in 1991 in Minneapolis and 6 times since!
You owe it to yourself to see them live
Over a million people.... a few died..it was that country's first concert.
54 died😢
Wow. People died.
54 died and they stopped counting the number that came at 1.6 million.
@@newgrl That's tragic but I guess the statistics would suggest that a certain amount of people will die if 1.6 million of them gather in one place at one time. Was it crowd trouble or, as I suspect, the Russian Military being heavy handed?
@@mst1740 Oh ya. With over 1.6 million people there and the small security force, I'm actually incredibly surprised the number was that low. I'm sure there were a lot of crush injuries and dehydration in that withering mass of bodies. I'm also surprised that no one rushed the stage. You think the 5 military guys up front would have been able to stop that swarm of humans? I don't think so.
This is going to take me back! I was fortunate to see Metallica in concert some many years back, an outdoor concert in Vancouver. I even got front row and was able to stay there through the opening act, Suicidal Tendencies (great band). Alice in Chains didn't show like they were supposed to, so Metallica came on early. OMG, the crush of bodies! I'm 5'1" and was not able to deal, so I threw my hands up to the strange guy behind me and said get me out! He picked me up, didn't even cop a feel so a good guy, and I head-walked the crowd to a less crushy space where I could still see the band. It was an amazing concert!
I'm little too and there's no way I'd be at the front. I'd be terrified!
When I was 15, I was at a large open air concert and got stuck in the crush of people near the front of the stage. As a smaller person, I also wormed my way out of the crowd before it got too tight, it WAS terrifying. Never went to a huge open air event like that again.
It really is a test of strength and physical endurance.
Yes!!! i say the same thing every time I watch someone react to this...you can feel the energy right where you sit...its crazy.
Wow, I looked it up because it looked like such a huge crowd. There were about 1.6 million people there. That's crazy!
Before us Gen Xers had grunge, we had Metallica... and still do. They are timeless.
Metallica was/is loved in USSR. I'm pretty sure it was a free concert in Red Square, but not for sure about that. The time was very different for the country back then... it was illegal to leave the country permanently and even had to have special permission to go temporarily, as in the Olympic athletes. The collapse of the government happened about that time, but they were trying to hold on as you can see with the helicopters and forces. The audience showed everyone, including the government, their power when banded together.
It was performed at Tushino Airfield
its funny to hear what th bands said about trying to eat over there. Before th Iron Curtain fell i guess th food in so-called restaurants was inedible! To hear them tell it they almost starved while there
@@gizzy2403 that doesn't surprise me... my grandparents defected from there, and the stories were insane. But it is funny to think James Hetfield trying to find something decent to eat... yet they still rose to the occasion come time to play.
@@vannacee26 that makes more sense ... i should've looked it up... lol
@@RockyNikolashin oh that reminds me, th record labels sent a personal Dr. w/ to take care of all th bands
" needs" since there's no sneaking drugs in th USSR! So w/ some amphetamines & Vodka im sure they were all ready 2 go then 😅🍻🍸
This concert was their best in my eyes. With over 1.5 million people jumping and jamming, Helicopters flying around, man I wish I was born back then to see them there.
"Is that all people?" Yeah,,bands back then would go to Eastern Europe and sell out the country. These artists today brag about selling out 20k arenas. Shyt, Michael Jackson sold out Istanbul.
Think it was back in 2019 when Metallica played on Ullevi in Gothenburg. Around 70 000 attended. Too lazy to check but correct me if I'm wrong. Rock and Metal isn't as popular these days. Modern pop musicians ave no actual talent. Producers hires people to write songs and then give songs to suitable artists that use a shit ton of autotune and take all the credit.
I still get goosebumps every time I see this. Insane! 1,6 million people.
So Rod STEWERT Had 3, 5 million at his concert in Brazil in 1994 , LOOK IT UP ,
Google says 1.6 million attended 😳
Wow 😳
Correct!
That's when they stopped counting too.
Apparently it was 1.6 million throughout the whole festival. Other acts played at that festival, totalling 1.6,M. Unfortunately, 56 deaths that day
Didn’t know that! Wow!
I’ve seen estimates of 1.6 million at this concert. If so, the largest crowd ever in the history of live music. “Epic”, you got that right.
lol false Jean Michel Jarre has the record.
at this venue the real audience number is around 500k
@@RoverWaters Yes, around 500k per day, or about 1.6 million total.
Dang, still get goosebumps watching this unfold
The band said that they couldn't hear their voices when singing because of crowd that was screaming.
Nothing new...Beatles and Elvis couldn't hear themselves, either...
@@SienaYT To be fair, they also said that speakers were crap for huge concerts back then.
@@jp3813 True, but I am guessing you werent around then...I was. And I saw the Beatles in Toronto with 50,000 screaming girls. NO speakers, even today, could handle that decibel level in an indoor venue. Some musicians went deaf (Pete Townsend), many had to wear earplugs. Indoor and outdoor are different animals.
@@SienaYT I never said "I" in my previous post anyway. Pretty sure "they" were around back then as well.
@@SienaYT Ringo once said that, because he could´n hear the music, he just looked at John´s ass moving along with his guitar to maintain the tempo...
Having lived through those times on separate sides of the wall, me and my ex watched this and cried like fuck. The relief that the constant threat of War was lifted for a moment. It's hard for Europeans to express how this felt for us in full.
Just raw as hell emotion that words can't express.
Btw 1.6 million when they stopped counting...
Metallica are my favourite band, I fulfilled a dream when I saw them live in the UK in 2018, I enjoyed watching you enjoy this
30 years ago...and there are still people stuck in that traffic.
HAHAHAHA! They need to open that second parking lot exit!
Even Russian Soldiers were rocking, kings of metal
Absolutely luv Metallica n this concert must've been insane lol as usual, thanks so much for all the hard work you put in. By far my favorite RUclips channel. Keep rockin, brother🤘🎸:)
I'm legit smiling watching this.... Watching your reaction, the crowd, everything.
There was actually a lot of trouble earlier that day, the Military lost the plot, and didnt know how to control the crowd, it was almost cancelled
Metallica is EPIC!! Every single member is amazingly talented. There will never be another Metallica!
Who can imagine they didn't want to give them the SuperBowl halftime show. I can't believe that.
I love watching people in pure shock at the size of the crowd.
You should check out Master of Puppets, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Seek and Destroy. Great songs!
I can now only listen to Master of Puppets w/Symphony...unworldly 😀
Watch the short documentary on the rise and fall of the great Berlin wall dividing east and west Berlin, deep within the then soviet controlled area of east Germany before Germany was allowed to reunite into the country you are familiar with today, this concert was part of the inspiration of the German band the Scorpions song called Winds of Change...👏💯
Wind of Change was released on the 6th of November 1990 - almost exactly a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1 month after the reunnification of Germany and a couple on months before this Festival.
But West Berlin Radio Stations played an important role in introducing Western Music into the Eastern Block - West Berlin Radio signals could be received (and recorded) in almost all of East Germany.
The music at the beginning is "The Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone, used in the classic spaghetti western The Good The Bad & The Ugly.
May he rest in peace
This is what happens when legendary artists visit a nation that gets few live shows. I was lucky enough to be able to go to a live metallic show with my DAD about 5 years ago... it was the concert of 3 generations...
I think I've seen Metallica in concert something like 8 times. If you ever get a chance to see them, take advantage and GO! They put on one helluva show! You'll have a blast!
You gave a great critique and loved your reaction. This Metallica video is one of my all time favs!
Well over a Million were there......Crazy!!! I heard 53 people died and hundreds injured.
I love the smile when someone new to Metallica hears it & loves it! Gives me hope!! 😁🤪😂❤
I couldn't wait till you watched this!! Its mind blowing😁
Man I love watching your musical journey. And getting to discover new music. I’ve seen Metallica live 3 times. They were grand. I really miss concerts now that COVID has taken over. When this all blows over I hope you will go see some live stuff. I discovered lots of new music going to see concerts of some of the bands I liked. There is nothing like being in the middle of a crowd of people that are there to here the music. But keep your phone in your pocket and enjoy the show. That bothers me now seeing people at a show that have their phones out tweeting and filming. Just go and experience it.
The actual number of the people at this concert will never be know. It’s definitely over 1,000,000. They ran out of tickets and just had to let everyone in.
WAS 1.6 MILLION
Love this guys energy !!!
I used to manage strip clubs and for years we said it was a law that "Enter Sandman" had to be played every night!!!
Isn't Pantera's "Walk" part of that contract too? 😃
"Devil's Dance" is a must dance
I was good friends with the DJ at my home town club. I made him play David Bowie's "Heroes" as last song every Friday night, just before 'lights on'...
@@redbandita020 The last song of the night was always important to me as an employee, because that's what would be stuck in my head while I was doing my work at the end of the night. I had a dj once that would always play "Zoot Suit Riot" which was cool back in the "bartendingdays" when I would be stocking beer, and stuff. Good song to have stuck in your head,lol
@@garylindsey5174 I just checked it out! Superfun music!
At the end of my kitchen/waiting days, I would play Dexy's Midnight Runners, "The Celtic Soul Brothers". Epic feelgood tune, for me.
Ive watched this so many times and I never get tired of it... Sooo freaking good!
Wow!!! Never seen this before. Holy people 😮😮
Check out the Moscow performance of "Creeping Death." Epically powerful. 👊
Saw them live in 2019 & they go hard!!!
MY GOD, I WASN'T THERE BUT JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE, JUST FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!
Great, now I wanna go break some shit...
This made me laugh!!! 😂
TRY YU NECK LOL
😂😂🤣🤣👍
every time I listen to Pantera... ahaha
Awesome
I saw them at the Silverdome in '88 with the Monsters of Rock tour.
1.6 million people come to watch them have fun!!!! What a mind blowing thrill!!!🎶🎧🤟🎵🎼
Pretty sure people are still leaving to this day 😂😂
Man I love watching metal and hard rock get hold of your soul, and refusing to let you go. Glad you enjoyed 🤘
This was in the soviet union, held outside an old airport with 1.6 million people there. It was not just Metallica but also AC/DC, Crue, Black Crows, Etc... The security is the Russian army..
1.6 mill over 3 days
Thanks for showing this. Over 1 1/2 million attending this Metalica concert...wow..
Dude if one person asks you to check out Metallica live you should do it. Everything they do live is badass.
One of the few bands that actually sound better live!
Amazing how the played perfectly. The sound was perfection. They were perfection. Great reaction, you are fun.
Definition of "epic" - in every way. Great find!
All this energy always makes me cry. Live performances make me cry.
Yeah, we see ya head banging along! 🤘🤘💯🖤
Feeling that energy through the screen 30 years later
I believe Virginia Tech football team uses this as their walk in ceremony for home games. Not sure if it's Virginia Tech but pretty sure it's a Virginia team.
It is Va Tech. One of the coolest entrances in all of sports:)
It's Virginia Tech. Great intro song. Everybody gets hyped and then the team loses.🙄
@@SaverioP hey. But if they are losing and still getting hyped up then they are true fans.
that opening song, Ecstacy of Gold....makes my hair stand up every time I hear it....
Jason Newsted's windmills were legendary. A shame he had to have neck surgery in the end because of it.
I'm 45 and American. I've lived in several other countries and have seen them 4 times.. that being said - only 1 time in America. They are AND always have been HUGE globally. If I remember correctly, 54 died that day during the festival. That festival symbolized SOOOO much more for those ppl than just
" going to a show". It was freedom! Love seeing your mind expand to different genres. Growing up, my parents played it all. I have mad respect for bluegrass - r&b - jazz - hip hop - rock - industrial - alternative - grunge - metal and so forth. I can't imagine my life NOT knowing and appreciating all of the genres. It would be boring af. That's why these reactions channels amaze me. Can't imagine growing up NOT being introduced to music different than my household. I have 2 boys.. my 7 yo jams to the Dead one minute and next hour jamming to Beck. 😍😄 Love your channel❣
Legend has it people are still leaving today!! Almost 2 Million people showed up.
I love Metallica since high school in 91 when song. Enter sandman came out .and they still got it ❤❤❤
It was listed as the most people at a concert
I ALWAYS feel so BADASS when I hear this.
This is on another level 👆🏻. Metallica rocks 🎯
@Luna Raven I always liked their music. One of my best friends toured with them for about 3 yrs & said they were really cool & down to earth. He said the drummer, Lars would always go hang out & chill with them. 🙌🏻
@Luna Raven awesome 👏🏼 I’m glad you gave them a chance. I get what you’re saying, they’re not for everyone but I personally like many of their songs 🙌🏻
There are aprox 1,6 mill people living in Guinea-Bissau. Imagine an entire country showing up for a show!
That’s what over a million people looks like!!!
1.6 MILLION TO BE EXACT LOL
Got to go piss? How would that be possible?
Love the reaction!!! This is truly a tremendous time in history as the wall came down!!!!
Little funny cause it's an amazing live performance to begin with. But you can't help but just stare at the crowd in awe
Banging my head at work!!!! AND I'm old...lol One of the greatest songs EVER!!
another good metallica song is nothing else matters, pls react to slide away bro
The show was part of the 'Monsters of Rock' festival, which also brought together groups such as AC/DC and Pantera. In total, the event was attended by over 1.6 million people & was promoted as a celebration of democracy and freedom. The Metallica concert is said that 500+k were there. The helicopters were flying low to help cool the crowd down.
I was just playing that Jay!!!😮😮😮
Hello from Cody Wyoming! You're one of my favorite reactor's keep it up🤠
Just another day at the office for Metallica.
AND DONT FOR GET 3 OTHER BANDS ,,, AND IT WAS FREE
DONT FORGET ALONG WITH 3 OTHER BANDS LOL
I didn't get into Metal alot but did love this one! Because I have always been into lyric, melody and dance..I asked a friend WHY on Metal? He said,"I can let loose my anger and frustration and go to a different place" and that is what music, ANY music is about!! Plus...frontman is HOT ! ;)
Concerts, pre-Convid. I hope they return.
I remember watching this video when I was 17. I wish I could be there!
Mr ROD STEWART Had 3, 5 million in BRAZIL IN 1994 ,
Do yourself a favor and dive into their catalog. You will not be disappointed.