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On September 28, 1991, only a month after the August Putsch failed, 500,000 (the figure stated in the notes of the original VHS and subsequent DVD release) rock and metal music fans converged in Moscow at Tushino Airfield for the first open-air rock concert, as part of the Monsters of Rock series. The concert was completely free, causing many ...
The 1991 European leg was part of the Monsters of Rock festival. The last concert of that leg, held on September 28, 1991, at Tushino Airfield in Moscow, was described as "the first free outdoor Western rock concert in Soviet history" and had a crowd estimated between 150,000 and 500,000 people, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] with some unofficial estimates as ...
At the Donington Park concert, Metallica joined the Monsters of Rock for a fifth time. [12] It was the first tour with most of songs in Eb Tuning still used today 1996: Lollapalooza No. 6: North America: June 4 – August 4, 1996: 28: Soundgarden, Cocteau Twins, Devo, Ramones, Rancid, Screaming Trees, Psychotica [42] [43]
In 1991, Tushino Airfield was used to host the first outdoor rock festival ever held in the Soviet Union - the free Monsters of Rock concert featuring AC/DC, Metallica, the Black Crowes and Pantera. Official estimates placed the crowd at between 1,000,000 and 1,600,000 people.
It was held as a one-time event in 1991 in Russia (one of the largest concerts of all time, with an estimated audience of over 1.6 million [citation needed]), Poland, Belgium, Hungary. In 1994, the festival was exported overseas to Chile, Argentina and Brazil.
As the Russian assault on Ukraine continues to intensify and the world witnesses the atrocities unfolding across the region, Hollywood is taking the drastic step to unplug its movies and music ...
The death toll from a gun attack on a concert hall near Moscow has risen to 133 as eyewitnesses recalled the moment that attackers armed with guns and incendiary devices stormed the popular venue ...
Although the attendance numbers of free concerts are known to be exaggerations, [1] media outlets have registered several concerts with a million people or more. Both Jean-Michel Jarre's concert in Moscow 1997 and Rod Stewart's concert in Copacabana 1994 were reported to attract audiences of more than 3.5 million people. Jarre is the only act ...