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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 ...
Metallica went on the festival tour a fourth time. The last concert of the tour, held on September 28 at Tushino Airfield in Moscow, was described as "the first free outdoor Western rock concert in Soviet history" and had a crowd estimated between 500,000 and 3,500,000 people, [29] [30] with some unofficial estimates as high over 2,000,000. [31]
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.
Both Jean-Michel Jarre's concert in Moscow 1997 and Rod Stewart's concert in Copacabana 1994 have been reported to attract audiences of more than 3.5 million people. Jean-Michel Jarre has attracted a live audience of more than a million spectators on five occasions, three times in Paris, 1979, 1990 and 1995, once in Houston, 1986, and once in ...
A male humpback whale made one of the longest and most unusual migrations on record for the species, an anomaly scientists say might be linked to climate change.
The tour in support of the album, called the Wherever We May Roam Tour, lasted 14 months and included dates in the U.S., Japan and the U.K. [46] In September 1991, 1.6 million rock music fans converged in Moscow to enjoy the first open-air rock concert to be held in the Soviet Union; it was part of the Monsters of Rock series. [50]
In 1991, an attempted coup in Moscow was put down by the Russian people. This time, Russians seemed largely disengaged. “Incredibly, even Muscovites joked about getting popcorn to follow the ...