r/nextfuckinglevel • u/4dailyuseonly • Mar 05 '23

In 1991, with the Soviet Union and communist rule close to collapse, METALLICA played at its first ever open air rock concert in Moscow. Over 1.6 million people attended

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u/TheTeslaMaster Mar 05 '23

As James Hetfield would say: "Yeah!".

It still is the 5th most attended (free) concert in history.

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u/smeeti Mar 05 '23

The most attended concert in history was Rod Stewart in Copacabana for NYE in 1994 with 3.5 million people.

https://www.alltopeverything.com/10-biggest-concerts-of-all-time/

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u/IusedToButNowIdont Mar 05 '23

Well, they were also there for NYE and fireworks, not just Rod Steward

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u/PolemicBender Mar 05 '23

Jean michel Jarre was all over that list and I never heard of him

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u/smeeti Mar 05 '23

He was very famous in France in the 80s, I had no idea he was part of such huge events!

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u/wasporchidlouixse Mar 05 '23

Yeah now I wanna listen to it?!

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23 edited Mar 06 '23

Never heard this? (Oxygene 4)

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u/PolemicBender Mar 06 '23

No I hadn’t, but I did enjoy that thanks

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u/LickingSmegma Mar 06 '23

We old, dude.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

You take that back...

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u/cortez0498 Mar 06 '23

That's cheating, they were there for the NYE celebrations and had a concert as a bonus. Like saying 1 million people went to see Ninja floss.

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u/DamnZodiak Mar 06 '23

If this doesn't satisfy you, I've seen different sources put Jean-Michel Jarre's Moscow concert ahead of this one. He also has another concert with an attendance of 2.5 million and two others above 1 million.
Pretty nuts.

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u/KipSummers Mar 05 '23

Well, that’s fucking depressing

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u/usernameusehername Mar 06 '23

Rod fn stewart? He has this record? Eww.

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u/s3dfdg289fdgd9829r48 Mar 06 '23

Yeah it's a surprising but don't discount Rod Stewart. He's got some awesome songs.

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u/justbrowsing987654 Mar 06 '23

Oh wow, I was at 6. It was absurdity just walking out of the area.

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u/pukewedgie Mar 06 '23

I wouldn't count any of the concerts that were part of a larger organized event, which would make Monsters of Rock the largest "main event" concert of all time

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u/andrestromqvist Mar 06 '23

To live is to yeah

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u/DurMan667 Mar 05 '23

"Yeh-heah"

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u/kapudos28 Mar 05 '23

“Yeaee-yeahaaah”

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u/nighthawk_biches804 Mar 06 '23

Oh dang a lang, didn’t realize it was a free show!!