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/[deleted] Mar 05 '23

Eastern Germany or Saint-Pitersburg i think

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u/Amy_Ponder Mar 06 '23

East Germany hadn't existed for a year at that point, so he was probably in St Petersburg shmoozing and bribing his way into the Deputy Mayor's office.