This was a free concert in Moscow in 1991, two or three months before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Tensions were easing with the west, and this was the first time most of these people were able to experience music like this live (there was sort of a black market for western media in the Soviet Union prior to 1988, when they relaxed the ban on it a bit). You were pretty close with the number of people. This was the final show of the Monsters of Rock tour with AC/DC, Metallica, The Black Crowes and Pantera (a Soviet band played this show as well, but I can't remember their name for the life of me). There were roughly 1.6 million people in attendance for this concert. Estimates vary for the number at this specific Metallica performance, but it's thought to be at least a million.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

That is amazing!!!

@roverwaters3875

11 ай бұрын

here is no official record of 1.6 mil at the Metallica show it is just internet folktale

@JohnHF1957

11 ай бұрын

Billy Joel was the first western act to perform in the Soviet Union in 1987. The collapse of the Soviet Union began with the declaration of state sovereignty by Estonia in 1988 and Lithuania's declaration of independence in 1990.

@JohnHF1957

11 ай бұрын

@@roverwaters3875 Not a folk tale but an estimate, as are all huge crowds at free events. It is no tale that there was a huge crowd there and there have been even bigger crowds at free concerts in Moscow since this one (Jean-Michel Jarre 1997, 3.5 million). PS By the way where is the official record of you being who you say you are? Does your birth certificate say "roverwaters3875"? You could be a boat serial number.

@michaelgifford9305

11 ай бұрын

Electro Shock Therapy was the Russian band that represented the Soviet Union

Rule number one when listening to Metallica: NEVER PAUSE DURING A GUITAR SOLO NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!!!

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

🙈😂

@punkjay4681

10 ай бұрын

I would extend this rule to any and all music 😊

@markflint2629

8 ай бұрын

So annoying

@Cryptocracy_Now

7 ай бұрын

Yeah we don't care if your house is on fire.

I can’t imagine how Metallica felt performing for such a massive crowd. I would be terrified to be in the crowd. Great reaction 😊

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

So true!!

One other fun fact is that Metallica is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the only band to ever play on all 7 continents and not only that, they did it all within a year.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

That’s awesome

@SaverioP

10 ай бұрын

When did they play Antarctica?

@Prozak63

10 ай бұрын

@@SaverioP December 8, 2013 It was a 10 song set for a group of about 120 scientists. It was titled "Freeze 'Em All"

@SaverioP

10 ай бұрын

@@Prozak63 Whether that's true or not, it's a great answer, and I'll go with it.

@Prozak63

10 ай бұрын

@@SaverioP Please don't ever just believe what you're told. Do your own research, always. But anyway, when you do look it up, then feel free to say thanks. Although it is not necessary. 🍻

This was a monumental concert! There were roughly 1.6 million fans there, just imagine what the band was thinking when they saw so many people! Great reaction as always, you seem to have a very diverse interest in music, that’s the way I’ve always been, genre doesn’t matter to me, if I like it then that’s it very simple! If I don’t like it I don’t watch it again. Just as a reminder, The Warning have done 2 versions of this, 2014 and 2021, the latest one a rearranged version! 🌹

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

WOW!

@Darrell7777

11 ай бұрын

Hey Maddy, I wasn't sure if you knew this about the lead singer, James Hetfield 😎 In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at No. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and No. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time.In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed him as the 87th-greatest guitarist of all time.

I think it was 1.6 million people and something like 54 deaths

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

WOW

@ki5895

11 ай бұрын

There were actually 0 deaths at this specific concert

@vikinnorway6725

11 ай бұрын

@@MaddyReactionsyes it was the first consert after the iron curtain dropped. Soviet union collapse

@Prozak63

11 ай бұрын

​@@ki5895Amazing true. There were over 50 injured but no deaths.

@desmondmaldonado6466

10 ай бұрын

Estimation is they lost count around 2 million people and then all the people that didn't have a ticket. Probably over 2 million.

1.6 million people in one's hands. They & the other rock bands who played this concert KNEW they were huge! Thanks for your reaction.

The energy is off the charts for this performance.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Agreed!!

I was not there but I did have the privilege of seeing Metallica twice in concert. 1992 and 1994. 1992 was with guns and roses also. Good times!

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Awesome!! Bet those concerts were fun! I’m

I was one of the over 2 million people in attendance. Metallica was one of many there. It was a night to remember.

This was the annual Monsters of Rock 1991, held at Tushino Airfield. 1.6 million people attended, the sixth largest concert crowd in history (YES, there's bigger - Rod Stewart, New Years Eve at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, over 3.5 million people) Metallica was joined by AC/DC, The Black Crowes, Pantera, Motley Crue, and Queenryche.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Crazy!!!

@shmick6079

10 ай бұрын

Motley Crue & Queensryche didn’t play this specific show, but they were on other tour dates in other countries.

The helicopters were spraying water to keep the crowd cool

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Wow!

It was the first big event behind the iron curtain. The name was Monsters of Rock and had other big bands included also. The 1.6 is widely debated but most acknowledges that it was around that number for the whole event.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

So awesome!

I wasn't at the concert but I was at the US Embassy 3 miles away... Still registered 91db. Just an FYI, those structures out in the crowd are actually speaker towers and the following day, local clinics reported over 250k cases of hearing loss. 😁👍

And this is not large concert crowd. Rod Stewart hold the Guinness Book of World Records at 4.2 million.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Whoa! When / where was this?

It was the first time a metal concert was allowed in Russia. 1.3-3 million people attended. After 1.3 million people they stopped counting and just let people in. 55 deaths and by God I wish I was there

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

So epic

@maxnik00

3 ай бұрын

Концерты рок и метал груп были и до этого, но такого масштаба нет. На этот концерт люди приезжали со всей нашей необьятной родины. Это было эпично.

Jimi Hendrix was a huge inspiration for basically every single metal guitarist up until this point. Kirk Hammet, the guitarist for Metallica, always said Hendrix was his biggest inspiration and plays a lot like him for sure. Sounds a lot like the blues genre at times too which Hendrix himself, as well as the rock genre is general, took a lot of inspiration from.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Makes sense! 🤗

@mrtveye6682

10 ай бұрын

Kirk is also using a wahwah pedal in this - and in general - his solos, more often than other metal guitarists, and wahwah was one of the trademarks of Hendrix. That might further add to the "Hendrix feel".

@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle

9 ай бұрын

Hendrix certainly influenced a lot of ROCK guitarists, not quite as many Metal guitarists, although still a fair few.

So cool. They came to my small hometown back in those days. A guy won a nationwide contest to have them come play a private concert for him and his family/friends at a local bar. They were so cool. Came in his apartment and had a beer with him. Truck load of prizes. PS: bummer...I was not a friend or family.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Amazing

55 YEARS OLD HERE GENERATION XRS LOL 😂 WE DID NOT HAVE CG BACK THEN , AND I SAW IT ON TV 📺 LOL 😂 OUR GENERATION KNEW HOW TO ROCK 🪨 😂😂❤

"Is this CGI?" - 1991. Windows 95 hadn't come out yet. 😄

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

🤗😂

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎸🖤🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 ... yes , yes , yes , yesssss !!¡ Metallica & Maddy .. I knew you would be in awe. I was fortunate enough to see them live , but , it was nothing like this mammoth crowd. Keep on rockin' .. Keep bringing the great tunes. Love it. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎸🖤🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

💖💖💖

This was NOT a free concert. It was the Monsters of Rock tour and it was AFTER the fall of the soviet union, yes in 91. Half a million tickets were sold some were counterfeit, but they estimate somewhere between one million and one and a half million people showed up. It was at the recenctly closed military airfield.

"In September 1991, Metallica headlined the Monsters of Rock festival in Moscow, marking one of the biggest concerts to ever take place, with a huge 1.6 million attendees. The record-breaking crowds that day are thought to have only been seen on four other occasions, with Jean-Michel Jarre topping the leaderboard in 1997 with a concert that was funnily enough hosted in Moscow and saw crowds of over 3 million.0 The event was part of the Monsters of Rock series, which featured live performances by rock and heavy metal bands AC/DC, Metallica, The Black Crowes, Pantera, and E.S.T. The event attracted a crowd of more than 500,000 people, making it the largest rock concert in the history of both the USSR and the Russian Federation.1"

@mitchand9

2 ай бұрын

Headlining act were AC/DC not Metallica

I was there. Took me three weeks to get out of the parking lot after the show.😝

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Lol 😂

That concert was in the USSR three months before its disappearance. Russia was a part of the USSR. The iron curtain was crumbling.

While the USSR's Western music ban was in effect, LP albums were smuggled in and copied onto discarded x-ray film from hospitals... to sell on the black market. So some of the folks there that day were hearing familiar tunes but with much better fidelity.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Wow

"Is this CGI??" I feel so sorry for today's youth... they can't even believe their own eyes now.

It is actually 1.6 million people that attended this concert

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

WOW! Epic

Лично я не люблю тяжелый рок, поэтому не был на этом концерте. Но много о нем слышал. Совсем недавно рухнул "железный занавес" и в Россию стали приезжать многие Западные звезды. Эта группа была чуть ли не одной из первых. И на концерте присутствовало более миллиона человек!!! Именно поэтому лидер группы запомнил это свое выступление (о чем он в своих интервью много раз говорил)...

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Oh wow!

They are legendary! This is an iconic performance and they are still rocking to this day like nothing has changed. If you get a chance go see them live! For years I have missed out on seeing them live until recently where I saw them at a festival for 2 nights. Just incredible.

This was Monsters of Rock, AC/DC were the Headliners of this concert

Until now, the biggest concert ever : 1 million people !

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

Ooh

Creeping Death from the same concert 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘….James Hetfield vocals/ rhythm guitar, Lars Ulrich drums, Kirk Hammett lead guitar and ( at that time) Jason Newsted bass….Enter Sandman is about nightmares

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Oooh!

Good catch on the Jimmy Hendrix vibes for the guitar solo. He was using a Wah pedal for this solo which is an effect Jimmy used to use, most famously on Voodoo Chile and it has that iconic “wah wah” or crybaby sound. Another amazing example would be Zakk Wilde’s solo on Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘No More Tears’. Maybe worth a reaction sometime?

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Oooh! Makes sense

This was a free concert. That's why there were so many people there.

I saw them live right after the release of the black album. AWESOME performance.

@norwegianblue2017

8 ай бұрын

Wasn't that Spinal Tap?

@adamclair7983

7 ай бұрын

@@norwegianblue2017 No,that's Metallica.

Yep.. I just got home yesterday from that concert. Came all the way back to New Zealand just so I could subscribe to your channel 🇳🇿🇳🇿

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

LOL awesome!

@mitchand9

11 ай бұрын

@@Johnnymack666 What's Australia? Lmfaoooo

L'exemple parfait de ce que sont des Rock- Start !!!

For those that have performed, you're familiar with the crowds energy. This must have been orgasmic

It was 1,6 million people there. Check also Pantera - Dominition from that Moskva gig. This was the hugest ever in Russia

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

So crazy!!

There's no cgi, only 100 % true real experience! \m/

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

Amazing!

52 people died here. The helicopter was apparently to keep the crowd cool. Lol wild. This still remains the biggest concert in the world.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

WOW

This was there second time in Russia.First. One was 1989. When they were there with Skd Row, Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Scorpions and the headliner that year Bon Jovi.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Oh wow

I simply cannot imagine how they must have felt, would have definitely been terrifying. I get nervous playing in front of a couple of family members sometimes...

There are people to this day people still trying to get out of the car park 🤣

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I just saw this video, that concert was at a military base in Moscow, there was 1.6 million people at least supposedly they stopped counting at 1.6 million people so it could have been more, if you look closely at the audience you will see yellow rubber bracelets their wearing

Try Harvester of Sorrow from the same concert(Moscow) and see that energy that not many younger bands don't have until these days

People seem to forget or not bother mentioning that it was AC/DC who were the headliners here.

Your smile is a beautiful sight to behold. It resembles a fantastic sunrise, reminding us of the blessing of being alive for another day. Alternatively, it could represent a bright morning, signifying the relief of having survived a difficult night. Both interpretations are equally perfect. Your beautiful smile exudes positivity and hope.

@MaddyReactions

7 ай бұрын

Hugs 🩷

Yup Marines we did a little ditty during that time period. It was insane!!!!!

Just imagine the adrenaline rush it would have to be when you are looking out over that crowd from the stage and you see that many people going out of their minds because of YOU! I would imagine that there is not a drug in the world that could compare to that feeling.

I have been there.. in the middle of the crowd.. just got back home.

No CGI in 1991. That's ONE POINT SIX MILLION REAL PEOPLE.

Rule number one. You DO NOT PAUSE in the middle of a guitar break, drum solo, or any continuous run with a flow for that matter. You can pause in between segments, but not in the middle of it! Flow, flow flow! Better rhythm for your reaction too! And minimal viewer frustration who actually want to follow you !! Thank you for reacting to it. subscribed!

I would pass out if I walked on stage to see over a million people in the audience. Also I don't even wanna know what kind of mayhem it must have been trying to leave that concert with all the traffic and pedestrians all over the place.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Right!!!

@stanclips8227

10 ай бұрын

The concert was amazing! Just got back to my car.

It ends abruptly because they go right into the next, which is creeping death and you have to check that one out along with harvester of sorrow.. nice reaction

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Oooh

This concert live in Moscow 1991 the crowds is 1.6milions people

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Amazing

This crowd is massive!!!. Even the soldiers get into it. Watch for the small explosion in the back. One weekend I played this video for my children. Lydia my youngest girl said hey Dad. She was doing the hair spin thing like the bass player. These days, Lars the drummer's hair is much shorter...... Take care and keep them coming please!!!!!

Even your FAVORITE song played on repeat for a week straight no breaks with headphones you cannot take off and you too will go insane.... The also used songs like Barney's "I Love You".

1.6 million and they were finally free to listen to anything they wanted to

From the black album onwards Kirk Hammitt (lead guitar) made a conscious decision to sound like jimi Hendrix, so you are right about your jimi Hendrix comment

1.6 million in the crowd. Literally.

Metallica has been using that opening music, "The Ecstasy of Gold," since about 1984.......

Me actually was in that crowd being lucky to see The Black Crowes, Metallica and later in the night my absolute favs AC-DC 🤘

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

Ooh cool!

i have seen them live 11 times since 1996

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

🤍

Been waiting for more Metallica 🤘

“Is this CGI?” 😂😂😂😂 I don’t think CGI existed in 1991.

Yes! One of my favorite heavy metal band

Give you some context this was the first western rock concert ever played in Russia

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

So amazing

@glasshousespod

10 ай бұрын

If you're talking about the broader term of rock and roll.. the first full production shows in Russia were Billy Joel.. 6 shows in in 1987.

I have heard different accounts on the number of people in attendance. It was held at a military air field so there was a huge space for people and that there were 1.6 million tickets distributed but I have heard and seen multiple sources saying that eventually they just gave up on trying to funnel all those people through the ticket gates and opened it up to let people flood in and that the high estimate was that 3 million people ended up being there and that some of them are still trying to find their car...that last part I made up. Another tidbit of info I have heardis that the giant towers out in the crowd were speaker relays which had the speakers, electronics, and other equipment to properly delay the sound for people further back because the crowd extended so far from the stage that the distance the sound could travel and the speed at which it traveled turned out to cause problems with the music sounding accurate so far away from the stage. If true it is a good thing someone was smart enough to realize that and to be prepared for it. I have also heard it reported that the helicopters were flying over the crowd to provide downdraft for cooling so people didn't start having heat strokes from so many people being packed so tightly while being so energetic. Just things I have heard over the years whether they are true or not I do not know but I have always thought they were interesting to think about

Ennio Morricone's "Ecstasy of Gold" and a random (quite catchy, btw) live pop song after that 🙄😏

1.6 Million in Moscow after the Iron Curtain fell. Yes, this was a violent concert.

Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction live in Argentina. Will give you chills.

This is Moscow 1991. This is 1.6 million people. No cell phones, no cgi, no freedom until this point. The Soviet Union had just crumbled and people were free. Legend has it that all these people jumping around to the beat measured on the Richter Scale and vibrations were felt for miles around. FYI - the choppers were there for security purposes and to circulate the air so people wouldn't pass out.

@maxnik00

3 ай бұрын

Вертолеты там были потому что все действие проходило на территории местечкового аэропорта, на котором базировалась малая авиация. Верталеты просто на время концерта немного подвинули по площади.

Tia became my walk up music for softball after knocking a guy out from a throw out of left field. He slid into 2nd base and the ball hit him in the temple. I became the Sandman 🤣😂 awesome times and classic song 🤘

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Oh awesome!!

VA Tech football team has been using this for their intro for about 30 years. I wish the team was half as good as the song.

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

Oooh

Enter Sandman is a lullaby.

Monsters of rock , 1.6 million in attendance

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

WOW

Over 2 million people here. Moscow us a rush

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

Wow!

Awesome Reaction I Love how The Warning ( 3 sister group ) 🤩was on their black album with their take on this song🤩🤩🤩

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

Awesome

1.6 million is the crowd number!!!

Metallica was my favorite metal band…….. but you should check out the group The Warning’s cover of enter sandman…….. Metallica asked them to do a cover for their Blacklist album and to change it up……. AND IT IS AWESOME!!!!!

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Ooh!

@vicprovost2561

11 ай бұрын

Also Liliac does a great cover of this. Great song, embedded in Pop Culture at this point.

kids nowadays, they think all is cgi, they think they know everything.

I was there, if you look very closely I am the guy with his hands in the air.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

😆😆

Great song choice to react maddy

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

⭐️💖⭐️

They counted in 800,000 people but then gave up and just opened the gates, the estimate is 1.6 million.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Wow

Epic!❤❤❤

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Agreed!

I love you for just listening to this. Wow!!!

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

🤍

CGI?? hahaha that was fecking funny))!

Little more info on the terrorist thing. it was used to gain intel by hosing down the target turning the A/C on full blast and then blasting metal music so they couldn't sleep and when i say blasting I mean to the point it hurts your ear drums. not something i agree with but depending on how many lives the intel saves i guess it is what it is.

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Oh wow!

rumor has it there we over 5 million in the crowd

This was the first western heavy metal rock band concert to be staged in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989…..and young Russians who had been forbidden to have access to this music under Communism……were ready to party…..1.6 million people showed up…..over 50 are said to have died.

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

Oh wow!

True fact, the helicopter you Saw was one of three that were flown over the crowd to help Cool down the massive crowd

After doing this, you should do another The Warning vid but make it a double reaction to their cover of this song when they were little (it’s the video that put them on the map) and then do the live from teatro version to see how they have made enter sandman their own. It’s a really cool way to react if you like enter sandman. It’s actually on the Metallica blacklist album.

@globalunitedanimals

11 ай бұрын

I just don't the warning thing. The singer has a weird voice to me and sucks on guitar. How they get some people liking them although they've never had any hits is beyond me. To each their own though

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

Nice

FREEDOM !!!!!!!

@MaddyReactions

11 ай бұрын

💖💖💖

America 🇺🇸 and the BATTLE JACK!!!!

From what I have heard that crowd was 1.6 million people 😊

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

Wow!

Harvester Of Sorrow from this is badass. Most rock guitarists are inspired in one way or another by Hendrix.

@MaddyReactions

10 ай бұрын

Oooh

@punkjay4681

10 ай бұрын

I was going to comment this about Hendrix. I'm pretty sure there isn't a single electric guitar player who isn't inspired by Jimi 😂

I always like to think when watching this what if Alexander the Greats army or the Egyptians we’re time travelled there and we’re just astonished how all these people are worshiping them and this crazy sound they have never heard

I was in Russia the year after the played this concert. The people were talking about it