Some live shows are beyond incredible.
When it comes to iconic bands, it doesn’t get any bigger than Metallica. In this live show from 1991, the legendary band plays in front of one of the biggest crowds of all time, and the entire sea of rock and roll lovers goes crazy to their performance of “Enter Sandman.”
I really can’t believe how many people attended this concert!
1.6 million dedicated rock fans converged to Moscow in 1991 to watch Metallica play for one of the most epic shows of all time.
After forming in 1981, Metallica became one of the most popular bands in the history of rock and roll. Ten years after they became a band, they played a show that music lovers everywhere will never forget.
It was like a scene out of a movie when Metallica stepped on the stage at the Monsters Of Rock festival in Moscow, Russia.
At the beginning of the video, you can see all the rabid fans going wild as they band begins to play “Enter Sandman.”
Helicopters fly overhead as Metallica begins to play and the giant audience all head bangs together.
Only two other bands have played a bigger show than this.
One of those was Rod Stewart’s concert in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 1994, which had 3.5 million people. The other one was Jean Michael Jarre in 1997, which also had 3.5 million people.
You can even see members of the Russian military rocking out to “Enter Sandman,” and as always, Metallica completely owns the stage.
Everything about this show just screams rock and roll! From the intense headbanging to the raging moshpit, no one plays a better show than Metallica.
The entire performance is filled with gnarly guitar riffs and an energy that no other band can match.
The lead singer and co-founder James Hetfield runs around the stage like a madman, letting his one-of-a-kind voice soar through the air at Monsters Of Rock in Moscow, Russia.
Every single band member is extremely exciting to watch live, and they all have the classic rock and roll hairdos that are perfect for swinging around.
Toward the end of the show, Metallica takes the energy of their performance up a notch.
Being that it’s Metallica, you know they’re going out with a bang.
Fists are pumping in the crowd for as far as the eye can see—the amount of people there is absolutely mind-blowing!
According to Country Economy, just over 69.6 million people were living in Russia in 1991.
So to put that in perspective, about 1/69th of their population attended the concert! I bet every single one of them was totally satisfied with the awesome show, but then again, who wouldn’t be? Even 20 years later, the internet can’t get enough of this ginormous Metallica concert. If you thought 1.6 million was a lot of people to attend a concert, just wait until you see how many people viewed the video.
The video of Metallica playing Moscow in 1991 has been viewed over 26 million times, with 176,000 people liking it.
It’s easy to see why so many people were attracted to this video—we’ve never seen anything like it before.
There were almost 16,000 comments, and many people were stunned by the size of the crowd. Metallica will go down as one of the most influential rock bands of all time, and concerts like this one show exactly why.
To see Metallica play in front of 1.6 million people in the Monsters Of Rock show, just watch the video below!
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