🔥 The Mother of All Concerts!
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🔥 The Mother of All Concerts!
With an astounding 1.6 million people in attendance
Some videos are like time-travel tickets to unforgettable history, and the 1991 'Monsters of Rock' festival in Moscow is undoubtedly one of those moments.
It's celebrated as one of the largest rock gatherings in history, with rumors suggesting an incredible 1.6 million fans in attendance! To accommodate the enormous audience, the festival had to be held on an airfield, where legendary bands like AC/DC, Metallica, the Black Crowes, and Pantera took the stage.
The crazy clip below is from Metallica, as they kicked off their set with the iconic 'Enter Sandman'.
Just look at that sea of people!!
The mother of all concerts. Probably one of the most badass moments in human history. @Mclovin2469
The far-reaching impact of music is truly electrifying. Are there any other musical moments from the past that you believe should be preserved?
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🔥 The Mother of All Concerts!
Here a few moments that I wish we could hear:
Anything from the two weeks in 1967 when Joe Henderson was part of Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet
John Coltrane's set from the 1961 Monterey Jazz Festival with Wes Montgomery and his working quintet (with the live 'A Love Supreme' from Seattle in 1965 and this year's Village Gate recording from 1961, maybe someone somewhere out there has a tape of this that will see the light of day)
Elvis Presley live at Ellis Auditorium in Memphis from Feb. 25, 1961
Anything from the 1967 Magic Mountain Festival, which predated Monterey
Anything from the Beatles' last tour of the UK from December 1965 (the only time they performed 'We Can Work It Out' live)
The concert Miles Davis gave at Berkley in 1968 with Gil Evans
I have a sweet spot for the early years of rock and roll and almost none of that is on film. I'd especially love to see some of those late 50s/early 60s bus tours where you could see Buddy Holly, Dion and more all on one show. They would apparently frequently perform with each other because there wasn't a full band to play with them.
Or Bill Haley at his height. Those late 50s European tour shows were reportedly insane.