Crazier still, when Metallica played in the USSR in the 90’s, they played in front of 1.6 million people…which is roughly the population of Philadelphia, PA.
Was there for a concert this summer. Great show, lovely venue. I swear, leaving made me feel like I was at Woodstock. We literally didn’t move the car for 2 hours.
They were refused a permit early on because the town council saw that the organizers planned to have only 1 toilet per 100 people. At 50,000 people. The actual crowd was operating at 1 toilet per 800 people. Can you imagine the smell?
The organizers must be confused about whether to cry or laugh. An emotional breakdown for sure.
I was 17 and too young to go. How I wanted to, but my parents would have killed me!
When you got no internet
Most the people I ever talked to that went to the actual event don’t remember much of it.
the traffic jam was legendary
Lets add some reference
400,000 is roughly the population of New Orleans
Crazier still, when Metallica played in the USSR in the 90’s, they played in front of 1.6 million people…which is roughly the population of Philadelphia, PA.
It was a muddy, disorganized mess.
But the music was fantastic. Waking up to Hendrix Star Spangled Banner was a trip.
i will die on this hill: the levels of calamity in 1969 were probably the same as 1999
Was there for a concert this summer. Great show, lovely venue. I swear, leaving made me feel like I was at Woodstock. We literally didn’t move the car for 2 hours.
They were refused a permit early on because the town council saw that the organizers planned to have only 1 toilet per 100 people. At 50,000 people. The actual crowd was operating at 1 toilet per 800 people. Can you imagine the smell?
So many smelly, dirty hippies… so many that became sellouts to the man
Jesus, what a shit show.