Not to take away from that awesome concert, but Lars has stated several times it was closer to 500k, but somehow the number keeps growing...
> However, Lars explained in the conversation that he doesn’t know the exact number how many people were in the concert, but he heard at the time that there were half a million people attended the show.
> “Listen, it may go up by 100,000 people each year! I heard at the time it was around half a million. Whatever it was, it was a f*ck-load of people.
https://metalheadzone.com/lars-ulrich-clarifies-the-myth-tha...
Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died
by jasonwatkinspdx on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @08:38PM
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I just went with the wikipedia article which has two sources, both just newspaper articles, so who knows.
It's not implausible though. There've been a handful of concerts as large as 3 million apparently. That just boggles my mind. Can you imagine standing on a stage like that?
Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died
by coffee_beqn on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:03AM
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Can you imagine having to go to the bathroom in the middle of that horde
Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died
by jasonwatkinspdx on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @06:35PM
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was just a mess.
See also the reason you should never go to that stupid times square new years party.
If you've never seen this footage, definitely look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W7wqQwa-TU
1.6 million people in an airfield at a free concert that lasted all day. There's a documentary about it but I've not watched it.
It's so disappointing the world couldn't bring that optimism to fruition, and instead kleptocrats took over.