At which Moscow venue did Metallica perform on September 28, 1991, during the Black Album era?

Metallica performed at Tushino Airfield in Moscow on September 28, 1991, during the Black Album era.

The concert was the final date of the band's 1991 Monsters of Rock festival tour. It took place only weeks after Metallica's album had been released, making the Moscow appearance part of the record's early international breakthrough rather than a later standalone anniversary event.

The show became famous because it was described as the first free outdoor Western rock concert in Soviet history. Estimates of attendance varied dramatically, with contemporary accounts and later discussions offering figures from roughly 150,000 to 500,000 people, while unofficial claims went much higher.

Tushino Airfield is sometimes confused with Moscow's better-known Red Square or Luzhniki Stadium. Those locations were not the venue for this event. The open-air airfield setting helped accommodate the enormous crowd gathered for the festival.