As a part of the Monsters of Rock tour, Metallica performs a free concert in Moscow at the Tushino Airfield, before a crowd estimated between 150,000 and 500,000 people. Legend has it that the Russian prime minister Mikhail Gorbachev personally invited the band to play at the concert. The concert features also AC/DC and Pantera. More than 1,000 militiamen are on guard around the stage, and more are hidden in trucks parked further away. Their violent methods of controlling crowds leave 53 people injured.

Bands on bill: AC/DC, Metallica, E.S.T., Black Crowes, Pantera

Setlist:
Ecstacy of Gold
Enter Sandman
Creeping Death
Harvester of Sorrow
Fade to Black
Sad But True
Master of Puppets
Seek and Destroy
For Whom the Bell Tolls
One
Whiplash
Symptom of the Universe / Back in Black (jam)
Last Caress
Am I Evil?
Battery