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.
> 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...
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?
See also the reason you should never go to that stupid times square new years party.