Ozzy Osbourne – Paranoid [live, Moscow Music Peace Festival, August 1989]
Ozzy Osbourne performs as a solo artist but has original Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler. Completing the lineup: new guitarist Zakk Wylde, Randy Castillo, John Sinclair.
Venue: Moscow’s largest stadium, Lenin Stadium.
Turnout: > 100,000.
About the festival: The event was the first rock concert to be held at the stadium. Other groups performing included Scorpions, Motley Crue and Bon Jovi. It was a one-time gathering of high-profile hard rock acts who put on a concert for the people in Moscow to promote world peace and establish international cooperation in fighting the drug war in Russia. The fact that many of the performers were themselves drug users is another story.
“The concert exposed the Soviet Union to western culture, rock music, and united what was considered a very divisive world previously. The concert was also a pinnacle moment in glam metal and the peak in hard rock music’s popularity.”
