POP/ROCK - Oct. 3, 1991
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Concert Battlefield: Soviet newspapers are reporting that 76 people were hurt last weekend at the largest heavy metal concert in Soviet history, many suffering fractured skulls from thrown bottles. Newspapers compared the free concert to a battle, noting that brawls broke out between drunken youths and the heavy security contingent. More than half a million people attended the concert that featured such Western groups as AC-DC, Metallica, Black Crowes and Pantera.
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