(from left) Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi and Alec John Such perform with Bon Jovi at the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, USSR (Image credit: Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Imagine their – and the crowd's – surprise, then, when there was a massive pyrotechnic explosion during a climactic moment in Bon Jovi's set.
Furthermore, they were told in no uncertain terms by McGhee that pyrotechnics – a major feature of their typical stage show – were strictly off-limits, for all acts. Mötley Crüe, already miffed about being second on the bill, were dropped to third. According to Rolling Stone's oral history of the festival (opens in new tab), the day the festival began, Ozzy Osbourne threatened to drop out if he did not receive higher billing, leading Doc McGhee – who at the time managed all the festival's biggest acts sans Osbourne – to make the Prince of Darkness second on the bill, below Bon Jovi. Given that there were numerous stadium-headlining acts on the bill, there was some degree of conflict about who would "headline" the show. Rather than one-upping each other with head-cutting leads, Wylde, Sabo and Mars focus on the Zeppelin classic's crushing rhythm parts, aided by a wall of what must've been indescribably loud Marshalls between them.ĭespite the fun all participants were evidently having, the festival, perhaps inevitably, didn't close out without some fireworks – both onstage and backstage. Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil and Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, trading off lead vocals, are each in prime form, but the guitarists bring plenty of energy, too.
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