Great Performances from the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival Featuring Motley Crue, Cinderella, Skid Row, Scorpions, Bon Jovi, and Ozzy Osbourne

The Moscow Music Peace Festival took place on August 12-13, 1989. It was a one-time gathering of some of the biggest names in metal and rock who took the stage to promote world peace and international cooperation in fighting the drug war in Russia. The setlist for the festival included:

Skid Row
Gorky Park
Cinderella
Motley Crue
Ozzy Osbourne
Scorpions
Bon Jovi
All-Star Jam Session with various groups together

Even though there were reportedly problems with the bands concerning how long each could play, who would go on before the other, and how much of a stage presence each could have, the actual performances from the bands were awesome.

Enjoy this look back at some of the greatest performances from the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival!

Full setlists from all the bands:

Skid Row
“Makin’ a Mess”
“Piece of Me”
“Big Guns”
“Holidays in the Sun” (Sex Pistols cover)
“18 and Life”
“Youth Gone Wild”

Gorky Park
“Action”
“Hit Me with the News”
“Within Your Eyes”
“Danger”
“Try to Find Me”
“Bang”
“Child of the Wind”
“My Generation” (The Who cover)

Cinderella
“Bad Seamstress Blues”
“Somebody Save Me”
“If You Don’t Like It”
“Push Push”
“The Last Mile”
“Coming Home”
“Gypsy Road”
“Nobody’s Fool”
“Shake Me”

Mötley Crüe
“All in the Name of…”
“Live Wire”
“Shout at the Devil”
“Looks That Kill”
“Wild Side”
“Smokin’ in the Boys Room” (Brownsville Station cover)
“Girls, Girls, Girls”
“Jailhouse Rock” (Elvis Presley cover)

Ozzy Osbourne
“I Don’t Know”
“Flying High Again”
“Shot in the Dark”
“Miracle Man”
“Sweet Leaf” “War Pigs“
“Tattooed Dancer”
“Suicide Solution”
“Crazy Train”
“Paranoid*”

= Black Sabbath songs

Scorpions
“Blackout”
“Big City Nights”
“Bad Boys Running Wild”
“Rhythm of Love”
“The Zoo”
“No One Like You”
“The Song of the Volga Boatmen” (Russian folk song)
“Holiday”
“Still Loving You”
“Dynamite”
“Rock You Like a Hurricane”

Bon Jovi
“Lay Your Hands on Me”
“I’d Die for You”
“Wild in the Streets”
“You Give Love a Bad Name”
“Let It Rock”
“Living in Sin”
“Blood on Blood”
“Runaway”
“Wanted Dead or Alive”
“Livin’ on a Prayer”
“Bad Medicine”

All Star Jam Session
“Hound Dog” (Elvis Presley cover) – Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Scorpions
“Long Tall Sally”/”Blue Suede Shoes” – Scorpions, Gorky Park, David Bryan
“Rock and Roll” (Led Zeppelin cover) – Skid Row, Mötley Crüe, Zakk Wylde, Jason Bonham
“Give Peace a Chance” (Plastic Ono Band cover)

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