Ronnie James Dio - 30 Years Ago Today. August 22, 1987, DIO plays the “ Monsters of Rock” Festival at Castle Donington, England. The bill featured: Bon Jovi, Dio, Metallica, Anthrax, WASP, and
![Aug 17, 1985: ZZ Top / Marillion / Bon Jovi / Ratt / Metallica / Magnum at Donington Park Derby, England, United Kingdom | Concert Archives Aug 17, 1985: ZZ Top / Marillion / Bon Jovi / Ratt / Metallica / Magnum at Donington Park Derby, England, United Kingdom | Concert Archives](https://www.concertarchives.org/image_uploads/photo/image/175153/large_Metallica_don_85.jpg)
Aug 17, 1985: ZZ Top / Marillion / Bon Jovi / Ratt / Metallica / Magnum at Donington Park Derby, England, United Kingdom | Concert Archives
![Metallica performing live on The Monsters Of Rock Tour at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA USA on July 24, 1988. Photo © Kevin Estrada / Media Punch Stock Photo - Alamy Metallica performing live on The Monsters Of Rock Tour at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA USA on July 24, 1988. Photo © Kevin Estrada / Media Punch Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KCMFDE/metallica-performing-live-on-the-monsters-of-rock-tour-at-the-los-KCMFDE.jpg)
Metallica performing live on The Monsters Of Rock Tour at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA USA on July 24, 1988. Photo © Kevin Estrada / Media Punch Stock Photo - Alamy
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MᴇᴛᴀʟʟɪᴄA on Twitter: "May 27th, 1988: Monsters Of Rock tour kicked off Van Halen, #Metallica, Scorpions & Kingdom Come! https://t.co/8YUV335tDy" / Twitter
1987-08-30: Monsters of Rock, Pforzheim, Germany [Just Another Kraut] by Metallica (Bootleg; Metal Memory; MM90023): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music
![August 17th, 1985: Metallica performs "Monsters Of Rock" Festival at Castle Donington for the first time! : r/Metallica August 17th, 1985: Metallica performs "Monsters Of Rock" Festival at Castle Donington for the first time! : r/Metallica](https://i.redd.it/ji31bnokavh71.jpg)
August 17th, 1985: Metallica performs "Monsters Of Rock" Festival at Castle Donington for the first time! : r/Metallica
![Monsters Of Rock® on Twitter: "Metallica - Monsters of Rock Philadelphia, PA 1988 https://t.co/4It7uUaBZr" / X Monsters Of Rock® on Twitter: "Metallica - Monsters of Rock Philadelphia, PA 1988 https://t.co/4It7uUaBZr" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1444335599293509634/pu/img/K1F5ocWeHCClLllv.jpg)
Monsters Of Rock® on Twitter: "Metallica - Monsters of Rock Philadelphia, PA 1988 https://t.co/4It7uUaBZr" / X
![30 Years since Moscow's Monsters of Rock Remembering Russia's biggest-ever rock festival, featuring Metallica's all-time greatest performance and miraculously zero fatalities — Meduza 30 Years since Moscow's Monsters of Rock Remembering Russia's biggest-ever rock festival, featuring Metallica's all-time greatest performance and miraculously zero fatalities — Meduza](https://meduza.io/impro/sRGxscdGX7rAzGLPGLlnJ5olEOMUvOQNQg791SLuHY0/resizing_type:fit/width:0/height:0/enlarge:1/quality:80/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWR1/emEuaW8vaW1hZ2Uv/YXR0YWNobWVudHMv/aW1hZ2VzLzAwNy8x/NDMvNDUzL2xhcmdl/L0VsNFBOMm5ZaHJN/Tnp6bGMzajFfdkEu/anBn.webp)