Rock in a Hard Place: Music and Mayhem in the Middle East

by Orlando Crowcroft

A muggy night in Abu Dhabi, 2011. Under the stadium lights a 30,000-strong sea of Libyans, Palestinians, Syrians and Egyptians wait in anticipation. Alongside them are Saudis, Iranians and Israelis. Defiance and excitement course through the crowd like electricity. Standing together, they are waiting for Metallica's first ever show in the Middle East. Many have faced untold violence, but for tonight, nothing else matters...

This is the untold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786990156
• ISBN13: 9781786990150
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"