Russian rock band Piknik was in concert at the time of the shooting. The group was founded in 1978 in Saint Petersburg.

The concert director has not heard from one of the four rockers. At least 40 dead after attack at Crocus City Hall concert hall, 16 kilometers from the center of the Russian capital. The information is still incomplete, but it is difficult not to think of the attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris, where the American rock group Eagles of Death Metal was playing.