Tag: US Festival

Watch 90 minutes of footage from US Festival ’83: INXS, The Clash, Oingo Boingo and more

Watch 90 minutes of footage from US Festival ’83: INXS, The Clash, Oingo Boingo and more

Take a trip back to the 1983 installment of the US Festival — a four-day event over Memorial Day Weekend that year that drew an alleged 670,000 music fans into the middle of nowhere in California — with this 90-minute collection of footage from the fest’s “New Wave Day,” featuring performances by The Clash, INXS, Oingo Boingo, The English Beat and more.

U2, The Clash, INXS, English Beat and more featured on ‘US Festival 1983’ DVD

U2, The Clash, INXS, English Beat and more featured on ‘US Festival 1983’ DVD

Thirty years after drawing an alleged 670,000 music fans into the middle of nowhere in California, the 1983 installment of the US Festival — a four-day event over Memorial Day Weekend — will be commemorated next month with a DVD concert film featuring performances by U2, The Clash, English Beat, INXS and more.

Milestones: US Festival debuted 30 years ago today — watch the Ramones’ full set

Milestones: US Festival debuted 30 years ago today — watch the Ramones’ full set

As we wait for the release of the delayed “US Generation” documentary — not to mention next week’s English Beat CD/DVD combo Live at the US Festival — it’s worth marking today’s 30th anniversary of the first of two giant multi-day US Festivals, envisioned by their organizer, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, as “Woodstock West.”

Video: Dave Wakeling on 33 years of English Beat, learning to play guitar wrong and more

Video: Dave Wakeling on 33 years of English Beat, learning to play guitar wrong and more

Beacon Audio recently launched a new video interview series and one of their latest installments features Dave Wakeling of The English Beat, who, in this five-minute clip, discusses the longevity of the Beat, how he learned to play guitar completely wrong (he’s right-handed, but plays as a lefty) and his favorite part of a concert.

The English Beat to release ‘Live! at the US Festival’ CD/DVD in September

The English Beat to release ‘Live! at the US Festival’ CD/DVD in September

First announced as a bonus for pre-ordering the ‘Complete Bea’t box set, a package documenting The English Beat’s appearances at the two massive US Festivals in 1982 and 1983 — with both sets in full on DVD, and a CD featuring highlights from each appearance — will be released separately this September.

‘The US Generation’ documentary to mark 30th anniversary of US Festival this Labor Day

‘The US Generation’ documentary to mark 30th anniversary of US Festival this Labor Day

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is helping make a feature-length documentary about the so-called ‘Woodstock of the ’80s’ — the 1982 US Festival, which featured Talking Heads, Oingo Boingo, The B-52s, The Cars, Ramones, Gang of Four and more — to be released this Labor Day weekend on the event’s 30th anniversary.

Milestones: US Festival kicked off 28 years ago today; watch Ramones’ full set — and more

Milestones: US Festival kicked off 28 years ago today; watch Ramones’ full set — and more

Twenty eight years ago today, the first of what would turn out to be two multi-day US Festivals — envisioned by their organizer, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, as ‘Woodstock West’ — opened in blistering 110-degree heat at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernadino County, Calif.

Vintage Video: Oingo Boingo complete 1990 Halloween concert at Irvine Meadows

Vintage Video: Oingo Boingo complete 1990 Halloween concert at Irvine Meadows

In honor of Halloween, this installment of Flashback Video features, song-by-song, an entire Oingo Boingo concert — 35 songs total — from the band’s 1990 run at Irvine Meadows (the band played Oct. 26, 27 and 28; I’m not entirely sure which show this is).