The US Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary;

The US Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary; Classic VAN HALEN, SCORPIONS, JUDAS PRIEST, MÖTLEY CRÜE Videos Available

The following story is courtesy of Joe Ardent from Pe.com:

Searing heat. Shivering cold. Traffic nightmares. Pollution. The music and the technology. The US Festival 25 years ago this Memorial Day weekend at Glen Helen Regional Park in Devore was about all of that, and much, much more.

The 1983 festival, which was the more newsworthy followup to the first US Festival eight months earlier, seems to carry a certain magic appeal to it to this day.

It's been called the birthplace of "The Creative Class," where "geek" became cool, and the second Woodstock. MÖTLEY CRÜE's Vince Neil said "new wave died and rock 'n' roll took over" during the festival.

A then-record 670,000 attended the four-day music concert/tech expo, sponsored by Apple Computers co-founder Steve Wozniak. Top bands from the era were there, including VAN HALEN, JUDAS PRIEST, A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, THE CLASH, WILLIE NELSON, HANK WILLIAMS JR., INXS, U2, DAVID BOWIE and THE SCORPIONS.

Despite the huge turnout, the festival was a financial disaster for Wozniak, who lost a reported $20 million on the event.

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Van Halen live at the US Festival - 'Runnin' With The Devil':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx-Taj5Z1yI&eurl=http://www.bravewords.com/news/90172

Judas Priest' live at the US Festival - 'You've Got Another Thing Comin'':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgXPgPEXc_E&eurl=http://www.bravewords.com/news/90172

Scorpions' live at the US Festival - 'The Zoo': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiOVP85Wmoc&eurl=http://www.bravewords.com/news/90172

Mötley Crüe live at the US Festival - 'Live Wire':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWbQKEwiids&eurl=http://www.bravewords.com/news/90172