Does anybody remember The US Festival?

[seventies_sitcoms]

Does anybody remember The US Festivals from 1982 & 1983? I remember watching artists such as Missing Persons, Divinyls, Berlin, The Clash, and The Pretenders. I'm thinking I saw it on MTV (remember MUSIC Television???). I think a few other networks played it too.

You don't hear too much about it nowadays. Was it bad or something?

[snl 70s show fan]

i remember it very well i was living in cal. at the time and they had promos for it on every tv and just about every radio station i remember a friend of my aunt and uncle was going to go until he found out ongo boingo was one of the acts playing there and he hated them so much he skipped the whole thing but someone else i know went and he said he had a good time

[Steve M.]

The US Festival was a ridiculous attempt to recreate Woodstock at a time (1980 to present) of grred and apathy. It was dreamed up by computer mogul Steve Wozniak, hoping to promote a sense of unity and togetherness in the interest of. . . something. :p

[Skywalker]

The '82 and '83 U.S. Festivals lost a lot of money (especially '83, it lost millions and the performers fees were really high. Van Halen and David Bowie each received over $1 million :eek: )

[Ireneparalegal]

i remember. Big Stars means paying a lot of $$$$$...