The Forgotten Festival: Remembering US '82 and '83 three decades later

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Fans crowd toward the stage at the US Festival, music and technology gatherings produced by Apple's Steve Wozniak, both held in Glen Helen Park in San Bernardino. Labor Day weekend 1982 brought 425,000 people out to see the Police, Talking Heads, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Pat Benatar, Grateful Dead, Jimmy Buffett and Fleetwood Mac. Memorial Day weekend 1983 was even bigger, drawing roughly 700,000 fans for performances from the Clash, Van Halen, David Bowie, Scorpions, Stevie Nicks, Men at Work, Stray Cats, Pretenders and more.
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