Thursday, June 28, 2012

ENGLISH BEAT "LIVE AT THE US FESTIVAL 82 & 83" SEPT. 18 CD/DVD RELEASE



The English Beat’s entire catalog is being reissued this year by Shout! Factory, and that includes the first-ever release of The English Beat – Live At The US Festival, ’82 & ’83 on CD/DVD, which will be in stores on September 18. The 2-Disc set includes a CD featuring the best of The English Beat at the US Festival, and a DVD featuring full sets from both 1982 and 1983. Live At The US Festival is the first The English Beat concert performance to be released on DVD and has been largely unseen for nearly 30 years.

Fans can purchase and receive Live At The US Festival, as well as an autographed copy of The English Beat: The Complete Beat box set, before street date by purchasing directly from Shout! 

The US Festival was held over two weekends in 1982 and 1983. Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple Computer, funded the concerts and accompanying technology exposition, as well as the construction of a brand-new outdoor venue in Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino, CA. Nearly every musical genre was represented by bands as diverse as U2, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Ozzy Osbourne, Waylon Jennings, The Ramones, The Police and The Clash. Over the combined seven days of the festival, more than one million people passed through the entrance gates.

Music fans have waited decades for performances from The US Festival to be made available on CD and DVD, and the wait was worthwhile. Initial US Festival releases captured performances by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Quiet Riot, and The English Beat are next in line, with 2 unforgettable shows. The English Beat performed at The US Festival on September 3, 1982 in a lineup that included The Ramones, The B-52’s, The Police, Talking Heads, Oingo Boingo and Gang of Four. They returned the next year to play “New Wave Day” on May 28, 1983, along with The Clash, INXS, Oingo Boingo, Stray Cats, Men at Work, A Flock of Seagulls, Wall of Voodoo, and Divinyls. The English Beat and Oingo Boingo were the only bands to play both the 1982 and 1983 US Festivals.

Preceding the release of The English Beat – Live At The US Festival, ’82 & ’83, Shout! Factory will release a box set titled The English Beat: The Complete Beaton July 10The 5-CD Complete Beat box set features all 3 studio albums with bonus tracks, remastered from the original tapes; 2 discs of bonus material, most of which is previously unreleased on CD, including three sessions recorded with the legendary John Peel for his show on BBC Radio 1, tracks from a live show recorded at Boston’s Opera House, and 12” and dub versions of some of the band’s biggest singles; and a booklet with rare photos and an essay by music scholar Alex Ogg.

July 10 will also see the release of a new single-disc compilation titled Keep The Beat: The Very Best Of The English Beat, which is accompanied by a new introduction written by Rhoda Dakar of The Bodysnatchers. Both releases have been produced in collaboration with the band.

The English Beat are currently on tour. For more information on tour dates, please visit http://englishbeat.net

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The English Beat – Live At The US Festival Track Listing
CD                                                                   CD
September 3, 1982                                            May 28, 1983
1. Twist & Crawl                                               10. Jeanette
2. I Confess                                                      11. Spar Wid Me
3. Doors Of Your Heart                                                 12. Get-A-Job/Stand Down Margaret
4. Sugar & Stress                                               13. Tears Of A Clown
5. Two Swords                                                  14. Ackee 1 2 3
6. Hands Off…She’s Mine                                 15. Ranking Full Stop
7. Save It For Later                                           16. Jackpot
8. Too Nice To Talk To
9. Mirror In The Bathroom

DVD                                                                DVD
September 3, 1982                                            May 28, 1983
Twist & Crawl                                                  Mirror In The Bathroom
Doors Of Your Heart                                         Doors Of Your Heart
I Confess                                                          Two Swords
Get-A-Job/Stand Down Margaret                                    Jeanette
Sugar & Stress                                                  I Confess
Spar Wid Me                                                     Too Nice To Talk To
Two Swords                                                     Spar Wid Me
Hands Off…She’s Mine                                     Get-A-Job/Stand Down Margaret
Save It For Later                                                           Tears Of A Clown
Too Nice To Talk To                                        Ackee 1 2 3
Mirror In The Bathroom                                    Twist & Crawl
Jackpot                                                             Ranking Full Stop
                                                                        Save It For Later
                                                                        Jackpot

THE ENGLISH BEAT TOUR DATES
June 28                     Denver, CO                              The Bluebird Theatre
June 30                     Tulsa, OK                                 Reggaefest @ Veteran’s Park
July 1                          Little Rock, AR                                     Juanita’s
July 4               Pacific Palisades, CA                 Palisades Charter High School
July 6               Norfolk, VA                              The Norva
July 7               Fairfield, CT                             Fairfield Theatre
July 8               Fairfield, CT                             Fairfield Theatre
July 9                          Ellsworth, ME                           The Grand Theatre
July 11                       Londonderry, NH                      Tupelo Music Hall
July 12                       Brooklyn, NY                           The Bell House
July 13              Asbury Park, NJ                                    The Stone Pony
July 14                       Pleasantville, NY                       Pleasantville Music Festival
July 15                       Boston, MA                              Bay State Cruise
July 18                       Sellersville, PA                          The Sellersville Theatre
July 19                       Dewey Beach, VI                      The Bottle & Cork
July 20              Amagansett, NY                                    Stephen Talkhouse
July 22                       Baltimore                                  Soundstage
July 27              Temecula, CA                           Wiens Family Cellars                         
July 29              Costa Mesa, CA                                    The Hangar @ Orange County Fair
August 4           San Francisco, CA                     Bimbo’s 365 Clubm
August 9           Vancouver, BC                          Rickshaw Theatre
August 10         Portland, OR                             Doug Fir Lounge
August 11         Seattle, WA                               The Showbox at the Market
August 17         Arcata, CA                                Humboldt Brew
August 18           Fairfax, CA                               19 Broadway
Sept  21                        Solana Beach, CA                      Belly Up Tavern
Sept 22             Solana Beach, CA                      Belly Up Tavern
Sept 28             San Juan Capistrano, CA                        Coach House
Sept 29             Hermosa Beach, CA                  Saint Rocke
Oct 6                Agoura Hills, CA                       Canyon Club

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