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 10. The 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