Talk:US Festival

message: Is it pronounced Us, as in "it belongs to us", or U.S. as in USA?--Richy 12:26, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: I know for a fact, that Led Zeppelin used them during the 70's. Would that have been considered a large concert? --Richy 20:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: First large concert to use video screens?

message: I had heard van halen parachuted on to the stage.
is this an urban legend?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.93.110.227 (talk) 07:19, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is surely an urban legend because they would not have been given permission to skydive onto the stage surrounded by a thick crowd. The configuration did not allow scope for error: if the skydiver missed his target by a small and unforgiving margin, he would have crashed into the crowd risking injury to himself and anyone underneath him. The small area of the stage would have been cluttered with instruments and equipment and extremely dangerous to land on. The skydiver would certainly have been injured, and possibly killed in the attempt. No responsible skydiving club would have supported such a lunatic and illegal stunt. I know something about this because I have a personal skydiving history. — O'Dea (talk) 08:20, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Van Halen ostensibly skydived into Anaheim Stadium in 1978 for Summerfest. It wasn't the band, but a group of lookalikes who landed just outside the gate while the band came running on stage wearing parachute gear. Hoof Hearted (talk) 15:03, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  van halen 

message: I heard at the time Steve Wozniak lost a ton of money but I had no idea how much. There were some people making huge amounts of cash, profiting on the 115 degree heat. The guys selling water atomizers at $5 a piece, quite a high price in 1983 for an empty Windex bottle!   William Babishoff (talk) 19:53, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Losing money 

message: While David Bowie was the headliner for the Monday show, Stevie Nicks stole his thunder. As the sun was setting, she gave the performance of a lifetime. I was amazed at how good she was. Emotions ran on high for her and the audience. There were times when you could hear near silence from the audience while she performed like a songbird from heaven, followed by a thunderous roar of approval from the 350,000 or so fans in attendance that night. David Bowie was not able to outdo her masterful performance and paled in comparison. Fleetwood Mac was one of the hottest bands in the mid-to-late 1970's and Stevie was a big part of their sound, but until I saw her perform solo at US`83, I had no idea how good she really was. William Babishoff (talk) 20:14, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  STEVIE NICKS STOLE THE SHOW 

message: I remember The Clash making their political extortion attempt on the promoters. It was a self fulfilling moment that backfired. The Clash lost many fans that night. I happily sold my ticket for $10 and boycotted their show. I could hear the boo's from 1/2 mile away. I've never listened to their albums since.  William Babishoff (talk) 20:19, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Clash blew it 

message: I am moving the following comment by User:2601:200:4204:C8E0:ED62:34FA:627D:97F0 from within the Home video releases section of the article to this talk page. It is not proper article text, but a comment. Perhaps the information in it is useful.
::The above is not correct: the exact same footage aired on Showtime back when it was a recent event, with MORE footage (If memory serves: they included a tune or two from Quiet Riot and FOR SURE a few from Van Halen's headlining set (Dave was obviously intoxicated, which might be why it was left off this edition). Motley Crue was missing from the original program as well (a licensing issue I assume). Not sure about the other days, but I do recall watching INXS and others from the first day as well, and pretty sure Showtime aired all 4 days in different segments.
— O'Dea (talk) 08:14, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reader comment entered in section: Home video releases 

message: Hi  -- thanks for noticing my change to the bullet points.  Interestingly, I made this fix from my iOS app, where the current formatting displays a blank bullet point below "Willie Nelson".  I hadn't noticed that this broke the desktop view.  Do you know anything we can do with the wikitext to make it display correctly on desktop and not have an extra bullet point on iOS? -- Cloud atlas (talk) 05:11, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formatting for iOS