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Today In Rock: September 3rd, 1982 – US Festival

On this day… The US Festival kicks-off in San Bernadino, California.

The three-day festival featured, the Police (pictured), the Cars, Jackson Browne, David Edmunds, the Ramones, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and the Grateful Dead.

The shindig was financed by Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer fame. He intended the US Festivals (this one and another less than nine months later) to encourage the 1980s to be more community-oriented and combine technology with Rock music.

The price for a three-day ticket was $37.50.

The festival, which drew 400,000, lost $12-million.

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