**VAN HALEN - US FESTIVAL 1983 FULL PERFORMANCE**

(Almost 2½ Hours)

On Memorial Day Weekend 1983, The US Festival changed music forever.

Backstage, Van Halen were celebrating like a band getting $1.5 million for a single performance. On the pathway leading to their half-acre compound, a sign read, “No virgins, Journey fans or sheep allowed on trail.” Four bartenders stood ready to serve the expected party crowd of 500.

Van Halen eventually took the stage, albeit late, with Roth, looking seriously impaired. US Festival Founder, Steve Wozniak was quoted as saying Roth was “practically falling down onstage. He was so drunk, slurring and forgetting lyrics and everything.”

Onstage, Eddie Van Halen cemented his status as the preeminent guitarist of his generation with his jaw dropping fretboard dexterity on anthems like Unchained, Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love and You Really Got Me. Across twenty-four crowd-thrilling belters, Van Halen removed any doubt as to who sat atop the rock pantheon and put the world on notice that heavy music had set its sights on the mainstream.

This DVD is an ANALOG TRANSFER from the original film footage - IT IS NOT A DIGITAL REMASTER!

FULL ONSTAGE PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH BACKSTAGE FOOTAGE.