KROQ-FM -The ROQ Of The 80's and 94.7 KMET Nostalgia

US FESTIVAL 1983 / SATURDAY, MAY 28

Day 1: New Wave

Glen Helen Park, San Bernardino.

Revisit the opening day of the 1983 US Festival: The Clash, Men at Work, Stray Cats, The Beat, Oingo Boingo, INXS and more. Explore nine artist setlists and five performance clips.
il 570xN.1153845312 c2m1 jpg 1

MAY 28 / 1983

NEW WAVE DAY • THE US FESTIVAL

THE OPENING DAY

Nine Artists, One Saturday

The original archive links to artist setlists for A Flock of Seagulls, Divinyls, INXS, Men at Work, Oingo Boingo, Stray Cats, The Beat, The Clash and Wall of Voodoo.
Browse each setlist below, then watch the performance clips preserved on the original page.

SATURDAY SETLISTS

Explore the Lineup

These nine artist links open the original Day 1 setlist pages.

ARTIST 01

A Flock of Seagulls

ARTIST 02

Divinyls

ARTIST 03

INXS

ARTIST 04

Men at Work

ARTIST 05

Oingo Boingo

ARTIST 06

Stray Cats

ARTIST 07

The Beat

ARTIST 08

The Clash

ARTIST 09

Wall of Voodoo

PERFORMANCE ARCHIVE

Watch New Wave Day

Five clips remain in the original gallery, including two Stray Cats recordings. Videos stay with their YouTube publishers.

PERFORMANCE 01

Stray Cats — Live at US Festival 1983 (Remastered)

PERFORMANCE 02

Oingo Boingo — Live at US Festival 1983

PERFORMANCE 03

Wall of Voodoo — Live May 28, 1983

PERFORMANCE 04

Men at Work — Live at US Festival 1983

PERFORMANCE 05

Stray Cats — US Festival 1983

NEXT AT THE FESTIVAL

Explore the Other Days

Return to the festival overview, or continue to Heavy Metal Day and Rock Day.
KROQJingles.com is an independent historical fan archive and is not affiliated with the US Festival. Setlists and videos remain with their publishers.
Scroll to Top