On September 18, 2012, Shout! Factory will release The English Beat's Live at the US Festival '82 & '83 for the first time ever on CD/DVD. The set contains 2 CDs and a DVD with both years' full sets. Shout! Factory will be releasing the entire English Beat catalog throughout the year. Bands such as the Ramones, The Clash, The Police, David Bowie, U2, and Ozzy Osbourne played the seven-day festival and over one million attended.
Earlier, SPB talked with Dave Wakeling about his experiences with the band. For full track and set lists, see below.
The English Beat -- Live At The US Festival Track Listing
CD - September 3, 1982
1. Twist & Crawl
2. I Confess
3. Doors Of Your Heart Margaret
4. Sugar & Stress
5. Two Swords
6. Hands Off/She' s Mine
7. Save It For Later
8. Too Nice To Talk To
9. Mirror In The Bathroom
CD - May 28, 1983
10. Jeanette
11. Spar Wid Me
12. Get-A-Job/Stand Down
13. Tears Of A Clown
14. Ackee 1 2 3
15. Ranking Full Stop
16. Jackpot
DVD - September 3, 1982
Twist & Crawl
Doors Of Your Heart
I Confess
Get-A-Job/Stand Down Margaret
Sugar & Stress
Spar Wid Me
Two Swords
Hands Off/She's Mine
Save It For Later
Too Nice To Talk To
Mirror In The Bathroom
Jackpot
DVD - May 28, 1983
Mirror In The Bathroom
Doors Of Your Heart
Two Swords
Jeanette
I Confess
Spar Wid Me
Too Nice To Talk To
Get-A-Job/Stand Down Margaret
Tears Of A Clown
Ackee 1 2 3
Twist & Crawl
Ranking Full Stop
Save It For Later
Jackpot
THE ENGLISH BEAT
on Tour
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 Cty. Fair
August 4 San Francisco, CA Bimbo -- s 365 Clubm
August 17 Arcata, CA Humboldt Brew
August 18 Fairfax, CA 19 Broadway