The California World Music Festival

[motherchicken]

I've seen threads here about Van Halen at The Us Festival but can't say I've seen much about what might have been their first headlining gig at a festival. I know they played a few festivals before this one but I'm pretty sure this was the first one they headlined. The second (also the last) day of The California World Music Festival at the LA Coliseum. The first day (saturday) featured Cheap Trick and Aerosmith. Nugent played sunday during the day and Van Halen played sunday night. I've not seen any videos of the concert but going on memory alone Van Halen seemed all about the music then. Not much flash just straight up rock and roll. I'm sure somebody out there can post some video.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

[Va Beach VH Fan]

This Day in CVH/DLR History

1976
Van Halen plays Walter Mitty's in Pomona, CA.

1978
Van Halen plays Murray State University Fieldhouse in Murray, KY. Journey and Montrose are the headliners.

1979
Van Halen plays the "California World Music Festival" at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA. Van Halen plays the second day of the two-day event. Van Halen invited more than 300 people to the show as their personal guests. The band and crew arrived in a fleet of 16 white limousines. A chimpanzee dressed up like David Lee Roth and accompanied by two little person bodyguards greeted the guests at the gate. The bill in order of appearance:
April Wine
Boomtown Rats
Brownsville
Cheech and Chong
Eddie Money
Mother's Finest
Toto
UFO
Van Halen
Aerosmith

1980
Van Halen plays the Northland Coliseum in Edmonton, AB. Rail is the opening act.

1988
David Lee Roth plays the Harford Civic Center in Hartford, CT.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

[motherchicken]

That's what happens when you rely on memory alone. My premise for the thread was a little off. They co-headlined the second day. Hell, for a long time I would have sworn I saw them at Cal Jam II. I drank too much and did way too many drugs back then. I can remember things that happened in the parking lot like the dudes in the van parked next to me projectile vomiting after drinking way too much beer and my best friends drunken girlfriend hitting on me while he was passed out in the back seat of my car but my memory of most of the concert is pretty sketchy.

[BumBahDeeDah]

I bet the chimp got laid and most of the wasted partiers didnt. Somewhere there's awoman who's still sayin, "He had an animal magnetism, he was a beast in that dark space backstage. He never called......."

[motherchicken]

Maybe Courtney Love mistook Cheetah for Ted Nugent In that other thread. Cheetah was hairy and wore a loin cloth. She just assumed he was Ted.

[Angel]

This Day in CVH/DLR History

1980
Van Halen plays the Northland Coliseum in Edmonton, AB. Rail is the opening act.

My favourite of all the ones I've been to! This is the one where I had mega interaction with the band....Damn good times...