California World Music Festival

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The California World Music Festival was held on April 7-8, 1979 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

On Sunday April 8, 1979: It was LA punks v. British punks when the Boomtown Rats performed. People threw tomatoes and other debris at the Rats when they played "Like Clockwork." Geldof spewed obsenities at the crowd and they walked off stage. Van Halen was the new gig in town, Aerosmith was outshined.

Some of the bands that performed:

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