Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

VH1 Classic will be showing filmmaker Glenn Aveni’s look at the major musical event of 1983 with a documentary that captures the opening day of the US Festival, including Mick Jones’s final performance with the Clash. Held in Glen Helen Park in San Bernardino, Calif., the festival’s first day — May 28 — featured top New Wave acts the Divinyls, INXS, Wall of Voodoo, Oingo Boingo, the English Beat, A Flock of Seagulls, Stray Cats and Missing Persons.

Friday, August 28 [all times Eastern]:

• David Letterman: Imogen Heap [CBS 11:35PM]
• Conan O’Brien: Colbie Caillat [NBC 11:35PM]
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dead Weather [ABC Midnight]
• Carson Daly: Doves [NBC 1:35AM]

Saturday, August 29:

• Austin City Limits: R.E.M. [PBS Check Local Listings]
• Steely Dan: Rent Party ‘09 [Fuse 1:30PM]
• US Festival 1983: Opening Day [VH1 Classic 3PM]
• Soundstage: Fleetwood Mac [Palladia 6PM]

Sunday, August 30:

• Music In High Places: India.Arie [Palladia Noon]
• Beatles Anthology: Part One [VH1 Classic 7PM]
• Spectacle: Herbie Hancock [Sundance 9PM]
• Doc: Tom Dowd and the Language of Music [Fuse 11:30PM]