Live Aid - Rockin' All Over The World (1/6)

Documentary telling the story of the day that music rocked the world. Bob Geldof recalls how, after 12 weeks of manic preparation, the big day finally arrived. But would it work, would the punters watch, and more importantly would they part with their cash?
Bob Geldof and his team recall their fear of how the whole thing might fall apart at any minute. Stars from the day itself - Elton John, Queen, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, U2 and a whole host of others - remember walking out to face a crowd of 72,000 and a global audience of billions. And those who watched it at home, including Tony Blair, JK Rowling and Helen Fielding, recall how they didn't miss a minute of this extraordinary event.
Director: Janice Sutherland
Producer: Kate Werran

[@Daz555Daz]

Of every gig in history those 72,000 who were there at Wembley on this day may well always remain the luckiest in the history of music.

[@robinjohnston24]

I can’t speak for others, but the further into the past that day gets, the more I realize how lucky I was to be there.

[@alancook9898]

Queen showed them all how to do it

[@marvalstith2749]

Status Quo was great! - perfect opening.

[@maryjones0147]

I have watches this so many times but never get tired! The biggest event in music history with the best musicians ! Can't compare with today's artists! Well only Lady Gaga is worth!

[@floydian06]

"This GUY, from the Boomtown RATS, is telling me that Santana is crap! I think not!" I love Billy Connolly. Too funny!

[@minty_Joe]

Gonna be such a tragic loss soon, considering his health. I heard he's got one foot in the grave. :-*(

[@craigjohnson9405]

geldofs a complete arsehole

[@jeannie341]

I actually look for Billy Connolly videos just too laugh... He's hysterical.. Great personality.... love him!

[@MrOmends]

One of those moments that are unique in life, I am so fortune I was alive and watched this all day. God bless all those artists, wish would happen again, but probably would be impossible to reunite that kind of talent again.

[@billywol9714]

Quo-Rockin all over the World.Without doubt,THE greatest start to a concert in the history of music. Fantastic.

[@NigelDoes]

Were you extremely high when you wrote that?

[@billywol9714]

You joke surely. Its a concert beamed around the World and the song is Rockin all over the World.Played to perfection.Still thought of now as the perfect start to any concert.

[@helpinghal]

billy wol

[@jzundert]

fantastic if the real writer of rocking over the world john fogerty was singing this much better status quo

[@mxsthxted]

@@jzundert status quo's rockin all over the world is the superior version

[@MoveOverCasanova]

i find status quo a great opener - they´re not my cup of tea, but they are entertaining and very symathetic - status quo are living legends, they definitely do not suck imho!!!

[@hibeeOz]

Great to see the boogie kings of the world open the show ..... the magnificent Status Quoooooooooooooooo

[@minty_Joe]

RIP Freddie Mercury, George Michael and Rick Parfitt.

[@teenspirit9012]

And Bowie! We can be heroes just for one day......

[@minty_Joe]

@@teenspirit9012 Yes.

[@bodhid]

Billy Conolly with the Santana story, brilliant!

[@stewartnicol3028]

On this remarkable day in history I watched the opening of Liveaid at lunchtime. I couldn't eat, although my mum had made my favourite stuff! The rest of the day went....preparing for a live gig in Dundee at the Admiral Pub. Setting up, playing the gig, going round the audience with one of my drums collecting around £70. Driving back after the gig and watching the rest of the show from Philadelphia. Take this one to my grave!

[@izaktamu9588]

I really wish I was there even thou I'm 33yrs old. LIVE AID gave me the motivation too love and enjoy classic music and live aid did have a huge part of my life change . . LIVE AID FOREVER 🙏💙

[@arrowguy173]

Love that opening theme! Knight Rider and the music of the 80's were the best. Enjoyed the video.

[@eiberhofje]

I was searching this for ages,thanx

[@voxac30withstrat]

Ah Live Aid where all the biggest artists flew in on their private jets, got paid a shipload and all the donated money went straight into an Ethiopian warlords pocket. Well done Bob well done.

[@Sman-eg1zs]

I was there. It was an amazing atmosphere.Great day.

[@BD12]

I like that headline, "LIVE AID REUNION - Fab 3 plus Julian". They should've done it.

[@edirib2004]

Queen was the big Star that day!!

[@trynewhardstuffpls9572]

I usually get overly excited, exaggerate and honestly say some downright unrealistic and biased comments, but this day to me was the greatest day in history. Thank you Bob, Midge and Queen

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

Alan Lancaster, bassplayer of Status Quo, got the attention of all those people at Live Aid in '85. 17 years later, same man struggled to keep the attention of my fellow pupils in his class in '02. Damn good teacher... ungrateful students.

[@deanstanley5799]

Wow never knew he taught ?

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

@@deanstanley5799 He did. He was working parttime as a teacher at TAFE (technical and further education) in Sydney. I did a music industry studies course for a couple of years. His main subject focused on touring, but he often reverted to his favourite subject 'Copyright'. I also caught up with him a few times after the TAFE years...

[@deanstanley5799]

@@OnceWasRStrathfield wow that’s great he was my favourite in the quo saw him with the band on 2013 reunion shows although he was looking frail by then a lovely man by all accounts

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

@@deanstanley5799 I first met him as a teacher in 2001 and last spoke to him in around Christmas of 2017. I'll never forget our chats. I only recently watched the 2013 reunion show on KZbin and it's weird to see him sing and perform infront of a large audience at Wemberly Statium - especially looking the way he did in latter years. I've seen older footage of him in Quo, but to see on stage looking like the teacher was kind of surreal. He said a LOT of things during the 17 years that I knew him, and many of them still stand out in my mind. He referred to me as the ''polite'' one among the students, but I think it's only because I was very interested in what he had to say. I still can't believe he's gone.

[@Syze1]

Wow. What a great story dude.

[@QTXAdsy]

The story of Elton John's garden being destroyed by Noel Edmonds had me dying with laughter. XD

[@katiezee2]

For viewer's info -- the full docmentary is available as 2 videos of 1 & a half hrs each, not broken up like this.

[@romzie1991]

That man, all jokes aside, is my dad :) I showed him this comment and he says he's got his 'Andy Warhol 15 minutes of fame'!

[@ShivzDotzTV]

Inspirational !!! *Shivz Dotz*

[@martinberty2002]

I turned it off after Quo.

[@hayleypiercy6280]

Quenn smoked them

[@Splurgeface13]

Santana is amazing

[@Leediverify]

They were the backing singers on his second solo album: The Secret of Association. I believe they were called The Royal Family.

[@ralph12330]

excellent comment BILLY,what would Geldof know about music?

[@airdriver]

13:00. Its surreal after all these years seeing Charles and Diana together like this. Especially after everything that happened to them since.

[@kevinprior3549]

Knightrider to start it... Nice

[@MrKayley10]

1:20 - That's "4th of July" by U2.

[@jondunmore4268]

10:34 -- My God, I forgot how SMOKIN HOT Diana was! She was just a young chick - she must have followed lots of those bands, and must have totally had crushes on most of the band dudes!

[@CDEbFGAbB]

Funny how english speaking people pronounce Status Quo. Never imagined they did so.

[@golfman6122]

the quo rock full stop

[@stewartnicol3028]

Noel Edmonds....complete prick of this Parish! He was lulled into going on stage in front of the biggest audience in history and announcing......STING! He walked about give paces towards the side of stage, then realised he had been had! He came back and announced "But First.....PHIL COLLINS!!" Fair play, he carried on!

[@DancingSpiderman]

This vid opens to the theme from SuperCar TV Show !?? Q: did anybody invite Yngwie Malmsteen to play Live Aid? Lady Die was SUCH a Princess. Rest In Peace, Diana. Billy Connolly's story about Bob Geldof saying "Santana are crap" 8:51 - 9:43 PRICEless.

[@Justdisco2]

Truly incredible , here's a question for you for a hundred points : It has been said that only: U2, Elton John, Paul Maccartney, George Michael , Sting , Bob Geldof and the Who are the only artists to perform both Live aid and Live 8 in London, which is not true , can you name the legendary artist ?

[@Hububbfan]

Dave Shields can't think! Who?

[@punch6903]

Dave Shields MADONNA!!

[@gameofthrows9357]

David Gilmour?

[@Justdisco2]

Correct big tick

[@ns2110theonly]

Dave Shields but as the above poster said, Madonna did both shows too. Correct?

[@alexdavis-mann8513]

i forgot Noel !

[@roverwaters3875]

estimated 400 million viewers, across 60 countries not 1.9 billion

[@Justdisco2]

Epic fucking epic, and as good as LIVE 8 was it didn't measure up to LIVE AID even though pink floyd reunited for it, which was breathtaking, and why because LIVE AID and never been done before, I thought Queen stole the show which is agreed by most people and rightly SO, WITH U2 a close second,

[@tobyjenner2924]

you tell em billy connolly

[@lovemykiss9]

Is it me or does Paul Castrey remind me of Jay Kay from Jamiroquai?

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Great concert, for all the wrong reasons. Response to article only.

[@stewartnicol3028]

Billy Connolly has been there forever....

[@MrKayley10]

Janice long looks a lot like Felicity Kendall from "The Good Life", no?

[@firstborn1988gorsaga]

Bono and U2 were the second best live act that day, I think. They all worked together to achieve an outcome - all the bands that is - and U2 proved they were a stadium group. They were always a band that said rock music can be a force for good and not just the usual cliched rock and roll decadence. This was a day for them. Queen made have given the best performance but this type of concert was what it stood for was made for a band like U2. They gave a very good performance.

[@Justdisco2]

MARSHA HUNT(Bob Geldofs P.A) Wow she looks so Interesting, Got a great smile too, would love to have a beer with her.

[@hermanhelmich]

Wonder why ACDC didn't play

[@dene39]

Knight Rider theme

[@DancingSpiderman]

Yeah, she's a cutie pie; kinda looks the way Little Boots will look like in 20 years from now.

[@Gaming-Shed]

Dave Gahan at 7:35 lol

[@chintot9734]

+Tony C HAHAAHAHA ... is that really him? :)

[@expl0ded09]

+Sheyenne Hidalgo No

[@aprilgosa5779]

@@chintot9734 nah just obnoxious audience member who does not get that the people there had their hearts n the right place and he also needs to just enjoy the damn show

[@LadyPercy.]

Freddie Mercury swan song.

[@stewartnicol3028]

Quo were the perfect act to kick this shit off!!

[@manwithanaccent4315]

Prince wasn't there.

[@caspwuff]

Write the bands name for gpd sake

[@jasrust]

Geldof's PA looks proper filthy. Lovely.

[@chintot9734]

+jasrust why do you say that? ")

[@jasrust]

+Sheyenne Hidalgo She looks like she might know a thing or two twixt the sheets. I certainly wouldn't mind finding out.

[@nowdid]

I am an American can I please ask British people something? @ 6:21 Elton John says "my fucking Bugonias, I just had them done." Does he mean that his Bugonias were fully grown or does he mean his Bugonias are now dead?

[@chintot9734]

+david stanley Geldorfs assistant was talking about it. I understood that Elton John had just done (finished) landscaping and now the heli has ruined it.

[@aprildannette9820]

the helicopter squashed his begonia's that he had just planted

[@leganm10]

you are so fucking rigth ¡¡

[@wozthedevil]

i disagree that rock stars are not the brightest bulbs, most of them made millions off this concert, having it boost their careers.. i do agree that people shouldnt be so nieve as to think the money they donate goes to the starving people tho

[@aprildannette9820]

you ahould not be so cynical

[@kevinprior3549]

And god I hate NME

[@kdunstfan1]

I like Queen but everyone so overrates them

[@hayleypiercy6280]

Quenn smoked them