Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World (Live Aid 1985)

Status Quo performing at Live Aid in front of 72,000 people in Wembley Stadium, London on the 13th July, 1985. The event was organised by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine disaster. Broadcast across the world via one of the largest satellite link-ups of all time, the concerts were seen by around 40% of the global population.
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[@robinjohnston24]

By the time Quo came on we were all at fever pitch. Slept on the concrete outside the stadium the night before, barely any sleep, hysteria mounting all morning, and with the opening piano chords of Rockin All Over The World all the energy just released. It was a great start to an amazing day.

[@mxsthxted]

miss this music

[@Kostis_playsDrums]

I envy everyone there!! I was only 7 years old back then so... bummer...

[@geraint8989]

And what are the odds the weather would be so fantastic? Awesome - thanks for sharing the memory.

[@azredhead2357]

So under rated status Quo was with Rick. RIP! 🥹😰🎸

[@fruitbatcat]

I was there too age 15, still even to this day, and I've been to many concerts, many festivals, many free parties - that opening number is the moment of joy and release I remember most, the whole place exploded, the noise, the energy. I was standing next to the camera tower and even the guys working on there couldn't help but start dancing. Best opening set ever. Great day.

[@SuzyQ334]

There isn't a band on the planet who could have opened Live Aid with such aplomb. Status Quo rocks. xx

[@Teewise36]

Well said!

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Gotta luv it!! ✌️

[@richardkey4289]

Yeah, talk about a high stress situation, kicking off a party w/ a billion people watching.....

[@tarynmottram994]

You should see queen live aid they stole the show of live aid

[@koekelmetperen]

Taryn Mottram Queen was the best! , but we talk about opening a event like this. Quo was the best for that

[@neilwilliams4763]

the pressure of opening live aid and they nailed it with this song

[@SuzyQ334]

Didn't they ever Neil? The perfect song and the perfect band to to kick off the perfect gig. What an amazing day that was!

[@chrismaplethorpe6781]

the only song that could sum up the live aid concert. the mighty quo nailed it

[@martinhaigh8345]

I think they were pretty high...any sober person would probably have locked themselves in the toilet and refused to go on.

[@timonsge391]

@@SuzyQ334 Well at a German morning Show we call Fernsehgarten they had to Play Playback. they didnt neil that but in Most cases they are awesome

[@thisbliss81]

@@martinhaigh8345 hahaha yea I mind the story didn't they have a snifter after coming off stage and then we're dragged in front of cameras off their faces!! Who cares it was the 80s hahaha

[@rogerblackwood8815]

I was laid up in a hospital bed in Norwich I was in a bad way when this was on. I spent the whole day with a Nurse and a couple of fellow in mates watching the whole show, into the US bit! Well I pulled through, a crash at Snetterton racing bikes, lost a kidney and punctured a lung, and am still here 35 years later. So I want to say thank you to the NHS and all these musicians who made my time pass a little bit easier! Thanks to all of you!

[@allisonday893]

Roger Blackwood I would say great memories, but not so about your accident! But you know what I mean! Glad you are ok now. Live Aid was a truly brilliant day.

[@jessicakeung8999]

hope u all the best

[@peterkwakman7440]

Pete from London,had 9 great years living in Norwich, sadly i'm back in London, but hey i remember when i was 22,a big QUO fan then,and they opened the whole thing,that's BALLS...Kircher was decent as a replacment imv..I remember that day in my bed sit LOL!

[@theflyluciano7877]

I read the first three words and I was like "awh hell yeah, dude" and then I read the rest. Sorry that happened to you, bud. Hope you are doing well after all these years

[@rogerblackwood8815]

@@theflyluciano7877 Thanks 👍 Unbelievably I am still here not on any meds and drinking enough to annoy my Mr's 🥂 I was in Norwich for about three weeks then they sent me down to Guys in London to be near home and that was another couple of weeks. I went back to work about three months later. Funny thing is though, I cam still rewind and see it all happening, but some of the after stuff is missing! There was a rider called Andy Keys in the same ward as me, I think they put all the nutters from Snetterton in the same ward? One of the Martials, Maurice, I can't remember his name was an absolute diamond. He would come and visit all the riders and bring basic things you needed etc. Most riders were from miles away, so didn't get daily visits. What a gem of a bloke, makes you wonder how we got to where we are in society now doesn't it? Have a good day mate 👍

[@youtubeviewer7030]

the greatest rock concert event in music history

[@adextheboxer9446]

if your talking about live aid in general it was, but if your talking about this band, its not lol queen witch they did not add in this for some reason was the biggest band in history

[@youtubeviewer7030]

@@adextheboxer9446 the live aid event i was referring to

[@marty6779]

@@adextheboxer9446OH man, everyone talks about the Queen show, and yes they were fantastic. Yet no one else would have suited better to open the concert than Quo. You shouldn't forget that there were about 30 bands/ musicians in London.

[@aggy1230]

Yep, that was really epic, all legends got together at the same concert to make this world a better place 👌👌✌✌👍👍

[@blueg8731]

Reember it like it was yesterday. Great weather too.

[@jacksdjfam]

The perfect song to open this event

[@lucilovecraft1621]

Yeah it couldn’t be opened with a more apt song.

They should have done the same for live 8 🙄

[@TheAmarok87]

At least Chris Martin quoted "Rockin' All Over The World" during Coldplay's performance of "In My Place" at Live 8.

[@marcossouza6651]

John Fogerty, Creedence, song!

[@gwynmaverickjames6098]

Yer the perfect way to kick off live aid,brilliant

[@nicoroehr]

There I was, 17 years old, jumping in front of my TV when this song came on. I brings tears to my eyes, how lucky I was to be young at that time and fully live the moment

[@lornacharles3858]

I was 15.... Up all night and day and evening😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-xh3lz9xt4l]

I had 2 tickets but my father died on 4th July so I phoned Capital Radio and gave the tickets away

[@carolinelane9599]

With you Nico. I was 20. I just loved Status Quo. They were the band all the way through high school here in Australia.

[@audspod1]

I'm so sorry.@@user-xh3lz9xt4l

[@riccardofranco4386]

You are right...i'm 65

[@royboy2108]

It was a great decision for this band to open live aid

[@MrUsermister]

... with a song title like "rocking all over the world" it had to be perfect !!!

[@Super123ps]

Local lads from around the stadium , off their faces , obvs had a heavy night / morn but still awesome. Miss ya Rick

And a bad decision for them not to open live 8. Should have been the same band and song 🙄

[@pappujack7667]

Status Quo was the band that did the opening with Rocking All Over The World.

Pappu Jack we know. Thanks for your input.its in the title. 🤔🙄

[@staticmonkey8436]

0:16 I keep going back to that shot. Imagine being in a band and seeing that many people jumping up and down to your music. What a HELL of a way to kick this off!

[@norao5056]

I'll never forget that day. I wasn't there, I was watching on TV, but I knew it was historic, and despite the fact that he can be a twerp, I was proud of Bob Geldof for what he did. Very proud. I think I was glued to the TV for hours. In my mind, I can still see Freddie Mercury on stage ...

[@RobertWilton]

I sat in front of the TV, an awestruck kid, for the entire thing. Just amazing.

[@socman3988]

Nora O very true! I remember watching this also home and knew it was going to be something really big ! Wish I could go back in time.

[@SuzyQ334]

Amen to that Nora. Personally I don't care what a plonker Geldof is; he initiated Live Aid for all the right reasons, and it turned out to be the most amazing charity gig ever. The fact that we're still talking about it 35 years later proves that, I think!

[@hubufbloke]

Don't forget Midge Ure, he also played a big roll in this event, as did so many unsung hero's.

[@SuzyQ334]

Just "over analyse" the best rock concert ever, why don't you? From someone who was there ...

[@derekstocker6661]

Nobody rocks the world like Quo! Great gig guys and RIP to Rick, and Alan as well, just been informed.

[@Heidi_Bradshaw]

And Alan Lancaster too.

[@derekstocker6661]

@@Heidi_Bradshaw Thanks for that, I really did not know. RIP Alan.

[@toddeverett7008]

One Of The Most UnderRated Bands, Barely known in the US but Huge Everywhere Else

[@raymondjohnson4435]

They were like fleetwood mac in Britain

[@SuzyQ334]

@@raymondjohnson4435 Except Fleetwood Mac were massive in Britain.

[@SuzyQ334]

"Barely known in the US" speaks volumes about the US (only 28% of the population of the US even owns a passport, according to the last stat I read). Luckily for US musicians the rest of the world is a bit more tuned in to US music. Status Quo was always one of Britain's best loved rock bands.

[@jozefhatert6231]

The fact is everywhere quo showed up you knew you it ended up whit a great PAAARRRTTTYYY WITH LOT,S OF SMILLING FACES

[@peterkwakman7440]

@@raymondjohnson4435 If they'd stuck to their harder 70's style who knows ? They ponced up sadly, by the late 90's id had enough of their live shows....70's was QUO absolute

[@manfredwilliams3860]

That opening piano riff never fails to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.

[@Inverse_to_Chaos]

The first ever riff performed in a 16 hour concert.

[@bubbacalling]

you must be easily pleased

[@audspod1]

I so agree! My brother who does not dance always gets on the dance floor for this!

[@nickphillips3799]

Just about the best 4 minutes on KZbin ever

[@audspod1]

I so agree!

[@rachelmiller3053]

Thats what we need is another Live Aid concert with all the world involved from all the different countries

[@ghostpost905]

Born in 1970 and therefore a teenager of the 80's, these kind of video's bring tears to my eyes.

[@lornacharles3858]

Amen😅😅😊😊😊😊.... 1970

[@vincentmv898]

1969 here ..

[@LukeKetchum7003]

The perfect song to open up the biggest show in the world! Bravo!

[@speeddemon8438]

Status Quo definitely is one of the most underrated bands outta the 60’s

[@armarq8091]

You obviously dont know the meaning of the word "underrated"

[@speeddemon8438]

@@armarq8091 Nah I have a pretty good idea. What I mean by that is they aren’t given the attention by streaming platforms that they should. They made great music and still don’t appear all that often in 60’s playlists….it’s all super mainstream songs from that era

[@Sonny_1]

@@armarq8091isn’t it similar to “good”

[@mxsthxted]

70s/80s they were brilliant too

[@stephenalanmoore7278]

Although the band started with a couple of big hits in the late 60s with songs like 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men' and 'Ice In The Sun' it was the early 70s when Status Quo really established themselves as a major UK heavy rock act. After that, it was literally a non-stop stream of hits for them all the way through the 70s, 80s and 90s. During those years, it was like they could do no wrong.

[@AndersMcTee]

I remember spending the whole day watching live aid as a kid. I wasn’t quite ten years old!

[@mickflynn7360]

You can never go wrong with a bit of Status Quo

[@DutchDixon94]

RIP Alan Lancaster. Thank you for everything!

[@andrewckiff2305]

I was there , this will never happen again , a day of legends ,

[@Moonwalkermj612]

Could you talk to us a little more, please? When and how did you eat during a 10-hour concert? What did the songs sound like live and were you up front?

[@audspod1]

Good question!@@Moonwalkermj612

[@declanmcdonald8290]

How good is this, from the most underrated band in the world,?? they opened the biggest live concert that ever was.

[@mxsthxted]

11/10 - top performance

[@user-im5ee7yu5w]

Too many people misuse the term 'under rated' Even people that don't like them say that they are very good at what they do. It would be true and correct to say that STATUS QUO are the most criticised and derided Rock Band in history. They are totally misunderstood. Up until the time John Coghlan left the Band they were the best and greatest Rock Band in history. It's a very sad shame what Rossi did to destroy QUO.

[@davidwesson9277]

Can you imagine being up on stage, playing your song, and looking out and seeing 72,000 people dancing and singing and clapping to your song?

[@thejtizzel]

You know it's a john fogarty song

[@davidwesson9277]

@@thejtizzel Not surprised. John Fogarty is an incredible talent.

[@jonnybirchyboy1560]

John *Fogerty

[@morninstorm]

Definitely living the dream that day for sure....

[@trikshot6857]

Not one mobile phone in sight just pure bliss what s time to be alive thank you 80s for the great memories

[@SuzyQ334]

I don't think mobile phones had been invented in 1985. Thank god!

[@kevinkennedy6774]

Considering they hadn't played for months and came back together to open this event Sensational 🎉🎉

[@mytimetoshine94aussie21]

No phones, no cameras. Just great music and a great time! 🥰🥰

[@Tvuvtctoj46fck]

Mostly cause they didn't have phones...

[@Malagabonita]

Recibieron a queen con esta música 👩‍🎤 muy bueno 👑⏱🧖‍♀️

[@marcuspoosz2190]

@@Tvuvtctoj46fck phones did exist back then, just not mobile phones.

[@Plasticmilxy]

I see a lot of cameras 😕😕

[@Markusewitz]

@@Plasticmilxy Even large telephoto lenses in the audience! 😄

[@SOMALILANDXPRESS]

Listening to this in a remote village in East Africa Somaliland. Feelin the human compassion. I love you jolly humans all over the world. Only love and remember y'all from here too long ago lol

[@architsaxena6261]

Bro somewhere very near to your place the first of our species was born ; started walking and started spreading to the whole planet and rocking all over the world❤️ you are not remote your place is the source of humankind

[@cn206]

All the very best to you too from UK!

[@JamesBrewerDJ]

This whole day, and I was 9 at the time, it was if God looked down on London and Philly and said, "Yep, that is goodness....I will let them have pure blue skyes, perfect temps and everything they need to make this a success!". Where is the music now in 2023, that even gets close to this...or any performer on the day?

[@hekka8379]

Imagine the pressure opening live aid

[@johnmcgahern3946]

I remember that day and like everyone thought at the time, looked on it as just another concert with the only difference it was being broadcast world wide. It's the history nowadays that has made it bigger.

[@williamwallace2278]

Off their box

[@dslao]

Did you see how they played? Look like no pressure at all. Either that or they were really that good.

[@desperatemohammedantheworl5833]

In interviews they've said they simply viewed it as just another gig and saw no point worrying about it being broadcast live around the world.

[@edfriday7709]

They didn't necessarily know how big and historical it was to be!

[@mattking241]

The following year Quo supported Queen here for two nights. I went both days. Incredible. No, really incredible.

[@mxsthxted]

Quo top band

[@deanothomas1865]

Yes me too All for £17.50 I think 👍

[@catherinemontague2285]

Had it full blast lol. Brings a tear seeing Rick n Alan :((

[@beatleboy0195]

I was 18 and I finished work at 9 that morning & went straight to Wembley & had the most amazing day there. Also told my boss i wouldn't be working that night, he wasn't too happy but relented (he was great for that). There are going to be millions of songs written in the next however many millions of years left and this one will still be the perfect start off song for this concert. I borrowed a friends camera and took many photos at least 4 for every performance they look so tiny to look at now but a great memento.

[@ChemZmicky]

After Covid they need a big ass rock concert at the new Wembley fill it up 90000+

[@maisieblacklaws6106]

Yessss we need to

[@benmayes2215]

Can't mate. The giant lasagne is there

[@TeasyLove]

it looks like this will be a planetary size stadium ;)

[@davetaika7408]

and then immediately go back to lockdown? lol

[@StratsRUs]

@@davetaika7408 The Grateful Dead

[@peterowen9183]

Not the world's biggest Quo fan, but they were the perfect act - and this was the perfect song - to open Live Aid. Rossi can have, for the rest of this life, that he was the person to say 'hello!' at a pivotal moment in 20th century history.

[@tinsoldier3800]

It does not matter how big was the contribution for Africa. But it was the great effort from the great peoples. Ultimately humanity won. Long live live aid.

[@tayron27]

One of the best bands to have come out of the UK.

[@aaron1143]

Second only to the Beatles

[@leechilds3725]

Magic happened at Wembley that day in 85 ! What a concert

[@alanstrom2221]

Lancaster had already left the band in 1984 and he came back for this one concert. The great Alan Lancaster, the heart and soul of STATUS QUO!!! He was also the best performer at the Reunion Concerts. Alan's vocals were strong and powerful. He's mine and I think a lot of people's fave QUO member.

[@shaunpcoleman]

Probably the biggest band unknown in the US.

[@alffuergregor]

Never will live be as good again as it was in the 80s ❤️❤️❤️

[@Faithinthedock]

Such an epic start to the concert... Like meeting your mates down the pub.. "How are ya? Alright?" "You alright?".. And a cazillion people shout back... "Yeah!!!!!" Brilliant!

[@fluorosco]

I was 14. I went to the local video shop on my bmx with my mate and bought two 180 minute vhs video tapes and sat in front of the tv recording all my favourite bits. And bought the smash hits mag with Geldof on the front and kept it for years. Good times

[@count7340]

I was 12.

[@donna1420]

I was 12 I did the same recorded the whole thing

[@jennifersman7990]

Same here! I was working at a video rental store in the USA and watched it on a bank of TV’s while recording it at home, still have the VHS tapes of the show. One day I’ll convert them to DVD (if the technology is still there to do it!)

[@fluorosco]

@@jennifersman7990 The 80s were awesome weren't they. Hope you can convert them

[@srirahulpremkumar1600]

@@fluorosco how big was queen from 1984-1991 in the uk?? I’ve heard people say that they were the top pop rock band. Were they as big as the Rolling Stones and pink flyod??

[@michaelking8251]

rode home as fast as i could from work to watch this.........what a way to start a global event

[@davidkirkham6497]

Great opening song by the Quo! This song was penned by arguably one of the best roots based R&R artist in history, the incomparable John Cameron Fogerty!

[@user-im5ee7yu5w]

I'm a big fan of Fogerty, though his original version is a bit lame compared with QUO's version. "Up Around the Bend" remains one of my favourite songs.

[@therealjamesbaker9138]

Amazing how they’d completely fallen apart as a band, they were (according to the band) un-rehearsed - and they still sound great

[@keef71]

all the smartarses say Quo were off their tits and were crap - they played their set straight and only got wasted after!

[@mxsthxted]

@@keef71 look at parfitt at the 'do they know it's christmas' in wembley - he was absolutely shitefaced in that, after a day of drinking

[@aaronschrock176]

A wise man once said "IF YOU CANT PLAY WELL, PLAY LOUD"

[@magneto7930]

There couldn't have been a better way to kick off Live Aid!

[@SeanONeill-ef5vb]

Queen were awesome but I want to give shout out to Status Quo. The band that started it all. Great start to it all and deserve recognition.

[@gordyhydro5774]

The only band that had the bollocks to open live Aid. The so-called rock royalty all thought. The start was going to go tits up.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

I really wish I had a time machine so I could experience Live Aid. Queen, Status Que, Bowie, McCartney ... Rock heaven 🎉 It must have been tremendous pressure to open that concert but Status Que totally nailed it. It's clear that this performance really set the tone for the rest of the day. The greatest day in Rock history 🎤🎸

[@Inverse_to_Chaos]

So many legends we missed out on… Even Wembley Stadium is gone…

[@dankryskalla8490]

I saw them all, in Detroit in 1976. That was a good year.

[@joseywhales71]

Pressure and plenty of the bag😅

[@dr.jamesolack8504]

@SophieLovesSunsets No time machine…..yet. In the interim, you have KZbin. Next best thing!! Blessed Be, my Christian friend.

[@colonelparcoeur]

​@dankryskalla8490 Blue for you Tour

[@bonnytiler4316]

The mighty Quo, regularly slated by so called music experts but just look at the crowd - jumping. An amazing group and sad that both Rick and Alan have departed this world. Let’s hope they’re riffing somewhere with Tom Petty, Stuart Adamson and Benjamin Orr🤞

[@SuzyQ334]

The snooty music press always reckoned Quo only knew 2 chords. I remember going to see Quo live back in the day and either Rick or Francis cracked a joke that they'd learned a 3rd chord. The audience roared and the gig was a triumph. And their gig opening Live Aid proved, like anyone needed proof, that they were one of Britain's most talented and best loved rock bands.

[@David-sk9vv]

Francis has stated that the current Quo tour will be their last but has not advertised it as such because of their End of the Road Tour 40 years ago! I am grateful for Status Quo, I truly am! Thank you for making the difference lads... so many thanks! Just know that you all made... THE... difference! Know that it took balls of Quo (I could have said steel 🤣) to be the opening act for Live Aid. Just thank you all... for everything!

[@aala7337]

Can still remember watching this on tv ,Absolutely the best opening by Status Quo on what was a baking hot day! Happy memories,

[@mxsthxted]

status quo top band and this is a quality song 💪

[@robbie007]

The right band opening with the right song that started arguably the best concert ever. The sheer quality of then established and famous acts and then new acts - that later became famous, on stage from UK and then straight to the US concert in one day, was then and remains unsurpassed. This was a one off and will never be repeated. Its of its time, a time when established 60/70s artists blended with the best and upcoming new generation 80s artists. Today we dont have the same breadth of truly globally known acts, if you excluded any here (who are still around). No mobile phones, no PR, just a crowd enjoying the sun and the music and moments when the stark message of why we were there were thrown in. I was there that day, great weather and by far the best musical event I have witnessed. For those of us around there or watching live on TV, we should feel blessed. A moment to treasure. Just like those at Woodstock.

[@bodhid]

Yes Robbbie. A moment in time. Truly Woodstock for that generartion. When has anything like that happened since? I had tickets for and attended Live8 but it never felt the same and it isn't held in the same regard as LiveAid. Should also be said that the UK boasted at that time a staggering amount of talent, overlapping from the 60's and 70's into the 80's. We're don't have that level of talent any longer. American talent is utterly dominant in terms of cultutal impact now.

[@garethwilkinson3456]

Yes I agree.

[@redoz9768]

I can just imagine these guys as they walked out to the stage, seeing the massive crowd larger than anything they'd ever performed in front of before, and confidentally saying " we got this".

[@neilshots]

Loved your we got this and yes you could hear them say it.

[@Gillie2tat]

Rossi talks about it in one of the films about Status Quo. Says he'd never seen so many cameras and people and it was quite a shock.

[@stephenalanmoore7278]

The 'Bob Hope' that they were each snorting at the time probably helped calm their nerves. They most likely would've went onstage feeling higher than a Boeing 747.

[@leo1314ok]

They played to average festival crowds of around 50,000 for years before Live Aid so they were well used to this. What is amazing is that they hadn't played together for over a year as bass player Alan Lancaster had left the band and they had little rehearsal time as they only got together a few days before it. Then, they just walked out there, as one of the best live bands ever, as if they had been together for months before it and absolutely tore the place up! They were the only band who could have opened that show. Very very few bands come close to Quo live. They proved it to the world that day.

[@j.h.1328]

@@leo1314ok thats true. as a band they didnt exist anymore at this time .

[@danielsmith5262]

I met Francis Rossi, he said it was a toss up as to who opened live aid as neither queen or status quo wanted to go first. The coin toss resulted in status quo opening live aid. Francis then said the Freddie mercury went up to him and said there is no way I can follow a set as good as that. Needless to say queen and status quos best and most iconic performance ever.

[@markcowling1275]

A lot of people don’t realize that Status Quo had 79 #1 hits in the UK over almost 40 years. I was very fortunate to see them at a ( who are these guys ?) when they showed up and played a Rory Gallagher concert in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 by surprise...geez’ it must have been 39 yrs ago I believe. They were absolutely amazing and firstly I never left my feet or stopped rockin their whole set...secondly, I went out and bought every Quo album I could find. Broke my heart when Rick left us for the rockin rainbow. He and the real Status Quo are just one of those bands that will never go “ out of style “ and I still play them often. Long live just raw kickin’ kick ass rock...and even soulful Status Quo...with love 🎶🎸❤️🇨🇦

[@robfinlay8058]

79 top 40 hits, not 79 #1 hits!

[@markcowling1275]

Oops, well my mistake...but my point was really how popular they were/are. Understand that I’m in, as I said Canada 🇨🇦 ,and other than “ Pictures of Matchstick Men “ was probably the only song/hit that was radio played here. They’re not as known here so I found their popularity surprising. I am very much a fan and feel very lucky to have seen them in their “ hay day” so to speak. Thanks for the correction, but I still find that fact quite amazing !

[@andrewstreeter3352]

No other band but the mighty QUO could open the greatest concert ever LIVE AID.

[@pappujack7667]

I am somewhere there in the audience. God! Watching this after all these many years really does bring back memories of being at the Wembley Stadium for this Live Aid Concert. By the end, I had almost lost my voice but it was worth it.

[@katiewillis5011]

Pappu Jack wow! I wasn’t alive then but you truly are lucky. Have a good day!

[@bobathicc6188]

Wooooow that must have felt amazing like the biggest crossover in history !

[@eandin2005]

You rock dude!! That was EPIC!!!

[@robinjohnston24]

It was soooo good wasn’t it? My throat was raw as well, and the back of my neck was bright red. Such a relief when Elton came on and we got that little bit of rain.

[@pappujack7667]

@@robinjohnston24 I absolutely agree with you.

[@facetheuncertaintyoflife6154]

Is anyone still out there watching quo today love to you all

[@RobertDavies-gk4li911]

Peak performance and the best crowd obviously. What's not to Like it likeitlikeit@WEMBLEY2THE WORLD GREATEST PERFORMANCE EVER!!.

[@jamescourt2842]

I’m alive in wrong generation. I cannot fathom or realise how f*cking magic this must of been for whomever saw this for the first time ❤️🤟🤟🤟

[@audspod1]

I am so thankful to have witnessed this epic event. I'm sorry you missed it. You are NOT in the wrong generation. YOUR generation of bands will do what is right and help🙏❤

[@CatPiss-ls4zb]

​@@audspod1 no chance with the shit bands of today

[@scottrobinson9752]

This was the first time I ever saw Status Quo... I was 14 yrs old, at a friends house who was having a Live Aid watching party. It was a group of us guys, and his slightly older sisters hot friends. Needless to say we all had a GREAT time. I discovered the magic combination of whiskey, women, and song on that day. And also became a Quo fan from that day forward.

[@SarahB1863]

Nice! Were you in America, England, or somewhere else?

[@scottrobinson9752]

@@SarahB1863 ... Texas.

[@glynnevans1851]

@@SarahB1863 Hi Sarah, This performance was Momentous and reminds me of the time n Fab to be young and luvly memories of my parents too. Other Quo favourite. Living on a Island. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK

[@redrheino]

Good man👊👊🎸🎸😎😎

[@top40researcher31]

what a better way to open Live Aid than this band with a very appropriate song to start off with

[@youtubeviewer7030]

ok thumbs up if you say this is the greatest rock event in music history

[@Orion3741]

Absolutely fantastic performance by Status Quo. To open a concert the magnitude of Live Aid must have needed a lot of courage.

[@joseywhales71]

And a lot of Charlie😅

[@MJWPub]

Geldoff begged them to do it, he wanted them to open the show with a bang!

[@Orion3741]

@@MJWPub : and they sure delivered on that day - nearly 40 years ago !

[@gary6514]

Status Quo turned out to be one of the best acts that day. Perfect opener of the greatest musical event in history....

[@ianoliver7271]

I'll never forget this greatest day of music. I had just returned from Indonesia where I was working and then Live Aid. After a full bottle of Vodka . . . huh . . . I can't remember!!!!

[@katharine8054]

I was 15 and watching this at my best friends house, I remember it like it was yesterday, what a show opener!! Sad I never got to see them live

[@harleyrider76]

Greatest guitar duos of all time. Rest in peace, Rick!

[@chibalottelove26]

the greatest opening ever

[@SOMALILANDXPRESS]

Hear hear

[@user-jn22178ee]

is this an anime reference

[@mgk1028]

Agree

[@SuzyQ334]

Hear hear. Picking Status Quo, one the Britain's best loved bands, to open that amazing gig on that amazing day was an inspired choice. The gig started brilliantly and just got even better. xx

[@SuzyQ334]

The minute the concert that no one knew anything about was opened by Status Quo some of us old rockers knew it would be special. And so it was. xx

[@davidstrohl]

Gotta give it up to the BBC for their invaluable contributions to this concert. Bob Geldof: “We’re planning on having a concert both in Wembley and Philly with live acts from around the world including the Soviet Union, and we want to broadcast it worldwide on multiple networks and channels.” BBC: “No issues, mate. When do you want to put it on?” Their experience in broadcasting to a far-flung empire across every time zone on the planet is why this was presented seamlessly to all of the rest of us who didn’t have the incredible good fortune to attend it. We are forever in their debt. MTVs original date broadcast of it was amazing!

[@lindzy39]

Watching in 2022, I was 11 when this happened, the atmosphere must have been electric.... One of the most unique & out of this world the uk hosted

[@leo1314ok]

I reckon, between radio plays, playing albums, abound 15 concerts/festivals and so many KZbin videos, since 1977 when this was released, I have heard this song over FOUR THOUSAND TIMES! Never really been a huge fan of it (but It's Quo and I love 'em!) but this still sends shivers down my spine. Was so chuffed to be a Quo fan when they came on as this showed the world what a live band should be like.

[@rwachwater4408]

When people used to enjoy themselves

[@alanstrom2221]

Alan Lancaster 7/02/1949 - 26/09/2021 Bassist/Singer/Songwriter/ Producer/Genius of STATUS QUO fame, has died aged 72 of Multiple Sclerosis at his Sydney home, surrounded by his family. Born in London, he moved to Australia in 1976 after marrying his beautiful wife Dayle. Alan wrote and co-wrote many classic Rock songs The 9 1/2 minute Psych/Rock song "Is It Really Me, Gotta Go Home" was written by the Genius of Alan Charles Lancaster. Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon album 1970 on the Astor / Pye Label. Produced by the late / great John Schroeder. Anyone who met Nuff would know first hand what a beautiful, sweet and charming gentleman he was. I had the pleasure of socialising with Alan at a few gigs in the late 80's, at some of his gigs with The Lancaster Bombers and The Lancaster / Brewster Band and The Party Boys, the latter having 2 Chart Topping Hits. " Hold Your Head Up " by Argent and " He's Gonna Step On You Again " by John Kongos. Alan produced a multi-platinum selling album for Pianist Roger Woodward. The Party Boys’ leader Paul Christie told TMN that as a rock bassist who played with a plectrum, Lancaster was one of the true greats. “He played a Kramer bass with an aluminium neck, not a wooden one. As a result he sounded like an industrial hammer bashing on steel. “He was truly phenomenal. The Party Boys needed two drummers in the line-up, it was the only way to match him.” Vale Alan Lancaster

[@mikewhitehead1357]

They got it right picking QUO to open the show. This performance is second only to the Queen performance that day - evidenced by the crowd reaction

[@grokur9714]

Dire Straits?

[@RS-if2os]

Perfect song to open proceedings with, I'd have the performance 3rd behind Queen and then George Thorogood and Albert Collins doing the Madison Blues in Phily.

[@resireg]

Marillion too. Black Sabbath was a fiasco btw

[@davidecolelli8275]

I'll add U2

[@vidkid1067]

Let it be???

[@diamondunicorn1983]

There will never be another moment like July 13th 1985....humankind tried for a brief moment came together...forgot their differences and helped those who needed it...yeah it was corny at times and didn't stop all the evil in the world but it was the 9th doctor said "fantastic"....thank you all who participated that day (not just the musicians..also the behind the scenes support,the audience at the stadiums,the world wide viewing audience and the governments who let down the guard for once) and may the music live on....

[@SuzyQ334]

Interesting reply. I was there on Live Aid day and to me Live Aid was the most powerful political protest/statement/stand ever against poverty. And over 30 years on we are still talking about it. God bless Bob Geldof and Midge Ure who started the ball rolling. And Status Quo was and always will be one of the UK's most respected rock bands. xxx

[@TheSpookyDuke]

@@SuzyQ334 Absolutely. It was the first global revolution and first "Fuck you politician scum!" ever. Proud to be 80's man!

[@SuzyQ334]

@Joleesa Honeypot I guess you weren't there.

[@shelleyhawkins1559]

Still love the Quo in 2024 ❤

[@louismorel234]

such a perfect intro. The simple "ello, you alright?" then the song. Brilliant.

[@eduardocervantesaca]

I was 12 and saw it live in Mexico!! Amazing!!

[@anthonycurran362]

Nailed 🤔👍

[@morninstorm]

Yup, as others have said before, when i listen to this, so do my neighbors WOoooooo

[@starmersbarber]

Seeing that crowd bounce up and down when the band kicks in still makes me gasp! One of the most universal performances I've ever heard.

[@jennifersman7990]

Seems like you only see that at British concerts

[@apieceoftoast6409]

My grandpa is singing this

[@MetalSociety21]

We need a COVID concert like this for when we defeat the virus! 🙌

[@paulhovell8876]

Indeed. Message to the Quo "Lockdown is over.. Let's get this world ROCKIN again" !!

[@gilessteve]

There aren't any decent bands now anyway.

[@rolandhersan2420]

Rick Parfitt rest in peace....

[@thevoid99]

that was a good dude.

[@221b-Maker-Street]

And now Alan...

[@rwinrock]

Rick was a real workhorse. I once saw a three-hour show with Quo, and he slogged on without pausing. No wonder his heart eventually failed. What a Rock 'n' Roller!

[@tessahugo5448]

I am still rocking i Cape Town South Africa Love them ❤❤❤❤2023

[@henryomar9193]

The right song to start with, quite literally rocking all over the world

[@cosmicwartoad2587]

Pity the shitbag politicans could be about to force WW3 and nuclear oblivion onto us. I was talking to a Syrian custmer the other day and wnent into a chinese take away and i'm not apologising to Biden for saying that I didn't see the syrian bloke and Chinese people in the take away as my enemies.

[@andyfanshawe]

I was a mere 24 at the time watching this on TV in Sheffield in the UK. Didn't quite realise how huge this was until I got older. What do I say to my 2 sons now?...….If you were there...….Incredible. Will we ever see anything like this again in our lifetimes??

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

But when you're young you don't know what is normal or exceptional, I was going through my cynical period and I thought all the performers were on a giant ego trip (which indeed was the genius of Geldofs idea to harness it) we never appreciated the uniqueness of the event enough at the time.

[@gregorylangstieh2361]

Undoubtedly the greatest show on earth .

[@lindagoodman2411]

Never forgot these great guys

[@addictedtoguitars4948]

The inauspicious beginning of what would be the musical event of a generation, and will never happen again.

[@edsmith613]

Such an amazing song an amazing band to start the day off with 😊😊😊

[@ShayBurkeDublin]

Still gives me a shiver down the spine when I see this, had the pleasure of been in front of that stage jumping around to this, great memory and a fantastic concert.

[@SSQMinky]

R1200GSAontour Body’s achin’ all the time?

[@nev707]

Watched the whole thing in Australia in the wrong time zone. Fall asleep on the sofa for a few hours and then watch some more. Never forget it. I have the box set which fills in the bits I missed.

[@batphink2655]

I was working at 'Eatons' Dept s tore here in Canada NW of Toronto(original from England) and our boss was the coolest he let us watch this in between customers ,he installed a telly just for us.God Bless you Mr Williams wherever you are. Yes it was a Magical Day!!

[@garethwilkinson3456]

A damn good romp. Times gone now, but love this. Stay strong.

[@mxsthxted]

You too, rockin with the quo

[@SuzyQ334]

When the opening/support/warm-up band is Status Quo we all knew it was going to be one helluva gig ... and 35 years on we're still watching it, loving it and talking about it. xx

[@bluelionman]

I think I recall watching some on TV, I was 11.

[@scottmac6839]

Not a phone in sight!!! I honestly wish I lived in these times❤️

[@scottmac6839]

@Oliver O’Donovan what’s that got to do with anything? I’m sat at home not at a festival😂

[@peshotanmehta3885]

How many of you agree with me that this is the SONG/VIDEO to beat the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide???

[@ericamae7287]

Definitely 🌈🌈👌👌👏👏❤️

[@sxtright_anirudh7299]

Queen made covid theme called "You are the champions"

[@bobwallacejnr6852]

how is this song gonna do that? you didn't thin it through did you?