quo tour 1986

27/02/  GERMANY, Kempten - Mehrzweckhalle (German Tour support FM) 28/02/  GERMANY, Augsburg - Sporthalle  | 100' min. AUD Quality: 3 01/03/  SWITZERLAND, Luzern - Festhalle 02/03/  GERMANY, Regensburg - Donauhalle | 104' min. AUD Quality: 2 04/03/  GERMANY, Siegen - Siegerlandhalle 05/03/  GERMANY, Kiel - Ostseehalle | 102' min. AUD Quality: 3 06/03/  GERMANY, Hildesheim - Sporthalle | 70' min. AUD Quality: 3 08/03/  GERMANY, Hamburg - Sporthalle | 60' min. AUD Quality: 3 - 4 09/03/  GERMANY, Kaiserslautern - Barbarossahalle 10/03/  FRANCE, Strasbourg - Tivoli 11/03/  FRANCE, Paris - Le Zenith | 101' min. AUD Quality: 4 13/03/  FRANCE, Annecy - Hall des Expositions 14/03/  FRANCE, Nice - Theatre de Verdure 15/03/  FRANCE, Montpellier - Zenith | 76' min. AUD Quality: 3 + 16/03/  FRANCE, Toulouse - New Gymnase | 100' min. AUD Quality: 2 18/03/  FRANCE, Lyon - Bourse du Travail 19/03/  FRANCE, Lille - Salle Espace 20/03/  LUXEMBURG, Petange - Centre Sportif

21/03/  FRANCE, Reims - Chapiteau Parc Léo Lagrange 22/03/  FRANCE, Clermont Ferrand - Maison des Sports | 102' min. AUD Quality: 3 25/03/  BAHRAIN - Al Manamah - Holiday Inn 26/03/  OMAN, Muscat - Open Air 28/03/  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Dubai - Al Nasr Leisure 29/03/  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Abu Dhabi - Beach Festival 07/07/  AUSTRIA, Zwettl - Stadtplatz | 92' min. AUD Quality: 3 08/07/  AUSTRIA, Wien* - Donauinsel | 90' min. AUD Quality: 3 10/07/  AUSTRIA, Wels - Marktplatz | 90' min. AUD Quality: 3 11/07/  GERMANY, Dinkelsbühl* - Festwiese   | 90' min. AUD Quality: 3 12/07/  SWITZERLAND, Frauenfeld* - Rennbahn | 98' min. AUD Quality: 3 15/07/  AUSTRIA, Velden - Zentral Park | 100' min. AUD Quality: 3 16/07/  AUSTRIA, Graz - Schlossberg | 78' min. AUD Quality: 3 + 18/07/  GERMANY, Paderborn* - Stadion | 90' min. AUD Quality: 3 19/07/  GERMANY, Schaafheim* - Odenwaldring | 90' min. AUD Quality: 3 + 21/07/  SWITZERLAND, Nyon - Colovray Park Paleo Festival | 90' min. AUD Quality: 2 - 3 23/07/  SPAIN, Barcelona - Stadium Espanol | 56' min. FM Quality: 4 + 24/07/  SPAIN, Valencia - San Jose Stadium | 80' min. AUD Quality: 3 01/08/  SPAIN, Madrid - Estadio Rayo Vallecano 09/08/  IRELAND, Cork - Pairc Ui Chaoimh | 78' min. AUD Quality: 4 - 21/08/  SWEDEN, Stockholm - Isstadion | 98' min. AUD Quality: 4 22/08/  NORWAY, Oslo - Valle Hovin | 95' min. AUD Quality: 3 + 24/08/  FINLAND, Helsinki - Ishallen 29/08/  UK, Reading - Festival | 98' min. AUD Quality: 3 - 4 03/10/  SOUTH AFRICA, Sun City - Superbowl 04/10/  SOUTH AFRICA, Sun City - Superbowl (2 shows) 09/10/  SOUTH AFRICA, Sun City - Superbowl 10/10/  SOUTH AFRICA, Sun City - Superbowl (2 shows) 11/10/  SOUTH AFRICA, Sun City - Superbowl 07/11/  HOLLAND, Apeldoorn - Erica Centrum | 97' min. AUD Quality: 3

*FACTS FROM THE ROAD

24.12.1986 - Status Quo played the "Christmas gig" at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, where Bob Young and Lemmy from Motörhead appeared on stage during the song "Bye Bye Johnny".

06.03.1987 - Quo ended their show in Hildesheim after Roadhouse Blues, because Rick got bad electric shocks from his microphone.

29.03.1987 - the gig at Abu Dhabi were cancelled after two tracks into the set. PA failure after heavy rain!

03.10.1987 - the band started to play shows in Sun City, South Africa. All in all Status Quo performed 6 shows in the Superbowl. Unaware of the troubles and problems after their return they had much fun to play the shows and even part of their roadies and the security staff were black men, in a country were still Apartheid politics and race discrimination ruled the public life. The band returned home and much to their surprise they had troubles and problems because playing in South Africa. The band was even listed on the "black list" in England and Europe. It was a kind of a ban. It was not until 1988 when the band was deleted from the "black list" after officially excusing what they have done.

Vintagerock's Weblog. Just another WordPress.com weblog

Queen st james park newcastle 9th july 1986.

Posted March 11, 2014 by vintagerock in Queen , Status Quo , Zeno . Tagged: concert , concerts , festival , gig , gigs , music , pop , rock , rock n roll . 16 Comments

Share this:

16 responses to this post..

Posted by jeffollerton on March 11, 2014 at 8:21 am

Am I mis-remembering? I recall that INXS were due to play but a problem with their tour bus (perhaps a crash?) meant that they couldn’t get to the gig in time, so Quo played a second set. I’ve no recollection of Zeno at all.

Posted by vintagerock on March 11, 2014 at 8:29 am

Inxs did play at the Wembley gig, and were rumoured for the Newcastle gig. Not sure why they didn’t play. I don’t think Quo played a second set, but could be wrong. To be honest I don’t recall Zeno either; they would have played by the time I arrived. They are billed as having played. Can any one else remind us both ? 🙂 Cheers Peter

Posted by Andy on July 18, 2014 at 8:58 pm

Wow – I was searching my childhood memories of attending the Newcastle gig , and definitely INXS were due to play – but their bus did indeed crash.

Posted by Jon Spencer on August 14, 2014 at 10:15 am

I was at that gig and inxs never turned up due to helicopter problems if I remember rightly, Status Quo did a double length gig. I cannot remember Zeno but might have been in the working men’s club having a pint.

Posted by vintagerock on August 14, 2014 at 10:56 am

Thanks Jon Cheers Peter

Posted by Mel_Drew on January 2, 2015 at 1:45 pm

I was there in Newcastle. I’ve always thought that the second support was supposed to be Big Country, although you’re all right in saying that they didn’t arrive – bus problem we heard – and Quo did indeed do a longer stint. Just a shame that Queen couldn’t do the same. Dunno where all this crap about Zeno?? came from. They certainly weren’t there.

Posted by Neil Brown on July 10, 2016 at 10:12 am

Just to clear it up, Zeno did indeed open up the Queen show at St. James. INXS were due to be playing but from what I remember of the stage announcements on the day, the members of INXS were actually at the venue but their gear was stuck in traffic following a crash on the M1, so Zeno were drafted in at short notice as a replacement.

Posted by deancoulson on July 24, 2016 at 10:23 am

Just come across this site after finding my original ticket for the gig in a box.

Zeno were indeed there, a german rock band. I was only 14 at the time and was in from the start. INXS were due to play but were involved in some crash on the A1 (or a crash prevented them from attending) so Quo played an extended set to cover. an immense evening.

Posted by Dangerous Brian on August 8, 2017 at 5:48 pm

I was also there. If I remember correctly Harvey Goldsmith made an announcement explaining that all the gear belonging to INXS was stuck on the motorway and they could not play, but please be patient as Status Quo are backstage rehearsing more songs. Zeno opened up and I thought they were terrible; lots of screeching guitars. Quo were fantastic but Queen were MAGIC (see what I did there).

Posted by Blue Boy on April 24, 2018 at 8:01 pm

Zeno were most definitely there, although I don’t remember much as I fainted during the Quo set due to an illness, a virus apparently. I had just met my future wife before the gig, but never went on first date until weeks later was because of this virus!

Anyway, as bad as Zeno were in your view, I became a huge fan of their music from the end of 1986 as my brother bought me their first album on a one of those newfangled things then a CD! I have collected all of their music since. Check them out, great band, excellent singer Michael Flexig, and guitar maestro, Zeno Roth, yes, Uli Jon Roth’s brother. As I said great band, but a very German band!

Sadly, and the reason I have come across this blog and am writing in reply to this post is I have just read that Zeno died on 6 February this year 2018 after long illness. Wonderful guitar player and songwriter, will be sadly missed by those in the music world and his many fans.

Posted by geordie Hunter on August 6, 2020 at 7:58 am

we sneaked in for the second half of the set …..

Posted by vintagerock on August 6, 2020 at 8:52 am

Happy days Geordie cheers Peter

Posted by Kev Bell on October 23, 2020 at 2:48 pm

Just found this. I was there too, at the tender age of 11. My first gig and with my parents too 😀 . I remember all of the same. Bus issue for INXS and I seem to remember it was their gear, not them. Definitely remember the longer Quo set.

Posted by vintagerock on October 24, 2020 at 10:05 am

Thanks Kev happy days cheers Peter

Posted by Gavin on January 19, 2023 at 12:27 am

I was living in Hebburn and was 13 when this concert took place, I remember it vividly, because I was a huge fan and desperately wanted to go, my brother recalls trying to get tickets but the demand was overwhelming, long and short, we didn’t go. Remember our kid saying, ah we’ll see them next time, little did we know … looking at your previous posts and seeing them at the legendary Newcastle city hall, what can I say, I’m really quite jealous, which is a bit tragic given I’m coming up 50! But hey in rock n roll you never grow up eh.

Posted by vintagerock on January 19, 2023 at 11:08 am

Yes keep in that mindset Gavin. Rock ‘n’ roll can keep us all young! Happy days Peter

Leave a comment Cancel reply

• Status Quo (35)
• The Who (28)
• Yes (26)
• Lindisfarne (24)
• Wishbone Ash (23)
• concert (1,508)
• gig (1,438)
• rock (1,421)
• music (1,380)
• gigs (1,238)
• 2024 (245)
• 2023 (252)
• 2022 (116)
• 2021 (47)
• 2020 (48)

Email Subscription

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Email Address:

Sign me up!

• ABBA Stafford Bingley Hall 11 November 1979
• The Drifters Billingham Forum Theatre 24 June 2023
• Elton John, Beach Boys, Eagles Wembley Stadium June 1975
• The Who play Quadrophenia with Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Alanis Morissette Hyde Park 29th June 1996
• The Who Charlton Athletic Football Club 18th May 1974
• Slade become heavy metal heroes at the Reading Festival 24th August 1980
• Hawkwind Newcastle City Hall 1979
• The Stiff Tours 1977 and 1978: Be Stiff 1978
• The Who Charlton Athletic Football Club 31st May 1976
• 01 Band (1)
• 4" by 2" (1)
• 5 Hand Reel (1)
• 6 Day Riot (1)
• 801 band (2)
• A Band Called O (2)
• A Certain Ratio (1)
• A Flock of Seagulls (1)
• Acid Drop (1)
• Adam and the Ants (2)
• Adam Curtis (1)
• Aerosmith (2)
• After the Fire (2)
• Agent Orange (1)
• Aj Webber (1)
• Al Matthews (2)
• Al Stewart (1)
• Alan Ginsberg (1)
• Alan Hull (3)
• Alan Price (1)
• Alan Stivell (1)
• Alanis Morissette (1)
• Albert Lee (2)
• Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias (2)
• Albion Band (2)
• Alcatraz (1)
• Alex Harvey (9)
• Alex Ligertwood (1)
• Alfalpha (1)
• Ali Campbell (1)
• Alice Cooper (4)
• Alien Sex Fiend (1)
• Alison Moyet (5)
• Alkatraz (1)
• All About Eve (2)
• Allan Holdsworth (1)
• Allman Brothers (1)
• Altered Images (1)
• Alvin Lee (2)
• Amazing Blondel (1)
• America (2)
• American Blues Legends (1)
• Amy Winehouse (1)
• Anderson and Wakeman (1)
• Anderson Bruford Wakeman & Howe (1)
• Andy Bown (1)
• Andy Fairweather Low (2)
• Andy Fraser (1)
• Andy Summers (2)
• Angel Witch (2)
• Angelic Uptarts (2)
• Anne Anxiety (1)
• Annie Lennox (2)
• Anthonia Edwards (1)
• Anthrax (1)
• Anti-Nowhere League (1)
• Antony and the Johnsons (1)
• Apil Wine (1)
• Arcade Fire (1)
• Arctic Monkeys (2)
• Arthur Brown (7)
• Arthur Lee (1)
• Arthur Two Stroke (1)
• Athlete (1)
• Athletico Spizz 80 (1)
• Atlanta Rhythm Section (1)
• Atomic Rooster (2)
• Au Pairs (1)
• Audience (1)
• Automatics (1)
• Average White Band (3)
• B A Robertson (1)
• B B King (1)
• Babe Ruth (2)
• Baby Lemonade (1)
• Back Door (1)
• Back Street Crawler (1)
• Bad Company (5)
• Bad Manners (1)
• Baker Gurvitz Army (1)
• Band of Skulls (1)
• Barbara Dickson (2)
• Barbra Streisand (1)
• Barclay James Harvest (5)
• Barracudas (1)
• Barron Knights (1)
• Basement Jaxx (1)
• Bauhaus (1)
• Bay City Rollers (2)
• Be Bop Deluxe (5)
• Beach Boys (5)
• Beady Eye (2)
• Beck Bogert & Appice (2)
• Beckett (4)
• Beggars Opera (2)
• Belinda Carlisle (1)
• Bell n Arc (2)
• Belle and Sebastian (1)
• Ben Folds (1)
• Ben Myers (1)
• Bert Jansch (1)
• Bert Weedon (1)
• Bethnal (1)
• Beverley Knight (1)
• Beyonce (1)
• Big Country (2)
• Big Jim Sullivan (1)
• Bill Barclay (1)
• Bill Bruford (1)
• Bill Nelson (3)
• Bill Wyman's Rhythm KIngs (2)
• Billy Bragg (3)
• Billy Connolly (3)
• Billy Fury (1)
• Billy Gibbons (1)
• Billy Joel (1)
• Billy Ocean (1)
• Billy Preston (1)
• Billy Squier (1)
• Bite the Pillow (1)
• Bjorn Again (1)
• Black Crowes (2)
• Black Oak Arkansas (2)
• Black Sabbath (8)
• Black Star Riders (1)
• Blackfoot (4)
• Blackfoot Sue (1)
• Blackmore's Night (2)
• Blancmange (1)
• Blitzkrieg Bop (2)
• Blondie (3)
• Blood Sweat and Tears (1)
• Blue Jays (1)
• Blue Oyster Cult (4)
• Bluebells (1)
• Blues Band (1)
• Bo Diddley (2)
• Bob Dylan (18)
• Bob Geldof (2)
• Bob Marley (1)
• Bob Seger (1)
• Bon Jovi (4)
• Boney M (1)
• Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (2)
• Booker T (1)
• Boomtown Rats (3)
• Bootleg Beatles (1)
• Bow Wow Wow (1)
• Bowden and Williamson (1)
• Boy George (2)
• Bram Tchaikovsky (2)
• Brand X (3)
• Brass Alley (2)
• Brewers Droop (2)
• Brian Auger (1)
• Brian Brain (1)
• Brian Connolly (1)
• Brian Eno (2)
• Brian Wilson (4)
• Brinsley Schwarz (2)
• Broken Home (1)
• Brothers Johnson (1)
• Bruce Springsteen (10)
• Bryan Adams (1)
• Bryan Ferry (4)
• Bucks Fizz (1)
• Buddy Whittington (1)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie (2)
• Buggles (1)
• Bullfrog (1)
• Burt Bacharach (1)
• Business (1)
• Buxton Festival (4)
• Buzzcocks (3)
• Byzantium (3)
• Cambridge Folk Festival (1)
• Canned Heat (1)
• Capability Brown (1)
• Captain Beefheart (5)
• Caravan (3)
• Carl Perkins (1)
• Carl Simmons (1)
• Carla Bley (1)
• Carlito and The Drug Store Cowboys (1)
• Carmelo Luggeri (1)
• Carpettes (2)
• Casbah Club (1)
• Cat Stevens (2)
• Cayte Webber (1)
• Chaka Khan (1)
• Chariot (1)
• Charlie (1)
• Chas and Dave (3)
• Cheap Trick (3)
• Cheetah (1)
• Chelsea (3)
• Chemical Brothers (1)
• Cherry Vanilla (1)
• Chesney Hawkes (1)
• Chicken Shack (4)
• Chilli Willi (3)
• China Crisis (3)
• Chip Hawkes (1)
• Chopper (1)
• Chris Barber (1)
• Chris de Burgh (2)
• Chris Difford (1)
• Chris Farlowe (5)
• Chris Jagger (1)
• Chris McClure Section (1)
• Chris Rea (1)
• Chris Spedding (1)
• Chris Stainton (1)
• Chrissie Hynde (1)
• Chrome Molly (1)
• Chron Gen (1)
• Chuck Berry (3)
• Cinderella (1)
• Clare Hamill (2)
• Classix Nouveaux (2)
• Cliff Richard (2)
• Climax Blues Band (5)
• Cobbers (1)
• Cock Sparrer (1)
• Cockney Rebel (10)
• Cocteau Twins (3)
• Coldplay (4)
• Colin Blunstone (1)
• colosseum (1)
• Colosseum II (2)
• Commander Cody (2)
• Communards (1)
• Comsat Angels (2)
• Country Joe McDonald (1)
• Courtney Love (1)
• Cozy Powell (1)
• Crawler (1)
• Crazy World of Arthur Brown (2)
• Creation Rebel (1)
• Crosby and Nash (3)
• Crosby Still Nash & Young (2)
• Crosby Stills and Nash (4)
• Crusaders (1)
• Culture Club (2)
• Curved Air (5)
• D C Lee (1)
• Dalai Lama (1)
• Damon Albarn (1)
• Dance Class (1)
• Darien Spirit (1)
• Datsuns (1)
• Dave Berry (4)
• Dave Bromberg (1)
• Dave Davies (1)
• Dave Edmunds (4)
• Dave Grohl (1)
• Dave Stewart (4)
• David Bedford (2)
• David Bowie (12)
• David Cassidy (2)
• David Essex (2)
• David Gates (2)
• David Gilmour (4)
• David McWilliams (1)
• De La Soul (1)
• Deacon Blue (1)
• Dead Boys (1)
• Dead Fingers Talk (1)
• Dead or Alive (1)
• Deaf School (1)
• Death Cult (1)
• Deborah Bonham (1)
• DeeExprus (1)
• Deep Purple (14)
• Def Leppard (3)
• Del Amitri (1)
• Del Bromham (2)
• Delta Five (1)
• Dennis O'Brien (1)
• Department S (1)
• Depeche Mode (1)
• Derek Trucks (1)
• Des'ree (1)
• Dexy's Midnight Runners (5)
• Diamond Head (2)
• Diana Ross (1)
• Dick and the Fireman (1)
• Dickies (1)
• Dire Straits (5)
• Dirty Pretty Things (1)
• Disguise (1)
• Divine Shade (1)
• Doc Ross (1)
• Doctors of Madness (2)
• Doll by Doll (5)
• Dolly Parton (2)
• Don Cherry (1)
• Don McLean (3)
• Donovan (4)
• Doobie Brothers (2)
• Downliners Sect (2)
• Doyle Bramhall (1)
• Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich (2)
• Dr Feelgood (6)
• Dr Hook (1)
• Dr John (1)
• Duane Eddy (1)
• Dublin Legends (1)
• Ducks Deluxe (2)
• Duran Duran (3)
• Durutti Column (1)
• Earth Wind & Fire (1)
• Echo and the Bunnymen (2)
• Eddie and the Hot Rods (5)
• Eddie Jobson (1)
• Edgar Broughton (7)
• Editors (2)
• Eggs Over Easy (1)
• Electric Light Orchestra (3)
• Elephants Memory (1)
• Eliza Carthy (1)
• Elizabeth Fraser (1)
• Elkie Brooks (2)
• Elles Bailey (1)
• Elton John (15)
• Elvis Costello (9)
• Elvis Presley (2)
• Emerson Lake and Palmer (3)
• Emma Bunton (1)
• England (1)
• Ennio Morricone (1)
• Eric Bell (1)
• Eric Burdon (7)
• Eric Clapton (19)
• Errol Brown (1)
• Esparanto (1)
• Eurythmics (4)
• Everly Brothers (3)
• Exploited (1)
• Extreme (2)
• Fad Gadget (1)
• Fairport Convention (10)
• Faith No More (1)
• Fashion (1)
• Fast Breeder (1)
• Fat Grapple (2)
• Feargal Sharkey (1)
• FF&Z (1)
• Fischer Z (1)
• Flamin' Groovies (1)
• Flaming Lips (2)
• Fleet Foxes (1)
• Fleetwood Mac (7)
• Flying Hat Band (2)
• Foot Village (2)
• Foreigner (2)
• Fourmost (1)
• Francis Rossi (2)
• Frank Marino (1)
• Frank Zappa (6)
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1)
• Frankie Miller (3)
• Frantic Elevators (1)
• Franz Ferdinand (2)
• Fratellis (1)
• Fred Frith (1)
• Freddie King (1)
• Fruits of Passion (1)
• Fun Boy Three (1)
• Fur Bible (1)
• G T Moore (1)
• Gallagher & Lyle (2)
• Gang of Four (2)
• Gareth Gates (1)
• Gary Clark Jr (1)
• Gary Clark, Jr. (1)
• Gary Farr (1)
• Gary Glitter (4)
• Gary Moore (4)
• Gary Numan (4)
• Gary U S Bonds (1)
• Gary Wright (1)
• Generation X (1)
• Genesis (22)
• Geno Washington (1)
• Gentle Giant (1)
• Geoff Travis (1)
• Geordie (3)
• George Hatcher Band (2)
• George Melly (2)
• George Michael (2)
• Georgia Satellites (1)
• Georgie Fame (3)
• Gerry and the Pacemakers (3)
• Gerry Marsden (1)
• Gerry Rafferty (2)
• Gerry's Pacemakers (1)
• Gilbert O'Sullivan (1)
• Gillan (11)
• Ginger Baker (4)
• Ginhouse (1)
• Girlschool (4)
• Glastonbury (5)
• Glen Campbell (1)
• Glen Matlock (1)
• Glencoe (3)
• Glenn Hughes (1)
• Global Village Trucking Company (1)
• Gloria Mundi (1)
• Golden Earring (2)
• Golden Virgins (1)
• Good Habit (1)
• Gordon Giltrap (2)
• Gorillas (1)
• Gorillaz (1)
• Graduate (1)
• Graham Gouldman (1)
• Graham Nash (1)
• Graham Parker (4)
• Graham Parker and the Goldtops (1)
• Graham Parker and the Rumour (5)
• Grand Prix (2)
• Grand Slam (1)
• Grateful Dead (2)
• Great White (1)
• Green Day (1)
• Greenslade (3)
• Greg Kihn (1)
• Greg Lake (1)
• Groundhogs (19)
• Gruppo Sportivo (1)
• Gryphon (2)
• Guns N Roses (2)
• Hackensack (1)
• Haircut 100 (1)
• Hall and Oates (2)
• Hammersmith Gorillas (1)
• hannah Sanders and Ben Savage (1)
• Hanoi Rocks (1)
• Happy Mondays (2)
• Harry Chapin (1)
• Harry Hack and the Big G (4)
• Harvey Andrews (2)
• Hatfield and the North (1)
• Hawkwind (22)
• Hazel O'Connor (2)
• Head Hands and Feet (2)
• Heartbreakers (1)
• Heavy Metal Kids (6)
• Heavy Petting (1)
• Hedgehog Pie (1)
• Hellions (1)
• Henry Cow (2)
• Hermans Hermits (3)
• Horslips (2)
• Hot Chip (1)
• Hot Chocolate (1)
• Howard Jones (2)
• Howard Marks (1)
• Huang Chung (1)
• Huey Lewis (1)
• Hugh Cornwell (2)
• Human League (2)
• Humble Pie (7)
• Ian Anderson (6)
• Ian Brown (2)
• Ian Dury (3)
• Ian Dury & The Blockheads (2)
• Ian Hunter (5)
• Ian McLagen (1)
• Icehouse (2)
• Icicle Works (1)
• Idlewild (1)
• Iggy and the Stooges (1)
• Iggy Pop (5)
• Imagination (1)
• Imelda May (1)
• Incredible String Band (1)
• Inhaler (1)
• Inmates (1)
• Inner Circle (1)
• Iron Butterfly (1)
• Iron Curtain (1)
• Iron Maiden (9)
• Isaac Gullory (1)
• It Bites (2)
• Jack Bruce (5)
• Jack The Lad (4)
• Jack White (2)
• Jackson Browne (1)
• Jackson Heights (2)
• Jake Bugg (3)
• Jamelia (1)
• James Arthur (2)
• James Bond (1)
• James Brown (1)
• James Burton (1)
• James Hunter (1)
• Jason Bonham (1)
• Jean Jacques Burnel (1)
• Jed Thomas (1)
• Jeff Beck (7)
• Jeff Wayne (1)
• Jefferson Starship (3)
• Jennie Abrahamson & Linnea Olsson (1)
• Jenny Darren (1)
• Jerry Lee Lewis (2)
• Jess Roden (1)
• Jesse Colin Young (1)
• Jethro Tull (20)
• Jim Diamond (1)
• Jimmy Burns (1)
• Jimmy Cliff (1)
• Jimmy McCulloch (2)
• Jimmy Page (4)
• Jimmy Somerville (1)
• Jimmy Webb (1)
• Joan Armatrading (3)
• Joan Baez (1)
• Joan Collins (1)
• Joan Jett (2)
• Joanna Newsom (1)
• Joanne Shaw Taylor (2)
• JoBoxers (2)
• Joe Bonamassa (2)
• Joe Brown (1)
• Joe Cocker (2)
• Joe Jackson (2)
• Joe Satriani (1)
• Joe Solo (1)
• Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros (1)
• Joe Walsh (1)
• John Cale (2)
• John Cooper Clarke (6)
• John Dowie (2)
• John Fogerty (1)
• John Grant (1)
• John Lydon (2)
• John Martyn (2)
• John Mayall (6)
• John McLaughlin (5)
• John Miles (3)
• John O'Leary (1)
• John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett (2)
• John Paul George Ringo & Bert (1)
• John Paul Jones (1)
• John Peel (6)
• John Squire (1)
• John Wetton (1)
• Johnny Depp (2)
• Johnny Echols (1)
• Johnny Marr (3)
• Johnny Otis (2)
• Johnny Thunders (1)
• Johnny Winter (2)
• Jon Anderson (4)
• Jon Boden (1)
• Jon Lord (2)
• Jona Lewie (1)
• Jonathan Kelly (2)
• Joni Mitchell (1)
• Joss Stone (2)
• Joy Division (5)
• JSD Band (1)
• Judas Priest (9)
• Judie Tzuke (2)
• Judy Collins (1)
• Julian Brook (1)
• Julie Driscoll (1)
• Julie Felix (3)
• Julie Tippetts (1)
• Junior Giscombe (1)
• Justice Tonight Band (1)
• Justin Hayward (1)
• Kaiser Chiefs (2)
• Kajagoogoo (1)
• Kane Gang (1)
• Kasabian (1)
• Kate Bush (2)
• Kate Tempest (1)
• Katie Spencer (1)
• Keef Hartley (1)
• Ken Dodd (1)
• Ken Hensley (1)
• Kevin Ayers (1)
• Kevin Coyne (1)
• Kid Creole and the Coconuts (2)
• Kid Strange (1)
• Kieran Goss (1)
• Kieth Christmas (1)
• Kiki Dee (4)
• KIlburn & the High Roads (1)
• Killers (1)
• Killing Joke (1)
• KIm Wilde (3)
• King Crimson (2)
• King King (2)
• King Kurt (1)
• Kingfish (1)
• KIngs of Leon (1)
• Kirk Hammett (1)
• Kissing the Pink (1)
• Kris Kristofferson (1)
• Kula Shaker (1)
• Kursaal Flyers (1)
• Kylie Minogue (1)
• Labi Siffre (1)
• Lady Gaga (1)
• lake poets (1)
• Lana Del Rey (1)
• Lanterns on the Lake (1)
• Larry Wallis (2)
• Last Exit (2)
• Last Shadow Puppets (1)
• Last Touch (1)
• Laura Smith (2)
• Laurence Jones (1)
• Lautrec (1)
• Led Zeppelin (8)
• Lee Memphis King (1)
• Lena Lovich (1)
• Lennie MacDonald (1)
• Leo Sayer (4)
• Leon Russell (1)
• Leonard Cohen (2)
• Leslie Mendelson (1)
• Leslie West (4)
• Liam Gallagher (1)
• Libertines (1)
• Lightning Seeds (2)
• Lilly Allen (1)
• Limelight (1)
• Linda Lewis (5)
• Linda Thompson (1)
• Lindisfarne (24)
• Lindisfarne Story (2)
• Linton Kwesi Johnson (2)
• Lita Ford (1)
• Little Angels (1)
• Little Bo Bitch (1)
• Little Bob Story (1)
• Little Feat (3)
• Little River Band (1)
• Live Aid (1)
• Live Wire (1)
• Liverpool Express (2)
• Living Colour (1)
• Lloyd Cole (1)
• Lloyd Watson (4)
• Locomotive GT (1)
• Loe Kottke (1)
• Lone Star (4)
• Long John Baldry (2)
• Longdancer (1)
• Lonnie Donegan (1)
• Lookalikes (1)
• Lord of the lost (1)
• Lords of the New Church (2)
• Lou Reed (3)
• Loudon Wainwright (2)
• Love / Hate (1)
• Love and Money (2)
• Loyd Grossman (2)
• Lucas Tyson (1)
• Lucy Wainwright Roche (1)
• Luke Jackson (1)
• Lurkers (1)
• Lynda Gail Lewis (1)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd (3)
• Mad Dog (1)
• Madness (4)
• Madonna (3)
• Magazine (3)
• Maggie Bell (3)
• Magic Band (4)
• Magna Carta (1)
• Mahavishnu Orchestra (4)
• Mahogany Rush (1)
• Malcolm McLaren (1)
• Mallard (2)
• Mama's Boys (1)
• Manchester International Festival (1)
• Manfred Mann (1)
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band (2)
• Manic Street Preachers (1)
• Marc Almond (2)
• Marcus Malone (1)
• Mari Wilson & the Wilsations (1)
• Mariah Carey (1)
• Marianne Faithfull (2)
• Marillion (2)
• Marina Celeste (1)
• Mark Ashton (1)
• Mark Knopfler (2)
• Marmalade (2)
• Marseille (2)
• Martha and the Muffins (1)
• martha reeves (1)
• Martin Carthy (1)
• Martin Simpson (1)
• Martin Stephenson & The Daintees (1)
• Martin Turner (1)
• Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash (5)
• Marty Longstaff (1)
• Marty Wilde (1)
• Mary J Blige (1)
• Mary Wilson (1)
• Maryport Blues Festival (2)
• Massive Attack (1)
• Matchbox (1)
• Matching Mole (2)
• Matt Goss (1)
• Max Merritt & the Meteors (1)
• Max Wall (1)
• Max Webster (1)
• Maximo Park (4)
• Meal Ticket (1)
• Meat Loaf (3)
• Medicine Head (2)
• Members (1)
• Men at Work (1)
• Messengers (2)
• Metallica (5)
• Michael Chapman (4)
• Michael Jackson (1)
• Michael Monroe (1)
• Michael Schenker (4)
• Michel Legrand (1)
• Mick Abrahams (1)
• Mick Ronson (1)
• Mick Taylor (4)
• Mickey Jupp (1)
• Midnight Oil (1)
• Mighty Diamonds (1)
• Mike Absalom (1)
• Mike and the Mechanics (1)
• mike dawes (1)
• Mike Garry (1)
• Mike Garson (2)
• Mike Oldfield (4)
• Mike Sanchez (1)
• Mink De Ville (1)
• Mo-dettes (1)
• Mollie Marriott (1)
• Molly Hatchett (1)
• Monochrome Set (1)
• Montrose (2)
• Monty Pythons Flying Circus (3)
• Moody Blues (6)
• Moondogs (1)
• Morrissey (7)
• Mostly Autumn (1)
• Motley Crue (4)
• Motorhead (7)
• Mott the Hoople (10)
• Moulettes (1)
• Mountain (2)
• Ms Dynamite (1)
• Muddy Waters (1)
• Muhammad Ali (1)
• Mungo Jerry (2)
• N.E.R.D. (1)
• Naked Lunch (1)
• Nancy Kerr (1)
• Nancy Sinatra (1)
• Nash the Slash (2)
• Nashville Teens (2)
• Natural Acoustic Band (1)
• Nazareth (8)
• Neil Diamond (1)
• Neil Young (3)
• Neneh Cherry (1)
• New Amen Corner (1)
• New Barbarians (1)
• New Hearts (1)
• New Order (5)
• New York Dolls (1)
• Nick Cave (5)
• Nick Harper (1)
• Nick Heyward (1)
• Nick Lowe (3)
• Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets (1)
• Nick Pickett (3)
• Nicky Moore Band (1)
• Nightcaps (1)
• Nightwing (1)
• Nik Kershaw (2)
• Nils Lofgren (5)
• Nine Below Zero (3)
• No Dice (2)
• Noel Gallagher (1)
• Not Sensibles (1)
• O Messy Life (1)
• Old Tennis Shoes (2)
• Olivia Safe (1)
• Only Ones (2)
• Orange Juice (1)
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1)
• Osibisa (2)
• Our Imaginary Friends (1)
• Outlaws (1)
• Ozark Mountain Daredevils (1)
• Ozrik Tentacles (2)
• Ozzy Osbourne (4)
• P J Harvey (1)
• P J Proby (4)
• P P Arnold (2)
• Pacific Eardrum (1)
• Paice Ashton Lord (PAL) (1)
• Pans People (1)
• Paolo Nutini (1)
• Paper Lace (1)
• Passionate Friends (1)
• Passions (1)
• Pat Barker (1)
• Pat Benatar (1)
• Pat Travers (3)
• Patrik Fitzgerald (1)
• Patti Smith (12)
• Paul Inder (1)
• Paul Jones (1)
• Paul Kossoff (1)
• Paul McCartney (10)
• Paul Rodgers (6)
• Paul Simon (3)
• Paul Weller (4)
• Paul Young (3)
• Pauline Murray (2)
• Pearl Jam (3)
• Peggy Seeger (1)
• Penetration (14)
• Pentangle (1)
• Pere Ubu (2)
• Persuasions (2)
• Pet Shop Boys (2)
• Pete Doherty (1)
• Pete Seeger (1)
• Pete Wylie (1)
• Peter Asher (1)
• Peter Frampton (4)
• Peter Gabriel (7)
• Peter Green (2)
• Peter Hammill (1)
• Peter Hook (1)
• Peter Straker (1)
• Pharrell Williams (1)
• Phil Campbell Bastard Sons (1)
• Phil Collins (3)
• Phil Lynott (1)
• Phil Manzanera (1)
• Philip Glass (2)
• Phillip Goodhand-Tait (1)
• Pink Fairies (2)
• Pink Floyd (14)
• Pirates (1)
• Pleasers (1)
• PlumHall (1)
• Poison Girls (2)
• Polecats (1)
• Pop Group (2)
• Portishead (4)
• Praying Mantis (1)
• Prefab Sprout (1)
• Prelude (2)
• Press Studs (1)
• Pretenders (6)
• Pretty Things (3)
• Primal Scream (3)
• Primitives (2)
• Prince Hammer (1)
• Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (1)
• Priscilla Presley (1)
• Proclaimers (1)
• Procol Harum (3)
• Prodigy (1)
• Professor Brian Cox (1)
• Psychedelic Furs (2)
• Public Image Ltd (6)
• Punishment of Luxury (5)
• Punk No 1 (1)
• Queensryche (4)
• Questions (1)
• Quiet Riot (1)
• Quintessence (2)
• Rab Noakes (1)
• Rachel Stevens (1)
• Rachel Sweet (1)
• Racing Cars (1)
• Radiators from Space (1)
• Radio Stars (3)
• Radiohead (4)
• Rainbow (5)
• Rainbow Cottage (1)
• Ralph McTell (1)
• Ramones (2)
• Randy California (3)
• Randy Newman (1)
• Ravi Shankar (1)
• Raw Spirit (1)
• Ray Davies (4)
• Ray Stubbs and his Amazing One Man Blues Band (2)
• Razorlight (3)
• Reading festival (10)
• Red Alert (1)
• Red Guitars (1)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (1)
• Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (1)
• Refugee (1)
• Regina Spektor (1)
• Renaissance (1)
• Reo Speedwagon (1)
• Rezillos (2)
• Rich Kids (1)
• Richard and Linda Thompson (2)
• Richard Ashcroft (3)
• Richard Hawley (3)
• Richard Hell and the Voidoids (2)
• Richard Thompson (5)
• Richie Havens (1)
• Rick Astley (1)
• Rick Wakeman (8)
• Riff Raff (1)
• Ringo Starr (2)
• Rip Rig and Panic (1)
• Ritchie Blackmore (5)
• Roachford (1)
• Robbie Williams (2)
• Robert Cray (2)
• Robert Fripp (1)
• Robert Palmer (1)
• Robert Plant (12)
• Robert Randolph (1)
• Robert Wyatt (1)
• Robin George (1)
• Robin Trower (7)
• Robyn Hitchcock (1)
• Rock Music (3)
• Rockpile (2)
• rod argent (1)
• Rod Stewart (17)
• Rodrigo y Gabriela (2)
• Roger Chapman (6)
• Roger Daltrey (3)
• Roger McGuinn (3)
• Roger Waters (3)
• Rolf Harris (1)
• Rolling Stones (19)
• Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance (2)
• Ronnie Spector (1)
• Ronnie Wood (2)
• Root Boy Slim (1)
• Rory Gallagher (12)
• Rosalie Deighton (1)
• Rose Tattoo (1)
• Rough Diamond (1)
• Roundhouse Rising (1)
• Roxy Music (11)
• Roy Harper (17)
• Roy Wood (5)
• Roy Young (1)
• Royal Blood (1)
• Royal Northern Sinfonia (1)
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1)
• Rubettes (1)
• Rufus Wainwright (3)
• Runaways (1)
• Ruts DC (2)
• Ry Cooder (1)
• Sad Cafe (1)
• Sadista Sisters (2)
• Sadistic Mika Band (1)
• Saltgrass (1)
• Sam Fender (1)
• Sammy Hagar (3)
• Sandie Shaw (1)
• Sandy Denny (1)
• Santana (4)
• Sarah Brightman (1)
• Sassafras (3)
• Saving Grace (2)
• Savoy Brown (1)
• Scissor Sisters (1)
• Scorpions (8)
• Scott Hepple and the Sun Band (1)
• Scott Matthews (1)
• Screaming Lord Sutch (1)
• seasick steve (1)
• Secret Affair (1)
• Seekers (1)
• Sensational Alex Harvey Band (11)
• Sex Gang Children (1)
• Sex Pistols (5)
• Sha Na Na (1)
• Shakin' Stevens (1)
• Sham 69 (3)
• Shanghai (2)
• Sheena Easton (1)
• Shift-Static (12)
• Shilpa Ray (1)
• Shinedown (1)
• Showaddywaddy (2)
• Showbiz Kids (1)
• Shuggie Otis (1)
• Sigue Sputnik (1)
• Silent Running (1)
• Silverhead (2)
• Simian Mobile Disco (1)
• Simon and Garfunkel (2)
• Simple Minds (2)
• Simply Red (2)
• Sinead O'Connor (1)
• Siouxsie (1)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees (9)
• Skid Row (2)
• Skid Row (USA) (1)
• Skitby House Band (1)
• Slaughter (1)
• Slaughter and the Dogs (1)
• Sledgehammer (1)
• Small Faces (2)
• Smith Perkins and Smith (1)
• Snoop Dog (1)
• Snow Patrol (1)
• Soft Boys (1)
• Soft Cell (1)
• Soft Machine (4)
• Sons and Daughters (1)
• Sons of the Seventies (1)
• Sound 11 (1)
• Soundgarden (1)
• Southern Comfort (1)
• Southside Johnny (2)
• Spandau Ballet (3)
• Speedometors (2)
• Spencer Davis (2)
• Spencer James (1)
• Spice Girls (2)
• Splinter (1)
• Split Enz (1)
• Spontaneous Combustion (2)
• Squeeze (8)
• Stackridge (3)
• Stan Webb (4)
• Starsailor (1)
• Status Quo (35)
• Stealers Wheel (2)
• Steamhammer (2)
• Steel Pulse (1)
• Steeleye Span (4)
• Steely Dan (1)
• Stephen Stills (1)
• Steppenwolf (1)
• Stereophonics (1)
• Steve Brown Band (2)
• Steve Cropper (1)
• Steve Davis (1)
• Steve Earle (1)
• Steve Ellis (3)
• Steve Gibbons (3)
• Steve Hackett (4)
• Steve Harley (10)
• Steve Hillage (5)
• Steve Howe (3)
• Steve Marriott (1)
• Steve Miller (1)
• Steve Rodgers (1)
• Steven Severin (1)
• Stevie Winwood (4)
• Stevie Wonder (3)
• Stiff Little Fingers (5)
• Stockholm Monsters (1)
• Stone the Crows (2)
• Storm Chorus (1)
• Stranglers (14)
• Strawbs (6)
• Stray Cats (1)
• Streets (1)
• Streetwalkers (6)
• Stretch (1)
• Strider (3)
• String Driven Thing (2)
• Stuart Maconie (1)
• Style Council (3)
• Subway Sect (1)
• Sugar Kane (1)
• Suicide (1)
• Sunshine (1)
• Sunshine Underground (1)
• Super Furry Animals (1)
• Supercharge (3)
• Supergrass (1)
• Supertramp (3)
• Susan Tedeschi (1)
• Sutherland Brothers (5)
• Sutherland Brothers and Quiver (2)
• Suzanne Vega (2)
• Suzi Quatro (2)
• Sweet Savage (1)
• Swinging Blue Jeans (2)
• T'Pau (1)
• Take That (2)
• Talk Talk (1)
• Talking Heads (1)
• Tangerine Dream (3)
• Teardrop Explodes (2)
• Tears for Fears (5)
• Techno Twins (1)
• Ted Nugent (2)
• Television (1)
• Ten Pole Tudor (2)
• Ten Years After (5)
• Tennent and Morrison (1)
• Terra Nova (1)
• Terraplane (1)
• Terry Reid (1)
• Terry Sylvester (1)
• The Adverts (3)
• The Alarm (2)
• The Animals (9)
• The Animals and Friends (1)
• The Archers (1)
• The Arctic Monkeys (1)
• The Band (1)
• The Beat (2)
• The Big G (1)
• The Boys (1)
• The Bureau (1)
• The Chieftains (1)
• The Clash (6)
• The Coral (2)
• The Cribs (1)
• The Cult (1)
• The Cure (4)
• The Damned (1)
• The Dandy Warhols (1)
• The Dead Weather (1)
• The Doors (3)
• The Drifters (1)
• The Drones (1)
• The Dubliners (2)
• The Enid (3)
• The Faces (1)
• The Fall (3)
• The Fortunes (3)
• The Hollies (13)
• The Horrors (1)
• The Jess Roden Band (1)
• The Jesus and Mary Chain (1)
• The Kaiser Chiefs (1)
• The Last Shadow Puppets (1)
• The Magpie Arc (1)
• The Manfreds (1)
• The Members (3)
• The Merseybeats (2)
• The Mission (2)
• The Monkees (2)
• The Moody Blues (2)
• The Motors (4)
• The Nice (1)
• The Nightingales (1)
• The One Hundred (1)
• The Osmonds (1)
• The Parrots (1)
• The Period (1)
• The Pogues (2)
• The Police (3)
• The Pretty Things (5)
• The Prodigy (1)
• The Residents (1)
• The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1)
• the Rubettes (1)
• The Searchers (3)
• The Selecter (2)
• The Set (1)
• The Shadows (2)
• The Shining Levels (6)
• The Slits (3)
• The Smiths (7)
• The Specials (3)
• The Stone Roses (2)
• The Stooges (1)
• The Supremes (1)
• The Sweet (5)
• The Tremeloes (3)
• The Trems (1)
• The Troggs (1)
• The Vibrators (3)
• The Wailers (2)
• The Wall (1)
• The Who (28)
• The Wombles (1)
• The Yardbirds (1)
• The Zombies (4)
• The Zutons (1)
• Theatre of Hate (1)
• They Might Be Giants (1)
• Thin Lizzy (16)
• Third World (1)
• Thomas Dolby (1)
• Thompson Twins (1)
• Thunder (1)
• Tik and Tok (1)
• Tim Buckley (1)
• Tim Hardin (2)
• Tim Rose (1)
• Tin Machine (1)
• Tina Turner (1)
• Todd Rundgren (2)
• Tom A Smith (1)
• Tom Jones (2)
• Tom Paxton (1)
• Tom Petty (2)
• Tom Robinson (3)
• Tom Rush (1)
• Tom Waits (1)
• Tommy Bruce (1)
• Tommy Vance (1)
• Tony Christie (1)
• Tony Jackson (1)
• Tony McPhee (13)
• Toots & the Maytals (1)
• Tori Amos (1)
• Tornadoes (1)
• Tourists (4)
• Toy Dolls (2)
• Traffic (2)
• Trapeze (4)
• Treatment (1)
• Trevor Burton (1)
• Trimmer & Jenkins (2)
• Tubular Bells (4)
• Twisted Sister (3)
• Tygers of Pan Tang (4)
• Tyla Gang (1)
• UK Subs (1)
• Uli Jon Roth (2)
• Ultravox! (7)
• Uncategorised (14)
• Uncle Acid and the Dead Beats (1)
• Undertones (1)
• Unicorn (1)
• Union Gap (1)
• Uriah Heep (19)
• Utopia Strong (1)
• Van Der Graaf Generator (5)
• Van Halen (4)
• Van Morrison (7)
• Vanity Fare (4)
• Velvert Revolver (2)
• Verba Verba (1)
• Vic Godard and Subway Sect (1)
• Vice Versa (1)
• Village (1)
• Vin Garbutt (1)
• Vinegar Joe (4)
• Vini Reilly (1)
• vintage rock (2)
• Virgil and the Accelerators (1)
• Vitamin Z (1)
• Voyager (1)
• Wagon Wheels (1)
• War of the Worlds (1)
• Waterboys (2)
• Wayne County (1)
• Wayne Kramer (1)
• Waysted (2)
• We've Got A Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It!! (1)
• Wendy & the Rocketts (1)
• West Bruce and Laing (2)
• White Heat (1)
• White Lies (1)
• White Noise (1)
• White Spirit (2)
• Whitesnake (12)
• Widowmaker (2)
• Wild Angels (1)
• Wild Horses (1)
• Wilko Johnson (3)
• Will Young (2)
• Willie Nelson (1)
• Windsor Free Festival (1)
• Winkies (1)
• Wishbone Ash (23)
• Wizzard (2)
• Woody Woodmansey (1)
• Wrathchild (1)
• Wreckless Eric (4)
• X Ray Spex (1)
• Y&T (1)
• Yoko Ono (3)
• Young Blood (1)
• Young Knives (1)
• Young Marble Giants (1)
• Youssou N'Dour (1)
• Yvonne Elliman (1)
• Z Z Top (4)
• Zaine Griff (1)
• Zappa plays Zappa (3)
• Zerra One (1)
• Zoot Money (1)

Blog at WordPress.com.

• Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
• Subscribe Subscribed
• Copy shortlink
• Report this content
• View post in Reader
• Manage subscriptions
• Collapse this bar

The Archive

View at 1280 x 1024 for best results .

Last update Jan 2012

This is what 120,00 Queen fans in a field look like -Knebworth 1986

    U nfortunately, Mercury was to fall victim to the dread epidemic that decimated the gay community in the 80s. He contracted AIDS and as there was no way to slow the progression of the illness at the time, he succumbed to the disease in 1991, only announcing that he was HIV positive the day before his death .

    I t was day of perfect weather , so there were not mud baths or masses of cars to dig out, but there was a huge crowd and the approaches to the park were heavily clogged with traffic for up to five miles around the site. The crowd was let in to the arena around 9 am and they had a long wait , as the first band, the unfortunate "Beloius Some " was badly treated by the crowd. Mr Some, aka Neville Keighley, was well known in the emerging dance scene but was NOT the sort of act to go down well at a Queen concert . He was bottled ,although most of the plastic containers thrown at him did not connect . Those hit by the containers threw them back at others and a jolly good time was had by all.. we don't think....

   T here were hour long gaps between the bands ( quite reasonable by Knebworth standards , which had been known to stretch out to three hours or more ) and Status Quo were well received when they took to the stage. The band were sporting two new members in the form of a new rhythm section . Quo were nearly always a good band at a festival and this time round proved to be no exception. It seems the highlight of their act was when a roadie stole the show by climbing onto the top of the stage and successfully managing to upstage the band by pretending to play a large cutout guitar whilst head banging frantically. The band were rumoured to have sacked him for this transgression . Quo were on early ( normally they would have been expected to come on just before Queen , but they were playing another gig later on in the day, so they had to nick off .

     T his left the Scottish tinged act Big Country, to pave the way for the headliners,. Big Country were quite popular in the 80s,although they never had massive hits, their album ' The Seer" did chart at number 2 in 1986, but for all that , they were rather strange band to be on this bill, as they would not seem to appeal particularly to Queen fans . Their music had a celtic feel to it and really did not connect to the populistic and anthemic Queen tunes , but who knows, perhaps they were on the bill because members of Queen liked them..... or perhaps because they were not likely to outperform Queen and thus steal their glory ...

    J ust how well Big Country went down is arguable as reported sources vary, with quote regarding them doing four encores to none at all ! They were the recipients of a full 2 litre bottle of something or other thrown from the crowds, but they got better reception than Beloius Some .

My son ,daughter and son in law were all at this concert, but we don't recall seeing Status Quo at all, and no we hadn't been drinking as all bags were checked on entry. Queen were spectacular, and we recall Big Country. My son put me on his shoulders so that I could see more. At this time I was living in Hoddesdon Herts and so it was much easier for us to get back to the pub I was managing with my 'ex'. However I did have blood on my trainers and never could quite work out where it had come from, but who knows when you are enjoying yourselves and singing along you get lost in the Queen 'magic' . There will never be another Freddie, and I still have my program and t.shirt. Regards Ann Randerson

I found your website whilst searching for some info on who the fourth support act was for the concert - I was there but had completely forgotten the completely inconsequential pop act Belouis Some were the fourth act. I couldn't work out why at the time and still can't now, but perhaps it was because the gig was arranged quite late after Queen couldn't get an extra night at Wembley. We were standing just behind and to the left of the big tree in the first photo from the stage but had a clear view of the stage. We got there fairly late because of the long traffic queues and thought we were near the back due to the large number of people in front of us. The next day we saw footage on the news (because of the stabbing) and realised that we were about one third of the way back from the stage, not at the back at all. I liked Big Country, Status Quo and Queen, although I wouldn't have bought tickets if it wasn't for a girl I fancied who was a big fan (I asked her out to the concert and we got married 6 years later, to the day, and are still together). As far as I remember, Status Quo seemed a bit flat maybe because they were on quite early. To me it didn't seem strange that they were on before Big Country because they were already in decline by this time and their popularity was waning. Big Country seemd to be better received where we were although many people were still sitting down throughout both their and Status Quo's sets. Queen did a very good set, very much a greatest hits, and tracks such as Radio Gaga stick in the memory. It also featured several (I think four) tracks from the current album, a kind of magic, which in my view was not their greatest work but went down okay. I had completely forgotten about the lack of lights after the show, but your website jogged my memory of having to find our way back to the car. It wasn't pitch black though and I have a good sense of direction so we found our way back quickly. Unfortunately our car was in the field nearest the exit so by the time we had walked there lots of cars had already queued up to get out of the concert and nobody was letting any cars from our field into the queue. Despite their only being less than 10 cars in front of us in the queue from the field and only being about 50m from the exit onto the main road it was 3-4 hours before we got out - and then I had to drive home. After a great day though, I really didn't care. I feel quite priviliged to have been at Queen's last concert.

On random surfing tonight just looked at your website on the above. I was one of the first in the grounds that day with my ex. Have lots of memories and also a scrap book with a few things in it, even a poly bag i think!!! Sadly, I also tried to resuscitate the guy that was stabbed & have never forgot him. I was sitting on the boards for the lighting structure not too far from the stage. We had to sleep in the car overnight as no-one was going anywhere that night by car!!! let me know if you want more, have magazine pics from a few days later.

I was there! I stumbled across your page on the concert & the photos took me right back. I used to have a copy of the Live Magic video, where I could be seen nodding out of time to the music. That was how I ended up on your page - my wife wanted to see the footage. I was front row for the whole thing, in front of John Deacon. A superb day. I have a few distinct recollections of that concert. Firstly that I never liked Big Country, but live they were brilliant. Even went to one of their concerts in Aberdeen later. Still never took to their albums though!

Secondly, I remember it being a stunning day & when Status Quo came on, suddenly there was just the most almighty push as 120,000 people came towards the stage. Then, when I looked round, up the hill at all those people, there were sort of shimmering clouds against the blue sky - turned out it was clouds of sweat which was pretty rank. I also seem to remember the Status Quo bass player, who was pretty young then, just looked chuffed to the gutties to be on stage with the Quo.

To this day, and after many other concerts, Queens performance still stands out as one of the best I've seen. Cracking music, a storming performance from the front man & the other three all great musicians & performers. Still got the t-shirt, though it certainly doesn't fit any more! They need ro re-release that Live Magic video on DVD so I can prove to my wife I wasn't always fat wi nae hair! Cheers. Des.

Took me 3.5 hours to find my motorbike after the concert only to find the battery dead; couldn't have cared less. I was about 150 feet from the stage. The bit where Freddie stood at the front of the stage and sang short pieces that the audience sang back - unforgetable! 125,000 people singing Bohemian Rhapsody with Freddie - Overwhelming. There will never be anything like it again in my lifetime. Miss you Freddie. M.

(Used under creative commons licence , the original can be found at http://www.memoryarchive.org/)

JUST NOTICED YOUR REVIEW, I WAS THERE; AND CONTRARY TO YOUR COMMENTS QUO WERE LIKE A PUB BAND IN COMPARISON WITH QUEEN, WHEN THEY WERE ON, THERE WAS NOT A FULL CROWD AND MOST PEOPLE REMAINED SEATED DURING THEIR SET. I HAVE SEEN MOST OF THE MEGA-BANDS AND AFTER ATTENDING THIS GIG PROVED NONE OF THEM CAN COME EVEN CLOSE TO A QUEEN PERFORMANCE. CHEERS W.K.H.

The 86 Queen show was truly magnificent - even better than their Wembley show.You cite the Quo coming on early due to other commitments that evening - the rumours at the time it was because the drummer had the squits and needed to come on during a "lull" - far more rock'n'roll. You don't mention the food fights though - these spilled over from the steps of Wembley (much throwing of tomato sandwiches) and were much more good natured than the wee-filled bottle fights, Highlights were a hail of pork pies aimed at a presumably drunk guy sitting on someone's shoulders yelling "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough". I have no memory of the lights going out, but I do know it took 5 hours to get out of the car park! Keep up the good work! Rob

I was there too; I remember the plastic bottle wars, the massive queues to get out. the roady on the roof during status quo but it was a fantastic event Queen blew everyone way. My personal story is we waited for ages to get a fresh piece of melon from the stall for my Mrs took it back to or spot and some huge great beefy hells Angel looking quo fan narrowly missed putting his foot on it. My Mrs (Girlfriend at the time) slapped the back of his legs!!!!! We all thought we are all going to DIE! But he looked down at her (a tiny little 18year old girl and he just looked so totally shocked that she had slapped him) and said "oh sorry love!" Really funny !! It was a very chilled out summers day when different music fans just got along Great day Paul Foxley

Recordings and setlists.

Thanks to Simon and Phil for the setlists :-)

More info about this concert can also be found at the Knebworth House site and at Rip Gooch's site , which contains substantial portions of text from the now out of print book Knebworth Rock Festivals, by Chryssie Lytton Cobbold .

Can we get a witness ?

    W e have been endeavouring to collect as many recordings of the artists that featured at these concerts as possible, so we can effectively review the performances, provide set lists and band line-ups. Any info displayed on these pages or which is sent to us for review remains the copyright of the contributor and the Archive makes NO PROFIT from its use. The intention is to also display as many personal histories of the festival as possible for the benefit of readers of the site and we welcome all written contributions, no matter how long or short. If you can contribute in any way, with tapes, reviews , photos or personal histories, please Contact us .

Knebworth Concerts 1974-86

Knebworth links

• Limited edition reprints of the Knebworth festivals are available here
• Memorabilia from various early British rock Festivals can be seen here
• Original '76 posters and '79 tickets
• The Knebworth House festival pages

Back to the main Archive.

Status Quo Concerts 1980s

• View history

06.03.81 - St. Austell, England - Coliseum 07.03.81 - St. Austell, England - Coliseum 09.03.81 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 10.03.81 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 11.03.81 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 12.03.81 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 13.03.81 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 14.03.81 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 15.03.81 - Manchester, England - Apollo Theatre 16.03.81 - Manchester, England - Apollo Theatre 18.03.81 - Glasgow, Scotland - Apollo Theatre 19.03.81 - Glasgow, Scotland - Apollo Theatre 21.03.81 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 22.03.81 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 24.03.81 - Rouen, France - Chapiteau Parc Expo 25.03.81 - Le Mans, France - Salle De La Rotonde 27.03.81 - Brussels, Belgium - Forest National 28.03.81 - Rotterdam, Holland - Ahoy 29.03.81 - Dortmund, Germany - Westfalenhalle 30.03.81 - Dusseldorf, Germany - Philipshalle 01.04.81 - Munster, Germany - Munsterlandhalle 03.04.81 - Drammen, Norway - Drammenshallen 04.04.81 - Stockholm, Sweden - Isstadion 05.04.81 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Falkoner Theatre 07.04.81 - Hamburg, Germany - Ernst-Merck-Halle 08.04.81 - Hannover, Germany - Niedersachsenhalle 09.04.81 - Bremen, Germany - Stadthalle 11.04.81 - Kassel, Germany - Eissporthalle 12.04.81 - Crailsheim, Germany - Sporthalle 13.04.81 - Nuremberg, Germany - Hemmerleinhalle 14.04.81 - Ludwigshafen, Germany - Friedrich-Ebert-Halle 15.04.81 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle 16.04.81 - Sindelfingen, Germany - Messehalle 18.04.81 - Russelsheim, Germany - Walter-Kobel-Halle 19.04.81 - Saarbrucken, Germany - Saarlandhalle 20.04.81 - Freiburg, Germany - Stadthalle 22.04.81 - Ortisei, Italy - Palazzo del Ghiaccio 23.04.81 - Bologna, Italy - Palasport 24.04.81 - San Remo, Italy - Football Stadium 26.04.81 - Rome, Italy - Palasport 27.04.81 - Udine, Italy - Palasport 28.04.81 - Mestre, Italy - Palasport 29.04.81 - Torino, Italy - Palasport 30.04.81 - Cantu, Italy - Palasport 02.05.81 - Winterthur, Switzerland - Eulachalle 03.05.81 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Palais De Beaulieu 04.05.81 - Nice, France - Esplanade 05.05.81 - Marseille, France - Parc Chanot 06.05.81 - Barcelona, Spain - Palacio Deportivo 08.05.81 - Madrid, Spain - Pabellon Deportivo 10.05.81 - Cascais, Portugal - Casino 11.05.81 - Porto, Portugal - O' Club 14.05.81 - Colomiers, France - Hall Comminges 15.05.81 - Bordeaux, France - Parc Des Expositions 16.05.81 - Nantes, France - Parc De La Beaujoire 18.05.81 - Paris, France - Hippodrome De Pantin 19.05.81 - Grenoble, France - Alpexpo 20.05.81 - Dijon, France - Palais Des Sports 21.05.81 - Strasbourg, France - Hall Du Wacken 22.05.81 - Metz, France - Parc Des Expositions 23.05.81 - Lille, France - Palais Des Sports May 26-28, 1981 Wembley Arena, London, ENG May 29, 1981 Spa Pavilion, Bridlington, ENG May 30, 1981 Deeside Leisure Centre, Chester, ENG May 31, 1981 Market Hall, Carlisle, ENG June 2-3, 1981 Gaumont, Southampton, ENG

15.04.82 - Cork, Ireland - City Hall 16.04.82 - Galway, Ireland - Leisureland 17.04.82 - Castlebar, Ireland - Royal Ballroom 18.04.82 - Navan, Ireland - Exhibition Centre 19.04.82 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Antrim Forum 20.04.82 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Antrim Forum 23.04.82 - Chester, England - Deeside Leisure Centre 24.04.82 - Chester, England - Deeside Leisure Centre 26.04.82 - Bridlington, England - Spa Pavilion 27.04.82 - Bridlington, England - Spa Pavilion 28.04.82 - Bridlington, England - Spa Pavilion 30.04.82 - Glasgow, Scotland - Apollo Theatre 01.05.82 - Glasgow, Scotland - Apollo Theatre 03.05.82 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 04.05.82 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 05.05.82 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 06.05.82 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 07.05.82 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 08.05.82 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 09.05.82 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 13.05.82 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 14.05.82 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 15.05.82 - London, England - Brixton Fair Deal 17.05.82 - Brighton, England - Conference Centre 20.05.82 - St. Austell, England - Coliseum 21.05.82 - St. Austell, England - Coliseum 23.05.82 - Leiden, Holland - Groendenhalle 24.05.82 - Brussels, Belgium - Forest National 26.05.82 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle 28.05.82 - Dortmund, Germany - Westfallenhalle 29.05.82 - Wurzburg, Germany - Open Air 30.05.82 - Wurzburg, Germany - Festival 31.05.82 - Freiburg, Germany - Festival 09.08.82 - Skanderborg, Denmark - Open Air August 21, 1982 Castle Donnington, Derby, ENG

11.04.84 - Dublin, Ireland - Royal Dublin Showgrounds 12.04.84 - Dublin, Ireland - Royal Dublin Showgrounds 13.04.84 - Cork, Ireland - City Hall 14.04.84 - Cork, Ireland - City Hall 15.04.84 - Cork, Ireland - City Hall 17.04.84 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Kings Hall 18.04.84 - Galway, Ireland - Leisureland 23.04.84 - Ulm, Germany - Stadthalle 24.04.84 - Hannover, Germany - Kl. Eilenriedehalle 25.04.84 - Offenbach, Germany - Stadthalle 26.04.84 - Munich, Germany - Cirkus Krone 27.04.84 - Heilbronn, Germany - Eisbahn 29.04.84 - Osnabruck, Germany - Stadthalle 30.04.84 - Cologne, Germany - Sporthalle 01.05.84 - Kassel, Germany - Stadthalle 03.05.84 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Falkoner Theatre 04.05.84 - Stockholm, Sweden - Isstadion 05.05.84 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Scandinavium 08.05.84 - Zwolle, Holland - Ijsselhallen 10.05.84 - Paris, France - Le Zenith 11.05.84 - Besancon, France - Palais Des Sports 12.05.84 - Montreux, Switzerland - TV Festival 13.05.84 - Basel, Switzerland - Sporthalle 14.05.84 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Palais De Beaulieu 15.05.84 - Lyon, France - Palais D'Hiver 25.05.84 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 26.05.84 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 27.05.84 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 28.05.84 - Ipswich, England - Gaumont Theatre 29.05.84 - Ipswich, England - Gaumont Theatre 30.05.84 - Manchester, England - Apollo Theatre 31.05.84 - Manchester, England - Apollo Theatre 01.06.84 - Chester, England - Deeside Leisure Centre 05.06.84 - Leicester, England - De Montfort Hall 06.06.84 - Leicester, England - De Montfort Hall 07.06.84 - Stoke, England - Trentham Gardens 08.06.84 - Stoke, England - Trentham Gardens 09.06.84 - Newcastle, England - City Hall 10.06.84 - Newcastle, England - City Hall 12.06.84 - Glasgow, Scotland - Apollo Theatre 13.06.84 - Glasgow, Scotland - Apollo Theatre 14.06.84 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Playhouse Theatre 15.06.84 - Aberdeen, Scotland - Capitol Theatre 16.06.84 - Dundee, Scotland - Caird Hall 18.06.84 - Blackpool, England - Opera House 19.06.84 - Bridlington, England - Spa Pavilion 20.06.84 - Bridlington, England - Spa Pavilion 21.06.84 - Bridlington, England - Spa Pavilion 24.06.84 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 25.06.84 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 26.06.84 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 27.06.84 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 28.06.84 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 29.06.84 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 30.06.84 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 02.07.84 - Oxford, England - Apollo Theatre 03.07.84 - Oxford, England - Apollo Theatre 04.07.84 - Shepton Mallet, England - Showering Pavilion 06.07.84 - St. Austell, England - Cornwall Coliseum 07.07.84 - St. Austell, England - Cornwall Coliseum 08.07.84 - Poole, England - Arts Centre 09.07.84 - Southampton, England - Gaumont Theatre 10.07.84 - Southampton, England - Gaumont Theatre 14.07.84 - London, England - Selhurst Park 21.07.84 - Milton Keynes, England - Bowl

13.07.85 - London, England - Wembley Stadium )Live Aid)

02.05.86 - Linz, Austria - Stadthalle 05.05.86 - Vienna, Austria - Stadtfest 06.05.86 - Linz, Austria - Stadthalle 09.05.86 - Innsbruck, Austria - Kongresshaus 13.05.86 - Algard, Norway - Kongeparken 17.05.86 - Bruchhausen, Germany - Festival 19.05.86 - Bremen, Germany - Festival 14.06.86 - Aalgaard, Norway - Festival 15.06.86 - Bergen, Norway - Nygaardsparken 21.06.86 - Brussels, Belgium - Union Stadium

July 5, 1986 Inselwiese, Dinkelsbühl, GER (Out In The Green '86 Festival supporting Jethro Tull, with Rory Gallagher, Lee Aaron, Nazareth & Magnum)

July 6, 1986 Loreley Freilichtbühne, St. Goarshausen, GER (Out In The Green '86 Festival supporting Jethro Tull, with Rory Gallagher, Graham Parker & The Shot, Nazareth, Magnum & Jason Bonham's Virginia Wolf)

July 9, 1986 St. James Park, Newcastle, ENG July 11-12, 1986 Wembley Stadium, London, ENG (Supporting Queen) July 13, 1986 Stade Francis Le Ble, Brest, FRA July 14, 1986 Drachten, NED (Veenhoop Festival) July 16, 1986 Maine Road, Manchester, ENG July 26, 1986 Lappajarvi, FIN (Tulivuori Festival) 09.08.86 - Knebworth, England - Park 03.10.86 - Swindon, England - Faringdon Park 08.10.86 - Oslo, Norway - Skelsmohallen 10.10.86 - Stockholm, Sweden - Eriksdalshallen 11.10.86 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Scandinavium 12.10.86 - Lund, Sweden - Olympen 13.10.86 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Saga 15.10.86 - Osnabruck, Germany - Stadthalle 16.10.86 - Berlin, Germany - Metropol 18.10.86 - Oldenburg, Germany - Weser-Ems-Halle 19.10.86 - Dusseldorf, Germany - Philipshalle 20.10.86 - Offenbach, Germany - Stadthalle 21.10.86 - Ulm, Germany - Donauhalle 23.10.86 - Saarbrucken, Germany - Sporthalle Volkingen 24.10.86 - Mannheim, Germany - Rosengarten 25.10.86 - Lauda, Germany - Tauber-Frankanhalle 27.10.86 - Stuttgart, Germany - Stadthalle 28.10.86 - Munich, Germany - Cirkus Krone 29.10.86 - Nuremberg, Germany - Hemmerleinhalle 31.10.86 - Winterthur, Switzerland - Eulachhalle 02.11.86 - Offenburg, Germany - Oberrheinhalle 07.11.86 - Brussels, Belgium - Forest National 09.11.86 - Den Bosh, Holland - Maasport 15.11.86 - Cork, Ireland - City Hall 16.11.86 - Cork, Ireland - City Hall 17.11.86 - Galway, Ireland - Leisure Centre 19.11.86 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Maysfield Leisure Centre 20.11.86 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Maysfield Leisure Centre 21.11.86 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Maysfield Leisure Centre 23.11.86 - Dublin, Ireland - S.F.X. Hall 24.11.86 - Dublin, Ireland - S.F.X. Hall 26.11.86 - Bournemouth, England - B.I.C. 28.11.86 - Leicester, England - De Montfort Hall 29.11.86 - Liverpool, England - Royal Court 01.12.86 - Brighton, England - Brighton Centre 02.12.86 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 03.12.86 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 04.12.86 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 06.12.86 - Bradford, England - St. Georges Hall 07.12.86 - Bradford, England - St. Georges Hall 08.12.86 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Playhouse Theatre 09.12.86 - Glasgow, Scotland - S.E. & C.C. 11.12.86 - Whitley Bay, England - Ice Rink 13.12.86 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 14.12.86 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 15.12.86 - Sheffield, England - City Hall 16.12.86 - Sheffield, England - City Hall 18.12.86 - St. Austell, England - Cornwall Coliseum 19.12.86 - St. Austell, England - Cornwall Coliseum 21.12.86 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 22.12.86 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 23.12.86 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon 24.12.86 - London, England - Hammersmith Odeon

27.02.87 - Kempten, Germany - Mehrzweckhalle Waldenhofen 28.02.87 - Augsburg, Germany - Sporthalle 01.03.87 - Lucerne, Switzerland - Festhalle 02.03.87 - Regensburg, Germany - Donauhalle 04.03.87 - Siegen, Germany - Siegerlandhalle 05.03.87 - Kiel, Germany - Ostseehalle 06.03.87 - Hildesheim, Germany - Sporthalle 08.03.87 - Hamburg, Germany - Alsterdorfer Sporthalle 09.03.87 - Kaiserslautern, Germany - Barbarossahalle 10.03.87 - Strasbourg, France - Hall Tivoli 11.03.87 - Paris, France - Le Zenith 13.03.87 - Annecy, France - Festival 14.03.87 - Nice, France - Theatre De Verdure 15.03.87 - Montpellier, France - Le Zenith 16.03.87 - Toulouse, France - New Gymnase 18.03.87 - Lyon, France - Bourse Du Travail 19.03.87 - Lille, France - Salle Espace 20.03.87 - Petange, Luxembourg - Centre Sportif 22.03.87 - Clermont Ferrand, France - Maison Des Sports 25.03.87 - Al Manamah, Bahrain - Holiday Inn 26.03.87 - Muscat, Oman - Open Air 28.03.87 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Al Nasr Leisureland 07.07.87 - Zwettl, Austria - Stadtplat 08.07.87 - Vienna, Austria - Donavinsel 10.07.87 - Wels, Austria - Festival 11.07.87 - Dinkelsbuhl, Germany - Inselweise 12.07.87 - Frauenfeld, Switzerland - Out In The Green Festival 13.07.87 - Velden, Austria - Central Park 15.07.87 - Velden, Austria - Central Park 16.07.87 - Graz, Austria - Schlossberg 18.07.87 - Paderborn, Germany - Schlossneuhaus July 18, 1987 Odenwaldring, Schaafheim/Babenhausen, GER  (Out In The Green 1987, with Barclay James Harvest, Kansas, Rory Gallagher & Emerson, Lake & Palmer) 19.07.87 - Babenhausen, Germany - Festival 21.07.87 - Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival 24.07.87 - Valencia, Spain - San Jose Stadium 01.08.87 - Madrid, Spain - Sports Palace 08.08.87 - Madrid, Spain - Sports Palace August 9, 1987 Parc Ui Chaoimh, Cork, IRE (Siamsa Cois Lee Festival, with The Pogues, Christy Moore & Wolfe Tones) 12.08.87 - Madrid, Spain - T.V. Show 21.08.87 - Stockholm, Sweden - Isstadion 22.08.87 - Oslo, Norway - Valle Hovin Stadium 24.08.87 - Helsinki, Finland - Ishallen 29.08.87 - Reading, England - Open Air 03.10.87 - Sun City, South Africa - Superbowl 04.10.87 - Sun City, South Africa - Superbowl 09.10.87 - Sun City, South Africa - Superbowl 10.10.87 - Sun City, South Africa - Superbowl 11.10.87 - Sun City, South Africa - Superbowl 07.11.87 - Apeldoorn, Holland - Erica Centrum

10.05.88 - Cork, Ireland - City Hall 11.05.88 - Tralee, Ireland - Horans 13.05.88 - Dublin, Ireland - Royal Dublin Showgrounds 14.05.88 - Galway, Ireland - Leisureland 16.05.88 - Londonderry, Northern Ireland - Templemore Leisure Centre 17.05.88 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Maysfield Leisure Centre 18.05.88 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Maysfield Leisure Centre 21.05.88 - Hamburg, Germany - Alsterdorfer Sporthalle 22.05.88 - Hameln, Germany - Rattenfaengerhalle 24.05.88 - Koblenz, Germany - Rhein-Mosel-Halle 25.05.88 - Stuttgart, Germany - Leiderhalle 26.05.88 - Passau, Germany - Nibelungenhalle 27.05.88 - Munich, Germany - Rudi Sedlmeyer Halle 29.05.88 - Hof, Germany - Freiheitshalle 30.05.88 - Offenbach, Germany - Stadthalle 31.05.88 - Essen, Germany - Grugahalle 01.06.88 - Wurzburg, Germany - Carl-Diem-Halle 03.06.88 - St. Wendel, Germany - Sporthalle 04.06.88 - Neumarkt, Germany - Grosse Jurahalle 05.06.88 - Kaufbeuren, Germany - Eissporthalle 07.06.88 - Augsburg, Germany - Sporthalle 08.06.88 - Neckarsulm, Germany - Balei 09.06.88 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Schwarzwaldhalle 11.06.88 - Berlin, Germany - Messehalle 12.06.88 - Hannover, Germany - Niedersachsenhalle 13.06.88 - Bremen, Germany - Stadthalle 15.06.88 - Emden, Germany - Nordseehalle 24.06.88 - St. Austell, England - Cornwall Coliseum 25.06.88 - St. Austell, England - Cornwall Coliseum 27.06.88 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Playhouse Theatre 28.06.88 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Playhouse Theatre 29.06.88 - Whitley Bay, England - Ice Rink 01.07.88 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 02.07.88 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 04.07.88 - Brighton, England - Brighton Centre 05.07.88 - Brighton, England - Brighton Centre 06.07.88 - London, England - Wembley Arena 07.07.88 - London, England - Wembley Arena 09.07.88 - Frauenfeld, Switzerland - Out In The Green Festival 10.07.88 - Leysin, Switzerland - Festival 15.07.88 - Reikjavik, Iceland - Reiohollin 16.07.88 - Reikjavik, Iceland - Reiohollin August 15-18, 21-22, 24 & 26-31, 1988 Olimpiysky Sportcomplex, Moscow, Russia 07.11.88 - Amstetten, Austria - Johann Polzhalle 08.11.88 - Graz, Austria - Eisch Halle Liebenau 10.11.88 - Innsbruck, Austria - Olympia Eishalle 11.11.88 - Dornbirn, Austria - Stadthalle 13.11.88 - Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle 14.11.88 - Salzburg, Austria - Stadthalle 15.11.88 - Klagenfurt, Austria - Messehalle 19.11.88 - Oviedo, Spain - Sports Palace La Tenderina 20.11.88 - Valladolid, Spain - Festival 22.11.88 - Madrid, Spain - Sports Palace 23.11.88 - Valencia, Spain - Pavilion Sports San Luis 14.12.88 - Paignton, England - Torbay Leisure Centre 15.12.88 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 16.12.88 - Manchester, England - G Mex Centre 18.12.88 - Newport, England - Newport Centre 19.12.88 - Bournemouth, England - B.I.C. 20.12.88 - London, England - Wembley Arena

01.11.89 - Newport, England - Newport Centre 30.11.89 - Newport, England - Newport Centre 01.12.89 - Paignton, England - Torbay Leisure Centre 02.12.89 - Paignton, England - Torbay Leisure Centre 04.12.89 - Peterborough, England - Mallard Park F.C. 05.12.89 - Bridlington, England - Spa Pavilion 06.12.89 - Sheffield, England - City Hall 07.12.89 - Newcastle, England - City Hall 09.12.89 - Carlisle, England - Sands Centre 10.12.89 - Aberdeen, Scotland - Capitol Theatre 11.12.89 - Glasgow, Scotland - S.E. & C.C. 12.12.89 - Manchester, England - G Mex Centre 14.12.89 - Bournemouth, England - B.I.C. 15.12.89 - Brighton, England - Brighton Centre 17.12.89 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 18.12.89 - Birmingham, England - NEC Arena 19.12.89 - London, England - Wembley Arena 20.12.89 - London, England - Wembley Arena

• 1 Jim Croce
• 2 New Seekers

That day that rocked the world: the chaotic story of Status Quo's Live Aid

Live Aid in 1985 was perhaps the greatest rock festival of all, and Status Quo were there to open it

"It’s twelve o’clock in London; it’s seven o’clock in Philadelphia. This is Live Aid."

With this introduction by Richard Skinner still ringing in his ears, Tommy Vance made his own announcement: "And now, to start off sixteen hours of Live Aid, would you welcome, Status Quo!" 

There was only one song the Quo could start with: Rockin’ All Over The World . It epitomised what the event was all about. It epitomised what Quo were all about. Within seconds the crowd was clapping and singing along raucously. Quo rocked on with Caroline and Don’t Waste My Time before saluting the crowd and walking off, just over 12 minutes later. 

It was one of the shortest shows they’d ever played but it was probably the most significant. While Live Aid famously boosted the careers of several bands, most notably Queen and U2, it literally rescued Status Quo who scarcely existed as a group at that time. In fact, they had to be dragooned into playing the concert at all. 

They were also somewhat miffed when they were first asked to open the show. It smacked of being bottom of the bill until they realised that it wasn’t that kind of show at all. In the event, being the first band to appear at Live Aid provided a publicity boost for Quo that no media campaign, however well planned and executed, could possibly have achieved.

After a slow, almost disbelieving start, interest in Live Aid took off at the beginning of July 1985 as the big names began to commit to the event – gradually at first and then in a flood: Paul McCartney , David Bowie , Led Zeppelin , Bob Dylan , Madonna, Mick Jagger , Elton John . 

The BBC had announced that it would be screening the whole 10-hour show at Wembley and then crossing over to Philadelphia for another five hours – unprecedented coverage for a rock concert. All over Britain, millions of people organised their day around the telethon, cramming their Saturday chores into the morning and then settling down in front of the TV later on. 

Classic Rock Newsletter

Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!

It was a hot, sunny July day and as noon approached a palpable sense of expectancy gripped everyone, like waiting for the kick-off at the cup final. And then suddenly it was up and rockin’. All over the world. In America, countless kids who wouldn’t normally have clambered from their pits before 11am at the earliest set their alarms for seven, six and even five o’clock in the morning (in California) and staggered blearily to the TV set to be greeted by Quo’s bonhomie boogie. 

A little early to be rockin’, maybe. But hey, rockin’ all over the world? I mean, these guys really are... It got better for Quo. Throughout the day the Live Aid concert was the main news item on just about every TV and radio station across the planet. And all of them mentioned four salient facts: Live Aid, Bob Geldof, Wembley Stadium and Status Quo. 

By the end of the day, Quo’s place in history was assured. Who was the opening act at Live Aid? It’s been a staple poser of pub quizzes ever since. Too bad then that Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi can only remember this momentous show through a haze of alcohol and cocaine, a popular rock’n’roll cocktail for the band back in the 80s. 

“That whole period is a bit of a blur, frankly,” admitted Rossi. “I mean, I was pretty much out of it most of the time.”

In 1984, Quo had made their intentions clear with their ‘End Of The Road’ tour. After 20 years of touring they were removing themselves from the road to become just a recording band. Except that they weren’t even that. For a start, Alan Lancaster was now living in Australia. 

“There was a lot of conflict within the band, particularly between Francis and Alan,” Parfitt confessed nearly 20 years later. “Feelings were running very high. I was trying to sit on the fence and coax them along but it had got to the point where it stopped being fun and just became a job.” 

However, that hadn’t stopped Rick and Francis from partying on at every opportunity. And they were certainly in party-on mood for the recording of the Band Aid single, Do They Know It’s Christmas . 

“We got a call from our manager saying: ‘Do you want to do this thing?’” remembered Parfitt. “And we knew Bob [Geldof] so we turned up. And there were all these 80s bands there. It was all a bit peculiar. But there was so much coke around, it was outrageous.” 

“I’m not even sure I’d been to bed that night,” added Parfitt. “In those days it was still pretty rock’n’roll. You didn’t really pay too much attention to what you had to do the following day. If there were a few people around and the chance to get out of it, then you went for it!” 

Rick and Francis may have looked somewhat incongruous among the 80s superstar haircuts milling around, but their little corner of the corridor soon became a popular place to hang out and they were getting on famously with everybody... except for Boy George acolyte Marilyn. 

“Marilyn kept going in and out of the loo, but it was the girls’ loo,” Rossi chuckled. “And I got a bit fed up with it and said, ‘Look, why don’t you go into the men’s loo and sit down?’.” 

“I think he was a little confused,” added Parfitt. “Things got a little more confused later when a toilet door came off its hinges in unexplained circumstances.” Francis claimed amnesia at this point, while Rick had a vague memory of a boot being applied to a door but says he doesn’t know whose boot. It’s also unclear what part a roll of gaffer tape may have played in the incident. But when the repair bill showed up at Quo’s office later it was apparently paid without question. By the time it was their turn to put down their vocals on the single Rick had already peaked. 

“I blew it in a big way because I got completely shit-faced and ended up not being able to sing my part,” he admitted. “I tried, and under normal circumstances I would have been able to do it. But I was so out of my tree I couldn’t deal with it. So we kind of glossed over it and Francis sang his bit and then he sang my bit as well.” 

Nevertheless, Rick was still able to claim a prime position when it came to the team photo. 

“Rick was very good at that,” chuckled Rossi. “There was everybody jockeying for position in the photo and Rick elbowed himself in next to Sting.” 

Rick’s even had the triple platinum disc up in his hall to prove it. “I’m very proud of it,” he said, “although I’m not sure I deserve it!”

Spending a day partying with the stars for Band Aid was one thing, but when Geldof asked them to play the Live Aid concert a few months later they had serious doubts. 

“We told him, ‘We’re not really together as a band,’” Rossi recalled. “We said, ‘We’re under-rehearsed. We’re not going to be very good’. And Bob said, ‘It doesn’t matter a fuck what you sound like as long as you’re there’, which I thought was a bit too honest, but that’s Bob for you. He said that if he could get one or two of the older bands to commit then that would kick it all off. Because at that point he couldn’t get anyone to donate their services free of charge: Wembley, the police, British Telecom. 

"And I must admit my first thought was that this guy was trying to feather his own nest. Obviously I regret that now because it became clear very quickly that he really did believe in it and he went with it and made everyone else aware of it.” 

“Of course, nobody knew the impact it would have at the beginning,” Rossi continued, “but even then I was aware that most of big business just kept its head down and thought, ‘We’ll let these rock’n’roll dickheads do this and it will go away’. And it did. And that annoyed me. 

"I mean, there was this British Airways TV advertisement that they’d spent £2 million on, just to tell us they were the world’s favourite airline. And I was thinking, ‘Who gives a shit?’ How often do you book a flight and say, ‘I want to travel on this airline?’. They could have done themselves a lot more favours by giving that money to Live Aid. 

“And the oil companies, they could have donated their budget for that one day’s global advertising – all that stupid bollocks about how ‘our petrol makes your car go faster’ – and we could have raised twice as much. But they didn’t rise to it. And I find that a bit sad,” he concluded with a shrug.

Having agreed to appear, the Quo machine was cranked back into action. Alan Lancaster was contacted Down Under and he agreed to come over for the show. Meanwhile, other big names were now signing up as the event gathered momentum. Gradually a running order began to take shape. It was at that point that Rockin’ All Over The World started to manoeuvre Quo into pole position. 

“I remember a discussion at which they wanted us either at the beginning or at the end,” recalled Rossi. “There was also an idea that we might play Rockin’ All Over The World with Paul McCartney. But our manager was aware of all the jockeying for position that could go on with this kind of mass bill – other managers saying, ‘My artist is not going on before so and so’ and all that stuff.” 

What swung it was TV’s involvement. Once the BBC decided to televise Live Aid – and offer it to the rest of the world – the show took on another dimension. Mike Appleton, the producer of The Old Grey Whistle Test and the man in charge of organising the BBC’s coverage, had no doubts what he wanted to open up with. 

“I wanted to start the whole thing with Rockin’ All Over The World ,” he said. “With Status Quo as the opening act, it was the obvious song to start with. Not very subtle maybe, but it was exactly what the show was about. I think there was some resistance early on because I’m not sure that Quo wanted to go on first. And we were trying to pin down a running order. I think I was part of the forces of persuasion.” 

Not that the band needed much persuading once the nature of the show became clear. 

“I thought it was one of the best spots – to open the whole thing up,” said Parfitt. “It was something very special. Bob had already said that he wanted us at the beginning and we said, ‘Yeah, fine’. We didn’t want to be in the middle with McCartney and Queen because I think we would have been swallowed up.” 

As soon as that decision was settled, Quo started reaping the benefit. With large chunks of the bill still being finalised, the BBC was looking for songs and names to promote the event. Some idea of the speed with which the whole thing came together can be seen from the cover of that week’s Radio Times which called it ‘The Global Juke-Box’ because the title ‘Live Aid’ hadn’t been confirmed by the time the magazine went to press. So the news that the show now had an opening act and an opening song was manna from heaven for the publicity-hungry BBC.

As July 13 drew ever closer, Francis and Rick found themselves doing interviews with TV, radio and newspapers, taking some of the burden off Bob Geldof. There was also a perfunctory rehearsal and a sound check. 

“If we’d been fully aware of the significance of it I’d have made sure we did a proper rehearsal,” said Rossi. “But the feeling was, ‘We’re only going to be doing ten minutes so we can just knock that off’. And as far as I was concerned the band wasn’t going to be doing much any more, so who cares?” 

On Saturday morning, the band gathered at a pub in Battersea before being helicoptered to Wembley Stadium. Looking out of the window as they came in to land, “you could see the crowd and the stadium was already packed. They were ready and waiting to go,” recalled Rossi. 

“It was unbelievable,” added Parfitt. “We came towards the stadium at a couple of thousand feet, I guess, and then circled around. It was just fantastic to see all those people there.” 

Backstage a strict schedule had been devised, giving each act use of a dressing room for 20 minutes before and after their spot before they were gently herded back towards the Hard Rock Café where everyone was hanging out. “What was amazing was that everyone went along with it,” said Parfitt. “We all knew that there were a lot of big acts there and a lot of egos flying about – or there could have been! But everyone knuckled down and got into the spirit of it. There were no silly games going on about wanting bigger dressing rooms or complaining about the flowers or whatever. It was just, get changed, do your job and get off.” 

But even a hardened road act such as Quo realised that this was no ordinary gig as they made their way to the side of the stage a couple of minutes before noon. 

“The atmosphere in the stadium was quite different to anything I’d ever experienced before,” Parfitt remembered. “The sun was shining and you could not have wished for a more vibrant setting. I remember the Royal Guards or whoever on stage playing the national anthem. And then the announcement from Tommy Vance...”

“I will never forget the feeling as we walked out on to that stage – it was just magical,” he continued. “It was real hairs-standing-up-on-the-back-of-the-neck stuff. When you walk out and you’ve got 80,000-odd people stretching into the distance, and then you become aware of the hundreds of cameras in front of you, and you start to take it all in... it was just breathtaking.” 

“I think what was different about this audience,” Rossi said, “was that they weren’t just an audience that had come to see you. They felt they were a part of the whole event. Which they were. So there was this added euphoria in the place.” 

“And then you realise,” said Parfitt, reliving the moment, “after you’ve been on for about five minutes, ‘Hang on, the whole world is watching this, literally billions of people’. And I’ll tell you what, it pulls you up for a second and you try not to miss a beat. You try not to fuck up.” 

Watching Quo from the Royal Box was the man at the centre of it all, Bob Geldof, in the company of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. As he later recalled in his autobiography, Is That It? : “The noise of the crowd was incredible. As we came out it turned into a deafening roar. Half a dozen trumpeters and trombonists from a Guards regiment played a few bars of ‘God Save The Queen’, then Status Quo came out and went straight into Rockin’ All Over The World . It was a marvellous opening. 

“Quo were well into it when Charles turned round and shouted in my ear, ‘We’re having a party at the Palace next week. I don’t think it will be like this, unfortunately’. ‘Who is it?’ ‘Bach and Handel.’ By the second number he was tapping his brogues spasmodically. ‘I think I’ve seen these chaps before.’ ‘Yes, they’re Status Quo. They did a Prince’s Trust for you.’ ‘That’s right. Birmingham, wasn’t it?’ 

“‘Did you ever like pop music as a kid?’ I quizzed the boogieing Prince. ‘Well, I did actually. It’s strange, because when I was younger people say I had an almost natural sense of rhythm,’ he said, clapping his hands, hopelessly out of time. ‘I’m going to have to go now because we’re on next,’ I said. ‘Yes, we’ll have to go soon,’ said the Prince. ‘We’re having lunch with my mother.’” 

Almost before they’d got into their stride – Francis reckons they never did: “We were dreadful” – Quo were off and the Style Council were being hustled on to the other side of the stage. There was the obligatory instant post-match photo and interview that neither of them can remember, then it was back to the dressing room and swiftly out to the Hard Rock Café where they could relax while everybody else was still in various states of preparation.

I think you can guess what’s coming next. In fact the band are already ahead of you. The rest of the day is a blur, although for some reason David Bowie keeps cropping up in what fragments of memory survive. 

“Bob said, ‘OK, go off and do whatever you want, and be back here for the finale’,” recalled Parfitt. “So I jumped back on the helicopter – with David Bowie, funnily enough – and flew back to Battersea, which was near where I lived at the time. And my wife and I just disappeared into the local pub where it was all, ‘Hello, Parfitt. Just been watching you on the telly. What are you having?’. And we watched the show there and got completely shit-faced until it was time to go back.”

Francis decided to stay backstage at the stadium, but the result was the same. “It was the coke era back then. I don’t think anyone I knew wasn’t doing coke. And I was drinking as well. We were sitting on a table up at the back. And I remember everybody had these huge great mobiles at the time. And none of them worked. There was no reception. That was funny. 

“And I remember looking over at Elvis Costello . My son has always been a fan. But [Elvis] obviously hated me. I was going, ‘Hi’ and he was just blanking me. And I thought, ‘Well, fine’. We were very unfashionable. Always have been. 

“The other strange thing was that I’d seen David Bowie earlier in the day and I saw him again late in the evening when we were all discussing what to do for the finale. And he looked immaculate. So I said, ‘How do you do that?’, and he leaned over and said, very conspiratorially, ‘Ah, ha’. And I’ve never figured out quite what he meant by that. Everyone else had been sitting in the same clothes all day and looking the worse for drink. But he just looked so good. 

“Ever since then I’ve always been aware of how I look. David Bowie did that to me, the bastard! 

“Finally,” he added, “we were all gathered behind the stage, waiting to go on and I was sitting on this table with Steve Van Zandt and David Bowie. Suddenly the lights went out for some reason and this table collapsed. And we all had to scramble up and get out on stage for the finale. That’s all I remember.” 

By now, Rick was in an even worse state. “When I got back there I was totally gone. I had my missus with me as well and I said, ‘You’ve got to come on stage’, and she was saying, ‘No, no!’. I said, ‘Come on, nobody will mind’, so there we are, the pair of us over by Elton who’s tinkling the ivories, standing there with huge grins on our faces.” 

It took a day or so for the magnitude of the concert to sink in. It took a while longer for Francis and Rick to realise how invigorated they’d been by playing live again and decide to revive Quo as a proper band. It took a lot of hassles and a new line-up to put that into practice. But when they finally emerged, Quo found that Live Aid had transformed their reputation, and they were now able to bask in their status as the elder statesmen of rock. Household names, no less. 

“When I think back now to that first conversation with Geldof,” said Parfitt. “Us saying, ‘We can’t do it. We won’t be good enough’, and Bob saying ‘Just be there. Just do it’. If we’d said no we’d have looked back forever and thought, ‘My God, we should have done that’. I’m so pleased we mustered ourselves for that day. It was an honour." 

Hugh Fielder has been writing about music for 47 years. Actually 58 if you include the essay he wrote about the Rolling Stones in exchange for taking time off school to see them at the Ipswich Gaumont in 1964. He was news editor of Sounds magazine from 1975 to 1992 and editor of Tower Records Top magazine from 1992 to 2001. Since then he has been freelance. He has interviewed the great, the good and the not so good and written books about some of them. His favourite possession is a piece of columnar basalt he brought back from Iceland.

"There was more security on the catering backstage than on any band's dressing room. We were told, If they see the Hard Rock Cafe's cheeseburgers and French fries, there will be a riot": Jon Bon Jovi recalls playing in Russia for the first time

Listen to Jakko Jakszyk and Mel Collins' new version of I Talk To The Wind

"Half Living Things is a record that satisfies that mosh-hungry hardcore itch." Alpha Wolf mix rampaging heaviness with injections of vulnerability on album number three

Most Popular

By Dave Ling 4 April 2024

By Paul Travers 4 April 2024

By Merlin Alderslade 4 April 2024

By Sid Smith 4 April 2024

By Dave Ling 3 April 2024

By Bill DeMain 3 April 2024

By James McNair 3 April 2024

By Paul Brannigan 3 April 2024

By Matt Mills 3 April 2024

By Paul Lester 3 April 2024

Queen Live at Wembley Stadium (12 July 1986)

• View history

Live at Wembley Stadium was a show performed by Queen on 12 July 1986 as part of The Magic Tour . Supported by Status Quo , the show was a part of a series of two shows at Wembley Stadium in London that ran from 11 - 12 July 1986.

Performing to a packed stadium of 72,000 people, the concert has since become one of Queen's most memorable performances of the 1980s. The concert was professionally filmed by 15 cameras, and released to VHS in December 1990 and to DVD as Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium in 2003. Live at Wembley also saw release as the band's 1992 live album Live at Wembley '86 .

• 1.1 Performance

History [ ]

Performance [ ], setlist [ ].

Tie Your Mother Down

In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited

Seven Seas of Rhye

A Kind of Magic

Under Pressure

Another One Bites the Dust

Who Wants To Live Forever

I Want To Break Free

guitar solo

Now I'm Here

Love of My Life

Is This The World We Created?

(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care

Hello Mary Lou

Tutti Frutti

Gimme Some Lovin'

Bohemian Rhapsody

Hammer To Fall

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Big Spender

Radio Ga Ga

We Will Rock You

Friends Will Be Friends

We Are The Champions

God Save The Queen

Gallery [ ]

Main Article: Queen Live at Wembley Stadium (12 July 1986)/Gallery

• 2 Doing All Right
• 3 I Was Born to Love You

• Statistics Stats
• You are here:
• Tour Statistics
• Song Statistics Stats
• Tour Statistics Stats
• Other Statistics

All Setlists

• All setlist songs  ( 3766 )

Years on tour

• 2022  ( 51 )
• 2019  ( 30 )
• 2018  ( 29 )
• 2017  ( 51 )
• 2016  ( 68 )
• 2015  ( 50 )
• 2014  ( 66 )
• 2013  ( 66 )
• 2012  ( 65 )
• 2011  ( 76 )
• 2010  ( 108 )
• 2009  ( 83 )
• 2008  ( 73 )
• 2007  ( 84 )
• 2006  ( 103 )
• 2005  ( 93 )
• 2004  ( 81 )
• 2003  ( 110 )
• 2002  ( 93 )
• 2001  ( 83 )
• 2000  ( 76 )
• 1999  ( 89 )
• 1998  ( 87 )
• 1997  ( 43 )
• 1996  ( 75 )
• 1995  ( 46 )
• 1994  ( 60 )
• 1993  ( 22 )
• 1992  ( 87 )
• 1991  ( 64 )
• 1990  ( 38 )
• 1989  ( 18 )
• 1988  ( 73 )
• 1987  ( 48 )
• 1986  ( 79 )
• 1985  ( 1 )
• 1984  ( 65 )
• 1982  ( 33 )
• 1981  ( 70 )
• 1980  ( 1 )
• 1979  ( 65 )
• 1978  ( 70 )
• 1977  ( 74 )
• 1976  ( 79 )
• 1975  ( 108 )
• 1974  ( 126 )
• 1973  ( 139 )
• 1972  ( 141 )
• 1971  ( 144 )
• 1970  ( 121 )
• 1969  ( 76 )
• 1968  ( 84 )
• 1967  ( 1 )

Show all tours

• 1+9+8+2 = 20th Anniversary  ( 33 )
• Accept No Substitute  ( 27 )
• Ain't Complaining  ( 73 )
• Aquostic Live 2015  ( 6 )
• Aquostic Live It Rocks 2016/2017  ( 14 )
• Back! On Tour  ( 30 )
• Blue for You  ( 102 )
• Bula Quo! World Tour  ( 47 )
• Can't Stop  ( 53 )
• Classic-Rock Night  ( 1 )
• Dog Of Two Head Tour  ( 2 )
• Don't Stop  ( 66 )
• End of the Road  ( 65 )
• European Summer Festival Tour  ( 25 )
• Famous In The Last Century  ( 124 )
• Frantic Four Reunion Tour  ( 26 )
• Heavy Traffic  ( 122 )
• Hello!  ( 61 )
• If You Can't Stand the Heat  ( 65 )
• In Search of the Fourth Chord  ( 81 )
• In The Army Now  ( 99 )
• It's Good To Tour  ( 35 )
• Just Doin' It...Live  ( 80 )
• Just for the Record  ( 32 )
• Live Alive  ( 33 )
• Live In Concert Tour 2014/2015  ( 46 )
• Made in Britain  ( 47 )
• Never Say Never  ( 76 )
• Never Too Late  ( 68 )
• Night Of The Proms  ( 35 )
• On the Level  ( 110 )
• Out Out Quoing  ( 41 )
• Perfect Remedy  ( 25 )
• Pictures 40 Years Of Hits Tour 2008/2009  ( 90 )
• Pictures Exposed  ( 94 )
• Picturesque Matchstickable  ( 4 )
• Plugged In - Live and Rockin'!  ( 36 )
• Pub Tour  ( 18 )
• QUO  ( 72 )
• Quid Pro Quo  ( 156 )
• Quo's Back Summer Tour  ( 27 )
• Quofestive 2012 Tour  ( 17 )
• Riffs  ( 78 )
• Rock 'til You Drop  ( 94 )
• Rockin' All Over the World  ( 110 )
• Rockin' All Over the Years  ( 50 )
• Spare Parts  ( 2 )
• The Last Night Of The Electrics  ( 52 )
• The Party Ain't Over Yet  ( 100 )
• Thirsty Work  ( 52 )
• Under the Influence  ( 33 )
• Whatever You Want  ( 69 )
• XS All Areas  ( 93 )
• Avg Setlist
• Concert Map

Songs played by year: 1982

• Apr 5, 2024
• Apr 4, 2024
• Apr 3, 2024
• Apr 2, 2024
• Apr 1, 2024
• Mar 31, 2024
• FAQ | Help | About
• Terms of Service
• Ad Choices | Privacy Policy
• Feature requests
• Songtexte.com