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My local boozer had this on all day, and I caught from Spandau Ballet to David Bowie, some were good, some were shit.
U2 STILL looked brilliant, as did Queen, but ropey performances included Beach Boys, Nik Kershaw and Dire Straits. I recall initially Dire Straits were good on the day, but on todays viewing, felt Knopfler went on a bit with his poncey playing a little too much, and could have redeemed himself including Romeo & Juliet instead of extending Sultans of Swing by an extra 5 minutes.
Simple Minds could have been better, especially with Jim Kerr 'doing a Bono' trying to climb into the crowd.
Overall, a decent 2 hours viewed, but I wouldn't buy it.
A true story.........Black Sabbath 'reformed' for this with the original line up, and Ozzy, being Ozzy, wanted to sing 'Food Glorious Food' but the US promoters shit themselves, they really did.

It wasn't supposed to be a day for egos, but amid the serious nature of the occasion only U2, Queen and, to a certain extent, Bowie seemed to realise that there was a crowd of people wanting to be blown away by a performance.

Never mind Food, Glorious Food, how come no one took the chance to do Harvest For The World? Style Council and Power Station had both previously recorded versions.

"A true story.........Black Sabbath 'reformed' for this with the original line up, and Ozzy, being Ozzy, wanted to sing 'Food Glorious Food' but the US promoters shit themselves, they really did."

He just said this in jest to Bill Ward on the way to the gig but it passed into folklore. Give it a few years and the story will be that they actually played it.