Question: who was the first act on live aid
Answer: Time Performer ( s ) Performed song ( s ) 12 : 00 Coldstream Guards `` God Save the Queen '' ( First six bars only ) 12 : 01 Status Quo `` Rockin ' All Over the World '' `` Caroline '' `` Do n't Waste My Time '' 12 : 19 The Style Council `` You 're the Best Thing '' `` Big Boss Groove '' `` Internationalists '' `` Walls Come Tumbling Down ! '' 12 : 44 The Boomtown Rats `` I Do n't Like Mondays '' `` Drag Me Down '' `` Rat Trap '' `` For He 's a Jolly Good Fellow '' 13 : 01 Adam Ant `` Vive Le Rock '' 13 : 17 Ultravox `` Reap the Wild Wind '' `` Dancing with Tears in My Eyes