18,000 strangers sing ‘Africa’ by Toto

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USA, UK & Ireland, Pub Choir are coming to you in Aug/Sep 2024 for a night of casual singing that might just low-key change your life!
Get your tickets here: pubchoir.com.au/fringebenefits
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PROMISE you’ll listen to this with the sound on (bring tissues)!
Our most ambitious video EVER: 18,812 people across 15 cities with 37 musical guests, performing ONE epic song. May we present Pub Choir’s rendition of Toto's Africa. We really hope you like it. How good is it when people work together?!?
Edit: We are absolutely kicking ourselves to have made a huge mistake in the credits. We left off the name of our BRILLIANT recorder player, Hannah Coleman, and our INCREDILE two flute soloists, Jenny Ridgeway and Louise Wilson. Sorry. And thank you for being a part of our mega music adventure. We're so grateful for your time and talents!!!

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@DudeThatsCoolMagic 2 месяца назад

This is amazing to see. No egos , No animosity towards each other....Just 1000's of people forgetting their worries and enjoying themselves as one. I imagine every single person walked away with nothing but love for one another in their hearts. Astrid Jorgensen should be awarded Australian of the year for bringing so many people together.

@Helen_Magnus_ 10 месяцев назад

I am one of these 18,000. So proud and humbled. A profoundly joyous experience. Thank you Astrid and the whole team 🥰

@Sakis111 9 месяцев назад

Humanity has a hope ;)

@sonialelii9038 9 месяцев назад

It was amazing!!!! Truly made my day.

@izararistondo 8 месяцев назад

And me crying 😭❤

@ronaldbose9645 8 месяцев назад

How do you know your parts?

@cherryblossom3046 8 месяцев назад

Thank you friend for sharing yourself and your musical talent. Blessings 🎉❤

@Karen-ve6ds 5 месяцев назад

That’s what music does to people. Isn’t it wonderful!

@MyName-mc7lv 4 месяца назад

Gracie

@mistymac9345 4 месяца назад

Food for the soul ❤

@bencompton799 Месяц назад

To every single person who participated in this amazingly joyous Toto sing-out, THANK YOU SO MUCH. It is absolutely heart-warming and if it wasn't for my ears the smile would go right around my head!! You've put a lightness in my step, I feel like I'm maintaining an altitude of 1 inch when I walk! I'm a floatin' thanks to you!! Bless you all.

@stevegrant6464 4 месяца назад

I had a profound emotional reaction to this. Blew me away.

@Alex23_12 4 месяца назад

This is the 52nd time I listen to this masterpiece today..... I would love to be there crying and singing this incredibly emotional song

@davidyeh564 4 месяца назад

Same.

@kjellmagnusson3398 20 дней назад

The magic of music. The most important force in the human universe

@forwardfaith 5 месяцев назад

Every single person in the world loves this song.

@alisonpickel4246 10 месяцев назад

Is it weird that I'm crying?

@johnofthesouth5425 9 месяцев назад

Not at all!

@terryheatwole6153 8 месяцев назад

Those tears are precious; they come from your heart. 🥹

@WilliamReid-uq6oh 8 месяцев назад

i was crying to

@gudrunhansen6253 8 месяцев назад

No, not at all 😢😢😢 in the world now, they have us so divided, and this just shows, we aren’t, and we are so much alike, but…

@Sejarezz 8 месяцев назад

I’m not the only one!

@jamesbenstead1006 3 месяца назад

When Toto first released this I missed my school bus because I was mesmerized watching the video on morning TV. Best single ever? It has got to be up there...

@fionak6300 10 месяцев назад

I was there and it was GLORIOUS

@reinepalmqvist 6 месяцев назад

This is a hymn of hope. Voices of humanity.

@Friiiia 6 месяцев назад

@PubChoir has Toto seen this yet?!? I think this is something worth them to see, amazing!

@marvindebot3264 День назад

I sincerely hope they have.

@distantsignal 6 месяцев назад

This IS PHENOMENAL! My highest regards to everyone who had a hand in making this.

@CortexNewsService 9 месяцев назад

I'm just fascinated with how you were able to layer the vocals with such large groups. This is amazing!

@seansean9675 7 месяцев назад

a pub a drink or two a lot of enthusiasm a bucket load of fun catchy easy song that we probably all know and then add in someone willing to put in the effort for the hard work end result people having a good time

@mrtony1985 6 месяцев назад

I'm impressed they got 100 men or more to sing together

@seansean9675 6 месяцев назад

@@mrtony1985 drink does that to people lol

@born8541 5 месяцев назад

@@mrtony1985 I absolutely understand, what you are talking about. I would have been awked in the beginning... but seeing everyone around me singing, would lead me to sing along, too. 😅

@mrtony1985 4 месяца назад

@@born8541 I respectfully disagree. I would've been frightened of this thing that I've become had I joined in.

@martydewitt4006 4 месяца назад

I'm a immigrant from South Africa. I'm very lucky to say I actually blessed the rains down in Africa

@echognomecal6742 3 месяца назад

Cool!...um, actually, I'm ignorant of what that actually means! How does one bless rain??? I LOVE this song! Would be wonderful to understand it better 🎶🎶🎶🎶

@winnielombaard8984 Месяц назад

I am in South Africa and love my Australian family and friends...thanks for doing our song...

@elizabethgreen5095 10 месяцев назад

Fabulous night in Cairns singing this amazing song. Well done everyone all 18k of us!!!!

@alanbrookes6637 10 месяцев назад

Having experienced the rains in Africa, this has given me goosebumps and memories flooding back, Thankyou.

@denisekay4292 6 месяцев назад

It's electrifying! These talented, fun loving people have turned concert going upside down!!! Absolutely brilliant! So healing in these treacherous times. God bless these people. 🙏

@jefferyburton1518 10 месяцев назад

Thank You TOTO!

@Zordboy 8 месяцев назад

A good friend of mine sent me the link to this video, and told me it was a "gift". And, hours later, I must've listened to the song a dozen times, and each time, I've been crying. This is amazing. Thank you.

@uqtaiko 10 месяцев назад

It was a great honour to play on stage as a part of this epic arrangement Thank you and looking forward to next time!

@danmast9791 Месяц назад

This is what a positive attitude and positive thinking can achieve and its WONDERFUL.

@conceptSde 3 месяца назад

In a time when I am regularly losing faith in mankind this is such a beautiful symbol of humanity. Thank you so much, Australia and Toto!

@mariakelly90210 7 дней назад

EXACTLY!

@kaygerard9966 10 месяцев назад

I was one of the thousands!! Such a great feeling to be part of something like this.

@joebarrett4353 9 месяцев назад

you lucky person

@beth123ification 8 месяцев назад

I think the same!! Who lucky!!!

@evapinter1309 7 месяцев назад

I can see the joys and thrills on everyone's faces. You all were so fortunate to be a part of this uplifting and extraordinary event. One of my all time favorite songs! 🥰

@jerryannclifford6538 6 месяцев назад

How amazing that would have been!!👍🇨🇦

@RobNZ147 Месяц назад

To see and hear joy is the best thing and to all taking part - they would add feeling joy as well!

@cheriemonami 8 месяцев назад

This song has more lives than even Thriller.

@jdfilko 6 месяцев назад

This is so, so very good. I love this so much. "Africa" is my all-time favorite song to this day since I first heard in back in the early 80's. I wore out the cassette tape it was on listening to it on my Walkman. Just look at the joy on these peoples' faces as they sing! I feel this in my heart.

@KonstantinosMantzouranis 4 месяца назад

I simply want to thank you @Pub Choir for taking my mind off all the shit of my day for 5 minutes. This video repreents humanity as i would like it to be

@jameslawson6245 10 месяцев назад

This I shared because we Need a World of LOVE not Hate! Tingling over this...The World has to Come together and it seems Music is the Way!

@JF-kv1gm 9 месяцев назад

I really wondered if I was exaggerated in thinking that world peace could begin like this....I'm not the only one. Sending you a virtual hug from Italy.🤗

@lesleyallinson8738 3 месяца назад

Thank goodness no matter what colour or religion we can come together with music

@leisalance4812 10 месяцев назад

So humbled to be part of this. Thank you Astrid.

@winnielombaard8984 21 день назад

Thanks you to our brothers and sisters in Australia. listening to you singing our song warms my heart. We love you. South Africans and Australians have always been closely linked. My Aussie friends are some of my best! Love you!

@MickeyMouse-ul2zs 4 месяца назад

Truly bloody amazing. The participants are all to be thanked hugely but the organizers are total heroes. Well done to you all for creating something so emotionally wonderful. Kudos to you all.

@albertosanimalassistanceba4872 8 месяцев назад

I loved this. It was so beautiful to see how happy everyone was to be part of it. Thank you to you all ❤

@kennrothman205 6 месяцев назад

TEARS in my eyes from seeing and hearing this and SO jealous I was not in one of those places where I could join in. WOW! THANK YOU!

@michellefinegan5215 6 месяцев назад

Same I was in tears

@nevillemodise 10 месяцев назад

Sending appreciation from South Africa!!

@evaadams8298 9 месяцев назад

How lovely ❤️ it was amazing to be a part of this ❤️❤️❤️

@barryschwarz 8 месяцев назад

In tears. Beautiful people, souls, hearts making this happen. 150,000 views? No, this should go viral worldwide. The joy it brings. X

@WilliamReid-uq6oh 8 месяцев назад

brought tears to my eyes as well great song

@FionaEm 10 месяцев назад

Who'd a thunk Toto's Africa could sound so good? 😊 I learned lyrics that I'd misheard for 41 years ... 😅

@hoyageorge 10 месяцев назад

It is, after all, one of the most recognizable and beloved songs of the '80s, so I'm not too surprised.

@alanbrookes6637 9 месяцев назад

@@hoyageorge, I always thought it was “I felt the rain down in Africa” and that still works for me because I have been blessed to feel the rain down in Africa, a long almost 50yrs ago but still as fresh in my mind today.

@Mamadoody 4 месяца назад

This fills my heart with so much joy! I keep replaying it, over and over, and singing along. It's one of the more amazing things I've seen in a very long time. I've shared it with many people and will continue to do so. I wish I could participate in something like this.

@nikkisterel871 10 месяцев назад

I was at the first Melbourne gig as part of the tour. It was one of the best nights of my entire life!!! Thank you so much for putting on an incredible show. It felt amazing to be part of something so magical ❤❤

@kitfrew9983 10 месяцев назад

Heartwarming, lovely to see people together instead of anger and bitterness.

@DevanSabaratnam 10 месяцев назад

So happy to have been a part of this! Such a release of happy endorphins too, doing this with good friends.

@davehanson11 9 месяцев назад

My wife and I have been following Pub Choir since their inception. We were so thrilled to hear they were coming to the United States and in particular, to San Diego! We will be heading there tonight at the House of Blues 🎉🎶🎵 🎤🎙️🎉!!!

@garethwalsh439 10 месяцев назад

What a great night. Thanks Astrid and everyone else involved.

@roymillwater8651 3 месяца назад

FREEDOM ALL OVER THE WORLD!!🙏🙏

@SusanWood-ps7fr 10 месяцев назад

The Brotherhood of Man in action. Everyone so joyfully, wondrously connected in laughter and song. Woes and worries don’t exist. Halls are filled. Hearts are too. Astrid assembles her gifted musicians and team and weaves her magic to the thousands. Her charismatic presence casts a bright light over us all. A thousand thank you’s to her and all her masterful musos. This was utterly, thrillingly unforgettable. So many voices raised in harmonious bliss. See for yourself - guarantee you won’t ever forget it. Blessed to have been amongst the excited, happy throng at Caloundra. PubChoir will be enriching lives the world over. Astrid is a NATIONAL TREASURE ✨🩷✨

@SDS-ee9js 4 месяца назад

Pub choir videos always put tears in my eyes!

@pkluske Месяц назад

I sang and clapped my heart out in Adelaide, South Australia to this song with Pub Choir. Astrid is so funny and brings us altogether beautifully. Thank you Toto for a wonderful song to sing to.

@olafdietrich9269 6 месяцев назад

U guy´s bring HOPE to the world. Thank U! From Germany with love, Olaf

@AriKitsune19 8 месяцев назад

This is the first time hearing this song and I'm at work. This...just touched me and left me in visible tears. Funny enough, my parents knew the original artist and song since they grew up in the 80s. Hearing this just uplifted my mood and a good number of customers decided to stick around to sing to the song. This is just... I can't stop listening to this. Just amazing job to you all ❤

@Pipsaus410 8 месяцев назад

I love this song! Worth chasing up the Angels Choir (I think) appeared on AGT doing all the sound affects that go with the song (rain, thunder and lightning - amazing). It’s here on RU-vid. The massed voices here are great- so much enjoyment! ❤❤

@robertdevries2045 7 месяцев назад

you should listen to the version of leo morachiolli as well, it's awesome

@riannurdiansyah9866 7 месяцев назад

i feel the same, you should listen to the version of Perpetuum Jazzile as well

@ChefDansHookah 5 месяцев назад

Left me in tears, too.

@sarstally8286 6 месяцев назад

As someone from Africa I can truly say this song speaks to my heart and hits me in the feels every time I hear it❤ Well done pub choir, this was fabulously done😊

@chickadeeacres3864 5 месяцев назад

Speaks to my soul

@rivenoak 5 месяцев назад

there is a rumour Toto were a bit off with "as sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serenegti" you cannot see Kilimanjaro from Serengeti afaik ?

@arwelp 5 месяцев назад

@@rivenoakyes, it’s over 300 km from Kilimanjaro to the Serengeti. I suppose “rises above Tsavo” doesn’t scan as well! 😅

@rutendomtisi 2 месяца назад

When they say "I bless the rains down in Africa l get touched"😢

@rainjacquelinejago138 10 месяцев назад

The Brisbane gig on 28 June was one of the best nights of my life. Went with my twin sister for our birthday and lo! I am in the video!!!! for a second. Thank you to Astrid and the team. You made a beautiful safe environment where everyone could feel welcome and included. I particularly valued, and needed, the prompts to connect to other audience members to make sure everyone was coping with the volume of people and sound. Here's to a future where this happens at every pub, every weekend. Music is our birthright.

@ajost07 10 месяцев назад

What joy you create for so many people!

@marvindebot3264 День назад

There is something special about this song and this version is just amazing.

@sanctus100 5 месяцев назад

This is SO SO WONDERFUL !!!!!

@adus2821 5 месяцев назад

this is my favorite song of all time. beautiful work

@anthonygrant2424 Месяц назад

3:50 What an amazing and awesome performance of one of my all time favourite songs. Blew me away. Reduced me to tears. I'm from the UK but consider myself very fortunate to have lived for many years in West Africa and yes I have been blessed by the rains in Africa.

@gabrieltreewolf4618 6 месяцев назад

I saw that live in 1984 in Medford Oregon. Toto a great sound!

@sorscha 10 месяцев назад

Just an unbelievable, unforgettable experience. Thank you to Astrid and all the team for putting this together. One of the best nights of my life!

@shimma25 10 месяцев назад

Wow, it sounds even better here than it did singing it on the night - but it was an amazing experience as always! Thank you Astrid and all the team for all that you do!

@nancynicholson5378 10 месяцев назад

What a fabulous job you guys did mixing 18000 voices and scores of instruments!! In awe of the talent in SO many areas and places! Townsville chorister here, please come again, Astrid and all!

@sd560 8 месяцев назад

Toto would be proud 😢 such a nice testament to their incredible hit. I'm 59, another die hard fan of theirs....so in love with Toto, nice to see their song appreciated by young people who can catch a glimpse of what the glorious 80s were like! 💪💪💪💪💪 long live the genre 😜

@user-bn3mw5fq8y 10 месяцев назад

Fantastic video! Well done! Loved being a part of it! Thank you for the experience!♥🎶♥🎶

@yarasub 3 месяца назад

just brilliant....🥰🥰🥰 look at everyone's faces, so full of joy !

@judegunn1 9 месяцев назад

One of the most uplifting performances I've ever seen. Wonderful.

@jennywatson2572 10 месяцев назад

You've done it again Pub Choir Team. It was so much fun to be a part of. Great arrangement, Astrid. Thanks for bringing the joy. The rest of the world is going to love you. Safe travels. 💛

@lindaayuma3498 10 месяцев назад

I am crying!!!!!!!!!!

@WilliamReid-uq6oh 8 месяцев назад

me to

@genghis_connie 10 месяцев назад

Love it! Thanks for making me smile. It takes a lot these days!

@CynthiaTomArtsandHealing 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for creating this platform, this arrangement, this choir, this vision. Thank you, @Toto and @DavidPaich for creating this magnificent, soul nurturing song.

@jeffdillon1972 10 месяцев назад

Do this in South Africa for the next road trip.

@mrtony1985 6 месяцев назад

There's nothing 100 men or more could ever do to stop me from listening to this.

@cherryblossom3046 8 месяцев назад

We are sorrowful this week and need this beautiful musical healing. Thank you all you 18K gifted musicians for sharing this wonderful gift❤🙏🙌

@fayecooper107 10 месяцев назад

Perth experience was just so incredible and now listening to it for the third time today I am getting all the amazing feelings. There is nothing in the world like Pub Choir. Thank you, Astrid and incredible team, for creating amazing moments in our communities.

@bethlou8162 10 месяцев назад

Wow. I would have loved to have been a part of this - the goosebumps!!! I was at ‘that’ Kate Bush one and it was honestly one of the best nights out I’ve ever had! Astrid has this knack to just create these amazing arrangements and you just get chills being part of something so beautiful 🥲🥲🥲 Well done all of you, you have created something incredible! ❤

@austinbraecobberdogs 10 месяцев назад

Oh my goodness! This was AMAZING! I have chills!

@WilliamReid-uq6oh 8 месяцев назад

it sure was

@karineyong6741 10 месяцев назад

Oh Wow!!!! What a great Sound and so enjoyable and so much fun. Fantaaastic!!!!👏🎶 Well done all. PubChoir another winner 🏆. Well sung all!!!!!!❤

@johnofthesouth5425 9 месяцев назад

This should be Earth's national anthem! 🧐

@mariakelly90210 7 дней назад

Ancient Alien Theorists say that it already is!

@peterfrederick2927 10 месяцев назад

The joy of music ❤

@ConradCowlrick 10 месяцев назад

"Rockhampton - Whip" is just 👌

@justicealts4230 10 месяцев назад

Yay, I was waiting to watch this….My first Pub Choir!

@karenmoore23 10 месяцев назад

How awesome does this sound!! The most fun I have had in ages being a part of this!

@user-zh2ey5og9e 6 месяцев назад

this does justice to an 80's anthem

@deborahbarrett2385 10 месяцев назад

Oh look at all of my joyful brothers and sisters having a good time! It made me cry, wish I was there! Congrats to all!

@stevenjonas3572 8 месяцев назад

AMAZING.... 18.000 singing in perfect harmony. So much fun!! I can't stop my feet and singing with the 18.000 people. Love this ❤🇳🇱

@chantallrossouw9147 10 месяцев назад

What a fantastic experience. One I will always remember.

@margies2042 10 месяцев назад

Such an amazing experience 💖..can't wait to do this again. So joyful!

@dothepburn8944 10 месяцев назад

Amazing!!! It was great being at the Canberra gig, but hearing it all mixed - goosebumps!!!!! Can't wait for the next one! Have the best time in the UK & USA team!!!

@user-hz5nf5xf8y 10 месяцев назад

Amazing! Loved being a part of it! Astrid is astonishing!

@SeaBreeze2247 4 месяца назад

Having so many sharing music with other like minds just radiates joy. Well done! The world needs more of this.

@Welderswife1 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely amazing! Can’t stop watching. Love all the happy faces and this is a sad time in my life so I needed this. Thank you!

@cybersal7 4 месяца назад

May you find peace and happiness once again❤️

@aybee63 10 месяцев назад

If only we could all get along outside of something like this incredible experience. Seeing so many taking part is heart-warming. Collaborative singing might just change the nature of humanity!

@mrtony1985 6 месяцев назад

sounds like you're freightened of this thing that we've become

@heathercarine290 10 месяцев назад

What a hoot. I loved being part of the Adelaide gig.

@patriot9455 4 месяца назад

To put it correctly, this IS world class. The synchronized audience clapping was the most awesome, because everybody with hand could be there for that

@carolynwalters7791 10 месяцев назад

Thoroughly enjoyed the night at the Northcote Theatre. So much fun and Astrid is fabulous. Can't wait to do it again!!!

@alansacro3990 9 месяцев назад

David Paich must have cried when he saw this version of his song😢❤

@armandosedeno3908 9 месяцев назад

Outstanding and here we can feel the power of music, greetings from Mexico

@evaadams8298 4 месяца назад

Hello Mexico is great! Love from Oz! 🇦🇺

@jessicabarrett5012 10 месяцев назад

No wonder she is an OAM!!! Well done Astrid and all the PubChoir team and family. This was so amazing to be apart of and has been put together so darn well!! Every time I watch back on these moments I get tears and chills. What PubChoir has done for me in the last 5 or 6yrs is incredible. Proud of everyone and can’t wait for the next one in Brisbane (tickets booked)! Keep bringing music to the world in any way you know how to 🌝🎶🧡

@andrewsheldrick4191 4 месяца назад

These are some of the happiest faces I've seen in my life

@joebarrett4353 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely fabulous

@moazulu7514 7 дней назад

It's like a piece of Heaven Choir ❤❤

@thomaskovacs3502 10 месяцев назад

Holy crap, just amazing!!!!

@lisalivingston 10 месяцев назад

We did Pub Choir in Cairns with a bunch of friends. Such a wonderful night. So much joy and love in that room. I'll never forget it. Astrid, you must be bonkers taking on something this big, but you did it, and I'll always be grateful for the experience 🥰🤗🙏🤩