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Status Quo

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Ready to rock the Yorkshire coast

Status Quo were born from the ashes of another group, London beat combo The Spectres, which featured Francis Rossi on guitar and Alan Lancaster on bass. Roy Lynes and John Coughlan joined on keys and drums respectively but after a series of false starts and failed singles, the band changed its name to Traffic Jam. After Rick Parfitt joined on guitar, the band was finally renamed Status Quo and shifted stylistically to a more psychedelic sound.

The quintet struck gold with their first single as Status Quo. 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men' was a top-10 hit in the UK and went to No.12 in the US, but despite another UK top ten hit with 'Ice In The Sun', the band couldn’t replicate their first time out success and went back to the drawing board once again.

By the dawn of the ’70s, Quo had parted ways with Lynes and revamped themselves with a straight-up hard rock sound, first unveiled on Ma Kelly’s Greasy Spoon. A dedicated touring regimen boosted their fortunes and bit-by-bit Quo started to convince people that their heavier, blues rock sound was a put-on. Dog Of Two Head was a step in the right direction, but it was 1973’s Piledriver that sealed the deal and ushered forth future crowdpleasers 'Don’t Waste My Time' and 'Paper Plane'.

The band stuck to the formula for Hello!, which featured their biggest single to date in the form of 'Caroline' and cemented their place at the forefront of the new wave of British denim-clad rockers. Quo (1974) and On The Level (1975) maintained the momentum, but after Blue For You in 1976, the band needed something to change things up. That came in the surprisingly poppy and cleaned up sound of Rocking All Over The World, the 1977 album that took its name from the band’s cover of a lesser-known John Fogerty song. The single was a huge hit and went on to become Quo’s calling card.

Quo closed out the ’70s with a series of cleaned-up but nonetheless hard rocking records, scoring another major hit single along the way with 'Whatever You Want'. Coughlan and Lancaster's departures in 1981 and 1987 left Rossi and Parfitt as the band’s main songwriters.

The duo assembled a new line-up, featuring long-time unofficial keyboardist Andy Bown, drummer Jeff Rich and bassist John Edwards. The new roster continued the fine run of form inherited from the previous incarnation with hit singles including 'In The Army Now' and 'Burning Bridges', which reached No.1 when rerecorded with the Manchester United squad as 'Come On You Reds'.

In 1997, Rick Parfitt underwent heart surgery that kept him out of action for three months. Three years later, Rich left the band, replaced by Matt Letley. Status Quo continued to tour and record throughout the ’00s, scoring hits with Heavy Traffic, the covers album Don’t Stop, The Party Ain’t Over Yet and In Search Of The Fourth Chord. Quid Pro Quo landed them another UK top ten album in 2010 and the band starred in their own feature film Bula Quo in 2013.

The band recorded acoustic versions of their hits for the 2015 album Aquostic and its 2016 sequel Aquostic II. These were followed by a huge Hyde Park acoustic show in summer 2016. Later that year, Rick Parfitt took ill while on tour in Turkey and sadly died that Christmas.

The indominable Status Quo regrouped again and brought in Richie Malone to replace Parfitt. They released their 33rd album Backbone in 2019.

In October 2023, Status Quo announced they were "Ready to rock the Yorkshire coast," as they will return to Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Sunday 2 June 2024.

Reviews

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 based on 24 reviews
  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    they kept the best til last

    by Hammer 56 on 25/08/2024Vivary Park - Taunton

    68th birthday,50 years after seeing them in Dublin! Everything about this gig was super. The Vivary Park setting, the lighting , screens etc were superb! But it was the sound that topped the lot. Absolutely fantastic. Best I have heard them. Nd they put in a brilliant high energy performance. If it's the end....what a way to go. Nd that you for the 50 in-between.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Sad that it has come to the end

    by Will on 25/08/2024The Piece Hall - Halifax

    Sad that this will be the last time I will see them SQ after following for over 50 years.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Amazing show!

    by VickyS on 25/08/2024

    Saw SQ at Vivary Park Taunton on 23/8 as part of Somerset Live festival. I'm not a seasoned Quo concert goer having only seen them once before, againat Vivary the last time they came. Concert was fantastic and the last one in their 2024 calendar. Let's hope they don't give up touring as a band as rumour has it!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Brilliant night

    by Jeanhmv on 24/08/2024Vivary Park - Taunton

    Fantastic Quo and quite emotional to think it could be the final tour gig. Rain kindly stayed away for most of the time. Only downside was people ignoring the smoking ban outside the designated areas which was a bit of a spoiler but all in all a fab time.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Excellent

    by StanM on 24/08/2024Vivary Park - Taunton

    SQ were excellent, wish they could have played longer. My wife, who is not a SQ fan thourghly enjoying it and is now converted to a fan.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Great Night

    by ShagNasty on 24/08/2024Vivary Park - Taunton

    It was a great night. Band were very good. Drinks are to overpriced

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    A bit of Quo magic

    by REB on 17/08/2024Salt & Tar, Bootle Canalside - Liverpool

    How to transform a car park into a quirky 3000 people music venue? Salt and Tar have certainly done that and the sunshine helped, as it's an open air gig! Several painted containers, a few small covered seating areas, an elevated VIP terrace with seating and own bar, pop up bars and street food stalls. Not forgetting the portaloos! Great stage and standing arena space enhanced by the lighting at dusk. How do you then fill this space? Getting class artists to entertain there and they don't come much better than Status Quo and Tom Jones! Our Friday night choice saw 2 support acts, then Francis Rossi and the lads appeared to massive cheers! They didn't disappoint the fans, scrolling through the decades of hits, some in a medley. They are still very worthy rockers, we sang along, shouting for more and they gave it! This venue opens early, we were there at 4.00pm and has a sound curfew at 10.00pm. Smaller numbers than the large venues, so access and exit is much simpler. Buses and trains still running back into Liverpool too. Very handy next door shopping mall has multi storey car park. This stays open until 11.30pm on event nights. The stewards and security staff were all helpful and friendly too! We enjoyed every minute of the great Status Quo and the whole experience at this very unique venue! We'll be back for sure! 😍

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Status quo

    by Maddy on 17/08/2024Salt & Tar, Bootle Canalside - Liverpool

    Great venue in Bootle ,well organised lovely event staff, status quo where brilliant, bar prices are a bit expensive, had a great time !

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Perfect

    by Eleanor on 17/08/2024Salt & Tar, Bootle Canalside - Liverpool

    The venue was brilliant, plenty of toilets ands bars. They also had hot drinks and snacks. There was a wide variety of food stalls from classic burgers and chips to apple crumble. The acts were brilliant, sound was impeccable and status quo were absolutely phenomenal.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    salt and tar

    by remarkable rob on 17/08/2024Salt & Tar, Bootle Canalside - Liverpool

    fantastic gig status live are incredible good new venue at the salt and tar bootle drink and food available