Pictures - 40 Years Of Hits

Francis Rossi
Rick Parfitt
Andrew Bown
John 'Rhino' Edwards
Matt Letley


In Search Of The Fourth Chord
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News and Updates Last update 08/07/08 - click for recent updates

The 'Pictures' winter tour 2008 - In the UK, France and Germany, starts on September 27th.

Special Guests for the nine UK shows from 12th to 23rd Dec are Manfred Mann's Earthband - www.manfredmann.co.uk

Upcoming Tour Dates

Fri 25th July The British International Motor Show, ExCeL London. www.britishmotorshow.co.uk
www.seetickets.com
Sat 26th July Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales www.ticketlineuk.com
www.merthyr.gov.uk
Ticketline UK Tel: 029 20 230 130
Sat 2nd August Whitehaven Rugby League Stadium, Cumbria www.ticketline.co.uk
Sun 3rd August Tall Ships' Races, Måløy, Norway www.tallshipsrace.no
Mon 4th August Lokerse Festival, Belgium www.lokersefeesten.be
Woodedz Woodedz to open The Bulldog Bash

Rhino's band 'Woodedz' with his sons Max on drums and Freddie on guitar will open the Bulldog Bash on Thursday, August 7. They will be on stage at 6pm for a hard rockin' 45 minute set.

Set in the heart of England, at the Shakespeare County Raceway, near Stratford on Avon in Warwickshire, the Bulldog Bash is universaly acclaimed as the best biker event in Europe.

Quo headlined the August 2007 Bulldog Bash.

Woodedz will play a warm up gig at The Peel in Kingston on Thursday July 31st. The show will be recorded for Radio Gibbs FM.

The Peel - 160 Cambridge Road, Kingston, Surrey, 020 8546 3516 www.myspace.com/thepeel
Soundwaves

Quo are one of the latest bands to sign up for a £1million charity fundraising initiative that is turning some of the world's greatest rock and pop music into stunning pieces of contemporary art.

'Caroline' has been added to the Soundwaves portfolio which - personalised by the band members to make a unique piece of fine art memorabilia - will be sold at auction in aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.

Rhino's Tourlog

The first log of 2008 - on the site now.
Shows in Denmark and Sweden

Four dates in Denmark and two in Sweden are announced between Nov 29th and Dec 6th.
Live Here Now at Westonbirt

Quo's show at Westonbirt on Sunday June 22nd was recorded by a company called Live Here Now. A 2xCD souvenir live album was available for purchase at the gig within minutes of the show finishing.

The recording & mix is excellent quality; mixed from individual splits taken from the band & mixed in a dedicated truck by a team of audio experts. The CDs are packaged in standard CD boxes complete with full colour artwork.

The double CD set costs £15.00 plus postage and packing for mail orders and will also be available for download a day or so after the gig priced at £10.

You can now order these CDs by mail order from the link below.
Quo in Amsterdam

Quo will play the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on Wednesday Nov 26th. Tickets are on sale now.
Francis on 'Soundcheck' on DerWesten

Recorded on his birthday, in this 12 minute video Francis talks about various records.

Tommy and Lily Parfitt are born!

Twins Tommy Oswald and Lily Rose were born to Rick and Lyndsay, on 26th May 2008, in Spain. These two young Parfitts will be a half brother and half sister for Richard and Harry!

Congratulations Rick and Lyndsay!!!

Matt's Weblog Updated

Quo's drummer Matt Letley has updated the weblog on his site.
Status Quo 40 - the bookThe Official 40th Anniversary Book

Status Quo 40 - The 40th Anniversary Book can now be purchased from the Quo Shop.

The book comes in two editions, a Regular Edition and a Limited Edition, which comes with extra content.

For more details, or to order copies of both editions now:
Quo at the Castle

Merthyr Tydfil will be rocking on Saturday 26 July 2008 when Quo play at Cyfarthfa Castle. Ticket links and Box Office number in the tour page.
Charity Concert

Quo will headline a concert at Central Park, Dagenham on Sunday August 10th in aid of Cancer Research and St Dunstan's. Other acts include David Essex, Showaddywaddy, and Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers.
Quo at the British International Motor Show

Quo will appear at the British International Motor Show in it's Music Festival which takes place in a specially created riverside concert venue, as part of the Motor Show at Excel in London on Friday July 25th. Music Festival tickets will be sold separately but include free access to The British International Motor Show on the day of the concert.

The festival runs from 23 July to 3 August. Other artists due to appear include UB40, Squeeze, Here and Now 80s Tour (featuring Bananarama, Belinda Carlisle, Paul Young, Toyah, Kid Creole, Midge Ure and Nick Heyward) Deep Purple and Jools Holland featuring Marc Almond, with more acts to be announced soon.
More information at www.britishmotorshow.co.uk
Tickets available from www.seetickets.com
Fourth Chord Tour Merchandising now available online. 
The entire range of merchandise offered for sale at Quo's European & UK tour during 2007 is now available from the Quo shop. Items include clothing, accessories and the 2007/8 Tour Programme which has a fold-out 2008 calendar.

Also available now - The 'In Search of the Fourth Chord' CD, and the Special Edition "12" vinyl album which can be personally signed by each member of the band.
Bob Young Official Site

Bob Young has a new website at www.bobyoungticker.de
Rock with Target New Telecaster Facelifts now available! 

Available now from the Facelift shop, four new telecaster Facelifts. including Rick's 'Target' Facelift. Also now available are Rossi and Parfitt Telecaster Facelifts.

Rossi Telecaster Facelift   Parfitt Telecaster Facelift


Diana Concert DVD Concert for Diana DVD

A DVD of July's 'Concert for Diana' at Wembley Stadium was released on November 5th, 2007. The 2 x DVD set features Quo's performance of Rocking All Over The World along with performances by 21 other artists including Elton John, Rod Stewart, Joe Perry and Kanye West. Charities benefiting from the sale of the DVD will be the same as the Concert beneficiaries - including The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and many others. For more details go to:
Status Quo - CARE FACTOR ZERO - The Movie

Filming in Thailand for Quo's debut feature film 'Care Factor Zero' has now been put back until February 2009. Although the majority of the financing for the film is now in place, it has been decided to delay filming (originally scheduled for February 2008) due to demands on the band to promote the 'In Search of the Fourth Chord' album outside of Europe during this period. The script has now been rewritten to include sequences of Quo at a live gig in Bangkok!

If you have not already registered your interest, please do so:
Just Doin it - DVD coverJust Doin' It (Live) - DVD

Quo's explosive concert DVD 'Just Doin' It Live' is released by Warner Vision. Filmed at their sell out 2006 concert at Birmingham NEC, the DVD is the band's first 'live in concert' release for an incredible fifteen years.

The DVD features the full rocking concert of over 2 hours, and also contains three exclusive bonus features: a behind-the-scenes documentary containing interviews with all five band members, the video promo for their 2005 single 'The Party Ain't Over Yet' and a fans photo gallery.

As well as the standard DVD, a stunning Limited Edition Box Set is also scheduled to hit the shops. This must-have collector's item contains: the DVD; a 14 track live CD of the concert, 5 exclusive postcards, a poster, a Quo car sticker, a whopping 60 page booklet crammed full with previously unseen photos plus a set list from the NEC show!
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