The Quo History Part 5
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1992 - Quo headline Radio One's 'Party In The Park' 25th anniversary celebrations at Sutton Park in Birmingham. the audience of 125,000 took Quo's total audience for 150 gigs over the preceding 15 months to over 2.5 million people. The Sutton Park gig was recorded for the 'Live Alive Quo' album and 'Roadhouse Medley' single which saw the band notch up their 45th hit single. The band are presented to HM The Queen when they play at 'The Last Tattoo' in Berlin.
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1993 - Rossi and Parfitt hit the Top Ten bestsellers list with the Status Quo autobiography 'Just for The Record'. The band are invited to switch on the Blackpool illuminations and attract a crowd of 25,000 - the biggest since Jayne Mansfield flicked the switch in 1959! The Royal Doulton china company produce limited edition Rossi and Parfitt character jugs.
1994 - The band play a special one off charity show at London's Royal Albert hall attended by HRH Prince Charles in aid of the Princes Trust. Quo produce a Number One single for the Manchester United Football Squad when they re-work 'Burning Bridges' as 'Come On You Reds'. 300,000 people se the band perform at the 'Farewell Party' hosted by the Allied forces of Great Britain, France and the USA in Berlin. 'Thirsty Work' is the first new Quo studio album for three years.
1995 - Quo play to over 1.25 million during a series of summer European and Scandinavian Festival appearences. The band hits thirty with the news of the 'Don't Stop' album and world tour. The band also celebrate their 400th week in the UK Singles Chart with the entry of 'When You Walk In The Room'. The 30th anniversary is also celebrated with the publication of 'Quotographs' - a book featuring over 250 rare and classic photographs from all eras of the bands history, personally captioned by Francis and Rick.
1996 - Quo mark the release of the 'Don't Stop' album with the 30th anniversary show at Brixton Academy specially for the members of the Quo fan club 'From the Makers Of...'. the band played the entire 'Don't Stop' album alongside some very special guests including The Beach Boys, Queen's Brian May, Steeleye Span's Maddy Prior and Eric Clapton's backing vocalist Tessa Niles. The show was filmed for the video release of 'Don't Stop' for which all participating artists donated their royalties to the music industry charity Nordoff Robins Music Therapy. The 'Don't Stop' album entered the UK Album Chart at Number Two, giving the band their biggest UK album since 1990's 'Rockin' All Over The Years' compilation. The single 'Fun, Fun, Fun' entered the UK Charts at Number 24. Quo embarked on the 'Can't Stop' tour starting in Europe and the UK.
1997 - The 'Can't Stop' tour carries on to Japan, Australia, the USA and the middle east. In April Rick Parfitt was rushed into hospital for a quadruple heart bypass and tour plans throughout the summer months were cancelled.
Quo returned to the live circuit with a show at Norwich F.C in August, and continued with the annual UK tour in December, which had ex-Free singer Paul Rodgers and his band as special guests. October saw the release of "Whatever You Want - the greatest hits." featuring all of Quo's 41 hits on 2 CD's.
1998 - The year started with promotional activities throughout Europe to promote the greatest hits album, followed by a month long tour of Australia in March/April. Quo will be touring in Germany in late April/May, and the rest of the year will be spent playing Festivals throughout Europe and the UK tour at the end of the year and continuing the recording of their next studio album in preparation for release in early 1999.
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