The 'Pictures' winter tour 2008 - In the UK, France and Germany, starts on September 27th.
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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.
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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.
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Quo in Amsterdam
Quo will play the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on Wednesday Nov 26th. Tickets are on sale now.
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Rick Parfitt Jnr and band at Forest gigs
Rick Parfitt Jnr & the
RPJ Rock Band supported Quo at the Cannock Forest and Dalby
Forest gigs on 27th & 28th June 2008.
Last year Rick Jnr performed at events and shows all over the country
including being asked to play for both HRH Prince William and HRH Prince
Andrew at their respective events. Rick Jnr also had a top 10 hit with a
single he penned for "King of the Jungle" Matt Willis and released his
own single, his rocked up re-working of the Tears for Fears classic
"Sowing the Seeds of Love", which was also the theme music for ITV 1's series 'Holly and Fearn Go Dating'. The track is available only as a download from iTunes.
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Twentysevens Dates and Album
Aussie rock act twentysevens supported Quo on their 2006 UK tour. They are now back with their own headline UK dates and a new album "Sex, Politics & Religion".
The album contains includes 13 new originals, plus - after being inspired watching Quo 31 times on the 06 tour! - a very different version of "Pictures of Matchstick Men". The album has been described as "full of hard-edged blues & groove flavours", and will be available at the live shows and also at their site from 16 June.
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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.
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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!!!
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 The 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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fourth Chord Tour Merchandising now available online.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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:
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 Just 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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