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Rick Parfitt: I miss being part of Status Quo’s last electric shows

By Martin Kielty Published

Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt sends message to fans about his absence from final electric tour - but vows to see them again “somewhere, sometime”

Concerts & Shows
Album art for Status Quo's Aquostic II
Status Quo - Aquostic II: That’s A Fact! album review

By David Quantick Published

Status Quo reprise a winning formula on their latest chronological acoustic follow up

Albums
Status Quo live in 1970
Status Quo: Cocaine Completely Screws You Up. By 1984 I Was On The Floor

By Rob Hughes Published

Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt on planes, drugs, crazed fans, opening Live Aid and the perils of fame

Interviews
Status Quo frantic four lineup
Rossi ‘wanted to do Status Quo on his own’ says Lancaster

By Martin Kielty Published

Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi wound up hating everything to do with the Frantic Four lineup because of his drug addiction, says Alan Lancaster

Interviews
A picture of Rick Parfitt performing live
Status Quo fans offered refunds for future shows without Parfitt

By Stef Lach Published

Exclusive: Status Quo will give refunds to disgruntled fans who bought winter tour tickets before Rick Parfitt's heart attack

Concerts & Shows
Rick Parfitt
Status Quo's Rick Parfitt ‘died for minutes’ after heart attack

By Martin Kielty Published

Status Quo co-founder Rick Parfitt may not return to the band as he concentrates on his health after near-fatal heart attack

Bands & Artists
Portrait of Status Quo's Francis Rossi backstage, next to a sign on the wall that says 'Status Quo Aquostic Stripped Bare'
"Quo were always cocky": the gospel according to Francis Rossi

By Dave Ling Published

He’s cool with homosexuality and proud of meeting the Queen, but hates today’s kids and has fallen out with the Frantic Four – again. The Status Quo singer/guitarist lets rip

Interviews
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Status Quo detail Aquostic II

By Scott Munro Published

Status Quo announce full details on their Aquostic II album – due in October

Bands & Artists
Gentle Giant sitting on a bench
Vertigo Records: the label that changed the world

By Malcolm Dome Published

As the 70s dawned, so did a brand new sound - progressive rock. And at the centre of it all was influential British label Vertigo, home of Gentle Giant, Magna Carta, Black Sabbath and more

Record Labels
Status Quo’s Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt and Alan Lancaster live on stage in 1977
Status Quo: the story behind Quo Live!

By Mick Wall Published

One of the greatest live albums of the 1970s, Status Quo’s Live! is the sound of British boogie rock at its rawest and best. So why does Quo frontman Francis Rossi hate it so much?

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