Quo forced to cancel gigs

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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Band pull the plug on six European shows as Rick Parfitt is taken into hospital

Veteran rockers Status Quo have been forced to cancel six shows because of illness affecting guitarist Rick Parfitt.

The band had been due to play tonight in Croatia, where Parfitt is now receiving hospital treatment.

No details of the illness have been given, but Quo’s manager Simon Porter, says: “We don’t cancel shows lightly as any of our fans will tell you, but in this instance, we have no option but to follow medical advice.”

The 65-year-old underwent a quadruple heart bypass in 1997 and his latest illness will force the band to miss dates in Monte Carlo, Switzerland and Germany through August 10.

The cancelled shows are:

Aug 02: Pula Arena, Croatia

Aug 04: Sporting Summer Festival, Monte Carlo

Aug 06: Stars In Town, Switzerland

Aug 07: Beach Arena, Switzerland

Aug 09: Schlossgarten Open Air, Germany

Aug 10: Rockin’ Hinterland, Germany

The band are lined up to play two further UK dates on Aug 15 at Clumber Park, Nottigham and on Aug 23 at Holkham Park, Norfolk. There is no word if these dates will be affected.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.