Status Quo Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
23rd January 2017
Fact: Status Quo has announced new tour dates following the recent death of bandmember Rick Parfitt on Christmas Eve (24Dec16). Remaining rockers Francis Rossi, Andrew Bown, John 'Rhino' Edwards, Leon Cave and Richie Malone will perform four shows this summer (17), including a gig at London's Royal Albert Hall on 1 July. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 27 January (17).
21st October 2014
Quote: "I've never believed in rehab, too much publicity, load of rubbish sitting there painting pictures all day. I've decided to do it myself. I've been given a ninth life - cats are jealous of me." Status Quo rocker Rick Parfitt is determined to stay sober without any outside help. He quit booze and cigarettes following a second heart attack in August (14).
23rd September 2014
Fact: Rockers Status Quo will perform a special stripped-down set at London's Roundhouse venue to celebrate the launch of their first completely acoustic album Aquostic: Stripped Bare. The gig will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 on 22 October (14).
8th July 2013
Quote: "I cry very easily. I've been known to burst into tears during The X Factor." Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi gets emotional while watching reality Tv shows.
25th May 2013
Fact: British rockers Status Quo have taken on a new drummer, Leon Cave.
4th March 2013
Quote: "I've got this big mirror in my bedroom and I was playing air guitar. I practised jumping off the bed from the drum rostrum like I used to do and I really hurt my foot." Status Quo's original bassist Alan Lancaster has been left injured after getting carried away playing out his rock 'n' roll fantasies.
29th October 2012
Tweet: "The movie itself was good, if a bit too long. And the lip- and hand-synching was out as well. It should be spot on. This is the modern age." Status Quo star Rick Parfitt is unimpressed with parts of the band's DVD Hello Quo.
26th February 2012
Fact: The original Status Quo line-up has reunited for the first time in 25 years. Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan put aside their differences for a studio session filmed for the upcoming documentary Hello Quo, due to be released in October (12).
13th May 2011
Quote: "You go out with a bunch of guys, you pull a girl. You get back to the hotel and think, 'I shouldn't have done this'. You go for a leak (to the toilet) and come back and she's taken her clothes off. Then you have to perform and you don't really want to. You also know she's going to tell everyone, so the appeal of that quickly left me." Status Quo's Francis Rossi soon grew tired of bedding groupies.
13th May 2011
Quote: "I don't think I'm a very good father or I wouldn't have had children and been in rock 'n' roll. However, I love my children to death, they want for nothing and they're reasonably well adjusted." Status Quo star Francis Rossi is convinced parenthood and the music business don't mix well.
18th November 2010
Quote: "It gives everybody a big day out, flag waving and stuff like that, we're looking forward to it." Status Quo rocker Rick Parfitt was pleased to hear the news that Prince William had proposed to Kate Middleton. The couple will marry next year (11).
5th October 2010
Quote: "We've played in front of her at charity concerts, and she said to us once, 'You're really rather good, aren't you?' But I didn't have the heart to tell her that we were miming on that particular show." Status Quo star FRANCIS ROSSI reveals Queen Elizabeth II is a fan of the band.
26th April 2010
Quote: "It's sh**e there, it really is. It's not nice there at all." Status Quo rocker FRANCIS ROSSI is not a fan of Russia.
23rd February 2010
Quote: "I don't really believe Liam is that upset all the time. You can't pretend to be a 20-year-old angry young man when you're pushing 40. Someone's pretending. But it's image and we're in showbusiness. Ninety five per cent is bulls**t, the other five per cent is bulls**t." Status Quo star FRANCES ROSSI on feisty former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher.
18th November 2009
Fact: Australian artist/singer Rolf Harris has teamed up with Status Quo's Rick Parfitt in a bid to land the U.K.'s Christmas number one single. They've recorded festive song CHRISTMAS IN THE SUN.
24th December 2008
Quote: "It sounds like a mix between the POSTMAN PAT theme tune and Deep Purple's SMOKE ON THE WATER." FRANCIS ROSSI on Status Quo's first ever festive single, IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME.
3rd December 2008
Quote: "I drank, I did cocaine, it was terrible. Now I just smoke three cigarettes a day (and) I don't drink." Status Quo star FRANCIS ROSSI has cut back on his vices.
3rd July 2008
Quote: "This German journalist asked me what music I liked once and I mentioned Abba. And he said: 'I really don't think you should say that. It's not good for your image.' I thought, 'It may be bad for ABBA's image that I like them, but not for mine!'" Status Quo star FRANCIS ROSSI isn't afraid to admit his love for the Swedish pop band.
26th September 2007
Quote: "THE Ramones to me were never punk; they were closer to Status Quo." Sex Pistols star Johnny Rotten sneers at America's punk darlings.
14th September 2007
Quote: "I vowed never to marry again and thought the only time I'd walk down the aisle was if I needed a wee on an aeroplane." Status Quo rocker Rick Parfitt never dreamed of marrying for the third time.
13th November 2006
Quote: "We played with them a few times. Jesus they were grim. I'm sure they were great on the right nights, but hell, they were hard work. And so noisy." Status Quo star FRANCIS ROSSI was never a fan of PINK FLOYD.
3rd November 2005
Quote: <p>"I'm very bad at being an actor or guitarist. The sign on my gravestone would be, 'I've been getting away with it all my life.'" Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi has been lucky. </p>
13th October 2005
Quote: <p>"The last person I want to see on a day off is Francis Rossi, believe me. But by the time we're back onstage, we're raring to go. We're not best buddies all the time, but it's not punch-ups either." Veteran rocker Rick Parfitt needs to take frequent breaks from his Status Quo bandmate. </p>
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