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News Page 2005

 

29th December Another Quo 'best of'  CD compilation - "The Status Quo Story" (Mercury 9836134) - is to be released on the 13th February 2006.

20th December A promotion copy of the Quo single - in their Spectres' days of 1967 - "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" was sold on Ebay this week for £265 (€390).

14th December The "Under The Influence" album is to be re-issued by Nobel Price (223169-205), with a new cover design, in Germany as a budget priced CD on the 19th December (click here to see picture).

13th December The next batch of Quo re-mastered albums are to be released on the 30th January.

28th November The 3 CD Set "The Ultimate Collection" from 2003 is being issued, by Universal Music, in the UK on the 16th January 2006.

25th November A new Quo book - La Route sans fin - is to be published by Camion Blanc, in France, on the 10th December (click here to see picture).

14th November The new single has dropped to the number 69 position in the UK chart this week.  "The Party Ain't Over Yet... - 40 Years Of Status Quo" DVD entered the UK Music DVD chart at the number 3 position.

12th November A guitar donated and signed by the band is to be auctioned at a charity night,  for cancer research, at the New Walton Hall Club in Hull on the 17th November.

9th November The concert on the 10th December in Birmingham is to be filmed for a possible 'Live in Concert' DVD release next year.

6th November "All That Counts Is Love" entered the UK charts at the number 29 position.

31st October The new single - "All That Counts Is Love" - was released today.

13th October The Details of the new single - "All That Counts Is Love" - have now been announced.  The single will be available as two CDs - one with "I Ain't Ready" and the second with 'live' recordings of "Belavista Man" and "The Party Ain't Over Yet..." recorded in Emden, in Germany, on the 30th September 2005.   

10th October Both the new single and album have dropped out of the UK charts.

7th October The new single is to be "All That Counts Is Love" with a planned release date of the 31st October. 

2nd October UK chart positions this week were album number 53 and number 57 for the single.

29th September The new album entered the German charts at the number 19 position and the Swedish charts at the number 17 position.

27th September The new album entered the Swiss charts at the number 21 position.

25th September The new album entered the UK charts at the number 18 position and the single dropped to the number 27 position.

24th September The first of the 2 CD - "Status Quo & Friends - 40th Anniversary Souvenir" -  set with the Mirror newspapers was published today.  The CD included 'live' recordings of "Rockin' All Over The World", "Whatever You Want", "Break The Rules" and "Roll Over Lay Down" from the band's concert in Liverpool on the 23rd July 2005.  The CD also included a medley from the new album with "The Party Ain't Over Yet...", "All That Counts Is Love", "Gotta Get Up And Go", "Belavista Man", "The Bubble" and "Goodbye Baby".  The second CD is published tomorrow (with the Sunday Mirror newspaper) and includes the album medley (again) together with 'live' recordings of "Down Down", "Caroline", "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" and "Rain". 

23rd September The 'live' set list now includes the new single and "Belavista Man" - together with a new (currently every changing) encore medley with "What You're Proposing", "Down The Dustpipe", "Little Lady", "Rockers Rollin'", "Red Sky", "Dear John", "Big Fat Mama" and "In My Chair".

22nd September A new double DVD set - "The Party Ain't Over Yet... - 40 Years Of Status Quo" - is due to be released on the 7th November (click here for details).

21st September The Time Life 4 Quo CD "The Ultimate Collection" set, from 2003, has been re-issued.

19th September The new album - "The Party Ain't Over Yet..." - was released today.

18th September The new single entered the UK charts at the number 11 position.

12th September The new single - "The Party Ain't Over Yet..." - was released today.

8th September A new compilation CD called "Gold" has been issued in Poland (click here to see picture).

4th September The new single and "Belavista Man" are to be added to the new set list.

2nd September Radio 2 are to broadcast a Quo 'Live in the Studio' session on the 9th September (click here for details).

31st August  A new Quo 2 CD compilation "Keep On Rockin'" (MCDLX015) is due to be released on the 26th September.  The CDs are made up of material from "Heavy Traffic" and the 'covers' albums (click here to see picture).

28th August  The Mirror newspaper issue of the 24th September and the Sunday Mirror issue of the 25th September are to include free '40th Anniversary Quo' CDs - each will include 4 songs and a trailer for the new album.   

27th August  Details of the different formats for "The Party Ain't Over Yet" single have now been confirmed.  The CD single will include the new song "I'm Watching Over You", the 7" will include a 'live' version of "Gerdundula" and the DVD single will include both mixes of the song (click here to see picture).

11th August  "The Party Ain't Over Yet" has moved up to the number 6 position in the Berlin Radio chart.

6th August  "The Party Ain't Over Yet" has moved up to the number 15 position in the Berlin Radio chart.

31st July  The release date for the 'A Day In The Life' documentary DVD (click here to see picture) has been put back to June next year according to the Amazon website.

29th July  "The Party Ain't Over Yet" has entered the Berlin Radio (airplay votes based) chart at the number 17 position (click here ).

27th July  Francis Rossi's and Rick Parfitt's autobiography 'XS All Areas' is to be published in paperback form on the 2nd September.

25th July  Universal Music has now started work on the next batch of Status Quo re-mastered albums.  These are to be "1+9+8+2" (with 4 bonus tracks), "Live At The N.E.C." (as a double CD with the full set), "Back To Back" (with 8 bonus tracks), "In The Army Now" (with 7 bonus tracks), "Ain't Complaining" (with 6 bonus tracks), "Perfect Remedy" (with 6 bonus tracks), "Rock 'Til You Drop", "Live Alive Quo", "Thirsty Work" (with 5 bonus tracks), "Don't Stop" (with 5 bonus tracks) and "Famous In The Last Century" (with 3 bonus tracks).

21st July  The Official Quo website has now announced the release of the new single and album. Promotion copies for the album (SANPR389) and the single have been issued to radio stations.

18th July  The Amazon website shows that Quo's new studio album is to be called "The Party Ain't Over Yet" (Sanctuary SANCD389) and is to be released on the 19th September.  The title song is to be issued as a single on the 12th September (with a CD version SANXS400, a DVD version SANDX400 and a limited edition 7" version SANSE400). 

25th June  The German website for Sanctuary records shows the release date for the new Quo album as the 19th September.

21st June  The 'A Day In The Life' documentary is to be released on the 25th July by Classic Pictures Entertainment (DVD8058X).

20th June  The CD set 'Now And Then', available through the Tesco supermarket group, has entered the UK album charts at the number 49 position.

12th June  A new 'singles compilation' DVD 'Down Down' (Universal 982 870-0) was released in Holland at the end of May.  The DVD is made up of 16 Quo videos - including "Accident Prone" (click here to see picture).

9th June  The latest rumours (unconfirmed) are that the new studio album - due to be released by Sanctuary in September this year - is to have the title 'SQ 40'. 

8th June  A budget priced Quo 3 CD set 'Now And Then' has been issued by Crimson (CRIMBX55) through the Tesco supermarket group.

23rd May  An excellent Quo bootleg DVD 'Boogie - Then And Now' has been manufactured on the continent.  It features 'The End Of The Road' concert from 1984 and the Montreux concert from last year (click here to see picture).

18th May  The "Inside Status Quo 1968-1991" two DVD set was released on Monday.

10th May  Another copy of Quo's ultra rare "Technicolor Dreams" withdrawn 7" single from 1968 has been auctioned on the Ebay website.  This copy went for 318 (465) yesterday..

3rd May  Sanctuary have re-issued the "Anniversary Waltz" DVD this week.

26th April  Quo have signed a recording contact with Sanctuary Records and are recording material for a new album due to be released in September.

17th April  Details of the UK Winter Tour dates have been sent to members of the fan club.

11th April  The release of the "Inside Status Quo 1968-1991" DVD has been put back until the middle of May.

29th March  The 'Classic Status Quo - The Universal Masters DVD Collection" DVD released in Scandinavia last month has this week been issued in the UK.

10th March  The German Internet Radio Station RNM Radio (click here ) are due to broadcast a 2 hour Quo special 'Rockin' All Over Status Quo' at 8 o'clock (CET) on the 20th March.

7th March  The re-mastered CD albums for "If You Can't Stand The Heat", "Never Too Late", "Just Supposin'", "Whatever You Want" and "Rockin' All Over The World" were released today.

23rd February  A 2 DVD set with the title "Inside Status Quo 1968-1991" (Classic Rock CRP1803) is due to be released in April (click here for details ).

18th February  The "Hitmachine" Quo compilation CD, from 1996 released on the Disky label, has been reissued through the Lidl supermarket group this week (click here for details ).

15th February  Universal Music has now decided to issue remastered CDs of the band's "1+9+8+2", "Back To Back", "In The Army Now", "Ain't Complaining", "Perfect Remedy", "Rock 'Til You Drop" and "Thirsty Work" albums. 

5th February  Quo are due to start recording material for their next studio album in March and April.

31st January  The re-mastered CD albums for "On The Level", "Quo", "Hello!", "Status Quo Live", "Blue For You" and "Piledriver" were released today.

29th January  A new DVD 'Classic Status Quo' (Universal 06024 982 622-9) is due to be issued in Scandinavia on the 14th February and in Germany in April.

28th January  A limited edition DVD of 'Famous In The Last Century' was issued in Spain this week, available from Newsagents, as part of a DVD series from the Spanish newspaper 'El Pais'.


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