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News Page 2010


16th December
The "In The Army (2010)" mini CD album (issued in Germany in September) was released in Australia on the 10th December (Riot records RIOTCD027).

13th December
The 4 CD box set - with the albums "Hello!", "On The Level", "Piledriver" and "Quo" - issued in Germany in September is to be released in the UK on the 10th. January next year.

10th December
The latest issue of the FTMO magazine was posted out to fan club members this week - included in the magazine was a review of the year by the band members and an article on the making of the "In The Army Now" video.

1st December
A copy of the Quo Japanese 7" single "Make Me Stay A Bit Longer" from 1969 was sold today on the Ebay auction website for £433 (514 Euros) - click here to see the cover.  

29th November
The next studio album is not planned until September next year.

10th November
The
set list for the UK tour includes:- Caroline /  Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Break The Rules / Mean Girl / Softer Ride / 4500 Times / Rain / Beginning Of The End / Mystery Song-Railroad-Spinning Wheel Blues-Wild Side Of Life-Rollin' Home-Again And Again-Slow Train / The Oriental / Creeping Up On You / For You / In My Army Now / Paper Plane /Roll Over Lay Down / Down Down / Whatever You Want / Rockin' All Over The World - Junior's Wailing / Rock 'N' Roll Music-Bye Bye Johnny.

25th October
The "Live At The BBC" CD/DVDs were released today.

15th October
Bob Young and Mick Moody's anthology 'best of' compilation "Back For The Last Time Again" is now available through iTunes and will be available from the Amazon website shortly.

10th October
The "In The Army Now (2010)" single dropped down to the number 64 position in this week's UK charts.

3rd October
The "In The Army Now (2010)" single entered the UK charts at the number 31 position.

1st October
The band's concert at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on the 19th October is to be issued as an 'instant' 2 x CD set.  The recording of the concert will be available after the concert, by mail order and by download (click here for details).

27th September
The new "In The Army Now" single was released in the UK today.

25th September
A budget priced re-issue of the "Live Legends" DVD, originally released in 2004, is to be released by Archivemedia (AMB3753) on the 25th October.

21st September
Another copy of Quo's very rare cancelled 7" single "Technicolor Dreams" from 1968 was recently sold on the Ebay auction website for £703 (829 Euros).

4th September
The release date for the Universal Quo BBC sessions is now to be the 25th October.  A DVD (click here to see the cover), 8 x CD, 4 x CD and 2 x CD sets are to be issued.

4th September
A 4 CD box set - with the albums "Hello!", "On The Level", "Piledriver" and "Quo" - is due to be released in Germany by Universal (PID895570) on the 5th October
click here to see the cover.  

30th August
The UK release date for the "Top 100" 5 x CD set has been put back to the 6th September.

28th August
The re-recorded version of "In The Army" is to be released in Germany (by the Edel label) as part of an album on the 24th September.  With the track listing to be:- "In The Army Now" (2010 version), "Caroline" (live at Ipswich Regent Theatre 17/02/2009), "Beginning Of The End" (live at Ipswich Regent Theatre 17/02/2009), "Down Down" (live at Oxford New Theatre 04/10/2008), "Whatever You Want" (live at Brighton Theatre 12/12/2008), "Burning Bridges" (live at Birmingham N.E.C. 22/12/2008) / "Ain't Wasting My Time" / "One By One" / "In The Army Now" (2010) (radio edit) / "In The Army Now" (2010) (video) / "Beginning Of The End" (video).
Click here to see the cover.  

27th August
Universal are also planning to release a 'collectors' 8 CD set of Quo BBC recorded material.  Which would also include the NEC 1982 concert (including the previously un-issued songs "4500 Times", "Big Fat Mama", "Roadhouse Blues", "Rain" and "Bye Bye Johhny" but omitting some of previously available tracks) and the full BBC 'live' recordings from the Wembley Arena London concert in 1988, the Knebworth concert from 1990, the 'Party In The Park' concert in 1992 and the concert at the Brighton Centre in 1996.

23rd August
Universal are planning to release a 4 CD set in October "Live At The BBC".  With two CDs of Quo BBC studio material - including sessions from 1966 through to 2005 (with one the highlights being the Steve Wright acoustic session with Francis and Rick from 1989).   And two CDs of live material taken from the Paris Theatre, in London concert from March 1973, the Wembley Arena, in London concert from July 1988, the Knebworth concert in June 1990 and the concert at the Brighton Centre in December 1996.  A two CD set is also to be released.

18th August
Francis Rossi is due to play a one-off concert in London on the 15th September for a future 'live' CD and DVD release.

16th August
Details of the track listing for the "In The Army Now" EP due to be released on the 27th September have now been published.  The bonus songs are a 'radio edit' of the new recording of "In The Army Now" and 'live' versions of "Caroline" and "Whatever You Want" (click here to see picture cover).


15th August
A 12" promo Quo single was recently sold on the Ebay auction website for £340 (€390).  The single, from 1986, included the tracks "Rolling Home'", "Dreamin'" (a different version to that released), "In The Army Now" and "Calling" with the catalogue number MADDOX 18.

26th July
An edited version of the title song of Francis Rossi's solo album "One Step At A Time" was released as a download single on the 25th July.

25th July
A copy of the 'Sorry We Couldn't Make It" CD has been sold on the Ebay action website for £187 (223 Euros).  Copies of this CD were mailed to fans, in April 2010, who had booked tickets for the 2009 UK winter concerts that were cancelled and could not be rescheduled.  The CD was made up of six songs taken from the 'Live Now' series - "Caroline" (Ipswich 2009), "Paper Plane" (Westonbirt 2008), "Don't Drive My Car" (Birmingham 2008), "Down Down (Oxford 2008), "Whatever You Want" (Brighton 2008) and "Burning Bridges" (Birmingham 2008).

15th July
The "In The Army Now" EP is to be released on the 26th September click here to see the flyer.

14th July
The Quo 5 CD set "Top 100" issued in Holland last month is to be released in the UK on the 23rd August.

10th July
Copies of the third "FTMO...Live" interview CD were posted this week to fan club members who had ordered a copy.

7th July
The planned re-issue of the "In Search Of The Fourth Chord" CD by Universal Music was cancelled.

12th June
A number of coloured vinyl bootleg promotion copy singles of the band's pre-Quo singles have started to appear on the Ebay auction website - "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (by The Spectres) on yellow vinyl and "Almost But Not Quite There" (by The Traffic Jam) on red vinyl.

11th June
On the 25th June a TV advertised Quo 5 CD set called "Top 100" is due to be released in Holland (click here to see picture).

5th June A copy of the 1983 double bootleg LP "Over The Edge" was sold in May on the Ebay website for a £100 (€120).

13th May
The set list for the first show of Francis Rossi's solo tour was:- Caroline / Claudie / All We Really Want To Do (Polly) / You'll Come Round / Crazy For You / Old Time Rock & Roll / Strikes Like Lightening / Tallulahs Waiting / Here I Go / Tongue Tied / Blessed Are The Meek / My Little Heart Breaker / Electric Arena / One Step At A Time / Marguerita Time / Rolling Down The Road / Diggin' Burt Bacharach / Sleeping On The Job / Twenty Wild Horses / Can't Give You More / Don't Waste My Time.


7th May
The "In Search Of The Fourth Chord" CD is to be re-issued by Universal Music (2735082) on the 31st May.

1st May The band have re-recorded the song "In The Army Now" which his to be released as part of an EP Single on the 20th September.  A third 'FTMO - Live CD" has been produced and is available through the Fan Club.

30th April
The DVD "Inside Status Quo", originally released in 2005, is to be re-issued on the 11th June - with the title "The Status Quo Story".  

24th April
Universal Music in Germany are planning to issue the "In The Army Now" and the "Ain't Complaining" albums as a double CD set in their '2 for 1' series on the 28th May.


24th March
The set list for the Australian tour
includes:- Caroline / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Rain / Don't Drive My Car / Mean Girl / Softer Ride / Beginning Of The End / Hold You Back / What You’re Proposing-Down The Dustpipe-Little Lady-Red Sky-Dear John-Big Fat Mama / Pictures Of Matchstick Men / Ice In The Sun / The Oriental / Creeping Up On You / Living On An Island / In My Army Now / Roll Over Lay Down / Down Down / Whatever You Want / Rockin' All Over The World - Paper Plane / Junior's Wailing / Rock 'N' Roll Music-Bye Bye Johnny.  

13th March
A number of Quo albums have been manufactured as unofficial Japanese reproduction mini CDs click here for details.

12th March A 'collectors edition' CD of Francis Rossi's new solo album which includes a 7" single (with "I Can See Clearly Now" / Interview) is also to be released.

11th March The 'Whatever You Want" DVD issued in Denmark last year, is to be released in Australia on the 16th March.

10th March Samples of the tracks on Francis Rossi's new solo album "One Step At A Time" are now available on the official Quo website click here.

7th March A limited edition CD tour issue of "Pictures - 40 Years Of Hits" and "In Search Of The Fourth Chord" (Universal 5325825) is due to be released in Australia on the 22nd March.

5th March A copy of the mis-pressed "Anniversary Waltz" 12" single is on sale on the auction website EBay with a reserve price of £150 (€170).  The mis-pressing had 'live' versions of "Little Lady" and "Paper Plane" instead of the correct b-sides ("The Power Of Rock" and "Perfect Remedy").

4th March
"Faded Memory" is to be released by Francis Rossi as a single - on the same day that his "One Step At A Time" album is released. 

28th February The band's concert at the Palais Theatre, in Melbourne, Australia on the 13th March is to be issued as an 'instant' 2 x CD set.  The recording of the concert will be available after the gig, by mail order and by download (click here for details).

24th February Details of Francis Rossi's new solo album "One Step At A Time", due to be released in May.

19th February The "Live At Knebworth" various artists compilation 'live' CD is to be re-issued by Eagle Rock Entertainment (EDGCD410) on the 23rd March.  The album was originally released in 1990 (by Polydor) and included 'live' versions of "Dirty Water", "Whatever You Want" and "Rockin' All Over The World".

5th January Status Quo have donated a live video of "In The Army Now" to the "Heroes - The Greatest War Movies Ever" DVD which is released on the 25th January.

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