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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