News Page 2014
28th December
The new album is now at the number 30 position
in the
UK charts.
22nd December
Nine weeks in the UK chart for the
"Aquostic (Stripped Bare)"
album
now. This week it has again moved up a few places and is now
at the number 27 position.
20th December
A white label test
pressing of the band's "Dog Of Two Head" album was sold for £255
(326 euros) on the ebay website this week.
15th December
The new download only single "Pictures Of
Matchstick Men", from the "Aquostic (Stripped Bare)"
album was released today. The b-side is "Pictures Of
Matchstick Men (London Mix)" (click
here
to see
the cover).
14th December
The
"Aquostic (Stripped Bare)"
album has moved up a few places, in the
UK charts, and is now at the number 29 position.
13th December
Quo's concert in
Birmingham (tonight) is to be given the
Live CD (with download option) treatment.
8th December
The set list at the start of the UK tour was:
Caroline / Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Rain / Paper Plane / Little
Lady / Hold You Back / Beginning Of The End / What You're Proposing-Down
The Dustpipe-Wild Side Of Life / Railroad / Big Fat Mama
/ Blue Eyed Lady / The Oriental / Creeping Up On You / O Baby / In The Army Now / Roll Over Lay Down / Down Down / Whatever You Want / Rockin'
All Over The World - Burning Bridges / Rock 'N' Roll Music-Bye Bye Johnny.
7th December Seven weeks for the new album in the UK charts -
this week it is at the 32 position.
1st December
The new album is again at the number 29
position in the UK charts.
23rd November
Five weeks for the
"Aquostic (Stripped Bare)"
album in the UK charts -
this week it is at the 29 position.
18th November
The set list at
the start of the German tour was:
Caroline / Paper Plane / Rain / Little
Lady-Most of the Time / Hold You Back / Beginning Of The End / O
Baby / What You're Proposing-Down The Dustpipe-Wild Side Of Life
/ Railroad / Big Fat Mama
/ The Oriental / Creeping Up On You / In The Army Now / Blue Eyed
Lady / Roll Over Lay Down / Down Down / Whatever You Want / Rockin'
All Over The World - Rock 'N' Roll Music-Bye Bye Johnny.
17th November
The latest issue
of the FTMO magazine has been sent to members of the fan club this
week. The magazine includes an interview with the band
covering the recent Roundhouse concert and a report on the summer
concerts.
16th November The album is now at the number 22 position in
the UK charts.
15th November
The next single, from the "Aquostic (Stripped
Bare)" album, is to be "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" - which is
to be released on the 15th December.
10th November
The
"Aquostic (Stripped Bare)"album is now at the number 14 position in
the UK charts.
2nd November
The album is now at the number 8 position
in the UK charts. Other chart positions are Switzerland - 4, Austria
- 33 and Germany - 37.
26th October
The album entered the UK charts at the
number 5 position.
22nd October
The set list at Quo's BBC 'acoustic' concert at the
Roundhouse in Camden, London was:
And It's Better Now / Break The Rules / Again
And Again / Paper Plane / Mystery Song-Little Lady / Rock N' Roll /
Caroline / What You're Proposing / Softer Ride / Down Down /
Pictures Of Matchstick Men / Down The Dustpipe / All The Reasons /
Reason For Living / Rollin' Home / Don't Drive My Car / Claudie /
Rain / Marguerita Time / Whatever You Want / Rockin' All Over The
World - Rock 'Til You Drop / Burning Bridges.
21st October
The latest issue
of the FTMO magazine has been sent to members of the fan club this
week. The magazine focuses on the new album.
20th October
The "And It's Better Now" download only
single and the UK CD album version of "Aquostic (Stripped Bare)"
were released today.
17th October
The European version of "Aquostic
(Stripped Bare)" was released today. The standard CD included
22 tracks - with a collectors version including a bonus 7" vinyl
single with "Mystery Song" - "Little Lady" / "Claudie".
25th September
Quo are to play
an 'acoustic' concert at the Roundhouse in Camden, London on the
22nd October. The concert is being filmed and broadcast by the
BBC.
14th September
The "Frantic
Four's Final Fling" CD entered the UK album charts at the number 34
position.
12th September
The next single "And It's Better Now", from the
"Aquostic (Stripped Bare)" album, was previewed on Radio 2 last week
and has been posted on the youtube website (click
here).
9th September
The first single to be released from the
new album - "Aquostic (Stripped Bare)" - is to be "And It's Better
Now". Which is also to be released on the on the 20th October.
The box set version of the album is to include the CD, a t-shirt, a
mouse mat, 7-inch vinyl single, 7 pictures and poster.
8th September
"Frantic Four's
Final Fling - Live At The Dublin O2 Arena" and the "Status Quo Live"
box set were released in the UK today.
6th September
The release date for the re-mixed "Rockin' All Over The World"
album has been put back until early next year.
1st September
The Official Quo website has announced that a
new album - "Aquostic (Stripped Bare)" - is to be released on the
20th October. The album is made up of 25 acoustic recordings
from Quo's back-catalogue and will be available as a CD, vinyl (2
LP) set and as a box set (click
here
to see
the cover).
11th August
The "In Search Of The
Fourth Chord" 2 LP set was re-issued in Germany today (Earmusic
209686).
8th August The release date for the "Frantic
Four's Final Fling - Live At The Dublin O2 Arena" is now to
be the 8th September.
1st August
The 4 CD "Status
Quo Live" release is to be issued on the 8th September.
19th July The FF's 'last' concert, in Dublin on the 12th
April, in to be issued on DVD and Blu-ray with the title "Frantic
Four's Final Fling - Live At The Dublin O2 Arena" on the
1st September (click
here
to see
the cover). In addition the concert is to be released as a 2 LP
vinyl set and a 2 CD set.
15th July
The "In Search Of The Fourth Chord" album is to
be re-issued on vinyl in Germany by Earmusic on the 11th August.
3rd July
A new Quo bootleg 7" single 'At The Marquee
1972" is available on the Ebay website. The single is made up
of the audio for the widely available TV filmed "Paper Plane" and
"Don't Waste My Time" (click
here).
14th July
The latest issue
of the FTMO magazine has been sent to members of the fan club this
week. The magazine includes interviews with the FF and the
current band.
8th July
The release of the 4 CD 'Deluxe Box Edition' of
the "Status Quo Live" album (to include the "Tokyo Quo" album and
the previously unreleased "Australia '74" from a soundboard
recording of the band's concert in Sydney on 20th
November 1974) and the re-mixed "Rockin' All Over The World"
album are now planned for September - following completion of the
licensing agreements.
7th June
A copy of Quo's very rare
cancelled 7" single "Technicolor Dreams" from 1968 was recently sold
on the Ebay auction website for £467 (575 Euros).
1st June
A new 7" live bootleg vinyl single is available
on the Ebay website. It includes "Little Lady" with "Rockin'
All Over The World" as the b-side (both recorded at Quo's appearance
in Dortmund, Germany on the 28th May 1982).
22nd May
A vinyl bootleg album of Quo's concert in
Stockholm, Sweden in November 1971 is available from the Ebay
auction website. The concert has never been officially
available yet (although there were cancelled plans to release the
recording in February 2002 on CD) and is available on either white
or red vinyl.
13th May
The CD re-issue of the
"Live At Montreux 2009" album (Osprey OPYCD104) was released
yesterday.
20th April The vinyl album issues of "Tokyo Quo" and
"Pictures - Live In Switzerland 2009" were released yesterday.
2nd April
Two further Japanese 12" picture disc bootleg
singles are available on the Ebay website - "Caroline" (click
here) and
"Lies" (click
here).
1st April
Universal are to release a limited
edition (of 1,500 copies only) vinyl issue of the "Tokyo Quo" album
(3739863) on the 19th April. The album was originally
released in Japan in 1977 and has never before been released in the
UK. The release is part of 'Record Store Day' and will be
available in a number of selected record shops only.
31st March
The "Piledriver" album re-issue entered the UK charts at
the number 90 position.
25th March The latest issue of the FTMO magazine has been
sent to members of the fan club this week. The magazine
includes the latest news and an interview with the band.
24th March The "Piledriver" album deluxe re-issue was
released today.
19th March
The set list for the
first FF show in Berlin last night was:
Junior's Wailing / Backwater-Just Take Me / Is
There A Better Way / In My Chair / Blue Eyed Lady / Little Lady-Most
Of The Time / (April) Spring Summer And Wednesday / Railroad /
O Baby / 4500 Times-Gotta Go Home / Rain / Big Fat Mama / Down Down / Roadhouse
Blues - Caroline / Bye Bye Johnny.
1st March
Two further Japanese 12" picture disc bootleg
singles are available on the Ebay website - "Roadhouse Medley"
(click
here) and "The Wanderer" (click
here).
10th February
Demon records are
releasing a double vinyl album of Quo's concert in Montreux on the
19th April - "Pictures - Live In Switzerland". The album set is a
limited edition (of 1,000 copies) release and is on white vinyl.
The recording was originally released on DVD in October 2009 as
"Pictures - Live In Montreux 2009".
9th February
Two further Japanese 12" picture disc bootleg
singles are available on the Ebay website - "Pictures Of
Matchstick Men" (click
here)
and "In The Army Now" (click
here).
29th January
Two new Japanese 12" picture disc bootleg
singles are available on the Ebay website - "Break The Rules"
(click
here) and "Whatever You Want"
(click
here).
13th January
The "Piledriver" album is to be re-issued on CD
on the 24th March (Mercury 3766019). The release is a double
CD set - including two BBC radio sessions and the 1973 BBC in
concert recording. The release of the 4
CD 'Deluxe Box Edition' of the "Status Quo Live" album (to include
the "Tokyo Quo" album and the previously unreleased 'live'
in Sydney Australia on 20th November 1974 recording) and the re-mixed "Rockin' All Over The World"
album are scheduled for June release.
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