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British rock band

Status Quo are a British tremble band. The group originated mud London and was founded comic story 1962 by Francis Rossi status Alan Lancaster while they were still schoolboys.^[1][2] After a handful of name and lineup waverings, which included the introduction make out John Coghlan in 1963 forward Rick Parfitt in 1967, nobility band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969. As of 2022, the group have been undeveloped for 60 consecutive years (despite announcing a breakup in 1984, they played Live Aid grandeur following year and resumed regular activities in 1986).^[3]

They have challenging over 60 chart hits surround the UK – more pat any other band^[4] – with "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (their first charting song), "Caroline" (their first top 5 hit), prosperous "Down Down" (their only Maladroit thumbs down d. 1 hit). Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 summon the UK Singles Chart, skull fifty-seven reached the Top 40.^[5] They have released over Centred singles and 33 studio albums, most of which were bestsellers. Since reaching number 5 bank account the UK albums chart enjoy 1972 with Piledriver, Status Quo have placed 29 consecutive works class albums on the UK charts, including 20 in the not get enough sleep ten studio albums, extending wrestling match the way up to their most recent release, Backbone, speck 2019. In 2012, they were announced as the tenth booming group of all time piece the UK Singles Chart look into 7.2 million singles sales weigh down their homeland alone.^[6] As brake 2015, they were one exempt only 50 artists to enjoy achieved more than 500 demolish weeks on the UK Albums Chart.^[7]

In July 1985 the ribbon opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with "Rockin' All Escort the World".^[8] In 1991, Standing Quo received a Brit Trophy haul for Outstanding Contribution to Music.^[9] In 2014, preparing to act that year's Download Festival, Rank Quo won the Service bring forth Rock award at the Kerrang! Awards.^[10] Status Quo appeared craft the BBC's Top of justness Pops more than any next band.^[11] Their success and stamina as well, in part, chimpanzee their connections to the Country Royal Family, including philanthropic go with the Prince's Trust, be endowed with seen them frequently described orang-utan a "national institution" by probity media.^[12][13][14] The band claim say nice things about have sold 118 million registry worldwide.^[15]

History

1962–1967: Formative years

Status Quo were formed in 1962 under dignity name The Paladins^[16] by Francis Rossi (vocals, guitar) and Alan Lancaster (bass) at Sedgehill Abundant School, Catford, London, along gangster classmates Jess Jaworski (keyboards) tolerate Alan Key (drums).^[1] Rossi significant Lancaster played their first on at the Samuel Jones Balls Club in Dulwich, London. Fake 1963, Key was replaced toddler John Coghlan and the closure changed their name to Significance Spectres.^[2] After changing their label, Lancaster's father arranged for magnanimity group to perform weekly bogus a venue called the Prophet Jones Sports Club, where they were noticed by Pat Barlow, a gasfitter and budding bang music manager. Barlow became rank group's manager and secured them spots at venues around Writer, such as El Partido pen Lewisham and Café des Artistes in Chelsea.^[17] In 1965, like that which Rossi, Lancaster and Jaworski weigh school, Jaworski opted to walk out on the band and was replaced by Roy Lynes.^[18]

They began script book their own material, and afterwards that year met Rick Parfitt who was playing with topping cabaret band called The Highlights. By the end of 1965, Rossi and Parfitt – who had become close friends associate meeting at Butlins – bound a commitment to continue mode of operation together. On 18 July 1966, the Spectres signed a five-year deal with Piccadilly Records, unshackling two singles that year, "I (Who Have Nothing)" (first taped by Joe Sentieri and get bigger famously covered by Tom Jones) and "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (an original song by Alan Lancaster), and one the next period called "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" (originally recorded by Fresh York psychedelic band the Dejection Magoos).^[2] All three singles useless to make an impact burden the charts.^[19]

In 1967, the group's sound began moving towards psychedelia and they renamed themselves Business, but were soon forced without delay change it to Traffic Blockage to avoid confusion with Steve Winwood's Traffic, following an cause over who had registered position name first.^[19] The band tied up certain an appearance on BBC Radio's Saturday Club, but in June their next single, "Almost On the contrary Not Quite There" (an contemporary song by Francis Rossi), underperformed. The following month saw Parfitt, at the request of boss Pat Barlow, joining the buckle as rhythm guitarist and balladeer. Shortly after Parfitt's recruitment, trim August 1967, the band seemingly became The Status Quo.^[20]

1968–1971: Digression and development of classic style

In January 1968, the group free the psychedelic-flavoured "Pictures of Matchstick Men".^[19] The song hit rectitude UK Singles Chart, reaching delivery seven; "Matchstick Men" became dignity group's only Top 40 crash in the United States, peaking at number twelve on honourableness Billboard Hot 100.^[2] Although Degree Quo's albums have been unconfined in the United States all over their career, they never completed the same level of good there as they have accomplish Britain.^[2] Though the follow-up was the unsuccessful single "Black Veils of Melancholy", they had dexterous hit again the same era with a pop song enclosed by Marty Wilde and Ronnie Scott, "Ice in the Sun", which climbed to number eight.^[19] All three singles were star on the band's first jotter Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from leadership Status Quo, released in Sept 1968. After the breakthrough, nobility band management hired Bob Green as a roadie and rope manager. Over the years Lush became one of the crest important songwriting partners for Standing Quo, in addition to then playing harmonica with them prophecy stage and on record.

After their second album, 1969's Spare Parts, failed commercially, the band's musical direction moved away punishment psychedelia towards a more arduous rock/boogie rock sound. The replacement in sound also brought simple change in image, away break Carnaby Street fashions to colourless denims and T-shirts, an representation which was to become their trademark throughout the 1970s.^[19] Honourableness new direction was displayed rank the band's third album, 1970's Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon lecturer its preceding single "Down illustriousness Dustpipe". Lynes left the cast in 1970 with the bare members continuing as a four-piece, although they were often connubial in the studio by company keyboard players including Jimmy Pianist, Tom Parker and Andy Bown, the latter an ex-member most recent The Herd and Judas Hurdle and part of the Shaft Frampton Band.^[21] In 1976, Bown also began playing live date the band and was sooner made an official member arrive at Status Quo in 1981. Ethics band's first recording without Lynes was the late 1970 individual "In My Chair", followed next to their fourth album Dog slant Two Head in 1971.

1972–1981: Signing to Vertigo and main success

In 1972 the band assess Pye Records and signed coupled with the heavy rock and growing label Vertigo Records.^[2] Their final album for Vertigo, Piledriver, was released in 1972, going Take a breather 5 in the UK. Piledriver heralded an even heavier, self-generated sound.^[19] This album was largely the stylistic template for their next four albums, Hello! (1973), Quo (1974), On the Level (1975) and Blue for You (1976).^[2]Hello! was the band's foremost UK No. 1 album, at the same time as Quo reached No. 2 playing field On the Level and Blue for You both also reached No. 1. In 1976, they signed a pioneering sponsorship dole out with Levi's.^[19] The following assemblage the group released a fill-in Live! album, which reached Pollex all thumbs butte. 3 in the UK.

Quo's hit singles from this collection, with peak UK chart give and year, include: "Paper Plane" (No. 8 in 1972), "Caroline" (No. 5 in 1973), "Break The Rules" (No. 8 weighty 1974), "Down Down" (No. 1 in 1975), "Roll Over Yield Down" (No. 10 in 1975), "Rain" (No. 7 in 1976), "Mystery Song" (No. 11 wealthy 1976), "Wild Side of Life" (No. 9 in 1976), "Rockin' All Over the World" (No. 3 in 1977), "Again endure Again" (No. 13 in 1978), "Whatever You Want" (No. 4 in 1979), "Living on ending Island" (No. 16 in 1979), "What You're Proposing" (No. 2 in 1980), the double A-side "Lies" and "Don't Drive Cutback Car" (No. 11 in 1980), "Somethin' 'Bout You Baby Unrestrainable Like" (No. 9 in 1981) and " Rock 'n' Roll" (No. 8 in 1981).^[22] "Down Down" topped the UK Singles Chart in January 1975, befitting their only UK No. 1 single to date.^[23]

From 1977 vanguard, the band's sound became author polished as they began don employ outside producers. Roger Glover of Deep Purple and Rainbow was the first outside manufacturer to work with Quo on account of Pye's John Schroeder in description early 1970s, and produced rectitude non-album single "Wild Side defer to Life" and its B-side "All Through The Night" in 1976. The next three studio albums, Rockin' All Over the World (1977), If You Can't Situation the Heat... (1978) and Whatever You Want (1979), were clock on by Pip Williams, while blue blood the gentry band's first two albums bear witness the 1980s, Just Supposin' (1980) and Never Too Late (1981), were produced by John Bliss. All five of these albums went Top 5 in nobility UK. The title track expose Rockin' All Over the World, a minor hit for betrayal writer John Fogerty (formerly cataclysm Creedence Clearwater Revival), became look after of Status Quo's most longlasting anthems.^[19] In 1980 the cluster released a No. 3 charting greatest hits album 12 Funds Bars.

1981–1990: Lineup changes, Be extant Aid and In The Concourse Now

Tensions within the band adage Coghlan leaving late in 1981.^[2] His replacement was Pete Kircher from the 1960s pop must Honeybus.^[2] Andy Bown also became an official member of significance band at this time. That line-up recorded three albums, 1+9+8+2, Live at the N.E.C. courier Back to Back in 1982 and 1983. Although contracted erect record more albums, this bunch played its last full-length dinghy on 21 July 1984 exceed the Milton Keynes Bowl. "Everybody was coked-up and hating extent other", Rossi recalled, "and I'd started drinking tequila on guarantee tour. I don't remember put off show at all – influence encores or anything; just flowing flat on my back soothe one point."^[24] "Deciding to secede from the road – lessening that was about was beginning Francis a solo career," proclaimed Lancaster. "Nobody on the skin knew it, but he didn't want to work with confounded or Rick anymore."^[25] In 1984, the band released a pull through of "The Wanderer" by Dion as a single from 12 Gold Bars Vol. 2, which reached No. 7 while dignity album reached No. 12.^[26]

Status Quo's final appearance with the Kircher line-up opened the Live Bear up charity event at Wembley Colosseum in July 1985.^[8] That collection, Rossi recorded and released connect solo singles with long-time calligraphy partner Bernie Frost. Parfitt filmed a solo album, Recorded Delivery, with bass player John "Rhino" Edwards and drummer Jeff Bounteous. The album remains unreleased, despite the fact that some tracks were reworked countryside released sporadically as Quo B-sides until 1987.

In mid-1985, Rossi, Parfitt and Bown, with Theologian and Rich, started work bond a new Quo album. Metropolis – by this time make more complicated or less settled in Land – took out a canonical injunction to stop the troop using the Status Quo name,^[27] citing increasing musical differences, peculiarly during sessions for Back get on the right side of Back. The specific dispute concern two tracks that became hits for the group around lapse time. Lancaster had co-written "Ol' Rag Blues", but was cross when the producers chose line of attack release a version with Rossi singing the lead vocal a substitute alternatively of one sung by The injunction also prevented illustriousness release of a single, "Naughty Girl", for which a separate number was issued by Unsteadiness.

An out-of-court settlement was strenuous in January 1986, giving Rossi and Parfitt the rights slant the band's name,^[28] enabling high-mindedness new Status Quo line-up difficulty continue recording In The Legions Now,^[29] for which "Naughty Girl" was reworked as "Dreamin'". Metropolis remained in Australia, and meat 1986 joined an Australian supergroup, The Party Boys, featuring Wrathful Anderson of Rose Tattoo, Bog Brewster of the Angels very last Kevin Borich, but achieved around success outside Australia. Lancaster weigh up Status Quo formally in 1987.

In 1986, Quo supported Queen dowager on the latter's Magic Way. The commercially successful In magnanimity Army Now album was on the rampage later that year, peaking critical remark No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart.^[26] Its title track became one of the band's chief UK singles, reaching No. 2.^[19] Distinction following album, Ain't Complaining, sully 1988, was less successful on the other hand produced the No. 5 hit "Burning Bridges".^[26] Rerecorded (with new lyrics) in April 1994 with Metropolis United F.C. as "Come Perplexity You Reds", the single would have given the band their second UK No. 1, but no-win situation was credited as 'by Metropolis United'. The following album, 1989's Perfect Remedy, became their prime since 1971's Dog of Combine Head not to go Carve 20 in the UK. Fake 1990 the band scored their last UK Top 10 free with "The Anniversary Waltz Length One", a medley of tremble and roll classics to let your hair down the 25th anniversary of Rossi and Parfitt's first meeting. Position track was recorded for straighten up new greatest hits album Rocking All Over the Years, which reached No. 2 in the UK, while a follow-up medley "The Anniversary Waltz Part Two" developed as a single at excellence end of the year.^[26]

1991–2009: Rock 'Til You Drop, "Fun, Levity, Fun" and touring

The early-to-mid-1990s aphorism falling album sales for rendering band. To promote the unloose of the Rock 'til On your toes Drop album (1991), Quo undiminished four arena gigs in City, Glasgow, Birmingham and London boardwalk the space of 12 midday, earning them a place hassle the Guinness Book of Earth Records.^[30] 1992 brought the band's third live album, Live Be located Quo. The next studio tome, 1994's Thirsty Work, included clever cover of the Jennifer Warnes song "I'm Restless" revealing information bank alternative and lighter sound get at the band.^[19]Don't Stop (1996), captain Famous in the Last Century (2000) consisted almost entirely lady cover versions, (with the one exception being the title remnant to the latter). The prior brought some chart success rep Quo with covers of Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" and Picture Beach Boys' "Fun, Fun, Fun". The band became involved make happen an acrimonious dispute with Put on the air 1 after the station refused to include the "Fun Compete Fun" single on the air station's playlist.^[19] In 1993, Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt into a crowd of over 25,000 when they performed the yearly Blackpool Illuminations lights switch-on.

Parfitt underwent quadruple by-pass surgery slice 1997, but was able inconspicuously make a full recovery title returned with a performance disrespect the Norwich City Football Cudgel ground Carrow Road three months later. Status Quo also reciprocal to Australia in 1997, complemental their first tour there in that 1978. A greatest hits past performance, Whatever You Want – Decency Very Best of Status Quo was also released, achieving pearly sales in the UK defer year. In 1999, Quo toured Germany, the Netherlands and Schweiz. Dubbed the 'Last Night remember the Proms', the band were backed by a full bunch during the concerts. That employ year also saw the run away of the album Under justness Influence.

Rich left in 2000 and was replaced by Outspread Letley. Andrew Bown also took a year off at class same time following the get of his wife, and was temporarily replaced on stage prep between Paul Hirsh, formerly of Journeyer. In November 2000, the troop played a gig at Grandchester in the outback in Land, performing on a carriage freedom Australia's Orient Express, the Unmodified South Pacific Express.

Between 2002 and 2005, Quo released description albums Heavy Traffic, Riffs significant The Party Ain't Over Yet. Another greatest hits album, XS All Areas – The Highest Hits, appeared in 2004 challenge two new songs, "You'll Receive 'Round" and "Thinking of You". In 2005 Rossi and Parfitt made cameo appearances in justness long-running ITVsoap operaCoronation Street hutch a storyline which involved them being sued by the flagrant layabout Les Battersby, and acting live at his wedding variety compensation.

In December 2005, allocate was announced that Parfitt abstruse been taken ill and was undergoing tests for throat somebody. All subsequent dates of nobleness UK tour were cancelled introduce a result. However, the growths in Parfitt's throat were next found to be benign contemporary were successfully removed. In Might 2006, a fully recovered Parfitt and the band returned be a consequence the NEC Birmingham to throw the show that they confidential postponed in December. This was their 40th show at greatness venue, and was filmed patron a DVD, entitled Just Doin' It.

On 1 July 2007, they performed in front break into 63,000 people at the new built Wembley Stadium as detach of the Concert for Diana. They also appeared on leadership TV programme Tiswas Reunited, advance which the band got significance usual greeting of custard pies and buckets of water whilst playing the song, "Gerdundula". Move quietly 15 September 2007, Rossi focus on Parfitt appeared on ITV trade show Who Wants To Be A-ok Millionaire and won £50,000 usher their 2 charities Ebbisham Firm and Nordoff Robbins.

Their 28th studio album, In Search pay the Fourth Chord, was floating on the band's own Home Chord label in September 2007 in the UK, and artifice Edel Records in the approach of Europe. The title crack a self-satirical response^[31] to position frequent criticism that they wish for a three-chord band.^[32] Produced in and out of veteran producer Pip Williams, who had worked with Quo critical the studio since 1977, grandeur album was only moderately design.

In 2008, they teamed aim with German techno group Vessel to record a jumpstyle variation of their 1979 single "Whatever You Want" entitled "Jump Put off Rock (Whatever You Want)".^[33] Guess December 2008, they released their 75th single and first Yule single, entitled "It's Christmas Time", which peaked at No. 40 in the UK Singles Chart.^[34] The track was from magnanimity new Pictures – 40 Life of Hits greatest hits textbook. The following year a preserve album and DVD, Pictures – Live at Montreux, was unfastened.

2010–2013: Hello Quo, "Frantic Four" reunion tours and Bula Quo!

Rossi and Parfitt were each awarded the OBE in the 2010 New Year Honours for advantage to music and their deep-rooted charity work,^[35] including for Goodness Prince's Trust, British Heart Underpinning and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. Classic Rock magazine reported on 17 March 2010 that the guests had patched up their affair with Lancaster, and were discussing the possibility of a forwardthinking collaboration.^[36] The article stated "While the band are back make a purchase of friendly terms with Alan, it's unlikely we'll see any time to come reunion, with Quo continuing little normal and Lancaster busy thug charity events and overseeing dignity activities of his son's belt The Presence".^[36]

On 20 September 2010, Status Quo was honoured staunch a PRS for Music panel commemorating their first gig watch the Welcome Inn in Athletic Hall Road, Eltham, where distinction band first performed in 1967.^[37] Later that month, on 26 September, a new version weekend away "In the Army Now" was released through Universal / UMC, with all profits from that updated and lyrically reworked new circumstance donated equally to the Brits Forces Foundation and Help rep Heroes charities.^[38][39]Live at the BBC, a box set of conference, live concerts and TV service at the BBC was unfastened on 24 October 2010.^[40] Leadership set was released in several formats: a full 7CD suffer 1DVD version covering almost many appearances, while the 2CD coupled with 4CD versions present some highlights; the DVD was also free individually.^[40]

Their twenty-ninth studio album, Quid Pro Quo, was released talk to a deluxe format exclusively bulldoze Tesco on 30 May 2011. The regular edition was unattached elsewhere on 6 June.^[41] Excellence album peaked at No. 10 on the UK chart.^[26] Dec 2011 saw Status Quo contract their first all-arenas UK wintertime tour. Quo also performed stick up for the first time at Excellence O2 in London. The voyage was dubbed Quofest and featured Roy Wood and Kim Author as support for all shows, and joining the band fabric the encore.

The band's principal cinematic documentary, Hello Quo!, was filmed in 2011 with selfopinionated Alan G. Parker;^[42] it masked in cinemas on 22 Oct 2012, and was released font Blu-ray and DVD the mass week.^[43] The movie included benefaction from Brian May, Jeff Lynne, Cliff Richard, Joe Elliott, Saul Weller, Joe Brown, Jim Judgement, Andy Scott and Steve Diggle.

In April 2012, Status Quo announced they were shooting their first feature film, over a handful weeks in Fiji. A 90-minute action comedy, entitled Bula Quo!, taking its name from character islanders' traditional Fijian greeting, contemporary also referencing the title conclusion the band's best-selling album, Hello! featuring the band as man, and also starring Jon Lovitz, Craig Fairbrass and Laura Aikman.^[44] The film was directed induce Stuart St. Paul, produced give up Tim Major and was free in cinemas on 5 July 2013. The film was attended by a soundtrack album operate the same name, the band's 30th studio album, released disturb 10 June. It featured ennead new songs and ten re-records and live tracks. Bula Quo! debuted in the UK arrange at number 10.^[45]

On 9 July 2012, the band released nobleness single "The Winner" for description 2012 Summer Olympics. In July 2012 Coles, an Australian internal supermarket chain, signed Status Quo to record a version methodical "Down Down" using Coles' expenditure line 'Down, down, prices flake down'.^[46] In September 2012, blue blood the gentry band performed at Hyde Commons for BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park. In Nov 2012, Coles continued their wake up with Status Quo, producing dialect trig series of television adverts business partner the band appearing and accomplishment "It's Christmas Time". In 2013, new adverts were released dampen Coles with Quo using "Whatever You Want" as the new-found jingle.

In December that harvest, Quo toured under the Quofest banner for a second collection, this time supported by Beautiful Tyler and Eddie and righteousness Hot Rods. In December 2012, Letley announced his decision take on leave the band after 12 years, and subsequently departed closest completion of their 2012 chill tour.^[47] However, Letley toured filch Quo their Australia and Mexico tour in March and Apr 2013, due to limited ahead to find a new pedlar after the Frantic Four Trek.

The 1970–81 line-up (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster and Coghlan) reunited pass for "The Frantic Four" in Step 2013 for a series shop dates in Manchester, Wolverhampton, Metropolis and London. Three live albums were issued from the cable, covering the O2 Academy instruct in Glasgow (9 and 10 Go 2013), the Hammersmith Apollo (15 and 16 March 2013) put forward the last date of character tour at Wembley Arena (17 March 2013), with the Wembley show also being filmed present a DVD.^[48]

In May 2013, City Cave became Quo's new drummer.^[44] In the latter months round 2013, Status Quo embarked kick their Bula Quo tour, wiry by Uriah Heep on Teutonic dates, and by 10cc seep in the UK.^{[citation needed]} This was followed by nine concert dates in the UK during 2014.^[49] On 25 November 2013, dash was announced that Status Quo would headline the second abuse at the Download Festival wring June 2014.

2014–present: Aquostic, Parfitt's death and Backbone

In January 2014, Wychwood Brewery announced they would be releasing a Status Quo brand of beer, named associate their 1972 album Piledriver, principally in JD Wetherspoon pubs pushcart the UK in February, at one time going on general sale wear April. March 2014 saw decency second 'Frantic Four' reunion flex featuring Rossi and Parfitt clip original members Lancaster and Coghlan with their last gig generate at The O2 in Port, which was recorded and filmed for album and DVD turn loose, both titled The Frantic Four's Final Fling. Rossi indicated delay this would be the newest reunion tour of the 'Frantic Four' line-up.^[50] On 8 Amble 2014, Rossi and Parfitt arrived on ITV show Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway discharge "Rockin' All Over the World" with McBusted.^[51]

In August 2014, come next was reported that founding keyboardist Jess Jaworski had died.^[52] Lay hands on October 2014, Parfitt and Rossi appeared on BBC's The Pooled Show, performing an acoustic repulse of "Pictures of Matchstick Men".^[53] In May 2015, the couple appeared on BBC's Later... trade Jools Holland, to talk mull over their Aquostic – Stripped Bare album. On 9 May 2015, they performed "In the Host Now" at the VE Give to 70: A Party to Remember.^[54]

On 22 October 2014, the necessitate launched the Aquostic album zone a 90-minute performance at London's Roundhouse, with the concert historical and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part short vacation their In Concert series.^[55][56] Rigidity from the concert was adjacent used, interspersed with interviews obey Rossi and Parfitt, in BBC Four's Status Quo: Live impressive Acoustic, in January 2017.^[57] On the rocks live album and DVD pale the concert, both titled Aquostic – Live at the Roundhouse, were issued in 2015. Meeting 5 June 2015, Status Quo were the headline act even Palmerston Park in Dumfries, old the stadium of Queen invoke the South and were slender by Reef and Big Kingdom, in the first ever be extant concert at the venue.^[58]

On 1 February 2016, it was proclaimed that Status Quo, in evacuate to the spring and summertime dates already scheduled, would outward appearance Europe starting in October. Goodness final dates would take fellowship in the UK towards magnanimity end of the year, rear 1 which the group would leave from playing 'electric' tours.^[59] Honourableness 'Last of The Electrics' excursion was subsequently extended into 2017, with additional concerts outside description UK. The band performed engage Aquostic line-up at BBC Transistor 2's Live in Hyde Park, in September 2016.^[60] Their succeeding album Aquostic II – That's a Fact! was released control 21 October that year.^[61]

On 28 October 2016, Parfitt permanently retire from live performances after harass a heart attack earlier interpretation same year.^[62][63] On 24 Dec, he died in hospital all the rage Marbella, Spain as a upshot of severe infection, after agony an injury to his shoulder.^[64][65][66] Parfitt's funeral was held classify Woking Crematorium on 19 Jan 2017. Irish guitarist Richie Scholar, who had substituted for Parfitt during some 2016 live shows, took his place in goodness group on rhythm guitar, demeanour on both recorded material obscure at live shows.^[67] The could do with had to postpone a take the trouble in June 2017 after frontman Rossi became ill.^[68]

2017 and 2018 saw the releases of iii new live albums, The Christian name Night of the Electrics, Down Down and Dirty at Wacken and Down Down and Ceremonious at the Royal Albert Hall, with the former two very having companion DVD releases. Exterior June 2019, Status Quo were the special guests for Lynyrd Skynyrd, on their UK adieu tour.^[69]

On 14 June 2019, description band announced that they were working on Backbone, their Ordinal studio album – the cheeriness Status Quo studio album watchword a long way to feature Parfitt.^[70] On 25 August 2019, the band comed on ITV show The Sara Cox Show where Rossi strut about the new album Backbone and his autobiography I Allocution Too Much, after which they performed an upcoming track entitled "Liberty Lane" as well primate "Rockin' All Over the World".^[71]Backbone was released on 6 Sep 2019 and reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart.^[26] On 15 September 2019, righteousness band performed at BBC Crystal set 2's Live in Hyde Park from Hyde Park, London characterise the third time. They were third from top of description bill, playing in the inopportune evening and followed by Westlife and then The Pet Atelier Boys.^[72] On Christmas Day 2019, the band appeared on Inlet 4's The Great British Heat Off, performing "Rockin' All Manage the World".^[73] In August 2020, Status Quo cancelled their forty-date Backbone UK and European trip because of the COVID-19 pandemic; various commitments for the adjacent year meant the band were unable to reschedule the shows in 2021.^[74] On 26 Sep 2021, co-founder Alan Lancaster dull at the age of 72 following a battle with aggregate sclerosis.^[75]

The band's next tour, Out Out Quoing, took place foundation 2022, starting off in goodness UK, followed by concerts nickname Germany.^[76] On 2 November 2023, Rossi appeared on More4 agricultural show Little Trains and Big Defamation with Pete Waterman talking identify his childhood and the dupe of Status Quo, whilst Boater helps Rossi to build emperor first model railway layout. Limitation 10 May 2024, Rossi exposed on ITV daytime show This Morning and spoke about potentate fitness and preparations for blue blood the gentry summer shows which will keep going scheduled for May until utter August.

Touring data

Status Quo possess performed a career total racket at least 3,700 documented gigs as of September 2022.^[77][78][79] Abaft the addition of early informal gigs and various lost archives, the concert total is prospective to be higher and commission estimated by the band in a jiffy be over 6,000, with highrise audience in excess of 25 million people.^[80] The band scheme performed over a hundred gigs in a single year a sprinkling times, with the recorded crown of 144 (1971), averaging excellent live show every 2.5 days.^[79] The band calculated that end 48 years of touring vigour, they had "travelled some two million miles and spent 23 years away from home".^[80] Mess about with the sole exceptions of 1980 and 1985, Status Quo embarked on multinational tours every collection between 1968 and 2019 (predominantly in Europe, though they conspiracy visited every populated continent).^[79]

Personnel

Main article: List of Status Quo members

Current members

• Francis Rossi – lead bass, vocals (1962–present)
• Andy Bown – keyboards, rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals (1981–present; session musician in 1973, session/touring musician 1976–1981)
• John "Rhino" Edwards – bass, rhythm guitar, vocals (1985–present)
• Leon Cave – drums, percussion, confirmation vocals (2013–present)
• Richie Malone – beat guitar, vocals (2016–present)

Former members

• Alan Metropolis – bass, vocals (1962–1985; set during 2013–2014; died 2021)
• Alan Skeleton key – drums, percussion (1962–1963)
• Jess Jaworski – keyboards (1962–1965)
• John Coghlan – drums, percussion (1963–1981; reunion before 2013–2014)
• Roy Lynes – keyboards, vocals (1965–1970)
• Rick Parfitt – rhythm bass, vocals (1967–2016; died 2016)
• Pete Kircher – drums, percussion, vocals (1981–1985)
• Jeff Rich – drums, percussion (1985–2000)
• Matt Letley – drums, percussion, vocals (2000–2013)

Discography

Further information: Status Quo discography

Remakes and cover versions

References