Status Quo announce last ever electric tour
Status Quo have announced their last ever tour of electric live shows.
The Last Night of the Electrics tour will see Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Andrew Bown, John ‘Rhino’ Edwards and Leon Cave plug into their amps for the final time at 11 UK arenas.
With support from REO Speedwagon and The Lounge Kittens, the historic tour opens at Nottingham Motorpoint Arena on Thursday 8th December and wraps up at Liverpool Echo Arena on Friday 23rd December.
Quo founder Francis Rossi says of the tour: “We’ve talked about it for some time and have decided that it’s time for us to hang up the electrics. It’s getting harder and harder for us to play those shows. It’s 30 years since we last said we were stopping but this is a final decision.
“It doesn’t mean we won’t do other things, perhaps the odd special, but we’re agreed that the moment has come. There’s more to come from us in the years ahead, but we won’t tour the electric set ever again.”
His band mate of 49 years, Rick Parfitt, added: “We always thought we’d see a red light when it was time to stop. The show hurts now, physically. It’s hard to maintain that level of energy and without that it’s not really a Quo show. So we don’t feel we should continue.
“This is definitely the end of our lives on the road with the electric set, life won’t be the same for us – or many of the fans – but we can’t go on at this pace any more.”
Tickets go on sale from Planet Rock Tickets at 9am on Thursday 24th March.
See Status Quo at the following shows:
DECEMBER 2016
Nottingham Motorpoint Arena - 8th
Bournemouth International Centre - 9th
London The O2 - 11th
Brighton Centre - 13th
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena - 14th
Birmingham Barclaycard Arena - 16th
Leeds First Direct Arena - 17th
Manchester Arena - 19th
Glasgow The SSE Hydro - 20th
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena - 22nd
Liverpool Echo Arena - 23rd