Status Quo Honoured For Decades Of Service
Variety Club commemorates 40 years in the the industry
Status Quo have been honoured at a special Variety Club lunch in their honour at the Dorchester Hotel in London.
The band celebrate their 43rd anniversary this year and they were treated to a free lunch by the Variety Club.
Chris Tarrant, who hosted the lunch, hailed the band saying "They have been just b**y splendid for year after year after year after year. I think they are much maligned. They have a great sense of fun these guys. They are also now a b**y brilliant band."
Rick Parfitt reminisced "It's been fantastic, there have been so many highlights. I can still remember the first time I heard us on the radio. I was with my mum and dad and it was a Saturday and Brian Matthew was on. He played the record and I nearly fell over, I was weak at the knees."
Status Quo have recorded 33 albums, released 64 singles (22 of them top ten hits) and have sold an estimated 118m records worldwide. Parfitt and Rossi were awarded OBEs in the New Years Honours List this year and the band have been named the hardest working band in the UK for two years running by the Performing Rights Society.
(Associated Press)
Quo are on tour in November and December for a typically long haul around the country. Here's the dates:
Tuesday 9/11 - Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
Wednesday 10/11 - Brentwood, Brentwood Centre
Friday 12/11 - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Saturday 13/11 - Oxford New Theatre
Monday 15/11 - Croydon, Fairfield Halls
Tuesday 16/11 - Ipswich Regent
Friday 19/11 - Swindon, Oasis
Saturday 20/11 - Bristol, Colston Hall
Sunday 21/11 - Plymouth Pavilions
Tuesday 23/11 - Warrington, Parr Hall
Wednesday 24/11 - Newcastle, City Hall
Friday 26/11 - Preston, Guild Hall
Saturday 27/11 - Bridlington, Bridlington Spa
Monday 29/11 - Halifax, Victoria Theatre
Tuesday 30/11 - Llandudno, Venue Cymru
Wednesday 1/12 - Llandudno, Venue Cymru
Friday 3/12 - Blackburn, King Georges Hall
Saturday 4/12 - Birmingham, LG Arena
Monday 6/12 - Manchester, Apollo
Tuesday 7/12 - Brighton Centre
Friday 10/12 - Cardiff Arena
Saturday 11/12 - London, Wembley Arena
Sunday 12/12 - Nottingham, Trent FM Arena
Tuesday 14/12 - Bournemouth International Centre (BIC)
Wednesday 15/12 - Sheffield Arena
Friday 17/12 - Aberdeen, AECC
Saturday 18/12 - Glasgow, SECC
Sunday 19/12 - Bradford, St Georges Hall