From Planet Rock.
Primed for an extremely busy 2019, Status Quo’s Francis Rossi has announced details of a new studio album, an autobiography and an extensive spoken word tour.
Entitled ‘We Talk Too Much’, Francis Rossi’s new album is a collaboration with vocalist Hannah Rickard and is released under the Rossi / Rickard banner on Friday 15th March 2019 via earMUSIC / Edel.
The pair have previously worked together on the ‘Aquostic’ projects, and musically the album features a collection of Country-flavoured duets.
Described as a ‘labour of love’, the album boasts writing credits for Rossi and Rickard as well as Quo stalwart Bob Young.
Just one day before ‘We Talk Too Much’ lands, Rossi will release his new autobiography ‘I Talk Too Much’ via Little, Brown on Thursday 14th March.
Written in conjunction with award-winning writer and broadcaster Mick Wall, the book is billed as an ‘explosive memoir’ in which ‘the famously indiscreet Rossi reveals the true-life stories behind his unbelievable career.’
The blurb promoting the auobiography reads: ‘Painfully honest at times, the book covers the glory years, the dark days, the ups and downs of his relationship with the late Rick Parfitt and the real stories behind the creation of some of the greatest rock music of all time.’
Rossi previously released a collaborative Status Quo autobiography with the late-great Rick Parfitt in 2005 entitled XS All Areas. Again it featured input from Mick Wall.
Completing today’s triple whammy of Francis Rossi announcements, the rocker will embark on a 36-date spoken word I Talk Too Much theatre tour throughout the spring.
Opening on Wednesday 20th March in Whitley Bay and wrapping up in King’s Lynn exactly two months later, the intimate evenings will see Rossi share candid stories from throughout his career.
He comments: “This show is something new for me. It will be live and unscripted, so god knows what could happen! One thing’s for sure though, it’ll be a white-knuckle ride for me, but fans will get a real unvarnished insight into what’s happened over the years.
“I’ll be taking a guitar along to demonstrate how some of those Quo classics came into being, and hopefully we’ll take a few questions from the audience too. It’s been quite a journey, there’s a lot to share.”
Tickets are on sale from Status Quo’s official website right now. The tour calls in at the following dates:
MARCH 2019
Whitley Bay Playhouse – 20th
Stirling Albert Halls – 21st
Kilmarnock Grand Hall – 22nd
Dunfermline Carnegie Hall – 23rd
Greenock Beacon Arts Centre – 24th
Leamington Royal Spa Centre – 27th
Lincoln New Theatre Royal – 28th
Shrewsbury Theatre Severn – 29th
Birmingham Town Hall – 30th
Crewe Lyceum – 31st
APRIL 2019
Richmond Theatre – 3rd
Coventry Albany Theatre – 4th
Porthcawl Grand Pavilion – 5th
Brierley Hill Civic Hall – 6th
Preston Guild Hall – 7th
Bury St Edmunds The Apex – 24th
Cheltenham Town Hall – 25th
Swindon Wyvern Theatre – 26th
Watford Colosseum – 27th
Southend Palace Theatre – 28th
MAY 2019
Lancaster Grand Theatre – 1st
Harrogate Theatre – 2nd
Newark Palace Theatre – 3rd
Leeds City Varieties – 4th
Loughborough Town Hall – 5th
Reading Hexagon – 8th
Worthing Pavilion – 9th
Hayes Beck Theatre – 10th
Bromley Churchill Theatre – 11th
Wycombe Swan Theatre – 12th
Aldershot Princes Hall – 15th
Exeter Corn Exchange – 16th
Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall – 17th
Clacton West Cliff Theatre – 18th
Dartford Orchard Theatre – 19th
King’s Lynn Corn Exchange – 20th
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- Status Quo - From The Makers Of... - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 01-Nov-2024 18:00)
STATUS QUO From The Makers Of... (Original 1982 UK Limited Edition 36-track triple LP box set, including two 'Best Of' LPs & one Live, complete with four inserts, all housed in a custom blue embossed circular metal tin with the individually numbered tracklist sticker on the reverse. The tin remains in Excellent condition with the odd scratch and minor and a small dent on the back. The vinyl are Excellent some light cosmetic scuffs but minimal play PROBX1)
- Status Quo - Golden Hour Of Status Quo - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 16:05)
STATUS QUO Golden Hour Of Status Quo (1973 UK 21-track compilation LP, embossed picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only light signs of shelf wear with a little age discoloration and the vinyl looks barely played GH556)
- Status Quo - Live + Inners - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 13:00)
STATUS QUO Live (1977 UK first press 15-track double vinyl LP on the 'spaceship' Vertigo label, comprising live recordings from their historic gigs at Glasgow's Apollo Theatre between 27th-29th October 1976, gatefold picture sleeve with portrait inners. The sleeve has minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played)
- Status Quo - Whatever You Want - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.48, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 14:18)
STATUS QUO Whatever You Want (1979 UK Vertigo 'spaceship' label 10-track LP, including Living On An Island & the classic title track, picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve shows only minor wear and the vinyl is in excellent conditon)
- Status Quo - Whatever You Want - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.48, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 16:04)
STATUS QUO Whatever You Want (1979 UK Vertigo 'spaceship' label 10-track LP, including Living On An Island & the classic title track, picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve shows only minor wear and the vinyl is in excellent conditon)
- Status Quo - Dog Of Two Head - Brown Vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $45.15, €41.65 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 16:05)
STATUS QUO Dog Of Two Head (70s UK issue of the 1971 10-track LP on the graduated pink Pye label, pressed on BROWN VINYL [visible when held to the light], housed in a gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only minor edgewear and thevinyl shows only the lightest signs of play NSPL18371)
- Status Quo - Blue For You - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 16:05)
STATUS QUO Blue For You (1976 UK 9-track vinyl LP, complete with illustrated lyric inner, silver embossed gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some shelfwear and ringwear & apart from a few light paper scuffs, the vinyl remains in excellent condition)
- Status Quo - Live + Inners - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 16:05)
STATUS QUO Live (1977 UK first press 15-track double vinyl LP on the 'spaceship' Vertigo label, comprising live recordings from their historic gigs at Glasgow's Apollo Theatre between 27th-29th October 1976, gatefold picture sleeve with portrait inners. The sleeve has minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played)
- Status Quo - The Rest Of Status Quo - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 16:05)
STATUS QUO The Rest Of Status Quo (1976 UK 8-track LP pressed on RED vinyl [visible when held to a strong light source], front laminated picture sleeve with band info on reverse. The sleeve shows just minor shelfwear, mainly to the unlaminated reverse and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play PKL5546)
- Status Quo - Quo + Poster - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £18.00, $23.22, €21.42 (Back In Stock) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 17:00)
STATUS QUO Quo (1974 UK 'spaceship' label 8-track vinyl LP, their seventh studio album which features guest musicians Bob Young & Tom Parker who play harmonica & piano respectively on the single Break The Rules. The vinyl remains in excellentcondition with few signs of play issued in the picture sleeve which has a little shelfwear to the edges but comes complete with fold-out illustrated lyric poster)
- Status Quo - From The Makers Of... - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 01-Nov-2024 11:52)
STATUS QUO From The Makers Of... (Original 1982 UK Limited Edition 36-track triple LP box set, including two 'Best Of' LPs & one Live, complete with four inserts, all housed in a custom blue embossed circular metal tin with the individually numbered tracklist sticker on the reverse. The tin remains in Excellent condition with the odd scratch and minor and a small dent on the back. The vinyl are Excellent some light cosmetic scuffs but minimal play PROBX1)
- Status Quo - Dog Of Two Head - 1st - Translucent Vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £40.00, $51.60, €47.60 (Back In Stock) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 17:00)
STATUS QUO Dog Of Two Head (1971 UK 10-track LP on the powder blue label pressed on pressed on Translucent Vinyl, visible when held to the light. The fourth album from The Quo which spawned one UK Top Twenty hit, Mean Girl [although that didn't happen until 1973], gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows general wear with a small tear to the opening edge, whilst the vinyl has just a few purely cosmetic marks and little real sign of play leavingit Excellent NSPL18371)
- Status Quo - Hello! - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (Back In Stock) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 17:00)
STATUS QUO Hello! (1973 UK 8-track vinyl LP on the Vertigo 'Spaceship' label, including Caroline, Roll Over Lay Down and Forty Five Hundred Times. Fantastic UV varnished embossed picture sleeve which featured for the first time the now iconic Quo logo. The sleeve shows only minor edge wear and the vinyl has only a few signs of play)
- Status Quo - Piledriver - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (Back In Stock) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 17:00)
STATUS QUO Piledriver (1972 UK 8-track Vertigo 'swirl' label LP, the fifth studio album by the English rock band, their first to be produced by the group themselves & first on the Vertigo label after their departure from Pye Records, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some light shelfwear, with a little discolouration and general storage wear, but nothing to excess. The labels are clean with just a few spindle marks, whilst the vinyl is graded Very Good, with a few minior surface scuffs making an ideal play copy)
- Status Quo - Just Supposin' - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 25-Oct-2024 14:21)
STATUS QUO Just Supposin' (1980 UK 9-track vinyl LP including Run to Mummy & Name of the Game [both co-written by keyboard player Andy Bown] plus the hit single What You're Proposing. The glossy picture sleeve has a little shelfwear at the edges, whilst the vinyl appears in excellent condition)
- Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe - Japanese - 7" vinyl - Promo - £1,495.00, $1,928.55, €1,779.05 (Back In Stock) (arrived 28-Oct-2024 15:36)
STATUS QUO Down The Dustpipe (Mega rare 1970 Japanese promotional vinyl 7" for their third single release in Japan, with custom black on white Pye labels, also including Face Without A Soul, complete with the unique wrap around picture insert printed with biographical text in Japanese and English lyrics for both songs inside, with an advert for other record label releases on the reverse. The insert remains in a fantastic condition considering age, with only a few light creases from handling, the company inner has some age discoloration. The labels are clean with only light signs of age, whilst the vinyl shows only a few very light signs of play. A fantastic Excellent example of this very hard to find pressing from Japan, the first we have ever seen!)
- Status Quo - Just Supposin' - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (Back In Stock) (arrived 29-Oct-2024 10:02)
STATUS QUO Just Supposin' (1980 UK 9-track vinyl LP including Run to Mummy & Name of the Game [both co-written by keyboard player Andy Bown] plus the hit single What You're Proposing. The glossy picture sleeve has a little shelfwear at the edges, whilst the vinyl appears in excellent condition)
- Status Quo - Again And Again - French - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.48, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 30-Oct-2024 16:41)
STATUS QUO Again And Again (1978 French injection moulded open centre 7" vinyl single, also including Too Far Gone, die cut paper sleeve QUO1)
- Status Quo - Again And Again - French - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.48, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 30-Oct-2024 18:00)
STATUS QUO Again And Again (1978 French injection moulded open centre 7" vinyl single, also including Too Far Gone, die cut paper sleeve QUO1)
- Status Quo - Blue For You - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 12:51)
STATUS QUO Blue For You (1976 UK 9-track vinyl LP, complete with illustrated lyric inner, silver embossed gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some shelfwear and ringwear & apart from a few light paper scuffs, the vinyl remains in excellent condition)
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