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 - Piledriver - 1st - Complete - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $92.25, €88.50 (New Item) (arrived 17-Jan-2025 18:00)
STATUS QUO Piledriver (1972 UK first issue 8-track vinyl LP on the 'swirl' label, the fifth studio album by the English rock band was also the first to be produced by the group themselves and first on the Vertigo label after their departure fromPye Records, including the single Paper Plane and a great cover of the Door's classic Roadhouse Blues. Housed in a matt gatefold picture sleeve printed with lyrics on the inside. The sleeve shows some light shelfwear and a little discolouration; the vinyl remains in excellent condition with just the odd light surface scuff)
- Status Quo - On The Level - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 24-Dec-2024 09:23)
STATUS QUO On The Level (1975 UK 10-track vinyl LP including the classic hit 'Down Down', complete with lyric inner, textured gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with foxing to the inner and the vinyl remains in excellent conditionwith few signs of play)
- Status Quo - Back To Back - UK - vinyl LP - £8.00, $9.84, €9.44 (New Item) (arrived 19-Dec-2024 16:41)
STATUS QUO Back To Back (1983 UK 10-track LP, Quo's sixteenth album & last to feature original bass player Alan Lancaster & drummer Pete Kircher. Includes the singles Ol' Rag Blues, A Mess of Blues, Marguerita Time and Going Down Town Tonight,housed in a glossy picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve has some light edge scuffing, whilst the vinyl looks barely played VERH10)
- Status Quo - Back To Back - UK - vinyl LP - £8.00, $9.84, €9.44 (New Item) (arrived 19-Dec-2024 18:00)
STATUS QUO Back To Back (1983 UK 10-track LP, Quo's sixteenth album & last to feature original bass player Alan Lancaster & drummer Pete Kircher. Includes the singles Ol' Rag Blues, A Mess of Blues, Marguerita Time and Going Down Town Tonight,housed in a glossy picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve has some light edge scuffing, whilst the vinyl looks barely played VERH10)
- Status Quo - Piledriver - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (Back In Stock) (arrived 23-Dec-2024 09:24)
STATUS QUO Piledriver (Mid 70s UK 'spaceship' label issue of the 1972 8-track vinyl LP, including the singles Paper Plane, Don't Waste My Time and Roadhouse Blues. The gatefold picture sleeve shows some light shelf wear with some foxing and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play)
- Status Quo - From The Makers Of... - 2nd - UK - vinyl box set - £25.00, $30.75, €29.50 (New Item) (arrived 23-Dec-2024 11:36)
STATUS QUO From The Makers Of... (1982 UK second issue limited edition 36-track triple vinyl LP box set, including two best of LPs & one live, with four inserts, housed in the blue embossed circular metal tin with the name on the front also in blue, with a tracklisting sticker on the reverse. The tin shows just a little ageing and all three vinyl discs remain Excellent with very little evidence of play. A superb example PROBX1)
- Status Quo - From The Makers Of... - 2nd - UK - vinyl box set - £25.00, $30.75, €29.50 (New Item) (arrived 23-Dec-2024 18:00)
STATUS QUO From The Makers Of... (1982 UK second issue limited edition 36-track triple vinyl LP box set, including two best of LPs & one live, with four inserts, housed in the blue embossed circular metal tin with the name on the front also in blue, with a tracklisting sticker on the reverse. The tin shows just a little ageing and all three vinyl discs remain Excellent with very little evidence of play. A superb example PROBX1)
- Status Quo - Living On An Island - French - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $9.84, €9.44 (Back In Stock) (arrived 23-Dec-2024 18:00)
STATUS QUO Living On An Island (1979 French injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also includes 'Runaway', plain company die-cut paper company sleeve)
- Status Quo - Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) - UK - 12" vinyl - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (Back In Stock) (arrived 23-Dec-2024 18:00)
STATUS QUO Burning Bridges (1988 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single featuring the Extended Version of the title track, Whatever You Want and Marguerita Time, Mike Tyson picture sleeve QUO2512)
- Status Quo - On The Level - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 24-Dec-2024 18:00)
STATUS QUO On The Level (1975 UK 10-track vinyl LP including the classic hit 'Down Down', complete with lyric inner, textured gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with foxing to the inner and the vinyl remains in excellent conditionwith few signs of play)
- Status Quo - Piledriver - 1st - Complete - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $92.25, €88.50 (New Item) (arrived 17-Jan-2025 11:51)
STATUS QUO Piledriver (1972 UK first issue 8-track vinyl LP on the 'swirl' label, the fifth studio album by the English rock band was also the first to be produced by the group themselves and first on the Vertigo label after their departure fromPye Records, including the single Paper Plane and a great cover of the Door's classic Roadhouse Blues. Housed in a matt gatefold picture sleeve printed with lyrics on the inside. The sleeve shows some light shelfwear and a little discolouration; the vinyl remains in excellent condition with just the odd light surface scuff)
- Status Quo - Just Supposin' - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.30, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 02-Jan-2025 16:25)
STATUS QUO Just Supposin' (1980 UK 9-track 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 & vinyl appear in Excellent condition)
- Status Quo - Just Supposin' - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.30, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 02-Jan-2025 18:00)
STATUS QUO Just Supposin' (1980 UK 9-track 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 & vinyl appear in Excellent condition)
- Status Quo - Ice In The Sun - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $18.45, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 06-Jan-2025 13:21)
STATUS QUO Ice In The Sun (1968 UK 7" vinyl single with solid centre, also including When My Mind Is Not Live, wavy-cut Pye company die cut paper sleeve. The vinyl has some light surface scuffs, but remains in excellent condition fifty years on 7N.17581)
- Status Quo - 12 Gold Bars Volume 1+1 - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 07-Jan-2025 11:17)
STATUS QUO 12 Gold Bars Volume 1+1 (1984 UK 24-track double LP, including Rockin' All Over The World, Down Down, Marguerita Time & a version of Caroline recorded live at the NEC, Birmingham, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve has some light wear whilst the vinyl shows the lightest signs of play QUOTV2)
- Status Quo - Ice In The Sun - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $18.45, €17.70 (Back In Stock) (arrived 07-Jan-2025 18:00)
STATUS QUO Ice In The Sun (1968 UK 7" vinyl single with solid centre, also including When My Mind Is Not Live, wavy-cut Pye company die cut paper sleeve. The vinyl has some light surface scuffs, but remains in excellent condition fifty years on 7N.17581)
- Status Quo - 12 Gold Bars Volume 1+1 - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 07-Jan-2025 18:00)
STATUS QUO 12 Gold Bars Volume 1+1 (1984 UK 24-track double LP, including Rockin' All Over The World, Down Down, Marguerita Time & a version of Caroline recorded live at the NEC, Birmingham, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve has some light wear whilst the vinyl shows the lightest signs of play QUOTV2)
- Status Quo - 12 Gold Bars Volume I+I - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £15.00, $18.45, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jan-2025 11:09)
STATUS QUO 12 Gold Bars Volume I+I (1984 UK 24-track double LP comprising Volumes 1 & 2, including the classic 'Caroline' in its original form & Live at the N.E.C, custom stickered gatefold picture sleeve complete with rare merchandise insert.The sleeve has light edgewear and creasing, whilst the vinyl looks barely played QUOTV2/1)
- Status Quo - 12 Gold Bars Volume I+I - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £15.00, $18.45, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jan-2025 18:00)
STATUS QUO 12 Gold Bars Volume I+I (1984 UK 24-track double LP comprising Volumes 1 & 2, including the classic 'Caroline' in its original form & Live at the N.E.C, custom stickered gatefold picture sleeve complete with rare merchandise insert.The sleeve has light edgewear and creasing, whilst the vinyl looks barely played QUOTV2/1)
- Status Quo - Piledriver - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.76, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 13:58)
STATUS QUO Piledriver (Mid 70s UK 'spaceship' label issue of the 1972 8-track vinyl LP, including the singles Paper Plane, Don't Waste My Time and Roadhouse Blues. The gatefold picture sleeve shows some light shelf wear with some foxing and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play)
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