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 - 12 Gold Bars Volume 1+1 - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £10.00, $14.10, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 14-May-2021 16:00)
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 looks barely played QUOTV2)
- Status Quo - Piledriver - 2nd - Gatefold Sleeve - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $14.10, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 14-Apr-2021 09:52)
STATUS QUO Piledriver (Mid 70s UK 'spaceship' label issue of the 1972 8-track LP, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve & vinyl are in Excellent condition with light signs of wear & play)
- Status Quo - 1982 Official Tour Programme XX - UK - tour programme - £15.00, $21.15, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 04-Mar-2021 18:11)
STATUS QUO 1982 Official Tour Programme XX (1982 UK thirty two page 9.5" x 12" tour programme packed with photographs & information about the band and their first twenty years, official merchandise and more. This copy remains pristine)
- Status Quo - Again And Again - UK - 7" vinyl - £6.99, $9.86, €8.11 (New Item) (arrived 23-Mar-2021 10:07)
STATUS QUO Again And Again (1978 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Too Far Gone, Phonogram company die-cut paper sleeve QUO1)
- Status Quo - On The Level + Inner - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $14.10, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 23-Mar-2021 12:26)
STATUS QUO On The Level (1975 UK 10-track vinyl LP, including the classic hit single Down Down. The textured gatefold picture sleeve has some shelfwear evident to the edges but comes complete with the lyric inner and the vinyl remains in excellent condition)
- Status Quo - Tune To The Music - 4pr - VG+ - UK - 7" vinyl - £50.00, $70.50, €58.00 (New Item) (arrived 26-Mar-2021 10:31)
STATUS QUO Tune To The Music (1971 UK STOCK COPY 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre, also including Good Thinking, which was the first instrumental number recorded by the band and was the their final single for the label, Pyecompany die-cut paper sleeve. There is a faint pencil name annotation to the B side label and the vinyl has light scuffs leaving it VG+ 7N.45077)
- Status Quo - Mean Girl - UK - 7" vinyl - £20.00, $28.20, €23.20 (New Item) (arrived 01-Apr-2021 08:52)
STATUS QUO Mean Girl (1973 UK 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre, also including Everything, Pye company die-cut paper sleeve. The vinyl remains excellent with only a few light surface scuffs 7N.45229)
- Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $21.15, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 07-Apr-2021 13:28)
STATUS QUO Pictures Of Matchstick Men (1976 UK 12-track vinyl compilation LP featuring a collection of Status Quo early hits including Black Veils Of Melancholy, Ice In The Sun, Make Me Stay A Bit Longer, Are You Growing Tired Of My Love, the classic title track & more. The front-laminated picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear to the edges while the vinyl looks barely played HMA257)
- Status Quo - In My Chair - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $11.28, €9.28 (New Item) (arrived 12-Apr-2021 09:40)
STATUS QUO In My Chair (1979 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also includes Gerdundula, housed in a card flipback style picture sleeve. The sleeve displays some general wear whilst the vinyl shows only light signs of play 7P103)
- Status Quo - Never Too Late - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $16.92, €13.92 (New Item) (arrived 15-Apr-2021 15:21)
STATUS QUO Never Too Late (1981 UK 10-track LP featuring the classic track Something 'Bout You Baby I Like, glossy picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve has a little edge scuffing, and the inner shows a little light foxing, whilst the vinyllooks barely played)
- Status Quo - 1982 - Nineteen Eighty Two - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $14.10, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 13-May-2021 15:58)
STATUS QUO 1982 (1982 UK 11-track LP, including the single Dear John, complete with lyric inner & the original embossed picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play)
- Status Quo - Ain't Complaining - Stickered - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $21.15, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 16-Apr-2021 13:24)
STATUS QUO Ain't Complaining (1988 UK 12-track vinyl LP, song hype stickered picture sleeve with blue credits inner. The cover shows minor wear & the vinyl reveals few signs of play VERH58)
- Status Quo - Dog Of Two Head - Ruby Red Vinyl - azure label - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $35.25, €29.00 (New Item) (arrived 27-Apr-2021 11:45)
STATUS QUO Dog Of Two Head (70s UK issue of the 1971 10-track LP on the azure blue Pye label, pressed on Dark Red Vinyl, visible when held to the light. The gatefold picture sleeve shows a little light edgewear and the vinyl is near as new NSPL18371)
- Status Quo - Quo + Poster - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $35.25, €29.00 (New Item) (arrived 27-Apr-2021 14:55)
STATUS QUO Quo (1974 UK 'spaceship' label 8-track LP, the seventh studio album from the British rock group, featuring guest musicians Bob Young & Tom Parker, who play harmonica & piano respectively on the single 'Break The Rules'. Comes complete with the fold-out illustrated lyric poster. The picture sleeve has a small nick to the opening edge & some minor scuffs, whilst the vinyl is Excellent with few signs of play)
- Status Quo - On The Level - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $16.92, €13.92 (New Item) (arrived 28-Apr-2021 10:28)
STATUS QUO On The Level (1975 UK 10-track LP, complete with lyric inner, textured gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl looks barely played)
- Status Quo - Aquostic - Live @ The Roundhouse + Print - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $35.25, €29.00 (New Item) (arrived 28-Apr-2021 15:31)
STATUS QUO Aquostic - Live @ The Roundhouse (2015 UK limited edition 25-track double vinyl LP featuring audio recordings from their ninety-minute performance at the Roundhouse in Camden town, London on 22nd October 2014 as part of the launch of their Aquostic! [Stripped Bare]' album which was recorded & broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series and saw the joined on stage by guitarist Freddie Edwards [son of bassist John Edwards]. The gatefold picture sleevehas just a little light shelfwear and displays an image of the band on stage with a full credit list and also comes accompanied by an art print of the image while both discs look barely played)
- Status Quo - Live - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £15.00, $21.15, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 29-Apr-2021 09:10)
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. The gatefold picture sleeve has some ringwear scuffing with age and the vinyl is Excellent with barely any play)
- Status Quo - From The Makers Of… - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £15.00, $21.15, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 04-May-2021 10:55)
STATUS QUO From The Makers Of... (1982 UK Limited Edition 35-track triple vinyl LP, housed in a superb 12" square picture box with four circular insert sheets. The box has some corner and edge scuffing with a little foxing forgiveable with age and the vinyl discs remain in EX/EX- condition with just a few light surface scuffs PROLP1)
- Status Quo - Whatever You Want - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $16.92, €13.92 (New Item) (arrived 09-May-2021 15:27)
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 & vinyl are in excellent conditon with minimal wear & play)
- Status Quo - Dog Of Two Head - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $21.15, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 04-Mar-2021 18:11)
STATUS QUO Dog Of Two Head (1987 UK issue of the 1971 10-track LP on the green & orange PRT label, the fourth album from The Quo which spawned one UK Top 20 hit, Mean Girl [although that didn't happen until 1973]. The gatefold picture sleevedisplays only light wear and the vinyl shows only light signs of play NSPL18371)
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