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 - The Rest Of Status Quo - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 18-May-2022 12:17)
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 a little light shelfwear and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play PKL5546)
- Status Quo - In The Army Now - Solid - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.00, €9.44 (Back In Stock) (arrived 03-May-2022 08:51)
STATUS QUO In The Army Now (1986 UK 7" vinyl single with crossed guitar logo labels, also including Heartburn, picture sleeve QUO20)
- Status Quo - In The Army Now - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2022 11:41)
STATUS QUO In The Army Now (1986 UK 11-track vinyl LP, including Red Sky and Rollin' Home, picture sleeve with illustrated credits inner. The sleeve with its original shop price sticker intact remains in excellent conditon with barely played vinyl VERH36)
- Status Quo - From The Makers Of... - 1st - Numbered - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £25.00, $31.25, €29.50 (New Item) (arrived 26-Apr-2022 09:46)
STATUS QUO From The Makers Of... (Limited Edition 1982 UK second issue 36-track triple LP box set, including two 'Best Of' LPs & one Live, complete with four inserts, all housed in the custom blue embossed circular metal tin with the name on the front in blue & an individually numbered tracklist sticker on the back. The tin shows a little sign of weathering & all three vinyl discs remain Excellent with only light evidence of play. A really nice example PROBX1)
- Status Quo - We Ain't Complaining - UK - tour programme - £15.00, $18.75, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 26-Apr-2022 09:56)
STATUS QUO We Ain't Complaining (Official 1988 UK 24 page 12" square tour programme issued during their 1988 European Summer Tour and features tour dates, tour personnel, individual band member biographies and lots of great photographs. The cover has just a little light wear and otherwise remains excellent)
- Status Quo - Dear John - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.00, €9.44 (Back In Stock) (arrived 28-Apr-2022 14:25)
STATUS QUO Dear John (1982 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including I Want The World To Know, picture sleeve QUO7)
- Status Quo - In The Army Now - Solid - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.00, €9.44 (New Item) (arrived 28-Apr-2022 16:34)
STATUS QUO In The Army Now (1986 UK 7" vinyl single with crossed guitar logo labels, also including Heartburn, picture sleeve QUO20)
- Status Quo - Whatever You Want - German - 7" vinyl - £6.99, $8.74, €8.25 (New Item) (arrived 28-Apr-2022 17:13)
STATUS QUO Whatever You Want (1979 German injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including Hard Ride, plain company die cut paper sleeve)
- Status Quo - Live + Inners - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £10.00, $12.50, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 02-May-2022 09:35)
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. Housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with picture inners. The inners have small seam splits, whilst the sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played)
- Status Quo - Pictures: 40 Years Of Hits - UK - 2-CD album set - £13.99, $17.49, €16.51 (New Item) (arrived 06-May-2022 14:20)
STATUS QUO Pictures: 40 Years Of Hits (2008 UK 2-CD album set - 'Pictures: 40 Years of Hits' is a collection spanning their incredible chart career which started forty years ago with the 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men' single. This set features 40 of the Quo's greatest singles, including 'Whatever You Want', 'Down Down', 'Caroline' and 'In The Army Now' plus the Christmas single 'It's Christmas Time'. Although not sealed, the case shows no wear and the contents are Near Mint)
- Status Quo - Whatever You Want - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.00, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 18-May-2022 12:15)
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 - 1982 - Nineteen Eighty Two - 2nd - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 07-May-2022 14:21)
STATUS QUO 1982 (1982 UK 11-track vinyl LP - the Quo debut for Pete Kircher on drums and the first album to credit Andy Bown as a full member of the band, complete with original lyric inner, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little light wear with very little play to the playing surface)
- Status Quo - Just Supposin' - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 07-May-2022 15:58)
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 - British Tour Autumn '73 + Ticket Stub - UK - tour programme - £75.00, $93.75, €88.50 (New Item) (arrived 11-May-2022 15:32)
STATUS QUO British Tour Autumn '73 (1973 UK 8" sqaure 12-page tour programme, loaded with photos, venue details and an article on the suporting group Savoy Brown. This example comes with a ticket for the Friday 12th October show at the RAinbowTheatre and remains in a really nice condition with just a crease to the middle and light general wear to the edges)
- Status Quo - Dog Of Two Head - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.50, €35.40 (New Item) (arrived 13-May-2022 17:11)
STATUS QUO Dog Of Two Head (1971 UK 10-track LP on the powder blue 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 sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a little light fading/edge scuffing & the vinyl remains Excellent with light cosmetic wear & just a few light signs of play NSPL18371)
- Status Quo - Dog Of Two Head - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.50, €35.40 (New Item) (arrived 13-May-2022 17:12)
STATUS QUO Dog Of Two Head (1971 UK 10-track LP on the powder blue 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 sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a little light fading/edge scuffing & the vinyl remains Excellent with light cosmetic wear & just a few light signs of play NSPL18371)
- Status Quo - Red Sky - UK - 12" vinyl - £10.00, $12.50, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 14-May-2022 14:59)
STATUS QUO Red Sky (1986 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including Don't Give It Up and The Milton Keynes Medley, glossy picture sleeve QUO1912)
- Status Quo - Back To Back - UK - vinyl LP - £8.00, $10.00, €9.44 (New Item) (arrived 17-May-2022 09:19)
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 - From The Makers Of… - EX - UK - vinyl box set - £15.00, $18.75, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 18-May-2022 12:01)
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 - If You Can't Stand The Heat + Poster - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.25, €29.50 (New Item) (arrived 13-Apr-2022 10:52)
STATUS QUO If You Can't Stand The Heat (1978 UK 10-track LP, filled with electric guitars & boogie spirit, complete with lyric inner, die-cut gatefold picture sleeve, and with massive (24" x 37") bonus poster, from Holmes McDougall. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear, the poster has been previously displayed & the vinyl shows a few light signs of play)
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