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"Big fan of their prawn sandwich, I must say": Status Quo have reworked Rockin' All Over The World as a "Saving All Over The Store" advert for M&S

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Louder

"We'd sit surrounded by amps. The magic just flowed. It gave you goose-pimples": How Status Quo made Hello! and turned into Britain's hottest band of 1973

Sometimes, a band works on an album and everything clicks. For Status Quo, their 1973 No.1 Hello! was just such an album. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t problems

Louder

"Some people said that seeing the band again made their lives complete": Remembering Status Quo's Rick Parfitt

A personal look back at the music, life and times of Status Quo guitarist/singer and cornerstone Rick Parfitt, who died on Christmas Eve 2016

Louder

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The Kemps: All Gold — release date, cast, plot, interview and everything we know

The Kemps: All Gold sees Gary and Martin Kemp send themselves up again in a follow-up to the 2020 spoof documentary The Kemps: All True.

WhatToWatch

“Certain people might think that – the type of person that wears only denim, has a lot of tattoos and doesn’t wash”: meet the man who ‘ruined’ Status Quo

Andy Bown has played keyboards with Status Quo for 50 years and has been with them through some tough times. But some fans still won’t forgive him for ‘ruining’ the band

Louder

Status Quo legend Francis Rossi signs guitar for charity auction at Bristol gig

Funds will go to children’s charity Variety for a new ‘sunshine minibus’

Bristol Post

Bonnie Tyler: the soundtrack of my life

Power-ballad belter Bonnie Tyler picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals that Axl Rose was "horny as hell"

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The British Invasion that failed: why Slade, Status Quo, the Sweet and Dr. Feelgood never conquered the USA

Slade’s Noddy Holder and Jim Lea join Status Quo’s Francis Rossi, the Sweet’s Andy Scott and Dr. Feelgood’s Wilko Johnson (in one of his final interviews) to explain what did – and didn’t – go down in the ’70s

Guitar World

Status Quo's Francis Rossi: "I’d rather have a buttered bread roll with mild cheddar and tomato than cocaine and groupies"

Status Quo's Francis Rossi on “arsehole behaviour”, the perils of fame and why he can be “an insecure little shit”

Louder

The celebrities who you can see in Wales in 2023

People will be able to get up close and personal with the stars in some of these unique events

Wales Online

Status Quo legend Francis Rossi dreams about late bandmate Rick Parfitt who died in 2016

The Mirror join the rockers on tour as Francis tells how he stays in shape, his battle with pneumonia, the perils of growing old and old bandmate Rick

Daily Mirror

Recalling lost Glasgow music shop McCormack's that helped form countless local bands

Few vanished Glasgow businesses are as fondly recalled as McCormack's, the legendary music shop that had the city hitting all the right notes and helped put together countless local bands.

Glasgow Live

Good Morning Britain guest cut off as show suffers awkward technical blunder

GMB Hosts Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard had been interviewing Status Quo star Francis Rossi as the rocker spoke about going back on tour - but the chat ended very prematurely

Daily Mirror

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