Andrew Thomson
Music News 24/7Status Quo is Picture perfect
By Andrew Thomson, on 19th November 2009, 14:59 UTC
Status Quo's 2009-10 world tour came home to the UK on November 10th, kicking off a 27-date series at Bristol's Colston Hall, and culminating in a final date at the Bournemouth International Centre on December 21st before jetting off to Australia after the new year.
The Quo is touring to support the release in 2008 of their compilation album, Pictures - 40 Years of Hits. Their most recent studio album, 2007's In Search of the Fourth Chord - pokes self-deprecating fun at the band's preference in its early years for simpler songs with a basic three-chord structure. This gentle self-parody and honest desire to entertain has paid off, decade after decade; although the band took shape as "The Status Quo" as long ago as 1967, earlier this year the band played at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival, cementing Status Quo as a favourite with a new, younger breed of fan. And in March, frontman Francis Rossi surprised fans everywhere by deciding his trademark, 35-year-old ponytail had to be cut off with the aim of growing old a little more gracefully.
The newly invigorated, cleaner-cut Status Quo will see out November with dates in Basingstoke, Ipswich, Cambridge, Oxford and Halifax. Tickets to these gigs - and more - are available to buy and compare at tixdaq.com
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