The Concert Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Status Quo aka The Francis Rossi Band aka Francis Rossi and Friends!

Their new album charted at #6. It's their highest chart release for original Quo material since the 1+9+8+2 album in er' 1982.

Good job real Quo fans aren't as dismissive as you Susan.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Status Quo aka The Francis Rossi Band aka Francis Rossi and Friends!

NOVEMBER 2020
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – Fri 27th
Leicester De Montfort Hall – Sat 28th
Cardiff St David’s Hall – Mon 30th

DECEMBER 2020
Birmingham Symphony Hall – Tue 1st
Brighton Centre – Thu 3rd
London Eventim Apollo – Sat 5th
Bournemouth International Centre – Sun 6th

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Their new album charted at #6. It's their highest chart release for original Quo material since the 1+9+8+2 album in er' 1982.

Good job real Quo fans aren't as dismissive as you Susan.

Not at all dismissive

As I posted in the 'Live Music' thread, back in December 2016:

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Went to the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham last night

The headliners were The Francis Rossi Band, better known as Status Quo

Setlist - Caroline/The Wanderer/Something 'bout You Baby I Like/Rain/Softer Ride/Beginning of the End/Hold You Back/Medley (What You're Proposing, Down the Dustpipe, Wild Side of Life, Railroad, Again And Again, Slow Train)/The Oriental/Creepin' Up on You/Gerdundula/In the Army Now/Drum Solo/Roll Over Lay Down/Down Down/Whatever You Want/Rockin' All Over the World/Paper Plane/Burning Bridges (On and Off and on Again)/Bye Bye Johnny

I last saw them over 30 years ago, and they are one of those bands where you know exactly what you are going to get. However, without Rick Parfitt in the band anymore, there was something missing. The songs were wonderful and the interaction between Francis Rossi and the audience was still there, but without Parfitt, it seemed to be Francis Rossi and backing band.

This tour is supposedly the last electric tour that the band are going to play. Instead, from 2017, they are going to be concentrating more on acoustic tours and recordings.

With a set full of back-to-back hits, for me they worked best on the faster, older songs, and it was a delight to hear 'Caroline', 'Down Down' and 'Paper Plane' although the folk trappings of 'Gerdundula' were also welcome. However, the big surprise was 'In The Army Now'. I have always found the recorded version to be incredibly tedious, but in the live arena, with the lightshow depicting gunfire (ala Metallica's 'One'), the song took on a whole new poignancy and was certainly a highspot

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Not at all dismissive

As I posted in the 'Live Music' thread, back in December 2016:

Apologies for not recalling a post from three years ago. I'll try and do better next time.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Apologies for not recalling a post from three years ago. I'll try and do better next time.

Should think so too!

You actually 'liked' the previous post as well!!

Mind you, we all get more forgetful as we get older, don't we!!!

*rasp*

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Should think so too!

You actually 'liked' the previous post as well!!

Mind you, we all get more forgetful as we get older, don't we!!!

*rasp*

So much for no more electric tours as mentioned in your post / review.

Did you see them yesterday at that Hyde Park gig on BBC4? The only song i heard was Down, Down which was fine until Rossi stopped singing and someone else took over, someone who didn't seem much of a singer at all.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Did you see them yesterday at that Hyde Park gig on BBC4? The only song i heard was Down, Down which was fine until Rossi stopped singing and someone else took over, someone who didn't seem much of a singer at all.

No, I didn't see it

I know someone who went to the event, and I'm just waiting to hear what she thought of it

[gag]

Anyone any idea cost of The Who tickets ?

[Rik]

Who knows....I’ll see myself out

[gag]

Originally Posted by Rik

Who knows....I’ll see myself out

I do that's who
I went onto to their website and checked tickets for USA, anything from $450 plus, then I spotted a bit press for tickets for the uk, and a little small bit that said price range, I pressed it and it said various from £192.

IF that's true then I think I'll give that a miss.

I said to my friend, guess WHO touring, he didn't get my clue.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by gag

I do that's who
I went onto to their website and checked tickets for USA, anything from $450 plus, then I spotted a bit press for tickets for the uk, and a little small bit that said price range, I pressed it and it said various from £192.

IF that's true then I think I'll give that a miss.

I said to my friend, guess WHO touring, he didn't get my clue.

£192! ARE YOU FRICKIN' SERIOUS?