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A Slow Thursday At The Court

And a tour around town.

Reason · Jun 18

"It was like pulling teeth. Which is among the reasons why we stopped writing together." The story of the Status Quo song that ended a partnership and became a roller-coaster live classic

Forty-Five Hundred Times was the song that threw a spanner in the songwriting partnership of Status Quo's Parfitt and Rossi, but it took on a life of its own, and they even extended it for royalty

Louder · Mar 18

"I know people don't want to hear me saying such things, but they're true." Francis Rossi comes clean on Status Quo, Rick Parfitt and new solo album The Accidental

With Status Quo now history and Francis Rossi enjoying his An Audience With tours, a new album was far from his mind

Louder · Mar 11

"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 · Jan 1, 2024

"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 · Dec 24, 2023