Quo's Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt get OBE's!

[cozyal]

[glow=red,2,300]Status Quo duo Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt OBE's in The Queen's New Years Honours![/glow]

Status Quo's Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi will go into 2010 having been appointed with OBE's for their services to music and charity over the years.

Congratulations to them both!

This just posted on the BBC's news page - Of course, it's already New Years Eve there!

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8435052.stm

The band this year celebrated 40 years together, releasing a fantastic live DVD Pictures - Live in Montreux 2009, which I recently reviewed on this blog site. Review can be found here:

chambersofrock.blogspot.com/2009/12/status-quo-pictures-live-at-montreux.html

Also side note reminder of Francis Rossi's solo stuff.

Francis Rossi 'One Step at a Time' - Solo Tour - May 2010

Live Nation are proud to announce that Francis will undertake his first ever solo tour in May 2010. The "One Step At A Time" tour, that takes the name of his solo album to be released by EarMUSIC, through Edel in April 2010, will take in six UK dates. He will be accompanied by an 8 piece band.

Francis commented, "I never stop writing songs and melodies but there have been many tracks over the years that just weren't right for Quo. These songs have been gathering dust in my mind for too long and now seems the right time to showcase them. It's a big step for me but I hope to see lots of the same faces out there on the road!"

12th May Edinburgh Queens Hall
13th May Birmingham Town Hall
14th May Manchester Academy
16th May London Her Majesty's
18th May Cardiff Glee Club
19th May Sheffield Memorial Hall

Tickets will be available from 10am on Fri 18 Dec from www.livenation.co.uk/ or from 0844 576 5483

[DrJJones]

I hope Rossi's new solo album will be better than the atrocious 'King Of The Doghouse' (not sure if that is the correct title) that he released about 1985.

[kim]

Top Selling Artists Worldwide
The Beatles
(Country: U.K.) Sales Estimates: Over 600 Million, some estimates of over 1 Billion
Elvis Presley
(Country: U.S.A.) Sales Estimates: Over 300 Million, some estimates of over 1 Billion
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AC/DC (Country: Australia) Sales Estimate: 200 Million
Herbert Von Karajan (Country: Austria) Sales Estimate: 200 Million
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Julio Iglesias (Country: Spain) Sales Estimate: 200 Million
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Led Zeppelin (Country: U.K.) Sales Estimate: 200 Million
Madonna (Country: U.S.A.) Sales Estimate: 200 Million
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Mariah Carey (Country: U.S.A.) Sales Estimate: 200 Million
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Artists who are estimated to have sold between 100 and 199 million units include:
Aerosmith, Backstreet Boys, Barry White, Billy Joel, Boney M., Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, The Carpenters, Charles Aznavour, Cher, Chicago, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Dolly Parton, Eagles, Engelbert Humperdinck, Fleetwood Mac, The Four Seasons, Frank Sinatra, Garth Brooks, Genesis, George Michael, Guns N' Roses, James Last, The Jackson 5, Janet Jackson, Johnny Hallyday, Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Luciano Pavarotti, Metallica, Michiya Mihashi, Modern Talking, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton-John, Paul McCartney, Perry Como, Pet Shop Boys, Phil Collins, Roberto Carlos, Rod Stewart, Status Quo, Stevie Wonder, Teresa Teng, Tina Turner, U2, Valeriya, The Ventures, Whitney Houston and The Who.

I find it strange to think that after 40 plus years, Status Quo is relatively
unknown? The sales appear to indicate that they were in some pretty good company with similar numbers?

Not very well known in Canada, but this is one Canuck that knows them, and appreciates them quite well!
Man!...they must have sold a shitload of albums somewhere!!!

Happy New Year's folks!!!

Thanks
Kim

[cozyal]

Kim - I'm sure Ian will back me up on this, Quo have been pretty popular just about everywhere, except the USA & Canada!

Well, I can't speak for Japan, but Australia was & still is very strong market for them, as is all over Europe ....

That's where all those sales come from my boy!

We know all about them, hopefully more folks will also support them a little more here in the US & Canada in 2010!

Cheers,

Al