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Post by hershie on May 8, 2020 8:08:49 GMT
Wembley 2002.
First of 5(?) gigs. Most recent was the second night at Hammersmith on the first FF reunion tour.
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Post by 37 on May 8, 2020 8:50:18 GMT
I started to be a fan around the On The Level time, I was 14. The older `lads` at school were into them, so it kinda rubbed off onto me and my mates at the time. Although about eight of us got tickets for the S*uthampt*n Gaumont gig in 1977, I unfortunatley could not go as I was away at an Army selection course at the time. My brother had my ticket instead. How f*cking jealous was I when they told me how unbelieveable the gig was, bastards! Anyway my first gig was Reading Rock Festival 1978, well what can you say about it that has not been said on this thread before. Talk about a partizan crowd. My everlasting memory about it is when they played Roll Over Lay Down and the crowd just went ballistic and they collapsed right in front of me,total mayhem! I saw them at least once on just about every tour right up to 2012, after that gig that was me done with them live, I was so dissappointed, talk about PantoQuo. Then came the reunion gigs..enough said! I followed them around England on the 1981,1982 and 1984 tours. My regret is not seeing them at Olympia (!)1975, Cardiff Castle 1976, Glasgow Apollo 1976 or any Glasgow gig, Any Bridlington Spa gig and an abroad gig. F*ck me, they were good!
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Post by 37 on May 8, 2020 9:58:21 GMT
This might refresh your memory. NME Mick Farren. "It's Quo time. From the reverberations of enthusiasm in the crowd, it's quite obvious that they're the band that the majority of people have come to see. Status Quo must be the most solid, workmanlike crowd pleasers working in this country today. They're unmistakenly beer-and-fags British. They are obviously aware of their limitations, and they are quite clear that the people have come to hear nothing more than their hallmarked overdrive R&B – and they don't disappoint them. Within their very limited terms of reference, Quo are brilliant. Their sound is their product and they undoubtedly give value for money. The sun has gone and the darkness is starting to close in. For the first time, the stage lights come on. Rossi stomps and roams the stage while the others fall into the bending, head bobbing stance that has become their trademark. I take a walk out in the audience. The crush at the front is frenziedly echoing the move. They are obviously getting exactly what they want. As I watch I realise that Quo are pretty much the Charles Bronsons of British rock. They have the horny-handed expertise of artists who don't aspire to anything more than entertaining their audience. Bronson will never play Hamlet and Quo will probably never produce a Sgt. Pepper. Both however, know their market and stick to it. Just before it becomes totally dark, Chalkie and I climb the old tower of the castle. Looking out from the 600 year-old battlements we see that stage surrounded by a bobbing sea of people. Oddly enough it all fits together: very logical and Very British."
"Argue about whether that adds up to a compliment" I rather liked Mick Farren. He wrote a couple of very good SciFi novels too.
Deffo a compliment. Pretty spot on for a review at that time!
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Post by wolfman on May 8, 2020 10:09:44 GMT
I started to be a fan around the On The Level time, I was 14. The older `lads` at school were into them, so it kinda rubbed off onto me and my mates at the time. Although about eight of us got tickets for the S*uthampt*n Gaumont gig in 1977, I unfortunatley could not go as I was away at an Army selection course at the time. My brother had my ticket instead. How f*cking jealous was I when they told me how unbelieveable the gig was, bastards! Anyway my first gig was Reading Rock Festival 1978, well what can you say about it that has not been said on this thread before. Talk about a partizan crowd. My everlasting memory about it is when they played Roll Over Lay Down and the crowd just went ballistic and they collapsed right in front of me,total mayhem! I saw them at least once on just about every tour right up to 2012, after that gig that was me done with them live, I was so dissappointed, talk about PantoQuo. Then came the reunion gigs..enough said! I followed them around England on the 1981,1982 and 1984 tours. My regret is not seeing them at Earls Court 1975, Cardiff Castle 1976, Glasgow Apollo 1976 or any Glasgow gig, Any Bridlington Spa gig and an abroad gig. F*ck me, they were good! when did they play at Earl's court?
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Post by 37 on May 8, 2020 10:32:26 GMT
That was meant to be Olympia. Now changed!
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on May 8, 2020 11:07:39 GMT
I started to be a fan around the On The Level time, I was 14. The older `lads` at school were into them, so it kinda rubbed off onto me and my mates at the time. Although about eight of us got tickets for the S*uthampt*n Gaumont gig in 1977, I unfortunatley could not go as I was away at an Army selection course at the time. My brother had my ticket instead. How f*cking jealous was I when they told me how unbelieveable the gig was, bastards! Anyway my first gig was Reading Rock Festival 1978, well what can you say about it that has not been said on this thread before. Talk about a partizan crowd. My everlasting memory about it is when they played Roll Over Lay Down and the crowd just went ballistic and they collapsed right in front of me,total mayhem! I saw them at least once on just about every tour right up to 2012, after that gig that was me done with them live, I was so dissappointed, talk about PantoQuo. Then came the reunion gigs..enough said! I followed them around England on the 1981,1982 and 1984 tours. My regret is not seeing them at Olympia (!)1975, Cardiff Castle 1976, Glasgow Apollo 1976 or any Glasgow gig, Any Bridlington Spa gig and an abroad gig. F*ck me, they were good! "regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention...etc etc" (thanks Frank!) I'm definitely going to mention Reading '78 though. Your review 37 and a few I have read over the years confirms that I really should have beetled along to Reading. When you consider the bill over that weekend and how Punk/New Wave had been the new kids in town, it warms the heart to think how Quo were showing the young whipper-snappers how to still rip it up on stage. Don't have too many regrets, perhaps the very early 70s gigs would be on the list (a bit too young) but also Reading back then would be on there. Like many on here I'm sure, I have been fortunate to see Quo about 60 or so times, so have had a full life in that respect. Nothing compared to Mortified though I'm sure. He sounds like he is in a league of his own and really has "travelled each and every highway" in pursuit of his Quo fix!
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Post by 37 on May 8, 2020 11:47:46 GMT
I have seen them around 130 times. Highlights, Reading 1978,`Charlie` nec 1982, MK 1984,reunion gigs 2013-2014 at the Hammy, I could go on.But I have to say even the post 1986 gigs threw up some gems!
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Post by mortified on May 8, 2020 12:30:32 GMT
I started to be a fan around the On The Level time, I was 14. The older `lads` at school were into them, so it kinda rubbed off onto me and my mates at the time. Although about eight of us got tickets for the S*uthampt*n Gaumont gig in 1977, I unfortunatley could not go as I was away at an Army selection course at the time. My brother had my ticket instead. How f*cking jealous was I when they told me how unbelieveable the gig was, bastards! Anyway my first gig was Reading Rock Festival 1978, well what can you say about it that has not been said on this thread before. Talk about a partizan crowd. My everlasting memory about it is when they played Roll Over Lay Down and the crowd just went ballistic and they collapsed right in front of me,total mayhem! I saw them at least once on just about every tour right up to 2012, after that gig that was me done with them live, I was so dissappointed, talk about PantoQuo. Then came the reunion gigs..enough said! I followed them around England on the 1981,1982 and 1984 tours. My regret is not seeing them at Olympia (!)1975, Cardiff Castle 1976, Glasgow Apollo 1976 or any Glasgow gig, Any Bridlington Spa gig and an abroad gig. F*ck me, they were good! "regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention...etc etc" (thanks Frank!) I'm definitely going to mention Reading '78 though. Your review 37 and a few I have read over the years confirms that I really should have beetled along to Reading. When you consider the bill over that weekend and how Punk/New Wave had been the new kids in town, it warms the heart to think how Quo were showing the young whipper-snappers how to still rip it up on stage. Don't have too many regrets, perhaps the very early 70s gigs would be on the list (a bit too young) but also Reading back then would be on there. Like many on here I'm sure, I have been fortunate to see Quo about 60 or so times, so have had a full life in that respect. Nothing compared to Mortified though I'm sure. He sounds like he is in a league of his own and really has "travelled each and every highway" in pursuit of his Quo fix! I'll be honest, I'm small fry compared to some out there. Highlights? Way too many to list but all 4 gigs at Glasgow Apollo in 1976 are worthy of special mention (the one on the Blue For You tour and the live recording triple). In fact, every Apollo gig was special! Milton Keynes was outstanding but, conversely, Castle Donington was rotten Post '86? Again loads and loads of highlights. Liverpool Philharmonic 2005, Liverpool Pops (same year - up there with the very best!), Edinburgh Playhouse '88, Paris Olympia 2006 (again, one of the best), Madrid 2009. I could go on (oh, could I!! ) There have been very few lowlights over the decades. So few, that they're barely worth mentioning. But if they play Walking In A Winter Wonderland or Restless again, I'm off The reunion didn't pass me by; I saw them in Glasgow (2013) and Wolverhampton (2014) but I had to sell my Hammy Apollo tickets in 2013 because I was unwell at the start of the year for a few months. That's probably something I'll always regret but $hit happens I'd seen them before
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Post by Dark on May 8, 2020 13:35:24 GMT
First gig was at the SECC in Glasgow in 1992 on the Live Alive Quo tour. Was immense, so much energy on the stage and down the front of the crowd, crushed together and jumping in unison along to that shuffle beach. Went every year after that until 1998 and each time was fantastic and the musical highlight of the year.
After that it wasn’t quite the same as they changed venue to an all seated one. Even though everyone stood up, it wasn’t nearly the same standing in your own little space, hands resting on the back of the seat in front. Gone was walking out of the gig at the end exhausted and soaked in sweat from everyone crushed together jumping up and down at the front. I left that gig so disappointed that I never bothered going back the following year.
Subsequently I sporadically went to see them on their winter tours, but it was never quite the same. Particularly with Matt joining the band, which, for me, robbed them of all their power due to his light hitting of the drums.
Then the re-union tour happened and I went to see them twice on each tour, Glasgow and Hammersmith both times. Hot and sweaty live gig again, not quite the same, “crowd jumping as one,” that happened in the early 90’s. But the band played the music so much better than any line up I’d seen previously. Those gigs were so good, and as a result I’ve not seen them since. Just think it would be a let-down.
So first gig was SECC, Glasgow in 1992 and last gig was O2 Academy, Glasgow in 2014.
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on May 8, 2020 14:01:55 GMT
"regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention...etc etc" (thanks Frank!) I'm definitely going to mention Reading '78 though. Your review 37 and a few I have read over the years confirms that I really should have beetled along to Reading. When you consider the bill over that weekend and how Punk/New Wave had been the new kids in town, it warms the heart to think how Quo were showing the young whipper-snappers how to still rip it up on stage. Don't have too many regrets, perhaps the very early 70s gigs would be on the list (a bit too young) but also Reading back then would be on there. Like many on here I'm sure, I have been fortunate to see Quo about 60 or so times, so have had a full life in that respect. Nothing compared to Mortified though I'm sure. He sounds like he is in a league of his own and really has "travelled each and every highway" in pursuit of his Quo fix! I'll be honest, I'm small fry compared to some out there. Highlights? Way too many to list but all 4 gigs at Glasgow Apollo in 1976 are worthy of special mention (the one on the Blue For You tour and the live recording triple). In fact, every Apollo gig was special! Milton Keynes was outstanding but, conversely, Castle Donington was rotten Post '86? Again loads and loads of highlights. Liverpool Philharmonic 2005, Liverpool Pops (same year - up there with the very best!), Edinburgh Playhouse '88, Paris Olympia 2006 (again, one of the best), Madrid 2009. I could go on (oh, could I!! ) There have been very few lowlights over the decades. So few, that they're barely worth mentioning. But if they play Walking In A Winter Wonderland or Restless again, I'm off The reunion didn't pass me by; I saw them in Glasgow (2013) and Wolverhampton (2014) but I had to sell my Hammy Apollo tickets in 2013 because I was unwell at the start of the year for a few months. That's probably something I'll always regret but $hit happens I'd seen them before Yes, Quo at Castle Donington was a long hike up the M1 that didn't quite match Quo's usual modus operandi and our usual expectations. Possibly more technical issues than band issues but a bit of a flat experience. One of the highlights had been seeing clumps of earth n' grass and all sorts flying through the air from one side of the crowd to the other and back, in between long band changeovers. I used to wonder about my state of mind having seen Quo somewhere around 60-70 times let alone into the hundreds!! I followed Thin Lizzy quite seriously and a few others of their ilk but only saw them a few times compared to Quo...what is it about this band that has had us lot going the extra (hundreds/thousands) miles? When associates used to ask me "how many times have you seen Quo then?", I actually played it down a bit (a lot) at one time as I'm quite sure they would have been thinking "looney". Good to be on here to see the mind boggling lengths that some fans have gone to follow the band and just how many times they have seen them.
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Post by kursaal75 on May 8, 2020 16:33:03 GMT
My first Quo gig at the Harlow Playhouse in February 1972, wasn't as enjoyable as I had hoped, as it was too loud for a 14 year old at his first concert, but 2 years later at the 10,000 seater Empire Pool Wembley in 1974, was a much more enjoyable experience. Highlights of my Quo Gig History: LONDON EMPIRE POOL WEMBLEY 26/05/74 SOUTHEND KURSAAL 01/03/75 LONDON OLYMPIA 31/12/75 CARDIFF CASTLE 24/07/76 STAFFORD BINGLEY HALL 09/01/77 READING FESTIVAL 26/08/78 PARIS HIPPODROME 17/02/79 BRUSSELS FOREST NATIONAL 27/03/81 BIRMINGHAM NEC 14/05/82 MILTON KEYNES 21/07/84 HAMMERSMITH APOLLO 16/03/13 HAMMERSMITH APOLLO 29/03/14 My favourite venue Hammersmith Odeon/Apollo. I think I enjoyed many gigs over a 40 year period from Dec 1974 to March 2014. The atmosphere was loud, in ya face, no nonsense and sweaty. A night at the Odeon always started with a customary pint or two at the Britannia pub opposite, with the pub Juke box blasting out Quo tracks, a walk under the urine stenched underpass for a bag of chips before going into the venue. Happy days.
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Post by tramper on May 9, 2020 9:44:21 GMT
First gig '79 Sheffield. That gig was special if only for it being the first. One trip abroad,'80 I think, Brussels. Numerous times since, approx 70 gigs, small fry on here I know ! Best venue, no question, Brid Spa. Regrets.. never been to Hammy or Glasgow to see them.
Haven't been since Liverpool the day before Rick's death..😥
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Post by wolfman on May 9, 2020 10:11:38 GMT
First gig '79 Sheffield. That gig was special if only for it being the first. One trip abroad,'80 I think, Brussels. Numerous times since, approx 70 gigs, small fry on here I know ! Best venue, no question, Brid Spa. Regrets.. never been to Hammy or Glasgow to see them. Haven't been since Liverpool the day before Rick's death..😥 I was at the gig too tramps. The second night at the front..city hall 79
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Post by tramper on May 9, 2020 12:26:15 GMT
First gig '79 Sheffield. That gig was special if only for it being the first. One trip abroad,'80 I think, Brussels. Numerous times since, approx 70 gigs, small fry on here I know ! Best venue, no question, Brid Spa. Regrets.. never been to Hammy or Glasgow to see them. Haven't been since Liverpool the day before Rick's death..😥 I was at the gig too tramps. The second night at the front..city hall 79 👍 second night also.. small world
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Post by rangers1 on May 22, 2020 10:17:18 GMT
1972 Grays Civic Hall in Essex. Piledriver had just hit no 1 and my mate said do you fancy going, Paper Plane weren't bad I thought so why not. Went out next day and bought the album and still have it, still play it. Went on to go over 40 times but finished now with no Rick.
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