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Post by windsorkid on Mar 24, 2023 19:02:33 GMT
So listened to the Radio today and Francis was being interviewed regarding he’s Tunes and chat Tour, and he was asked at the end about a Quo Tour next year, he’s Reply was there are talks about a summer tour next Year, but he then turned into about politics regarding the EU and such like,
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Post by Xland on Mar 24, 2023 23:04:02 GMT
I'm hoping they play and fill small to medium sized venues with stalls standing, 3,000-5,000 capacity places like Hammersmith, Wolves Civic etc, just better for gigs in my opinion than big arenas. Get it nice and loud, get the places bouncing and really rock out, can generate a better atmosphere in these kinds of places too. Will be interesting to see what happens, I've got used to this line up as Quo now, took a couple of years, but I'm all for new material and new gigs!!!  |
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Post by Xland on Mar 24, 2023 23:06:18 GMT
Oh I also hope they keep that longer set time of around 1 hour 45-50mins, I enjoyed Wembley last December.
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Post by noizeboyz on Mar 25, 2023 7:43:38 GMT
Can't see them every playing the new Co-Op Arena that's being built in Manchester, Takes them all the time to try and fill Manchester Arena
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Post by curiousgirl on Mar 25, 2023 9:45:39 GMT
Would it still be Quo without Francis?
He'll be 75 next year. No wonder he changed the subject in the interview.
Jeff Beck was still playing brilliantly at 78 last year but he's always focused on playing and did not feel the need to dance around the stage too.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Mar 25, 2023 9:59:28 GMT
Francis doesn't run around now as much as he used to. I haven't seen them now since before lockdown, but I was counting the gradual reductions in the number of leaps in Hold You Back! PS I think he is still fitter than me. I reckon he will be out there as long as he can still say HELLO !!
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Mar 25, 2023 10:31:25 GMT
Francis doesn't run around now as much as he used to. I haven't seen them now since before lockdown, but I was counting the gradual reductions in the number of leaps in Hold You Back! PS I think he is still fitter than me. I reckon he will be out there as long as he can still say HELLO !! I'm fairly sure Francis had a hernia that had been operated on a few years ago. Think he partly put that down to the jumping up and down on stage. |
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Post by mortified on Mar 25, 2023 10:32:41 GMT
I have to hold my hands up and admit I'm getting a bit bored with gigs. All gigs really, not just Quo's. Maybe bored isn't the right word. Certainly less enthusiastic. Age plays its part of course. Same as it does with someone like Francis. I feel I've seen it all and done it all for the past 5 decades. I haven't, of course, it just feels like that. Like there's nothing left to entertain me. Nothing left to surprise me. So, in Quo's case, to watch and listen to the same old set - or certainly the bulk of it - I really can't be bothered anymore. I'll be an OAP by next summer. I'll be an OAP by this summer!  I tire more easily  Having said all that, I am about to contradict myself to an extent and say I've bought tickets to see Rhino's Revenge and State of Quo in Llandudno in October. Rhino's Revenge help to remind me what a gig used to be like. Basically, the way I like them. And State of Quo are always first class and I want to catch them before they pack it in. But as a wise man once said, never say never. Maybe one last hurrah is on the cards. For both of us  |
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Mar 25, 2023 11:04:41 GMT
It's old age. I felt it creeping up a few years ago, quite a bit before I was an OAP (I am now). Covid hasn't helped either. I do finrd that a decent tribute band or other local phenomenon helps from time to time. I listen to pop radio when I am in the car, but I end up wanting to kill the DJs. never say never though. I thought Quo would be my last big band, but that was before I discovered post-apocalypse Iron Maiden. Who are nearly as old as Quo.
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Post by markquo on Mar 25, 2023 12:47:14 GMT
We could have a 40th anniversary EOTR tour with the same setlist .
Of course we won’t but I can dream 😉
Cheers
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Post by dennis on Mar 25, 2023 14:31:42 GMT
I do find myself less & less bothered to go to gigs that aren't local, usually very local. Previously, I'd drive all over the place for a gig. I think it was lockdown that broke the habit for me.  |
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Post by freewilly on Mar 25, 2023 14:49:10 GMT
Can't be bothered these days with gigs either myself... Which is a sad thing for me personally.
I've seen everyone I've always wanted to see multiple times. There's no one left. And unless Freddie or Michael come back from the dead, I'm not interested.
U2 in Dublin was always an experience with the crowd, especially indoors. The FF gigs had a great atmosphere and tribal thing.
There's a real lack of that now and it kills it for me
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2023 19:41:34 GMT
There’s no doubt about it that age plays a big part in not going to gigs, but for me Covid and lockdown(s)
and the postponements of gigs made me think is it actually worth it?
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Post by quovadis on Mar 26, 2023 21:16:57 GMT
Definitely age as I'm now 59 fcukin ell saw them in dublin olympia last yr I just didn't have the same enthusiasm unfortunately as well as that they were not even loud no ringing in the ears at all set list wasn't bad apart from the god damn awful imo backing off why o why✌️🦆
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Post by charles on Mar 27, 2023 5:59:24 GMT
Can't be bothered these days with gigs either myself... Which is a sad thing for me personally. I've seen everyone I've always wanted to see multiple times. There's no one left. And unless Freddie or Michael come back from the dead, I'm not interested. U2 in Dublin was always an experience with the crowd, especially indoors. The FF gigs had a great atmosphere and tribal thing. There's a real lack of that now and it kills it for me That's odd, coming from a young man like yourself. Sometimes I feel the same though, and I'm not inclined to pay large sums for ageing bands who I've seen in better days. But then suddenly someone like Joanne Shaw Taylor pops up and I am as enthusiastic as ever. Those evenings are the best. |
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