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Post by col on Jun 25, 2024 7:52:29 GMT
I'm sort of wishing I'd pushed the boat out and we'd done Locarno next month. We could've seen you there.
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Post by mortified on Jun 25, 2024 8:12:52 GMT
I'm sort of wishing I'd pushed the boat out and we'd done Locarno next month. We could've seen you there. Money bags!
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Post by col on Jun 25, 2024 8:23:05 GMT
We could've seen you there. Money bags! Just booked well in advance ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) . And it's a bit of a Summer Trip, wanted to do Munich but accomodation is mega because of the Euro Semi-Final that weekend. Always wanted to see Quo in Munich, have missed them by a day or two more than once. Looks like it won't happen.
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Post by railroad007 on Jun 25, 2024 10:48:50 GMT
I think he said that they'll still be a band as normal. That quip is 40 years old and yet still cemented in our brains! Wow He left out the "Rrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiggggggghhhhhhhhttttttt" Holds about much water as Prince Charles' wedding vows. Not really a quip though is it. More of a.....lie?
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Post by roadhouse on Jun 25, 2024 13:15:09 GMT
Hi roadhouse - I've moved your thread with the metro link and combined it with this thread and the Mirror article. Both making the same point. No problem 😉
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Post by gav on Jun 25, 2024 19:47:20 GMT
The Metro article i read made a point of saying there are tickets left for the remaining shows so maybe it's nothing more than a wee push to sell out the current tour? Nothing to get too morbid about!
There doesn't seem to be anything in the style of a definitive statement or an official announcement.
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Post by roquer on Jun 26, 2024 12:27:55 GMT
I'm so glad I made the trip to see them again and it looks like those five gigs (3 in the UK and 2 in Spain) will mark the end of my Quo career. The last gig in Madrid was a very special performance (I see Leon's put it in his top 5) and a good way to bow out I guess. Still can't quite believe I'll never see them live again though after 300+ gigs since 1986, but all good things and all that... I'm so glad that they played in Madrid, because of that I could wait very patiently to meet the band. That was one of my wildest dreams and it was done. The show, I'm still feeling bad for Francis and whatever happened to him, but I think all the fan base from Spain were over the top. A week later and we still are making jokes of "Hey, maybe Francis would play Don't Think it Matters in his solo tour because of us!"...Or just thinking "Francis hates us because of that"
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Post by matt on Jun 29, 2024 7:36:54 GMT
What happened to Francis in Madrid?
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Post by Gaz on Jun 30, 2024 10:52:23 GMT
I'm so glad I made the trip to see them again and it looks like those five gigs (3 in the UK and 2 in Spain) will mark the end of my Quo career. The last gig in Madrid was a very special performance (I see Leon's put it in his top 5) and a good way to bow out I guess. Still can't quite believe I'll never see them live again though after 300+ gigs since 1986, but all good things and all that... What an amazing journey you’ve had attending Quo gigs for many years. Surely you’d have to be the most travelled fan of the band considering you travel from here in Australia. Lee, have Quo ever acknowledged your interest in the band?
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Post by Gaz on Jun 30, 2024 10:57:05 GMT
And just quoincidently, I retired for the third and possibly/ most likely last time the other day🤭… and again, once I was in my car for the trip home, I put Hello in the cd player and cranked up Softer Ride. Best retirement song ever!!😃👏🏻👏🏻
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Post by therockdoctor on Jun 30, 2024 11:00:21 GMT
I'm so glad I made the trip to see them again and it looks like those five gigs (3 in the UK and 2 in Spain) will mark the end of my Quo career. The last gig in Madrid was a very special performance (I see Leon's put it in his top 5) and a good way to bow out I guess. Still can't quite believe I'll never see them live again though after 300+ gigs since 1986, but all good things and all that... What an amazing journey you’ve had attending Quo gigs for many years. Surely you’d have to be the most travelled fan of the band considering you travel from here in Australia. Lee, have Quo ever acknowledged your interest in the band? Thanks, Gaz! I've been very lucky with my access to the band over the years, no complaints on that front. I hardly missed a gig for many years before I moved here in 1999 but I've managed to rack up a fair few even since then, both on Aussie soil (doing every gig on every tour since I moved here) and back in Europe. It's been a blast!
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Post by roquer on Jul 1, 2024 10:51:42 GMT
What happened to Francis in Madrid? He said in the morning was alright, but then he was getting worse, and they called a doctor and gave him tea with honey. He was coughing in between verses or not singing at all sometimes. Even in one of the banters said "Wait, I have to sneeze" and he got away from the microphone and took a handkerchief out of his pocket. I guess the cup in the drums is the tea, and he didn't try the agains in Down Down. But someone said in Mérida he was like almost the same as in Madrid and as therockdoctor said in other post, more than 30º at 5pm and he was with the North Face jacket in the street.
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Post by camerst on Jul 3, 2024 9:50:31 GMT
Enjoy reading about some of the incredible Quo journeys that people have had,must feel strange that it’s all about to come to finally come to and end. As an aside I am not sure about the messaging about in Down Down they could have fitted in another song especially in the venues where they had to stop abruptly due to a curfew.
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Post by frozenhero on Jul 5, 2024 15:08:00 GMT
Something I'm wondering about - when it seemed that the regular gigs were getting too hard for Rick to handle, the plan was devised to only play acoustic shows after the final electric tour.
Now we know this plan was thoroughly derailed by Rick's unwillingness to play acoustically and health-related exit from Quo, but do you think they've considered this avenue again now that Francis is finding it more demanding physically? There weren't many acoustic concerts outside the UK, IIRC the planned German tour was cancelled after Francis had an infection.
I guess the big line-up was financially unfeasible but the Royal Albert Hall 2017 show was already a bit pared down, and now that Francis has been doing more very stripped down acoustic performances, maybe he could figure out a way to play acoustically with Quo, without much additional personnel.
Not saying I'm really yearning for it, but it's something I've been curious about...
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Post by mortified on Jul 5, 2024 15:16:37 GMT
Personally, frozenhero, I think an acoustic Quo gig is an excellent idea. I'd certainly go. I enjoyed the Aquostic gigs but this would be different. A normal Quo set, or similar, done acoustically. Might just work that, y'know. Although I imagine rehearsals would be the thing putting them off. Fitting them in as much as creating the tight knit unit they need to be. Or insist on being.
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