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Post by lambpoon on Aug 8, 2024 7:37:39 GMT
Well, this weekend ( apparently ) brings 43 years of watching this band to an end. Been a blast & i’ve enjoyed every show to varying levels. Started off at the Glasgow Apollo assuming it’d be the same lads going forward … that lasted just the one gig 🙄 Anyway i’m fortunate in that i’ve maybe evolved as they have e.g. i can’t be @rsed with a 20 min roadhouse blues nowadays either .. that said, if they want to throw it in on Sunday then great ( aye… right ! ) Not evolved into loving PR tbf 😁 Not been to far flung places or seen them 100’s of times like some ( need to leave time/cash for other gigs & 70+ is more than average for a normal person i reckon ), but from Dublin to London to ( unbelievably for me ) my hometown …well, a castle a short walk away & a multitude of scottish venues. i’ve loved every minute.
As an aside i notice they now have t-shirts commemorating each individual gig on the 2024 tour…. look cool
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Post by mortified on Aug 8, 2024 10:15:42 GMT
As an aside i notice they now have t-shirts commemorating each individual gig on the 2024 tour…. look cool Didn't realise that. Nice touch. I think I've already attended my last Quo gig. That was in December 2022 at the Armadillo. 49 years and 9 months after the first one! It wasn't planned that way; it's just how it seems to have worked out. Ironic you should see your last Quo gig in your home town. Call it closure  If they'd played Edinburgh this summer, I'd have gone as well. Rounding things off full circle. You're so right. It has been a blast. I haven't counted but I must have seen more Scottish Quo gigs than anywhere else. Starting in Edinburgh and finishing in Glasgow; via places like Ayr Racecourse, Knockhill and Crathes Castle. Oh, and Edinburgh Castle of course. Enjoy the last one. And give it plenty  |
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Post by lambpoon on Aug 8, 2024 10:21:34 GMT
yeah… crathes castle was my hometown gig… give or take a mile … altho i’ve been in Aberdeen since long b4.
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Post by mortified on Aug 8, 2024 13:00:01 GMT
Nothing summed up Scottish and English weather more than that Crathes Castle gig The week before, we'd done the Liverpool Pops show and it was about 25° and glorious. When we set off for Crathes Castle, the rain was apocalyptic and it was about 14°  Francis kept his fleece on the whole gig |
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Post by lambpoon on Aug 8, 2024 13:19:19 GMT
Nothing summed up Scottish and English weather more than that Crathes Castle gig The week before, we'd done the Liverpool Pops show and it was about 25° and glorious. When we set off for Crathes Castle, the rain was apocalyptic and it was about 14° Francis kept his fleece on the whole gig Sounds about right. I seem to remember it was a decent night at Edinburgh Castle altho that may be because i spent the afternoon on Rose Street so chances are a t-shirt would’ve been fine even if it was snowing by evening 😁 Knockhill was a beautiful day … sitting on the grass in the sun with a cold one awaiting the Quo. excellent … |
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Post by mortified on Aug 8, 2024 14:37:11 GMT
Yeah, Knockhill was a cracking day The sun was right above the stage as well so we were staring into it all day. Got a bit red in the face Fish was good that day. The singer that is, not a snack from one of the vans Edinburgh Castle was glorious as well, although by the time Quo came on it had cooled down and it was in the shade. Again, Francis kept his fleece on. Scottish nights are not warm, even in July To be fair, apart from Crathes, we've been lucky. Ayr Racecourse was also a nice, sunny day. As you can tell, the weather is an all important topic up here |
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Aug 8, 2024 19:39:17 GMT
Just saw the ad for an "End of the road party" in Taunton, which seems to indicate (even though it's not official) that someone thinks "the tour" is ending there.
If they don't do any more gigs somewhere in the great central Mercian plain (OK - somewhere between Brum and London), then my last gig would have been some time before Covid.
Not what I was planning, but it has sunk in that, good as they still are, they really are now basically Francis and four mates and something has gone missing. Rick, of course, but not just that. Francis let it show a bit back that he was getting bored, and it's probably too late to retrieve that now.
That doesn't change that they were the most band I ever followed, rain or shine!
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Post by camerst on Aug 8, 2024 21:22:45 GMT
I wonder if this will be the end of Quo,you just never know.
The crowds that Quo can still pull are pretty amazing ,maybe if Francis health is still good in a 2026 he might fancy a final End of the Road tour.even though he will be 76\77
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Post by quoman on Aug 8, 2024 22:00:34 GMT
I'll be there at Elgin. First concert was 1982 tour at Cornwall Colleseum.
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Post by mortified on Aug 9, 2024 6:55:31 GMT
The Taunton thing is hinting at the end but I suspect it's a 'just in case' job, which is why it's being touted as an end of the tour party as opposed to the end of everything. Because, although Francis has cast doubts on Quo touring again, he's not closed the door completely. Despite the media headlines interpreting it their own way to grab attention. Wonder how many they'd pull in at Milton Keynes bowl these days? Assuming there still is a Milton Keynes bowl. Probably a retail park or something |
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Post by lambpoon on Aug 9, 2024 7:32:08 GMT
Yeah, Knockhill was a cracking day The sun was right above the stage as well so we were staring into it all day. Got a bit red in the face Fish was good that day. The singer that is, not a snack from one of the vans Edinburgh Castle was glorious as well, although by the time Quo came on it had cooled down and it was in the shade. Again, Francis kept his fleece on. Scottish nights are not warm, even in July To be fair, apart from Crathes, we've been lucky. Ayr Racecourse was also a nice, sunny day. As you can tell, the weather is an all important topic up here Ayr was a plan. Cup final at Hampden then down to see Quo. Would’ve been a great day….IF my lot had’t made an @rse of the semi-final ..so it never happened 🙄 Had a smashing time at Mofest ( Montrose ) & i forget when they played Scone Palace. Think they played there quite recently, but maybe 20 years ago i saw them. I fo recall Fish being very good altho i’m not particularly a fan. I think Nazareth were supposed to be main support, but some “differences” with the promoter scuppered that. Both local & known to each other probably ! |
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Post by dennis on Aug 9, 2024 8:46:44 GMT
Wonder how many they'd pull in at Milton Keynes bowl these days? Assuming there still is a Milton Keynes bowl. Probably a retail park or something It's still there. The only other time I've been there was for Ozzfest '98 |
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Post by mortified on Aug 9, 2024 10:52:12 GMT
Yeah, Knockhill was a cracking day The sun was right above the stage as well so we were staring into it all day. Got a bit red in the face Fish was good that day. The singer that is, not a snack from one of the vans Edinburgh Castle was glorious as well, although by the time Quo came on it had cooled down and it was in the shade. Again, Francis kept his fleece on. Scottish nights are not warm, even in July To be fair, apart from Crathes, we've been lucky. Ayr Racecourse was also a nice, sunny day. As you can tell, the weather is an all important topic up here Ayr was a plan. Cup final at Hampden then down to see Quo. Would’ve been a great day….IF my lot had’t made an @rse of the semi-final ..so it never happened 🙄 Had a smashing time at Mofest ( Montrose ) & i forget when they played Scone Palace. Think they played there quite recently, but maybe 20 years ago i saw them. I fo recall Fish being very good altho i’m not particularly a fan. I think Nazareth were supposed to be main support, but some “differences” with the promoter scuppered that. Both local & known to each other probably ! Aye, Scone Palace was in 2007. They were supported by some Scottish piping lot called Albannach. I'd actually forgotten about that one! Me & Mrs Mortified (before she was Mrs) were at Worcester Rugby Club the previous day to see the band and had no plans to do Scone (she lived in Wales at the time and I'd travelled down) but we dived up the road and paid at the gate. I think Quo played that 80's retro festival thing at Scone a few years back. Rewind, is it? I wasn't at that one. Kool & the Gang were never my thing As for that Cup Final, being a Rangers fan I was happy that they won but they made a right meal of it! Watched it in the Premier Inn before the gig. |
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Post by 4th Chord on Aug 9, 2024 11:01:25 GMT
The Taunton thing is hinting at the end but I suspect it's a 'just in case' job, which is why it's being touted as an end of the tour party as opposed to the end of everything. Because, although Francis has cast doubts on Quo touring again, he's not closed the door completely. Despite the media headlines interpreting it their own way to grab attention. Wonder how many they'd pull in at Milton Keynes bowl these days? Assuming there still is a Milton Keynes bowl. Probably a retail park or something They'd fill out the Costa Coffee for sure. |
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Post by mortified on Aug 9, 2024 12:59:44 GMT
The Taunton thing is hinting at the end but I suspect it's a 'just in case' job, which is why it's being touted as an end of the tour party as opposed to the end of everything. Because, although Francis has cast doubts on Quo touring again, he's not closed the door completely. Despite the media headlines interpreting it their own way to grab attention. Wonder how many they'd pull in at Milton Keynes bowl these days? Assuming there still is a Milton Keynes bowl. Probably a retail park or something They'd fill out the Costa Coffee for sure. Now now. Credit where credit's due. I've been in many a busy Costa and the atmosphere is electric  |
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