Parfitt, I won't return to Quo. "I'm a rocker".

"There would probably have been room for me if I decided I wanted to, but I’m not a great fan of the whole acoustic malarkey. It doesn’t float my boat. What I am disappointed in is missing the last of the band’s electric shows."

What a sad, messy ending.

So we've got acoustic shows next year, presumably in the Spring.

No doubt there will be electric shows over the summer at the usual picnic venues.

And then they've got their Oz cruise.

And then what? Is that it? Or will they backtrack again over doing another electric tour?

Will I ever go to another SQ gig? Nah, I'm a rocker.

I bet, health permitting, he turns up at a few JCQ gigs.

Very sad to hear but the right decision imo. If it is only accoustic shows from now on, then why should he do that? Why should any of them do that? It was ok as a one off side project a (I liked a few off AQ1) but not as a sustainable career path. I think someone was being overly optimistic thinking that there is a big enough audience of joe public to sell this to.

Good luck Rick. Keep on rockin' for many years to come, but in manageble doses. Such a shame you had to endure the long and debilitating tours of the last few years. A few select dates with the original line up would have been better but obviously the business plan took precedence.

this to me is the end of that era...my friends and family know that.....rossi alone has killed the quo name....so I alone resent him for that...rick..spud...nuff...you are the true heroes...

Three cheers for Mrs Smith in Doncaster who can put her copy of Aquostic on the shelf next to Cilla Black, Michael Buble, Susan Boyle and any other garbage they have been spoon-fed enough to be convinced to buy. Russ Abbot should be at the bottom of the pile.

If the motivation to buy an album is because the band take their clothes off then they are not Quo fans nor music fans. Pure and simple.