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Live! is the first live album by British rock band Status Quo.The double album is an amalgam of performances at Glasgow's Apollo Theatre between 27 and 29 October 1976, recorded using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.
This is the discography of the British rock band Status Quo.They have released around 100 singles and have spent over 400 weeks in the UK Singles Chart. [1] They have spent over 500 weeks in the UK Albums Chart [2] and are one of the most successful bands of all time in the UK.
Status Quo are a British rock band. The group originated in London and was founded in 1962 by Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster while they were still schoolboys. [1] [2] After a number of name and lineup changes, which included the introduction of John Coghlan in 1963 and Rick Parfitt in 1967, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969.
In July 1985, Status Quo opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with "Rockin' All Over the World". [3] Fogerty has given the cover a positive appraisal, occasionally making joking reference to it as the better-known version in introducing the song at UK gigs, and has talked about how the success of Status Quo's version came during a "very dark ...
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
Between 1981 and 1985 he was a member of Status Quo, performing with the band at Live Aid and on the albums Back to Back and Live at the N.E.C.. After Kircher left Status Quo in 1985, he retired from the music business and, with the exception of a 2003 Honeybus reunion, has completely stepped from the spotlight.
"Roadhouse Medley (Anniversary Waltz Part 25)" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1992. It was included on the album Live Alive Quo. [1] "Roadhouse Medley" was recorded live at BBC Radio One's Party in the Park, at Sutton Park in Birmingham on 30 August 1992. All versions of the medley, including the full 13:27 version ...
The album Live Magic, containing greatly edited highlights, was released in December 1986 and was a top 5 hit. [24] The second Wembley gig has been released several times. The full audio was released as a CD Live at Wembley '86 in 1992. [25] A video, Queen at Wembley was released in 1990