Iconic British band will call it a day after 62 years when tour ends, insists frontman
ROCK fans will be gutted to hear it will soon be the End Of The Road for one iconic British band.
The legendary group has enjoyed an impressive career spanning a staggering 62 years, but they feel it might be time to hang up their guitars and mics.
Status Quo is currently on tour and frontman Francis Rossi fears it could be the last time they perform on stage together.
Francis is now 75 and worries the band members are too long in the tooth to continue Rockin All Over The World.
Long-standing Status Quo guitarist and singer Rick Parfitt, 68, was forced to quit in 2016 following a fourth heart attack. He tragically died from an infection just months later.
Looking at his own age and health, Francis fears the group may have to disband following its current tour.
He told The Mirror: “I am hesitant to call it the last ever but I just can’t see it continuing to be honest. It’s f***ing hurting this time, physically.
“We were at rehearsals before this tour and it occurred to me that we started 50 f***ing years ago. Thinking about it brought it home my age.”
Francis founded Status Quo while he was still at school with Alan Lancaster in 1962.
The group has seen numerous line-up changes over the years, with other members including John Coghlan, Andy Brown and John ‘Rhino’ Edwards.
Status Quo have had more than 60 chart hits in the UK during their reign, with 22 of them reaching the Top Ten.
They opened Live Aid in 1985, have won armfuls of awards and sold approximately 118 million records worldwide. They performed at Glastonbury Festival on the Pyramid Stage in 2009.
More recently, 38-year-old Irish musician Richie Malone and drummer Leon Cave, 45, have brought fresh blood into Status Quo.
This summer Status Quo have hit the road with their SQ24 Tour and are performing all over Europe until the end of August.
Francis previously revealed he was “trying to get fit” for the big long string of gigs.
Speaking on ITV1’s This Morning, Francis admitted: “I’ve been trying to get fit since January.
“I like to think I look well but I work at it. It’s constant…life becomes deemed as boring.
“I get up every morning and have one of those smoothies with all sorts of greens in. I have pumpkin seeds to keep off the prostate issue…
“All those kind of things people my age normally don’t talk about, particularly in rock and roll. We all pretend we are okay when we are not.”
He added: “What comes to this age is happening to me but I’m working hard to stave it all off and be fit for the shows.
“You need to be really, really fit for Quo shows. It’s a responsibility we have to go there and be the best we can.”
