Last Night In Liverpool Tickets

[richierick]

Yep, I registered to sell these tickets.

Not to make money, but to just get back what I paid out.

I've been to quite a few Quo gigs in the past but not for many a year now, but was REALLY looking forward to watching the guys in my hometown of Liverpool.

Now, some fans might say that I can still go and watch Rossi and co, but to me it'd be like going to see U2 without Bono or the Edge or Simon and Garfunkel without one or t'other etc etc

I feel sorry for Rick - and Francis - but to me Quo is those 2 guys and I wouldn't be that interested in going to see just Rossi or Parfitt (no offence meant).

So I have 2 row B seats available for face value if anyone's interested £55 each.

Feel free to pm me if necessary.

Sorry to come on here just to sell these tickets, but I'd like to think there's some Quo fan who'd want these tickets and in that event I can make some of my money back seeing as I can't get a refund - still got charged £15 fees but willing to let that go.

Hope I haven't offended anyone.

cheers

[Deleted]

If you cant sell them why not email Duroc, they will refund the ticket price, its what I'm doing for my tickets.

[snakelady]

I find it a bit disappointing that there's no short notice up on the Quo homepage explaining how to get a refund, in case you've changed your opinion about going. Not everybody visits the mbs.

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Sept 24, 2016 7:04:07 GMT snakelady said:

I find it a bit disappointing that there's no short notice up on the Quo homepage explaining how to get a refund, in case you've changed your opinion about going. Not everybody visits the mbs.

It's well talked about on the Quo FB page although most folk seem to be having a pop at the handful who've said they're asking for a refund.

[Deleted]

Sept 24, 2016 7:04:07 GMT snakelady said:

I find it a bit disappointing that there's no short notice up on the Quo homepage explaining how to get a refund, in case you've changed your opinion about going. Not everybody visits the mbs.

Ah but to do that would be admitting they were wrong when they claimed the summer gigs were as good as ever, in other words , Rick wasnt missed it was just as good without him.  ( pass me the bucket please!) 

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Sept 24, 2016 8:02:03 GMT @bam said:

Sept 24, 2016 7:04:07 GMT snakelady said:

I find it a bit disappointing that there's no short notice up on the Quo homepage explaining how to get a refund, in case you've changed your opinion about going. Not everybody visits the mbs.

It's well talked about on the Quo FB page although most folk seem to be having a pop at the handful who've said they're asking for a refund.

These are the type of fans they rely on & need, those that will accept anything as long as its called Status Quo

[snakelady]

Sept 24, 2016 8:02:03 GMT @bam said:

Sept 24, 2016 7:04:07 GMT snakelady said:

I find it a bit disappointing that there's no short notice up on the Quo homepage explaining how to get a refund, in case you've changed your opinion about going. Not everybody visits the mbs.

It's well talked about on the Quo FB page although most folk seem to be having a pop at the handful who've said they're asking for a refund.

Not everybody has fb though - I haven't and for official info I'd always look on the homepage first.

ive - it has nothing to do with the quality of gigs, they could've been better even -that's just not important. The LNOTE tour simply isn't what had been advertised, so it would've been the decent thing to do right from the start.

[richierick]

Sept 23, 2016 18:48:45 GMT ive said:

If you cant sell them why not email Duroc, they will refund the ticket price, its what I'm doing for my tickets.

Cheers for the reply, but what's the email address?
If I put Duroc in google then it just comes up with pigs - or am I being naive

Also, snakelady mentioned the mbs - again, what is this?

Sorry to be a pain as I was a big fan in the past and just wanted to say goodbye to them in my hometown - I bought the tickets to go and see the 2 of them as advertised otherwise I probably wouldn't have bought them.

Thanks for any replies - I might be a bit slow responding due to having the family over this Sunday, sorry.

Any links appreciated - seeing as I've still had no interest, unfortunately.

[Deleted]

Sept 23, 2016 12:45:14 GMT richierick said:

Yep, I registered to sell these tickets.

Not to make money, but to just get back what I paid out.

I've been to quite a few Quo gigs in the past but not for many a year now, but was REALLY looking forward to watching the guys in my hometown of Liverpool.

Now, some fans might say that I can still go and watch Rossi and co, but to me it'd be like going to see U2 without Bono or the Edge or Simon and Garfunkel without one or t'other etc etc

I feel sorry for Rick - and Francis - but to me Quo is those 2 guys and I wouldn't be that interested in going to see just Rossi or Parfitt (no offence meant).

So I have 2 row B seats available for face value if anyone's interested £55 each.

Feel free to pm me if necessary.

Sorry to come on here just to sell these tickets, but I'd like to think there's some Quo fan who'd want these tickets and in that event I can make some of my money back seeing as I can't get a refund - still got charged £15 fees but willing to let that go.

Hope I haven't offended anyone.

cheers

www.statusquo.co.uk/quosite.htm

[vivfromcov]

Sept 25, 2016 9:04:48 GMT richierick said:

Sept 23, 2016 18:48:45 GMT ive said:

If you cant sell them why not email Duroc, they will refund the ticket price, its what I'm doing for my tickets.

Cheers for the reply, but what's the email address?
If I put Duroc in google then it just comes up with pigs - or am I being naive

Also, snakelady mentioned the mbs - again, what is this?

Sorry to be a pain as I was a big fan in the past and just wanted to say goodbye to them in my hometown - I bought the tickets to go and see the 2 of them as advertised otherwise I probably wouldn't have bought them.

Thanks for any replies - I might be a bit slow responding due to having the family over this Sunday, sorry.

Any links appreciated - seeing as I've still had no interest, unfortunately.

I put a thread on the other message board (MB = message boards!) for you. Good luck statusquo.boards.net/thread/5661/2-row-tickets-liverpool-on

[richierick]

Thank you for the link durango95

And thanks for putting that message up vivfromcov

Very kind of you both - top people - I'll let you know how I get on :-)

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Sept 25, 2016 5:22:34 GMT snakelady said:

Sept 24, 2016 8:02:03 GMT @bam said:

It's well talked about on the Quo FB page although most folk seem to be having a pop at the handful who've said they're asking for a refund.

ive - it has nothing to do with the quality of gigs, they could've been better even -that's just not important. 

Ok Francis  :lolflg:

[richierick]

I've had a couple of fans interested in buying them so thanks guys especially vivfromcov for putting that post up - if you're ever in the Pool then I'll buy you a drink :-)

If Rick recovers in time and I've sold them then I'll be kicking myself though - the luck I've had it wouldn't surprise me ha ha

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2016 19:26:55 GMT richierick said:

I've had a couple of fans interested in buying them so thanks guys especially vivfromcov for putting that post up - if you're ever in the Pool then I'll buy you a drink :-)

If Rick recovers in time and I've sold them then I'll be kicking myself though - the luck I've had it wouldn't surprise me ha ha

They are very good seats so was surprised to hear you were having probs selling them, hopefully you will though.

As for Rick being back, I seriously hope he retires,,, from Quo anyway

[snakelady]

Sept 26, 2016 19:43:13 GMT ive said:

Sept 26, 2016 19:26:55 GMT richierick said:

I've had a couple of fans interested in buying them so thanks guys especially vivfromcov for putting that post up - if you're ever in the Pool then I'll buy you a drink :-)

If Rick recovers in time and I've sold them then I'll be kicking myself though - the luck I've had it wouldn't surprise me ha ha

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As for Rick being back, I seriously hope he retires,,, from Quo anyway

That isn't exactly fair towards Rick. Just because you don't like what they're doing now doesn't mean Rick doesn't either. The band has been his life and I can well imagine he's longing to return - and he's sensible enough to know that all out rock gigs might never be an option for him again. On the other hand - I'm sure he'd love to play on the cruise ship, given his history with yachts ..  110  .

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Sept 27, 2016 6:18:29 GMT snakelady said:

Sept 26, 2016 19:43:13 GMT ive said:

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As for Rick being back, I seriously hope he retires,,, from Quo anyway

That isn't exactly fair towards Rick. Just because you don't like what they're doing now doesn't mean Rick doesn't either. The band has been his life and I can well imagine he's longing to return - and he's sensible enough to know that all out rock gigs might never be an option for him again. On the other hand - I'm sure he'd love to play on the cruise ship, given his history with yachts ..  110  .

Actually I was thinking of his health with regards to my comment above anything else, I don't think its worth risking his health to return is what I meant, a possible solo career would be less demanding on him.

[snakelady]

Sept 27, 2016 6:34:27 GMT ive said:

Sept 27, 2016 6:18:29 GMT snakelady said:

That isn't exactly fair towards Rick. Just because you don't like what they're doing now doesn't mean Rick doesn't either. The band has been his life and I can well imagine he's longing to return - and he's sensible enough to know that all out rock gigs might never be an option for him again. On the other hand - I'm sure he'd love to play on the cruise ship, given his history with yachts ..  110  .

Actually I was thinking of his health with regards to my comment above anything else, I don't think its worth risking his health to return is what I meant, a possible solo career would be less demanding on him.

Not talking about music possibilities here, but I'm not sure it would: All responsibility would be on him and people would focus on him alone, so it might be even worse for his nerves (it definitely was for Francis). And Quo has staff to pamper the guys, to look after their every need. When Francis did his solo tours he had the Quo staff at his disposal - but it was expensive and he didn't make money from the tour. So if Rick would scale it down to not lose money, a lot more responsibility and work would rest on his shoulders. 

[Deleted]

Sept 27, 2016 7:19:12 GMT snakelady said:

Sept 27, 2016 6:34:27 GMT ive said:

Actually I was thinking of his health with regards to my comment above anything else, I don't think its worth risking his health to return is what I meant, a possible solo career would be less demanding on him.

Not talking about music possibilities here, but I'm not sure it would: All responsibility would be on him and people would focus on him alone, so it might be even worse for his nerves (it definitely was for Francis). And Quo has staff to pamper the guys, to look after their every need. When Francis did his solo tours he had the Quo staff at his disposal - but it was expensive and he didn't make money from the tour. So if Rick would scale it down to not lose money, a lot more responsibility and work would rest on his shoulders. 

Rick would still make a decent income from Quo, even if (as they should) they ceased to be as a band, royalties etc etc.

If Rick recorded a solo album, most wouldnt expect him to tour it, some light promotion work maybe, but not a full blown tour, that would be accepted.

As for Rossi's solo tour not making money for him, maybe that just shows he aint as popular outside of Quo as he thinks he is, otherwise he would have made a profit surely ?, or are you suggesting he knowingly agreed to do it knowing he would make a loss ?

[snakelady]

Sept 27, 2016 7:30:05 GMT ive said:

Sept 27, 2016 7:19:12 GMT snakelady said:

Not talking about music possibilities here, but I'm not sure it would: All responsibility would be on him and people would focus on him alone, so it might be even worse for his nerves (it definitely was for Francis). And Quo has staff to pamper the guys, to look after their every need. When Francis did his solo tours he had the Quo staff at his disposal - but it was expensive and he didn't make money from the tour. So if Rick would scale it down to not lose money, a lot more responsibility and work would rest on his shoulders. 

Rick would still make a decent income from Quo, even if (as they should) they ceased to be as a band, royalties etc etc.

If Rick recorded a solo album, most wouldnt expect him to tour it, some light promotion work maybe, but not a full blown tour, that would be accepted.

As for Rossi's solo tour not making money for him, maybe that just shows he aint as popular outside of Quo as he thinks he is, otherwise he would have made a profit surely ?, or are you suggesting he knowingly agreed to do it knowing he would make a loss ?

Francis was aware he'd not make money from the tour. That was down to the size of the venues and size of entourage. Rick would face the same problem - both on their own won't fill any arena ..

[Deleted]

Sept 27, 2016 7:42:11 GMT snakelady said:

Sept 27, 2016 7:30:05 GMT ive said:

Rick would still make a decent income from Quo, even if (as they should) they ceased to be as a band, royalties etc etc.

If Rick recorded a solo album, most wouldnt expect him to tour it, some light promotion work maybe, but not a full blown tour, that would be accepted.

As for Rossi's solo tour not making money for him, maybe that just shows he aint as popular outside of Quo as he thinks he is, otherwise he would have made a profit surely ?, or are you suggesting he knowingly agreed to do it knowing he would make a loss ?

Francis was aware he'd not make money from the tour. That was down to the size of the venues and size of entourage. Rick would face the same problem - both on their own won't fill any arena ..

Which explains nicely why he didnt pursue a solo career after the 84 split, because he knew it wouldnt make him as much money or be as successful as Quo would, so he carried on with Quo,, for the money basically, he openly admits he hasnt been into Quo's style of music for years 

[snakelady]

Sept 27, 2016 7:47:40 GMT ive said:

Sept 27, 2016 7:42:11 GMT snakelady said:

Francis was aware he'd not make money from the tour. That was down to the size of the venues and size of entourage. Rick would face the same problem - both on their own won't fill any arena ..

Which explains nicely why he didnt pursue a solo career after the 84 split, because he knew it wouldnt make him as much money or be as successful as Quo would, so he carried on with Quo,, for the money basically, he openly admits he hasnt been into Quo's style of music for years 

For the money, sure, like everybody else - or do you do your job for free ? 
And no, he doesn't admit that he hasn't been into 'Quo's style of music' for years. He just happens to not be into the particular type of Quo music you prefer anymore. He still writes rockier songs, same as ballads and lots of other styles, as he has always, just shorter. 
Has it never occurred to you that Rick, even more than the others depended on Francis returning to Quo ? That's why he deceived Alan and came running back to Francis - for the money alone and sod friendships. And it was Rick, who brought that then pop-duo John and Jeff into the band and recorded pop music and always went along with everything - the songs Francis wrote and the stunts management came up with.

Maybe time for you to look beyond your hero-worshiping. They're all humans, they all have made mistakes and they all work to make a living, which means they too have to make compromises a lot of the time.

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Sept 28, 2016 7:21:56 GMT snakelady said:

Sept 27, 2016 7:47:40 GMT ive said:

Which explains nicely why he didnt pursue a solo career after the 84 split, because he knew it wouldnt make him as much money or be as successful as Quo would, so he carried on with Quo,, for the money basically, he openly admits he hasnt been into Quo's style of music for years 

For the money, sure, like everybody else - or do you do your job for free ? 
And no, he doesn't admit that he hasn't been into 'Quo's style of music' for years. He just happens to not be into the particular type of Quo music you prefer anymore. He still writes rockier songs, same as ballads and lots of other styles, as he has always, just shorter. 
Has it never occurred to you that Rick, even more than the others depended on Francis returning to Quo ? That's why he deceived Alan and came running back to Francis - for the money alone and sod friendships. And it was Rick, who brought that then pop-duo John and Jeff into the band and recorded pop music and always went along with everything - the songs Francis wrote and the stunts management came up with.

Maybe time for you to look beyond your hero-worshiping. They're all humans, they all have made mistakes and they all work to make a living, which means they too have to make compromises a lot of the time.

May I be permitted to state that your defense of Rossi, almost every time is indeed admirable, whilst at the same time usually detracting away from him and onto Rick.

Ok, so answer me this please, If, in 84 Rossi knew for sure his solo career would bring him the success and money he thought it would, do you think he would have carried on with Quo ?, in your opinion.

Not into the particular type of Quo music I prefer ?!, you mean what actually sounds like a Quo song surely ?, I cant think (off the top of my head) of too many rockier Quo songs written by Rossi in recent years & I would go as far as to say/suggest that the type of music Rossi prefers writing is overall not that suited to Quo.

The only reason Rossi went back with them was for contractual reasons, they owed the record company an album, it was either that or be sued for breach of contract.

I will always maintain he hasnt really been interested in Quo for years, the half arsed guitar solo's for example  showing this, yet when he did the FF reunion shows, he showed he is still very capable of doing what made him what he is today.

[snakelady]

Sept 28, 2016 7:50:45 GMT ive said:

Sept 28, 2016 7:21:56 GMT snakelady said:

For the money, sure, like everybody else - or do you do your job for free ? 
And no, he doesn't admit that he hasn't been into 'Quo's style of music' for years. He just happens to not be into the particular type of Quo music you prefer anymore. He still writes rockier songs, same as ballads and lots of other styles, as he has always, just shorter. 
Has it never occurred to you that Rick, even more than the others depended on Francis returning to Quo ? That's why he deceived Alan and came running back to Francis - for the money alone and sod friendships. And it was Rick, who brought that then pop-duo John and Jeff into the band and recorded pop music and always went along with everything - the songs Francis wrote and the stunts management came up with.

Maybe time for you to look beyond your hero-worshiping. They're all humans, they all have made mistakes and they all work to make a living, which means they too have to make compromises a lot of the time.

May I be permitted to state that your defense of Rossi, almost every time is indeed admirable, whilst at the same time usually detracting away from him and onto Rick.

Ok, so answer me this please, If, in 84 Rossi knew for sure his solo career would bring him the success and money he thought it would, do you think he would have carried on with Quo ?, in your opinion.

Not into the particular type of Quo music I prefer ?!, you mean what actually sounds like a Quo song surely ?, I cant think (off the top of my head) of too many rockier Quo songs written by Rossi in recent years & I would go as far as to say/suggest that the type of music Rossi prefers writing is overall not that suited to Quo.

The only reason Rossi went back with them was for contractual reasons, they owed the record company an album, it was either that or be sued for breach of contract.

I will always maintain he hasnt really been interested in Quo for years, the half arsed guitar solo's for example  showing this, yet when he did the FF reunion shows, he showed he is still very capable of doing what made him what he is today.

a) I said they're all human and all make mistakes - as opposed to you, who thinks Rick walks on water, while Francis is the villain. You won't even reconsider your attitude, so it doesn't make sense to go into it any further.

b) We're not talking 84 but 86. 84 was End Of The Road and Francis didn't want to work with Alan again. Then he let himself get drawn into Live-Aid without realising how big it was and that triggered everything else. The record company saw $$ with the Quo name and Quo meant Francis to them. So yes, I do think he'd have gone back to Quo for the same reasons he did. Things then would maybe have developed differently - he might have toured his solo stuff for a few months per year and done far less gigs with Quo, same as many other big acts. And maybe he would've left the band after a while, but probably not, as it would remain a kind of safety belt. It's all speculation though, we'll simply never know.

c) I happen to think that one important reason why he hasn't left Quo within the last 10 years is, that a lot of people depend on him for their money and their job including Rick. And while the money he earns with the band surely is nice, Francis out of all of them doesn't need it. He can easily survive as a songwriter and producer for others, while doing his solo stuff as a hobby. 
So no, I don't think he deserves the flak he gets, rather the opposite. And if you don't like the songs he has been writing for Quo, well Rick's output isn't nearly enough and good enough to carry the band (it never has), despite writing the odd gem and he knows it.
Actually for Rick's sake you should be thankful he was forced to continue and has this sense of duty.

[Deleted]

Sept 29, 2016 7:29:26 GMT snakelady said:

Sept 28, 2016 7:50:45 GMT ive said:

May I be permitted to state that your defense of Rossi, almost every time is indeed admirable, whilst at the same time usually detracting away from him and onto Rick.

Ok, so answer me this please, If, in 84 Rossi knew for sure his solo career would bring him the success and money he thought it would, do you think he would have carried on with Quo ?, in your opinion.

Not into the particular type of Quo music I prefer ?!, you mean what actually sounds like a Quo song surely ?, I cant think (off the top of my head) of too many rockier Quo songs written by Rossi in recent years & I would go as far as to say/suggest that the type of music Rossi prefers writing is overall not that suited to Quo.

The only reason Rossi went back with them was for contractual reasons, they owed the record company an album, it was either that or be sued for breach of contract.

I will always maintain he hasnt really been interested in Quo for years, the half arsed guitar solo's for example  showing this, yet when he did the FF reunion shows, he showed he is still very capable of doing what made him what he is today.

a) I said they're all human and all make mistakes - as opposed to you, who thinks Rick walks on water, while Francis is the villain. You won't even reconsider your attitude, so it doesn't make sense to go into it any further.

b) We're not talking 84 but 86. 84 was End Of The Road and Francis didn't want to work with Alan again. Then he let himself get drawn into Live-Aid without realising how big it was and that triggered everything else. The record company saw $$ with the Quo name and Quo meant Francis to them. So yes, I do think he'd have gone back to Quo for the same reasons he did. Things then would maybe have developed differently - he might have toured his solo stuff for a few months per year and done far less gigs with Quo, same as many other big acts. And maybe he would've left the band after a while, but probably not, as it would remain a kind of safety belt. It's all speculation though, we'll simply never know.

c) I happen to think that one important reason why he hasn't left Quo within the last 10 years is, that a lot of people depend on him for their money and their job including Rick. And while the money he earns with the band surely is nice, Francis out of all of them doesn't need it. He can easily survive as a songwriter and producer for others, while doing his solo stuff as a hobby. 
So no, I don't think he deserves the flak he gets, rather the opposite. And if you don't like the songs he has been writing for Quo, well Rick's output isn't nearly enough and good enough to carry the band (it never has), despite writing the odd gem and he knows it.
Actually for Rick's sake you should be thankful he was forced to continue and has this sense of duty.

A) I have never once said Rick is faultless, so again you are wrong, as for the villain of the band, yeah I will stick with that for reasons well documented.I dont need to reconsider, I have seen the damage done.  Walk on water ? lol , nah of course I don't believe that anymore than I believe in the bible.

B) So why would he had gone back to something he clearly wasnt really interested in then ?! I dont buy your reasoning for this at all.

C) ah now this made me smile as its the kinda stuff I usually get back, easily destroyed though, some see no fault in Rossi at all, and then blame Rick (who wasnt faultless)

The only thing I'm thankful to Rossi for is proving that with the FF reunion gigs he proved (not that I doubted it) he is still capable of playing the solo's properly, of course I'm also grateful of his role within the band,, up to & including 1984.

As an afterthought, maybe Rossi should never had got rid of Alan in the first place, one of the reasons why he did that was because he (Rossi) wanted total control of the band he regarded as his own.

[snakelady]

ive you didn't even answer to c) much less 'destroyed it easily'. And if you don't understand or don't want to understand b) there's no sense in explaining it any further - and frankly, I don't have the time for it. I've said what I wanted to, but you're far too biased - negatively towards Francis, positively towards Rick - for this to make sense IMO.

I'm not obsessed with what happened or could've happened decades ago or with the band in general. I like enough of their music to buy it and I go to gigs, that's all. Conspiracy theories and agendas don't play any role at all for me - I'm merely a simple Status Quo fan.