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Post by aitchfrossi on May 10, 2017 19:22:59 GMT
Still no news of memorial event for Rick ...but still says on official site that an event will be announced late spring 😳
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Post by snakelady on May 11, 2017 6:44:37 GMT
Alan will be flying to the UK for the convention in Minehead. At a guess, so he won't have to come over twice, it will take place round about then. I expect Alan, John and Bob involved with that, same as the current line-up. I could even imagine it being staged right there - after all the band did meet Rick at Butlins. That's the place where their road together started, so it would be the adequate place too to say goodbye to Rick. But yep, the announcement needs to be made asap - if it is to take place there (or this year at all). People will have to plan for the trip and if the space at Butlins is restricted, have to book elsewhere close by, take time off work ..
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Post by mortified on May 11, 2017 13:35:53 GMT
I'll chin Rhino tomorrow
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Post by quodlibet aka granny on May 11, 2017 14:57:54 GMT
Alan will be flying to the UK for the convention in Minehead. At a guess, so he won't have to come over twice, it will take place round about then. I expect Alan, John and Bob involved with that, same as the current line-up. I could even imagine it being staged right there - after all the band did meet Rick at Butlins. That's the place where their road together started, so it would be the adequate place too to say goodbye to Rick. But yep, the announcement needs to be made asap - if it is to take place there (or this year at all). People will have to plan for the trip and if the space at Butlins is restricted, have to book elsewhere close by, take time off work .. The FTMO Convention at Minehead is 13/14/15 October. Whereas the current Status Quo.................. Oct 13 The Star Gold Coast, Australia Oct 14 Civic Theatre Newcastle, Australia Oct 15 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia From 11/10/17 to 24/10/17 they are on the other side of the world and on 27/10 are in Dubai and 6/10 to 9/10 is We love the seventies at Minehead 27/10 to 30/10 is Minehead Halloween Ball
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Post by snakelady on May 12, 2017 7:10:17 GMT
Alan will be flying to the UK for the convention in Minehead. At a guess, so he won't have to come over twice, it will take place round about then. I expect Alan, John and Bob involved with that, same as the current line-up. I could even imagine it being staged right there - after all the band did meet Rick at Butlins. That's the place where their road together started, so it would be the adequate place too to say goodbye to Rick. But yep, the announcement needs to be made asap - if it is to take place there (or this year at all). People will have to plan for the trip and if the space at Butlins is restricted, have to book elsewhere close by, take time off work .. The FTMO Convention at Minehead is 13/14/15 October. Whereas the current Status Quo.................. Oct 13 The Star Gold Coast, Australia Oct 14 Civic Theatre Newcastle, Australia Oct 15 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia From 11/10/17 to 24/10/17 they are on the other side of the world and on 27/10 are in Dubai and 6/10 to 9/10 is We love the seventies at Minehead 27/10 to 30/10 is Minehead Halloween Ball So when's it going to take place then ?? :ignore:
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Post by aitchfrossi on May 12, 2017 14:13:47 GMT
Just hope it will be done but with plenty of notice too
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Post by mortified on May 15, 2017 5:53:08 GMT
I spoke to Yvonne (FTMO) on Friday about this and she's heard nothing. She's also a bit concerned herself about the passage of time. The longer it takes the less impact any "memorial" will have and therefore the less likely there is to be one. It has to revolve round the band (we think) and they're pretty busy as the days and weeks progress, especially if its to be a weekend.
Which it surely has to be. But I suppose this is still 'late spring'. Something may well be imminent.
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Post by snakelady on May 15, 2017 7:17:55 GMT
I'll chin Rhino tomorrow So do we get a gig report .. ?
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Post by mortified on May 15, 2017 7:40:11 GMT
I'll chin Rhino tomorrow So do we get a gig report .. ? Oh, gimme a minute. Solo projects or gigs?
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Post by ant on May 15, 2017 10:27:29 GMT
They may be waiting for a release date for the solo album - I would guess they'll be pretty close together!
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Post by nino on May 15, 2017 11:03:04 GMT
I spoke to Yvonne (FTMO) on Friday about this and she's heard nothing. She's also a bit concerned herself about the passage of time. The longer it takes the less impact any "memorial" will have and therefore the less likely there is to be one. It has to revolve round the band (we think) and they're pretty busy as the days and weeks progress, especially if its to be a weekend. Which it surely has to be. But I suppose this is still 'late spring'. Something may well be imminent. I'm not believing in any memorial event anymore. And whats the point some 8-10 months later? When Lemmy died they had a memorial a month or so later - if they wanted to do it, they could easily have done so.
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Post by snakelady on May 15, 2017 16:46:33 GMT
They may be waiting for a release date for the solo album - I would guess they'll be pretty close together! That's about the only thing left that would make sense. Else the announcement is long overdue ..
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on May 15, 2017 18:08:14 GMT
I think that behind the scenes there are some issues with the family. There was arguments over the Funeral, his Telecaster has gone missing. All these things will make arranging a memorial more difficult.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 19:51:25 GMT
I think that behind the scenes there are some issues with the family. There was arguments over the Funeral, his Telecaster has gone missing. All these things will make arranging a memorial more difficult. Hope I (and you) are wrong but I tend to agree. Feels like there's a lot of folk who need to be appeased to make it happen. Ex wives, current wives, ex band members, current band members, etc. Real shame if you ask me, it's us fans that miss out at the end of the day. Rick would just laugh, shrug his shoulders and say 'let's rock'.
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Post by snakelady on May 16, 2017 5:56:09 GMT
Maybe I'm being naive, but maybe the best solution is to go for something that concentrates on the music. After all it's meant to be a tribute from the band and the fans for the Quo member Rick. So they should book a venue - open air in summer would be nice, ask all Quo members present and past if they'd like to come - and I'm sure all will try their very best to be there. No big rehearsals needed, the charm of the jam from the Hello Quo doc lay in the fact that it was just that - a jam. And then they should play Rick's songs - from the first he wrote for Quo up till recent efforts with all of them singing part of the songs. Wouldn't that be easy enough (and probably closest to what Rick would've liked) ? And if they manage to agree on it, RPJ and his band could play Rick's solo stuff as support act. I'd not need big speeches and all that - let the music do the talking and no need for perfection either. A big screen in the background showing Rick would be nice or at least a big photo. Not much more needed to simply celebrate Ricks life and work IMO.
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Post by smokie on May 16, 2017 9:04:49 GMT
I'd noticed too that it had gone a bit quiet about the memorial event to Rick.
There's still a few Saturdays that are free in their schedule in June and July so hopefully the event will be pencilled in for one of those.
As to what format it will take, I can't see it being anything other that has already been suggested. All current and ex members being present and contributing. I don't know if there'd be a great long list of musicians from other bands wishing to take part. There will be some but trying to make sure that everyone will be free for a particular date will be nightmare to organise.
Hope there are no family issues in the background causing this to be delayed and I like the suggestion of the event being held to coincide with the launch of Rick's solo album. That would guarantee maximum publicity and exposure.
Here's hoping.
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Post by nino on May 16, 2017 10:08:55 GMT
Maybe I'm being naive, but maybe the best solution is to go for something that concentrates on the music. After all it's meant to be a tribute from the band and the fans for the Quo member Rick. So they should book a venue - open air in summer would be nice, ask all Quo members present and past if they'd like to come - and I'm sure all will try their very best to be there. No big rehearsals needed, the charm of the jam from the Hello Quo doc lay in the fact that it was just that - a jam. And then they should play Rick's songs - from the first he wrote for Quo up till recent efforts with all of them singing part of the songs. Wouldn't that be easy enough (and probably closest to what Rick would've liked) ? And if they manage to agree on it, RPJ and his band could play Rick's solo stuff as support act. I'd not need big speeches and all that - let the music do the talking and no need for perfection either. A big screen in the background showing Rick would be nice or at least a big photo. Not much more needed to simply celebrate Ricks life and work IMO. Personally I would really like this. But Francis would never do this. Never! And I'm not sure Francis would do his best to be there - he doesn't like any special occasions as the FTMO convention and stuff like that.
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Post by mortified on May 16, 2017 10:19:51 GMT
Maybe the release of the solo material is a memorial in itself? Just a thought.
We're a bit far down the line for any organised event in my opinion although I would never discount it, obviously. But Rick Parfitt doesn't have the draw of, say, a Freddie Mercury. So it would be very low key.
Trying to predict what happens with Quo is almost impossible. We're nearly always wrong. But some sort of 'get together' featuring ex-members would have to be a gig I reckon. Anything else just wouldn't attract the numbers to make it worth the while. Logistically that may prove awkward but who knows?
The original intention might have been to have some sort of event but maybe its proved to be too problematic.
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Post by snakelady on May 17, 2017 5:50:48 GMT
Maybe I'm being naive, but maybe the best solution is to go for something that concentrates on the music. After all it's meant to be a tribute from the band and the fans for the Quo member Rick. So they should book a venue - open air in summer would be nice, ask all Quo members present and past if they'd like to come - and I'm sure all will try their very best to be there. No big rehearsals needed, the charm of the jam from the Hello Quo doc lay in the fact that it was just that - a jam. And then they should play Rick's songs - from the first he wrote for Quo up till recent efforts with all of them singing part of the songs. Wouldn't that be easy enough (and probably closest to what Rick would've liked) ? And if they manage to agree on it, RPJ and his band could play Rick's solo stuff as support act. I'd not need big speeches and all that - let the music do the talking and no need for perfection either. A big screen in the background showing Rick would be nice or at least a big photo. Not much more needed to simply celebrate Ricks life and work IMO. Personally I would really like this. But Francis would never do this. Never! And I'm not sure Francis would do his best to be there - he doesn't like any special occasions as the FTMO convention and stuff like that. Francis wouldn't attend a fan convention as he's not the type to mingle with the fans. I can't see a problem with him taking part if he only has to get up on a stage though. He might not personally believe in memorial events being a tribute to the person, but rather see it as a ritual, but I'm sure he'd take part, if it was about playing Rick's music. Main problem would probably be the official/commercial aspect. People would want to have it filmed, to have a DVD to watch to remember Rick in years to come, for those who won't be able to attend from all over the world and in consequence it can be expected to sell in large numbers and not merely to the fans (death does sell ..). So a simple jam might not be considered good enough. Which would be a shame IMO and this band has never been about spontaneity, jamming on stage, see where it takes them .. . Even back in the 70s everything was well rehearsed. I'm actually surprised they did it for the Hello documentary. Maybe it was calculated too, testing the waters if a FF tour made sense at all ? ( .. and it wasn't as unplanned as they tried to make us believe) So sadly, I consider it rather improbable as well, but it's what I'd prefer personally ..
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Post by smokie on May 29, 2017 22:19:29 GMT
We're nearly into June now and when I was at school, June was the summertime and the memorial was meant to have been announced in the Spring?
I, like others, assumed that a memorial would be some kind of concert but perhaps that was never what was intended?
It's common in the UK when someone in the public eye passes away, that the burial/crematorium service to be for family and close friends only. Usually a few months after this, a memorial service is held so that fans can also pay their respects.
I'm not sure on that though.
I'd rather have a concert.
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on May 31, 2017 12:40:50 GMT
We're nearly into June now and when I was at school, June was the summertime and the memorial was meant to have been announced in the Spring? I, like others, assumed that a memorial would be some kind of concert but perhaps that was never what was intended? It's common in the UK when someone in the public eye passes away, that the burial/crematorium service to be for family and close friends only. Usually a few months after this, a memorial service is held so that fans can also pay their respects. I'm not sure on that though. I'd rather have a concert. Wednesday the 21st June is the official start of summer in the UK this year. After that we can say they've not kept to their word! 3 weeks and counting!
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Post by snakelady on Jun 1, 2017 6:24:43 GMT
I had another look at the homepage - it says late spring .. (has that 'late' been there from the start ?) So as Neil says, there's still three weeks left and late spring is probably only about to start. Meaning just three more weeks and we've got something to talk about - one way or other ..
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Post by kursaal75 on Jun 1, 2017 8:31:49 GMT
June 21st longest day. June 24th mid summer.
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Post by mortified on Jun 1, 2017 9:41:24 GMT
June 21st longest day. June 24th mid summer. The longest day was Quo at Castle Donington in 1982. Or at least it seemed endless
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Jun 1, 2017 11:48:16 GMT
I had another look at the homepage - it says late spring .. (has that 'late' been there from the start ?)So as Neil says, there's still three weeks left and late spring is probably only about to start. Meaning just three more weeks and we've got something to talk about - one way or other .. Yes it has.
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