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Post by aitchfrossi on Mar 28, 2019 12:29:39 GMT
Has anyone seen this yet? Was hoping someone would review it...doing the Harrogate show myself
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 13:02:37 GMT
Has anyone seen this yet? Was hoping someone would review it...doing the Harrogate show myself In the interests of research the admin team have been out to see and review the show: linkHe tried to claim the beers on expenses!
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Post by snakelady on Mar 29, 2019 8:07:26 GMT
Has anyone seen this yet? Was hoping someone would review it...doing the Harrogate show myself Searching for reports in the Rick section doesn't exactly help to find reviews .. I'm going to move this thread to the solo section. Otherwise see @bam's answer .
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Post by snakelady on Apr 14, 2019 6:41:30 GMT
Wondering why there's no new reports, I've just noticed there's a two week gap between shows in April. Any guess why that is - other commitments, studio time, .. ?
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Post by mortified on Apr 14, 2019 6:52:13 GMT
Wondering why there's no new reports, I've just noticed there's a two week gap between shows in April. Any guess why that is - other commitments, studio time, .. ? Very possibly. I'd like to think so! But it might just be a break in what is a pretty gruelling schedule.
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Post by snakelady on Apr 15, 2019 9:16:01 GMT
Wondering why there's no new reports, I've just noticed there's a two week gap between shows in April. Any guess why that is - other commitments, studio time, .. ? Very possibly. I'd like to think so! But it might just be a break in what is a pretty gruelling schedule. On the other hand, he certainly isn't enjoying this much, so he probably wants it over and done with asap. So I'd opt for different reasons - what ever 'different' means in this case.
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Post by noproblems on Apr 28, 2019 20:27:34 GMT
Dates for 2020 have been announced, and he's doing the two closest venues to me - Stevenage Gordon Craig Theatre and St. Albans Alban Arena. I'm not committing just yet, but I fancy going along as he'll be on my doorstep.
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Post by mortified on Apr 29, 2019 7:15:23 GMT
Dates for 2020 have been announced, and he's doing the two closest venues to me - Stevenage Gordon Craig Theatre and St. Albans Alban Arena. I'm not committing just yet, but I fancy going along as he'll be on my doorstep. That's what we did. He did one in Dunfermline and he's doing the same in 2020. But he's also doing Musselburgh which is more or less part of Edinburgh. No substitute for a Quo gig though, is it? (sigh)
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Post by noproblems on May 5, 2019 13:32:29 GMT
To those who have been to FR's interviews: has he said anything about his future? Quo's future? Too much to ask if he intends to shake up the set list and drop The Oriental...
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Post by Crapmodem on May 6, 2019 11:12:27 GMT
It was fun, interesting and sanitised. I watched Mick Wall carefully discarding any interesting questions from the box and then only asking the vanilla ones. A shame, as the 'honesty' of the evening disappeared at that stage. Would I go again? No chance, as I have been told (by people who have been to a few) that they are pretty much identical. CM
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Post by mortified on May 6, 2019 13:05:38 GMT
I always thought it would be sanitised to some extent. I'm too long in the tooth to think otherwise. I think it's called cynicism I couldn't imagine it being a free for all. Although, something more 'edgy' could easily have a positive knock-on effect with book sales if they think it through properly. I just found it entertaining which I suppose, for the audience at any rate, was the whole point. I will find Rhino's Revenge equally, if not more, entertaining in a couple of weeks. But for obviously different reasons. Put it this way, a Rhino gig is not an event organised with business acumen and sales in mind. It's just bloody good fun
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Post by snakelady on May 8, 2019 7:29:34 GMT
It was fun, interesting and sanitised. I watched Mick Wall carefully discarding any interesting questions from the box and then only asking the vanilla ones. A shame, as the 'honesty' of the evening disappeared at that stage. Would I go again? No chance, as I have been told (by people who have been to a few) that they are pretty much identical. CM That's a shame, but doesn't exactly come as a surprise. It was suspected right from the start. I doubt it's on Francis' initiative, but he'll have been told it's better this way to not upset anybody and he'll have gone along with it. In the interest of a smooth and pleasant show. He'll have accepted the reasons, as always.. He might have second thoughts about it once this tour is over and might want it a bit more exciting ´, 'daring' next year, but not on this tour. Not sure where honesty comes into it, sanitised it definitely is. Next year will certainly have to be different. To fill all these venues with a decent crowd at least, they'll need people attending another time. And like you, many will think twice (or not at all ..) if it's exactly the same. Maybe it should be more about the music - that part seems to be really well received - maybe he should bring Hannah along and play with her, although their recent album will be old news by then and they'd have to play something new too. All I know is he can't tell the same anecdotes again endlessly and he can't talk about Rick again either. Anecdotes lose their funny side with repetition and talking about Rick would lose credibility .. all IMVHO of course.
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Post by Crapmodem on May 8, 2019 7:48:19 GMT
In my opinion, the careful selection of questions is almost totally Francis's decision. I am certain there are at least 10 pieces of paper in the box about the set list and/or Alan Lancaster every night, but they never get asked.
As for anecdotes, he has been telling pretty much the same ones at interviews for about 40 years.
The extra dates may well turn out to be a mistake. The venue I attended was only 2 thirds full. Adding 60 dates looks, to me, like a triumph of hope over reality.
We shall see.
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Post by frozenhero on May 14, 2019 20:23:32 GMT
In my opinion, the careful selection of questions is almost totally Francis's decision. I am certain there are at least 10 pieces of paper in the box about the set list and/or Alan Lancaster every night, but they never get asked.
As for anecdotes, he has been telling pretty much the same ones at interviews for about 40 years.
The extra dates may well turn out to be a mistake. The venue I attended was only 2 thirds full. Adding 60 dates looks, to me, like a triumph of hope over reality.
We shall see.
Quo('s management) have been guilty of trying to milk a formula before. Many times actually. Usually the repetition was a disappointment in every regard. The trick would be to stay one step ahead. In this case, follow up the talk tour with a new Quo album and a revamped setlist.
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Post by snakelady on May 15, 2019 6:44:13 GMT
In my opinion, the careful selection of questions is almost totally Francis's decision. I am certain there are at least 10 pieces of paper in the box about the set list and/or Alan Lancaster every night, but they never get asked.
As for anecdotes, he has been telling pretty much the same ones at interviews for about 40 years.
The extra dates may well turn out to be a mistake. The venue I attended was only 2 thirds full. Adding 60 dates looks, to me, like a triumph of hope over reality.
We shall see.
Quo('s management) have been guilty of trying to milk a formula before. Many times actually. Usually the repetition was a disappointment in every regard. The trick would be to stay one step ahead. In this case, follow up the talk tour with a new Quo album and a revamped setlist. Going by Francis' book the band is happy with the job Simon is doing .. I can't see a repetition working this time either, even less than on previous occasions. Comedians/entertainers who tour with similar talk show type tours change the 'set' with every new tour as well. Francis would have to make a notably different approach as well - and let it be known well in advance. I haven't seen this show so don't know the anecdotes exactly, but as Crappy says above, he's told about every single one of them before in countless interviews over the decades. Maybe if he called it 'Status Quo and I' and concentrated on the band and the music, did a larger acoustic section in the middle .. ? I don't know - people will have to believe it'll be worth going again and that's hard to achieve. And generally speaking, it's not something he can take abroad due to the language barrier. IMO there definitely is no future in this and they better cancel it before too much damage is done.
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Post by reasonforliving on May 15, 2019 21:04:36 GMT
I agree that it would need to be different and billed as being different. But, isn't it the promoter that takes the risk? May be in the long run it will come back on the artist because if a tour doesn't sell well then the promoter won't re book the artist. I have no idea. I enjoyed the show but wouldn't want to hear the same again and the same ask Francis questions.
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Post by johns on May 17, 2019 9:47:42 GMT
Saw him in Aldershot earlier this week and have to say I was thoroughly entertained. Even though I knew a lot of what he was talking about it was more interesting hearing it in a live setting and also the little bits and pieces that slip through where he goes slightly off track were fun. For me it made Francis a bit more warm and friendly than he can do when doing TV interviews and he really can talk the hind legs off a donkey.
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Post by mortified on May 17, 2019 15:05:41 GMT
Saw him in Aldershot earlier this week and have to say I was thoroughly entertained. Even though I knew a lot of what he was talking about it was more interesting hearing it in a live setting and also the little bits and pieces that slip through where he goes slightly off track were fun. For me it made Francis a bit more warm and friendly than he can do when doing TV interviews and he really can talk the hind legs off a donkey. That was my feelings about it. Entertaining. Which was the whole point really. For the audience that is. We'll all have our own views about the merit or wisdom in doing the same thing again next year across many more dates but, as a one-off, it was good fun. And relatively informative. Must read the book some time
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Post by aitchfrossi on May 20, 2019 16:43:59 GMT
Harrogate...a very entertaining fun evening . Must have been totally different show as it di not seem 'sanitised' to me ...banter with late comers... going off on a rant about stuff and being told to get back on track...starting a story and realising not appropriate. A lovely tribute to Rick and a heartfelt talk about Rick and how poorly he was. Had book signed and was fortunate to have a wee chat about future concerts ....enjoyed and would recommend going
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Post by noproblems on Nov 24, 2020 15:34:13 GMT
I've just got notification that the tour has been put back again to AUGUST 2021.
Refund to be requested.
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Post by mortified on Nov 25, 2020 7:50:22 GMT
I've just got notification that the tour has been put back again to AUGUST 2021. Refund to be requested. Yeah, sis told me about that yesterday. She's organising ours. I think we're just sticking with it because she never mentioned the choice of a refund but I'll chin her later. The world is on hold. Still
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Dec 1, 2020 20:31:51 GMT
I got meet and greet tickets, maybe one day.
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Post by frozenhero on Jun 15, 2021 10:31:02 GMT
Some shake-ups again - the first fourteen dates had to be canceled, only Stamford could be rescheduled to September
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Post by mortified on Jun 15, 2021 12:37:39 GMT
Some shake-ups again - the first fourteen dates had to be canceled, only Stamford could be rescheduled to September Which was always going to happen. The complete easing of lockdown restrictions has been put back in England from 21 June to 19 July due the Delta variant continuing it's UK tour In Scotland, it's different. We've never had that carrot dangled in front of us. Which, for me, is a pretty wise thing to do. Although airlines and pubs would appear to disagree. No shock there then.
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jul 23, 2021 20:28:49 GMT
I have heard nothing from the venue as yet. What is the rules, for example do you need to be double jabbed?
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