Status Quo have announced details of their last ever electric tour of the UK. Full dates and ticket details are below.
The rock veterans, who declared earlier this year that their traditional electric tour format would come to an end as 'it hurts physically', will be embarking on The Last Night Of The Electrics tour for the last time - before unplugging their stratocasters and going acoustic.
They'll be joined by REO Speedwago and The Lounge Kittens across the dates.
“We’ve talked about it for some time and have decided that it’s time for us to hang up the electrics. It’s getting harder and harder for us to play those shows," says guitarist Francis Rossi. "It’s 30 years since we last said we were stopping but this is a final decision. It doesn’t mean we won’t do other things, perhaps the odd special, but we’re agreed that the moment has come. There’s more to come from us in the years ahead, but we won’t tour the electric set ever again”.
Bandmate Rick Parfitt adds: "We always thought we’d see a red light when it was time to stop. The show hurts now, physically. It’s hard to maintain that level of energy and without that it’s not really a Quo show. So we don’t feel we should continue. This is definitely the end of our lives on the road with the electric set, life won’t be the same for us – or many of the fans – but we can’t go on at this pace any more”.
Status Quo's upcoming dates are below. Tickets are on sale from 9am on Thursday 24 March. For tickets and more information, visit here.
DECEMBER 2016
8th Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
9th Bournemouth International Centre *
11th London The O2
13th Brighton Centre *
14th Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
16th Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
17th Leeds First Direct Arena
19th Manchester Arena
20th Glasgow The SSE Hydro
22nd Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
23rd Liverpool Echo Arena
*All shows are fully seated except Bournemouth & Brighton
