Status Quo @ Palais des Sports, Paris March 26 2014

Status Quo @ Palais des Sports, Paris March 26 2014

Status Quo on their own "never ending tour" this time with the original line-up featuring John Coghlan on drums and Alan Lancaster on bass.
Very slow start with Alan on vocals for a few songs then things are getting serious, I'm not too familiar with the repertoire so in the end it all sounded a bit the same to me. I guess Neil Young would say with a grin "It's all one song !"
As usual with the Quo, Francis is always acting funny and joking between songs, Rick is focus on his guitar playing.
Sound is clear and not too loud but from center stage it was hard to hear the drums at all, had to move to the left hand side to hear it correctly. Lightning is perfect , very bright.

Great rendition of "Roadhouse Blues"

Too bad they only played for just 90 min
People were expecting a bit more and were surprise that it was all over too/so soon.

Nice gig.

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Status Quo @ Casino de Paris Nov 20 2012

Hellfest 2014 Complete line-up...

Hellfest 2014 Complete line-up...

• Vendredi 20 juin

Mainstage 1 : Iron Maiden, Rob Zombie, Queensryche, Therapy!, Satan, Crossfaith, Nightmare
Mainstage 2 : Slayer, Trivium, Sepultura, Death Angel, MOD, Toxic Holocaust, Fueled by fire, Angelus Apatrida
The Altar : Death, Kataklysm, Pungent Stench, Nocturnus AD, Loudblast, Blockheads
The Temple : Watain, Enslaved, Turisas, Impaled Nazarene, Destroyer 666
The Valley : Electric Wizard, Godflesh, Kylesa, Kadavar, Royal Thunder, Downfall of Gaiia, Caspian, Conan, Mars Red Sky
The Warzone : Walls Of Jericho, Pro Pain, Downset, Slapshot, Defeater, First Blood, Brutality Will Prevail, Stick Your Guns

• Samedi 21 juin

Mainstage 1 : Aerosmith, Deep Purple, Status Quo, Skid Row, Buckcherry, Walking Papers, Lez Zeppelin, Killers
Mainstage 2 : Avenged Sevenfold, Soulfly, Hatebreed, Dagoba, We Came as Romans, While She Sleeps, Of Mice and Men, Darkness Dynamite
The Altar : Carcass, Nile, Gorguts, Hail Of Bullets, Incantation, Supuration, Weekend Nacho's, Benighted
The Temple : Gorgoroth, Eluveitie, Tsjuder, Shining, MGLA, Gehenna, Trollfest, Temple of Baal
The Valley : Monster Magnet, Clutch, Acid King, Witch Mountain, Subrosa, Saviours, Herder, Hark
The Warzone : Millencollin, 7 seconds, Bl'ast !, Misconduct, Burning heads, Ays

• Dimanche 22 juin

Mainstage 1 : Black Sabbath, Soundgarden, Megadeth, Alter Bridge, Seether, Crowbar, Lofofora, Blue Pills
Mainstage 2 : Emperor, Iced Earth, Behemoth, Annihilator, Angra, Powerwolf, In Solitude, Scorpion Child, Year Of The Goat
The Altar : Paradise Lost, Soilwork, The Black Dalhia Murder, Unleashed, Repulsion, Ulcerate, Obliteration
The Temple : Vreid Sognametal, 1349, Solstafir, Equilibrium, Urfaust, Dordeduh, The Ruins Of Beverast
The Valley : Unida, Spirit Caravan, Dozer, House Of Broken Promises, Lowrider, Zodiac, Satan's Satyrs, Watertank
The Warzone : Turbonegro, Floggin Molly, Misfits, Mad Sin, Last Resort, The Bones, Tagada Jones, Crushing Caspars.

Status Quo @ Casino de Paris, Nov 20 2012

Status Quo @ Casino de Paris, Nov 20 2012

Jesus, can't remember the last time we saw STATUS QUO  live in Paris ? Probably 15 years ago even though they're playing in the French capital almost every year.
The Casino de Paris is quite full and all seated but thanks to the french Fan Club and some English , everyone is standing up and getting closer to the stage so we can boogie all night long...
It's 9:00pm sharp when the band is getting on stage, nice and bright light-show, perfect for take pictures, the sound is loud and very clear and where we are, down the front facing Rick, we can hear LOTS of guitars. It's obvious when you're listening to the video below.
As usual with the Quo , the guys are in fine form with always a smile on their faces to the dedicated fans that are probably following them everywhere on these European Tour. The guys in the first rows are all wearing the t-shirt made specially for this gig in Paris.
With The Quo nothing has changed, still the same 3 chords simple rock 'n Roll, that's what we want from them them and that's what they are giving us: no bullshit.
Just simple basic ol' Boogie Rock'n Roll !

See setlist below for details, we had a drum solo in the middle and like all drum solo it is pretty useless, thankfully they kept it short. They also performed a "medley" of some of their songs.
They probably played some of the new stuff but I'm not very familiar (in fact not at all) with the latest records they've done.
Fortunately they were lots of classics
Cool 90 min set !