STATUS QUO - ROSSI: 'PARFITT WILL BE FINE'

STATUS QUO rocker FRANCIS ROSSI stopped worrying about bandmate RICK PARFITT's health when he toasted his heart surgery with a glass of wine and a cigarette. Parfitt underwent emergency bypass surgery in 1997, and the ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD hitmakers were forced to cancel their 2005 tour when cancerous growths - which were successfully removed - were found in Parfitt's throat. Rossi says, "I used to worry about Rick but I don't anymore. "If he can come through a quadruple heart bypass by having a cigarette and a glass of wine the following morning then I think he'll be fine."