Latest Rick Parfitt News
Status Quo Plan To Stop 'Rockin' All Over The World
Status Quo are to stop 'Rockin’ All Over the World' after six decades.After their final concert of their current tour, which takes place at Somerset's Taunton, Vivary Park, on August 23, the legendary rock group...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 June 2024
Status Quo Star Francis Rossi Has Dreams About Late Bandmate Rick Parfitt
Francis Rossi has dreams about his late bandmate Rick Parfitt.The 73-year-old rock star shot to fame as the co-founder and lead singer of Status Quo alongside Rick Parfitt - who died from sepsis at the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 November 2022
Francis Rossi Reveals 'Naughty' Rick Parfitt Stopped Them Getting Knighted
Francis Rossi says his "naughty" late bandmate Rick Parfitt scuppered their chances of receiving knighthoods.The pair were made OBEs for their services to music in 2010, but the sole continuous member of the legendary rock...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 October 2022
Status Quo Baffled By Song's Popularity
Status Quo are baffled by the enduring popularity of ‘Rockin’ All Over The World’.The band covered John Fogerty’s track in 1977 and though artists including Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay and Bon Jovi have offered their take...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 06 February 2022
Francis Rossi On Status Quo's Touring Future: I'm Getting Rusty
Francis Rossi says the "uppermost thought" on his mind with regards to how much longer Status Quo can tour is the "physicality" of their live shows.The rock 'n' roll group's co-founder turns 72 on Saturday...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 May 2021
Status Quo's Rick Parfitt Ordered By Doctors To Pull Out Of Tour
Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt has pulled out of his scheduled appearances with the band on their upcoming European tour, revealing that he may never perform live again after being ordered to rest by doctors...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 15 September 2016
Status Quo Guitarist Rick Parfitt Hospitalised In Turkey After Suspected Heart Attack
Status Quo’s guitarist Rick Parfitt is reported to be in a serious condition in hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack shortly after the band performed in concert in Turkey.The 67 year old, who has...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 16 June 2016
Rick Parfitt: 'I Can Survive Anything After Three Heart Attacks'
Status Quo's Rick Parfitt believes he can ''survive anything'' after suffering three heart attacks.The 66-year-old guitarist collapsed while on holiday in Croatia last year having previously suffered similar attacks in 1997 and 2011 but thinks...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25 July 2015
Status Quo Stars Overwhelmed By Late Fan's Tribute
Status Quo stars Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi were overwhelmed with emotion when they were presented with a tapestry created by a late fan who sewed the huge piece using his teeth following a crippling...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 22 December 2014
Francis Rossi Predicted Rick Parfitt's Health Crisis
Rocker Francis Rossi rolled over and went back to sleep when he was told his Status Quo bandmate Rick Parfitt had been hospitalised with chest pains because he was convinced his heart problems were self-inflicted.Parfitt...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 21 October 2014
Rick Parfitt "Back Rocking Soon" After Cancelling Status Quo Gigs
Rick Parfitt, guitarist in the legendary UK boogie-woogie rock band Status Quo for fifty years, has been hospitalised whilst on tour in Europe which has resulted in a slew of gigs being cancelled over the...
By George Percival in Music / Festivals on 07 August 2014
Status Quo Cancels European Tour As Rick Parfitt Is Hospitalised
Status Quo has cancelled six concerts in Europe after guitarist Rick Parfitt was hospitalised. The veteran rockers had been scheduled to perform on Saturday night in Pula, Croatia, but were forced to pull the show,...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 August 2014
Status Quo Axe European Tour Dates After Guitarist Rick Parfitt Is Taken To Hospital
Status Quo have been forced to axe their European tour after guitarist Rick Parfitt was taken ill in Croatia. The band had been due to play in the northern city of Pula tonight (August 2nd),...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 02 August 2014
Status Quo Launch Their Own Beer
Status Quo rockers Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt have become the latest celebrity beer makers following the launch of their new brew, Piledriver.The Rockin' All Over The World hitmakers have teamed up with experts at...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 07 February 2014
Rick Parfitt To Undergo Leg Operation
Status Quo rocker Rick Parfitt is set to undergo an operation on his leg to improve his circulation.The 64-year-old musician underwent heart surgery in 1997, and treatment to clear a blocked artery following a frightening...
By WENN on 04 July 2013
Status Quo Stars' Hair-raising Movie Stunts
Status Quo rockers Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt have proved their tough-guy credentials by performing daredevil stunts for their movie debut.The veteran musicians told in April (12) that they had signed up to play themselves...
By WENN on 02 July 2012
Council Boss Apologises For Status Quo Slur
City officials in Brighton, England have apologised to STATUS QUO rockers FRANCIS ROSSI and RICK PARFITT after poking fun at them in an online recruitment ad.Marketing bosses at Brighton and Hove City Council upset the...
By WENN on 11 June 2010
Parfitt's Marriage Rocked By Booze Claims
STATUS QUO star RICK PARFITT is battling to save his marriage after his wife told him to stop drinking, according to a U.K report.The rocker wed fitness instructor Lyndsay Whitburn in 2006 and the pair...
By WENN on 09 May 2010
Parfitt Still Haunted By Daughter's Death
STATUS QUO rocker RICK PARFITT let his late daughter down by refusing to give up alcohol and drugs after her death, according to the guitarist himself. Parfitt attempted to battle his drink and drug demons...
By WENN on 14 September 2007
Status Quo's Masturbation Mayhem
STATUS QUO guitarist RICK PARFITT misses the days when the entire band use to masturbate together on one big bed - as it formed a special camaraderie between the rockers. The SWEET CAROLINE star...
By WENN on 03 October 2005
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