Status Quo - Out Out Quoing Tour 2022

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Posted 2022-08-10 by Andy Coleman ⇒ follow

Fri 16 Sep 2022 - Sat 03 Dec 2022

Music legends Status Quo are celebrating their return to UK arena shows by releasing a new 'Best Of' compilation album. Ahead of their November and December 2022 gigs in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Leeds, Brighton, Bournemouth and London, the veteran rockers are issuing Quo'ing In – The Best Of The Noughties, an era-spanning collection that includes their greatest hits from the new millennium.

As well as all the key tracks, the compilation, released on September 16, includes brand new and never before available 2022 studio versions of the classics Rockin' All Over The World, Paper Plane and Caroline, plus brand new 2022 Out Out Quoin' remixes of live favourites Backbone and Liberty Lane.

Kicking off with tracks from 2002's Heavy Traffic, the set also draws from 2005's The Party Ain't Over Yet, 2007's In Search Of The Fourth Chord, 2011's Quid Pro Quo, 2013's Bula Quo!, 2014's Aquostic: Stripped Bare, 2016's Acoustic II: That's A Fact and 2019's Backbone.

Frontman Francis Rossi says: "Coming into the Noughties, we were under pressure, struggling to maintain our place at the top table and, in a way, weighed down by what had gone before. This was a time of change and the band that recorded Heavy Traffic is different to the one that laid down Backbone, but what did not change was the passion, energy and desire to build on what had gone before.

"The fact that so many of the songs fitted into the live sets along the way is testimony to their strength. Anyone who knows me will be aware that I don't deal in nostalgia, but I do think that what Status Quo achieved during this 20-year period, in the face of challenges that none of us could have predicted we'd have to deal with, is worth celebrating."

Many of the tracks will be showcased on Status Quo's Out Out Quoing UK Christmas shows which kick off at Aberdeen's P&J Live on November 25. They then visit Glasgow's SEC Armadillo on November 26, Leeds' FD Arena on November 28, Brighton Centre on November 30, Bournemouth BIC on December 1 and Wembley Arena on December 3. The tour follows an initial batch of dates in February and March, including a gig at Birmingham's Symphony Hall, reviewed here .

**Quo'ing In – The Best Of The Noughties tracklisting:

CD1 [Noughties Hits]

1. Backbone (Out Out Quoin' Mix)/ 2. Looking Out For Caroline/ 3. Two Way Traffic/ 4. Cut Me Some Slack (Out Out Quoin' Mix)/ 5. In The Army Now (2010)/ 6. Beginning Of The End/ 7. Round And Round/ 8. Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You/ 9. Raining In My Heart/ 10. Liberty Lane/ 11. Jam Side Down/ 12. Running Inside My Head/ 13. Electric Arena/ 14. Twenty Wild Horses/ 15. Blues And Rhythm/ 16. Gotta Get Up And Go/ 17. The Way It Goes/ 18. Bula Bula Quo – Kua Ni Lega.

CD2 [Quoin' Rarities]

1. Caroline (2022 Studio Version)/ 2. Paper Plane (2022 Studio Version)/ 3. Rockin' All Over The World (2022 Studio Version)/ 4. Face The Music/ 5. The Party Ain't Over Yet/ 6. Fun Fun Fun/ 7. Pictures Of Matchstick Men/ 8. That's A Fact/ 9. I'm Not Ready/ 10. Tilting At The Mill/ 11. I'm Watching Over You/ 12. Belavista Man/ 13. Mortified/ 14. Temporary Friend/ 15. I'll Never Get Over You/ 16. Exclusive Live Medley From Liverpool Pops 05 (live)/ 17. Down Down (live)/ 18. It's Christmas Time.

CD3 [Unreleased live songs from Westonbirt 2008]
1. The Wanderer/ 2. Rain / 3. Don't Waste My Time/ 4. Don't Drive My Car/ 5. Hold You Back/ 6. Creeping Up/ 7. Paper Plane/ 8. Living On An Island/ 9. Roll Over Lay Down/ 10. Bye Bye Johnny Be Good.**