Status Quo, Newcastle City Hall

At Newcastle City Hall last night Status Quo celebrated more than 40 years in the business JAN STEPHENSON was there and found herself headbanging with the most ardent of fans

Status Quo strutted on the stage with a complete plan to entertain and rock their fans.

Whenever Status Quo is performing one can't sit back and as expected, from the first strains of the timeless classic Caroline, the audience were up on their feet, singing, clapping and some even head-banging.

The most entertaining things of their show is that you don't have any surprises and you are going to be treated with a great solid show.

The band know their stuff – and so they should after all the years they have been in the business.

It was clearly evident that the band thoroughly enjoyed themselves throughout and it was infectious.

A mixed bunch of young and old left the City Hall with smiles on their faces.

Status Quo Still Lacking On There Long Awaited Show..

On their comeback Status Quo band members was looking different in their physical appearance but there hasn't been any change in their voice.

It seems that there is still something lacking when Status Quo made their long-awaited – and three-times postponed – return to the Regent on 16,Nov,2010.

Their fans waited for almost 2 years as the band previous winter's show was canceled thrice due to illness

That only increased the crowd’s anticipation – and unfounded rumours earlier this week that the show could be postponed only fanned the anticipation.

They are always pumped the crowd and rocks the stage, but this time they had different strategy in there mind.In the first half of show the band

During the first half of the near two-hour set the band revived several album tracks from the 70s and 80s that will have been unfamiliar to all but the diehard fans.

I’ve seen them several times, but there were tracks new to me. One of the finest was the Rick Parfitt song “For You” which showed a very different Quo to that most of us know and love.

During the second half of the set we were treated to more of the old standards that were familiar to all.

But the band doesn't look perfect with their voices aren’t as flexible or as durable as they once were.

Francis has always taken the lion’s share, in the end he was fumbling with his voice,he really needs the help of audience and rest of the band to continue more

But that is a very small niggle at the end of a great night of music – and after all the problems of last winter it was a real treat to see the boys back in town.

This was actually the first time I had seen the Status Quo at the Regent since 2006 although Ipswich has always remained a key date on all their tours – and coming back to see them after such an absence certainly helped me to appreciate just what a professional and committed act they still are.

Status Quo 'Lived At BBC' To Be Released

Status Quo and the BBC is celebrated on 'Status Quo Live At The BBC' which is issued by UMC on 24 October 2010.

The release will be available on a range of formats: 2CD 'best of' collection / DVD / 4CD box set and a limited edition collectors' 8 disc complete set [see over for full tracklisting]. This collection underlies Status Quo's unassailable reputation as one of the world's greatest live acts and it is that prowess and power.

The band is supported by The BBC at crucial stages in their career and thus 'Status Quo Live At The BBC' should be seen essentially as an alternate Greatest Hits, his release is collated from all of the BBC owned Quo recordings that still exist in the archive and charts the inexorable rise of the band: from the first steps made as The Spectres, the brief incarnation as Traffic Jam and then the glory days as the mighty Status Quo

John Coghlan commented that " 'There's no doubt that the Beeb played a big part in getting Status Quo off the ground, and I'm just as excited by this anthology as the fans will be, It's about time it came out."

Fully supported and endorsed by the band ' the current line up but also the original incarnation of Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan - 'Status Quo Live At The BBC' is a triumphant collection of the defining moments of a truly seminal British rock act, as witnessed, broadcast and archived by the voice of the nation, the BBC. A set to be treasured