Band members: Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown, John Edwards, Leon Cave

Special Guest Musicians: Geraint Watkins - Accordion, Piano, Martin Ditcham - Percussions, Freddie Edwards - guitars, Amy Smith - female vocals, Hannah Rickard - female vocals, country violin, 

Strings: Lucy Wilkins - Violin, Howard Gott - Violin, Natalia Bonner - Violin, Alison Dods - Violin, Sophie Sirota - Viola, Sarah Wilson - Cello.

Main Setlist: And It's Better Now, Break The Rules, Again And Again, Mystery Song/Little Lady, Rock 'n' Roll, Caroline, What You're Proposing, Softer Ride, Down Down, Pictures Of Matchstick Men, Down The Dustpipe, All The Reasons, Reasons For Living, Rolling Home, Don't Drive My Car, Claudie, Rain, Marguerita Time, Nanana, Whatever You Want, Rockin' All Over The World, Rock 'Til You Drop, Burning Bridges,

Tour Crew: Glen Smith (Tour Manager), Lyane Ngan (Band Personal Assistant), Ewan Cameron (Lightning Director), Andy May (FOH Sound Engineer), Tim Franklin (Monitor Engineer), Lloyd Gilbert (Guitar Tech), Andy Tomkins (Keyboard / Bass Tech), Lance Miles (Drum Tech), Danny Stead (Strings Engineer), Musicial Director: Mike Paxman. Merchandiser: Global Merchandising Services Ltd.  Management: DurocMedia Ltd.  Manager: Simon Porter.

Tour Notes: Status Quo's first ever full live acoustic tour!
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2014

21/10/ UK, London - The Roundhouse (Private Family & Friends preview show)

22/10/ UK, London - The Roundhouse (BBC Radio 2 in concert) | 86' min. FM Quality: 5

24/10/ GERMANY, Stuttgart - Schleyerhalle (SWR1 Radio) | 60' min. FM Quality: 5

 103' min. AUD Quality: 3+

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2015

20/04/ UK, Glasgow - Royal Concert Hall | 90' min. AUD Quality: 4

21/04/ UK, Sheffield - City Hall

23/04/ UK, Wolverhampton - Civic Hall | 92'min. AUD Quality: 3 +

24/04/ UK, Portsmouth - Guildhall

26/04/ UK, London - Hammersmith Apollo

30/04/ UK, London - Royal Albert Hall | 92' min. AUD Quality: 4               

*FACTS FROM THE ROAD:

24.09.2014 - Francis Rossi headed once again to Germany for three days of promotion work for AQUOSTIC. The first stop was at Hamburg Hard Rock Cafe, where he came face to face with himself in cardboard cut-out form and a meet and greet with his fans. He also did lots of interviews for press, radio and TV. Next stop the following morning was Düsseldorf and an early appearance on the daily ZDF TV magazine "Volle Kanne". Then Francis headed off to the nearby town of Duisburg. The rest of the day was spent at Planet Hollywood Duisburg completing a full schedule of radio 6 print media interviews.

20.10.2014 - big UK promotion day for Quo. The first call of the day was an appearance on ITV1's "Good Morning Britain". After visiting several radio stations in London, the band went on to appear live on BBC1's "The One Show". Francis and Rick were interviewed before joining the rest of the band and performing "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" to an audience outside BBC Broadcasting House in London. 

22.10.2014 - On Wednesday 22nd October BBC Radio 2 present a unique performance from one of the UK premier rock acts. For the first time ever, legendary rockers Status Quo put down their famous electric guitars and perform acoustically with female singers and strings.This one-off show took place at The Roundhouse in Camden, London and was broadcasted live on BBC Radio 2 and BBC red button from 8pm. 

25.10.2014 - Status Quo played their ‘Aquostic’ set for the first time in Germany at the sold-out Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart. The Aquostic Band was joined by Rhino's son Freddie Edwards, Geraint Watkins, Martin Ditcham, Amy Smith, Hannah Rickard (backing vocalists), Lucy Wilkins, Howard Gott, Natalia Bonner, Alison Dods (all violin), Sophie Sirota (viola)

and Sarah Wilson (cello).  Quo played on the occasion of the 25th anniversary "Superhitparde of SWR1" and the performance was broadcast live on SWR radio and as a livestream on the internet.