Francis Rossi is extending his forthcoming tour of the UK with 30 new dates added in 2025, running between September and November 2025 for this brand new show billed as “An Evening of Francis Rossi’s Songs from the Status Quo Songbook and More…” 34 shows between April and June are already on sale. These shows will feature songs that he has never played before in this format and offer first hand backstage tales about appearing over 100 times on Top Of The Pops, why they went on first at Live Aid, life with Rick Parfitt, the hits, fellow stars, and misadventures across the world, all cut through with Francis’ wit and humour. Tickets will go on sale from 10am on Friday 29 November 2024 from www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/francis-rossi/ A strictly limited amount of VIP tickets will be available at each show, and will include: a pre-show Meet & Greet with Francis, personal photo opportunity (please bring your own phone/camera for this), signing opportunity for one of your own items, one of the best seats in the house for the show, and an exclusive tour merchandise item.
Francis will perform many of his signature hits that made the Quo name, plus some personal favourites and deeper cuts, and he’ll be telling more stories about his incredible life in music. Think you know Francis? Not yet you don’t… The story starts with ‘Pictures of Matchstick Men’ but continues right up to the present day. Francis will mostly be playing his Acoustasonic guitar which, as he says, “is basically a Telecaster but is more compatible with a show of this nature – it still has the ring and sound of a Tele”.
As well as the continuing success with Status Quo – the band had a fully packed calendar of shows once again this year – Francis has been enjoying taking his one-man show out on the road. These new 2025 shows promise lots more music, but plenty of talk too. The shows will lift the curtain on what life is really like in one of Britain’s biggest and best bands, and also provide some context for all the crazy stuff that has happened along the way.
Francis himself says, “I am delighted to add these extra dates for the 2025 tour. This is a brand new show so I am looking forward to taking it to new venues and new crowds, but also returning to some of my favourite places in the UK. The show lifts the lid on a lot of what went on in the world of Status Quo, and I build in plenty of songs along the way – lots of my classic hits, but there are also versions of songs that I haven’t tried in the format before, and I have to say they sound fantastic. There’s a lot to get through so don’t be late!”
With “An Evening of Francis Rossi’s Songs from the Status Quo Songbook and more…” Francis Rossi promises a refreshing take on some of his most loved and enduring material, and indiscreet fresh tales from across the incredible career of one of Rock’s great performers and raconteurs.
See below for full tour routing
FRANCIS ROSSI 2025 TOUR
“An Evening of Francis Rossi’s Songs from the Status Quo Songbook and more…”
APRIL
10th WIMBORNE / TIVOLI THEATRE
11th CORNWALL TRURO / TRURO HALL
12th BRIDGWATER / MCMILLAN THEATRE
14th LYTHAM ST ANNES / LOWTHER PAVILION
16th LLANDUDNO / VENUE CYMRU
17th SHREWSBURY / THEATRE SEVERN
19th WARRINGTON / PARR HALL
20th BURY ST EDMONDS / APEX
22nd STAMFORD / CORN EXCHANGE
23rd HULL / CITY HALL
25th HARROGATE / ROYAL THEATRE
26th STEVENAGE / GORDON CRAIG THEATRE
28th MILTON KEYNES / STABLES
29th BUXTON / OPERA HOUSE
MAY
01st EASTLEIGH / THORNDEN
02nd EPSOM / PLAYHOUSE
10th AYLESBURY / WATERSIDE
11th WHITLEY BAY / PLAYHOUSE
13th OBAN / CORRAN HALLS
14th INVERNESS / EDEN COURT
16th ABERDEEN / TIVOLI THEATRE
17th EDINBURGH / QUEENS THEATRE
19th PERTH / CONCERT HALL
21st LINCOLN / NEW THEATRE ROYAL
22nd LOUGHBOROUGH / TOWN HALL
24th WOLVERHAMPTON / WULFRUN HALL
25th CHELTENHAM / TOWN HALL
28th GUILDFORD / G-LIVE
30th NEATH / GWYN HALL
31st NEWBURY / CORN EXCHANGE
JUNE
01st DARTFORD / ORCHARD THEATRE
03rd FOLKESTONE / LEAS CLIFF HALL
04th YEOVIL / WESTLANDS
06th STRATFORD-UPON-AVON / PLAYHOUSE
*new shows*
SEPTEMBER
19th WIMBORNE / TIVOLI
21st EXETER / CORN EXCHANGE
22nd AXMINSTER / GUILDHALL
23rd PORTSMOUTH / KING’S THEATRE
25th REDDITCH / PALACE THEATRE
26th BIRMINGHAM / TOWN HALL
28th NORTHAMPTON / ROYAL & DERNGATE CONCERT HALL
29th CHELMSFORD / THEATRE
OCTOBER
1st IPSWICH / CORN EXCHANGE
2nd HASTINGS / WHITE ROCK THEATRE
3rd TUNBRIDGE WELLS / ASSEMBLY THEATRE
5th BROMLEY / CHURCHILL THEATRE
6th CAMBRIDGE / CORN EXCHANGE
8th KING’S LYNN / CORN EXCHANGE
9th MANSFIELD / PALACE THEATRE
11th BRIDLINGTON / SPA THEATRE
12th MANCHESTER / RNCM THE THEATRE
14th NEW BRIGHTON / FLORAL THEATRE
15th DUNFERMLINE / ALHAMBRA
16th YORK / BARBICAN
18th SUNDERLAND / THE FIRE STATION
28th MILTON KEYNES / THE STABLES
29th BURY ST EDMUNDS / APEX
31st ALDERSHOT / PRINCE’S HALL
NOVEMBER
1st DUNSTABLE / GROVE THEATRE
3rd RUNCORN / BRINDLEY THEATRE
4th HEREFORD / COURTYARD
5th SHEFFIELD / MEMORIAL HALL
7th BATH / FORUM
8th WREXHAM / WILLIAM ASTON HALL
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Source: Chris Hewlett PR
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