Status Quo

Con man told officials he was rock star

Signs of the Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008

Officials in Dover, England, said they were swindled by a con artist who posed as the lead singer of the rock band Status Quo. Dover councilors said the con man -- who fled town before his true identity could be uncovered -- had them convinced he was rocker Francis Rossi. He had promised to bring celebrity musicians including Paul McCartney, Charlotte Church, and Queen's Brian May to the town's festival,...

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Fake Status Quo Rocker Dupes Dover

Sky News (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008

A conman has received VIP treatment from a local council for a year by posing as Status Quo rocker Francis Rossi.

Quo conman dupes council for a year

Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008

A conman claiming to be Status Quo rocker Francis Rossi receives VIP treatment for a year.

Conman posed as Status Quo star Francis Rossi to enjoy town's hospitality

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008

A conman pretended he was a member of rock band Status Quo to take advantage of a seaside town's hospitality.

Town duped by fake Status Quo star

Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008

A conman convinced a whole town he was the Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi, earning himself free meals and trips in the mayors limousine for almost a year, it's been reported.

Conman posing as Status Quo star enjoys free meals and trips in mayor's limousine after tricking entire town for a whole year

Daily Mail online | Home (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008

A conman convinced a whole town that he was the Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi, earning himself free meals and trips in the mayor's limousine for almost a year.

Conman posed as Status Quo member

New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008

A conman posed as Francis Rossi from Status Quo for a year in Dover, Kent, before being rumbled.

Rick Parfitt: I was out of my head on drugs for 10 years ... now I only do junior aspirin, statins, omega 3 and glucosamine

Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008

The Status Quo veteran has faced death twice and never thought he'd see his 60th birthday this week. Here's how he has turned his life, and health, around.

Quo's Rossi: Ross is just like that

Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

Status Quo's Francis Rossi has said Jonathan Ross's behaviour in the Andrews Sachs phone scandal was to be expected.

Status Quo - Parfitt To Cut Status Quo Workload

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008

STATUS QUO star RICK PARFITT is determined to cut down the band's workload next year (09) so he can spend more time with his new baby twins. The rocker's wife, Lindsay, ...

Tonight We Recommend: Status Quo

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008

Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt and Quo saddle up for another tour, taking in Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr. A great British institution, the self-deprecating band are plugging the In Search of the Fourth Chord album.

Introducing The Twins - Photo!

Famecrawler (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008

Having twins is a big deal - and the unveiling of the twins' photos is an even bigger deal! Introducing.... Rick Parfitt and wife Lindsay, 47, have released a photo of their miracle IVF babies! The Status Quo rocker and his lovely wife welcomed their babies Tommy Oswald and Lily Rose last month by C-section in Malaga. Rick, 59, said to Britain's Hello! magazine, "I never thought this would happen...

Rick Parfitt Introduces Twins Tommy Oswald & Lily Rose

Celebrity Baby Scoop (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008

Status Quo rocker Rick Parfitt and wife Lyndsay Whitburn introduced their two-month-old twins, Tommy Oswald and Lily Rose, in this week’s Hello! Magazine. Rick, 59, already has two sons, Harry, 19 and Richard, 33, from previous marriages. He also had daughter Heidi with first wife Marietta Boeker, but she drowned in the couple’s swimming pool [...]

It's fantastic to be a dad again at 59, says Status Quo's Rick Parfitt as he shows off his beautiful IVF twins

Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008

He has enjoyed many a sleepless night in more than four decades of Rockin' All Over the World. But Status Quo's Rick Parfitt can now expect to be kept up through the night for very different reasons.

First picture of Status Quo Rick Parfitt's miracle IVF twins

Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008

He has enjoyed many a sleepless night in more than four decades of Rockin' All Over the World. But Status Quo's Rick Parfitt can now expect to be kept up through the night for very different reasons.