Clyde Auditorium, GlasgowSave for the Rolling Stones, whom they turn 50 just behind, no other major British rock band has outlasted Status Quo. Conservatively sheared these days, core duo Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt's mullets have been less fortunate, and so has Rossi's septum, a casualty of the cocaine years. The south London 12-bar‑boogie merchants' credibility, meanwhile, was arguably stillborn.But however you slice it, a half-century in rock'n'roll without dropping is no mean feat...
Guardian Music — Clyde Auditorium, GlasgowSave for the Rolling Stones, whom they turn 50 just behind, no other major British rock band has outlasted Status Quo. Conservatively sheared th... more info