Thanks to the following bands who played at the 2019 Status Quo Fan Club Convention
Rhino’s Revenge had been out on the road throughout 2018/19 and we were thrilled to have them back at
convention, this time with a different line-up:
John ‘Rhino’ Edwards
Jim Kirkpatrick on guitar
Richard Newman on drums
Convention regulars JCQ once again completed our weekend. The band are more popular than ever and continue to have a full diary – we were delighted to welcome them back.
The band are:
John Coghlan on drums and percussion
Mick Hughes on vocals and guitar
Rick Chase on vocals and bass guitar
Pete Mace on vocals and guitar
When Rick Parfitt Jnr appeared on stage at the Status Quo Convention in 2017 there wasn’t a dry eye in the place and this time Rick agreed to bring his own band.
Before the event Rick commented: “Looking forward to being back and this time bringing my band. BIG BIG rock show planned for you xxx”
Status Quotes hail from Holland and we are extremely pleased that they agreed to headline for us on the Friday night.
The band are:
Toon Eppink on guitar and vocals
Raymond Nijenhuis on guitar and vocals
Harry Kruisselbrink – bass/harmonica/vocals
Rens Hardijzer on drums
Another welcome return to convention. Jackie, famous for ‘is there anybody out there that wants to rock’, was accompanied by his band
Who could forget Stated Quo’s version of ‘Get Down Get With It’ at the 2015 convention? We were delighted to have them back!
The band are:
Mike Grady on vocals, lead guitar, harmonica
Jimmy Glynn on vocals, rhythm guitar and harmonica
Simon Fenton on vocals and bass guitar
Al Bowerbank on drums
State of Quo are one of the UK’s longest-established and most popular Status Quo tribute bands. The band started out in 1995 and have had several line-up changes since then.
They have played countless gigs all over the UK and Europe.
The band are:
Paul Carr on vocals and rhythm guitar
Ian Hill on vocals and lead guitar
Dave Owen on drums
Brian Smith on bass guitar
Piledriver hail from Essen in Germany. Formed over 20 years ago they bring their own style to the classic 70s Quo sound. They played a mix of Quo classics and their own original material
The band are:
Peter Wagner on lead guitar
Marc Hermann on bass guitar
Rudi Peeters on keyboards
Tim Dermuth on drums
Michael Sommerhoff on rhythm guitar
Ryders Creed opened the 2017 Status Quo Convention and following the great feedback from then were pleased to announce they agreed to open the 2019 event as well.
The band are:
Ryan Hulme on Vocals
Lee Spencer on Guitar
Myles Cooper on Guitar
Richard Clark on Bass Guitar
Lee Gilbert on Drums