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QUO SPLIT - SHOCK

STATUS QUO's nine-date British tour next March will be their last, RECORD MIRROR can exclusively reveal.

The band, due to celebrate their 20th anniversary in the music business in 1982 have decided to "knock it on the head" while they're still on top. But the group will be making a special full-length feature film early next year, which will be shown in rock venues that the Quo would have visited.

Lead guitarist Francis Rossi told RECORD MIRROR this week: "We'd like fans to celebrate our 20th anniversary with us in a slightly different way. We feel they'd enjoy watching a film of us in action just as much as a tour. And we'll make sure that they get the same amount of volume, you can bet on that!"

Quo's decision to give up touring has been the subject of much speculation over the last year. They didn't tour at all in 1980, and now it's likely that they'll spend most of their time in the studio... and making films.

"There's never a time when you get too old to rock and roll," said Rossi, "but a band like us has got to branch out some time. I'm not saying I'm ever going to be Clint Eastwood but we've been looking into the film business for some time.

"We have been offered scripts, but you don't just rush into any old part. So we've decided to do it the way we've always done it... ourselves."

The film, provisionally titled 'The Boys In Blue', will be directed by Julian Temple - the man who made the Sex Pistols' film 'The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'.

Image caption: STATUS QUO: seen and not forgotten