FRANCIS ROSSI: ALBUM, BOOK SPOKEN WORD TOUR IN 2O19

Written by Malcolm Dome on November 14, 2018

Status Quo co-founder Francis Rossi going to be very busy next year.

Firstly, he will be releasing an album titled ‘We Talk Too Much’ with vocalist Hannah Rickard. This is due out on March 15 via earMUSIC/Edel. The previous day, his autobiography ‘I Talk Too Much’ is published by Little Brown. Rossi wrote this in collaboration with top journalist Mick Wall. And the pair are teaming up for a spoken word tour. The dates are: Whitley Bay Playhouse March 20, Stirling Albert Halls 21, Kilmarnock Grand Halls 22, Dunfermline Carnegie Hall 23, Greenock Beacon Arts Centre 24, Leamington Royal Spa Centre 27, Lincoln New Theatre Royal 28, Shrewsbury Theatre Seven 29, Birmingham Town Hall 30, Crewe Lyceum 31, Richmond Theatre April 3, Coventry Albany Theatre 4, Porthcawl Grand Pavilion 5, Brierley Hill Civic Hall 6, Preston Guild Hall 7, Bury St. Edmunds Apex 24, Cheltenham Town Hall 25, Swindon Wyvern Theatre 26, Watford Colosseum 27, Southend Palace Theatre 28, Lancaster Grand Theatre May 1, Harrogate Theatre 2, Newark Palace Theatre 3, Leeds City Varieties 4, Loughborough Town Hall 5, Reading Hexagon 8, Worthing Pavilion 9, Hayes Beck Theatre 10, Bromley Churchill Theatre 11, Wycombe Swan Theatre 12, Aldershot Princes Hall 15, Exeter Corn Exchange 16, Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall 17, Clacton West Cliff Theatre 18, Dartford Orchard Theatre 19, King’s Lynn Corn Exchange 20.

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