The 2010s
Rossi and Parfitt were awarded the OBE in the New Year Honours 2010 for their services to music. Their long-standing work for charities includes The Prince's Trust, British Heart Foundation and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.
Classic Rock magazine reported on 17 March 2010 that the band has patched up their relationship with Alan Lancaster, and are discussing the possibility of a collaboration in the future. The article stated "While the band are back on friendly terms with Alan, it's unlikely we'll see any future reunion, with Quo continuing as normal and Lancaster busy with charity events and overseeing the activities of his son's band The Presence".
On 20 September 2010, Status Quo was honoured with a plaque commemorating their first gig at the Welcome Inn in Well Hall Road, Eltham, where the band first performed in 1967.
On 26 September 2010, a new version of "In the Army Now" was released through Universal / UMC. All profits from this updated and lyrically reworked version will be donated equally to the British Forces Foundation and Help For Heroes charities.
A box set of sessions, live concerts and TV appearances at the BBC was released on 25 October 2010, titled Live at the BBC. The full 7CD version (+DVD) covers almost all appearances, while the 2CD and 4CD version present some highlights.
Their twenty ninth studio album, Quid Pro Quo, was released in a deluxe format exclusively at Tesco on 30 May 2011. The regular edition was released elsewhere on 7 June. The album peaked at number 10 in the UK chart.
An excerpt from "Pictures of Matchstick Men" drove the beat of a Target Corporation TV spot in 2011.
December 2011 saw Status Quo undertake their first all arenas UK winter tour. Quo also performed for the first time at the O2 arena in London. The tour was dubbed Quofest and featured Roy Wood and Kim Wilde as support for all shows. They joined the band during the encore.
In August 2011, Status Quo began filming their first cinematic documentary with film director Alan G Parker. Entitled Hello Quo!, the production will open in cinemas on 22 October 2012. A Blu-ray/DVD release will follow, through Anchor Bay Productions, on 29 October 2012. The movie includes contributions from Brian May, Jeff Lynne, Cliff Richard, Joe Elliott, Paul Weller, Joe Brown, Jim Lea, Andy Scott and Steve Diggle.
In April 2012, Status Quo announced they were shooting their first feature film, over several weeks in Fiji. A 90-minute action comedy, entitled 'Bula Quo!', (taking its name from the islanders' traditional Fijian greeting, and also referencing the title of the band's best-selling album, Hello!) featuring the band as themselves, and also starring Jon Lovitz, Craig Fairbrass and Laura Aikman. The film is to be directed by Stuart St. Paul. The film's producer is Tim Major and is aimed for international release in May 2013.
On 9 July 2012, the band released the single "The Winner" for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In July 2012, Coles, an Australian national supermarket chain, signed Status Quo to record a version of 'Down Down' using Coles' tag line 'Down, down, prices are down'. In November 2012, Coles continued thir association with Status Quo, producing a series of television adverts with the band appearing and performing "It's Christmas Time".
December 2012 will see Quo tour under the Quofest banner for a second year, supported by Bonnie Tyler and Eddie and the Hot Rods.
There will be a reunion of the celebrated line-up (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan) in March 2013, and they are scheduled to record an album and tour that year. But the project will exist alongside the current line-up of the band, which will also release a new record next year. This will be the soundtrack to their movie 'Bula Quo!', which will contain six re-recorded tracks and six new songs.
The band will stage a 5 date reunion tour of the UK in March 2013.
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