Status Quo and Texas are the latest acts to announce outdoor Forest gigs this summer. Status Quo will play Thetford Forest, Suffolk on June 9, while Texas are due to appear at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire on July 17.  Read more 

Glastonbury's Emily Eavis has drafted in Florence & The Machine, La Roux, Status Quo and artists Damien Hirst and Rolf Harris for the Oxfam eBay auction raising money for the Haiti disaster fund. On Friday Damon Albarn, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, DJ Shadow and many more music stars donated items to the Glastonbury/Oxfam organised sale and over £35,000 has been bid in just two days.  Read more 

Status Quo have been confirmed as the first headliners of GuilFest 2010. The rock veterans, who have sold 118million records since they first hit the charts in 1967, will close the Surrey festival on Sunday July 18th.  Read more 

Rolf Harris has confirmed that he has teamed up with Status Quo's Rick Parfitt to record a Christmas single. The song, titled 'Christmas In The Sun', is taken from the compilation album 'It's Christmas Time' and is released on December 7.  Read more 

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has slammed Status Quo after the band's guitarist accused the Manchester group of looking “bored shitless” onstage. Francis Rossi said Oasis's lack of physicality didn't embody rock'n'roll and that singer Liam Gallagher pretended to act like a “grumpy” faced 20-year-old onstage.  Read more