Richie Malone launched his own official website on 4th September. The site provided information about Richie and his forthcoming gigs, as well as offering his official merchandise.
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Richie was interviewed by Frank Mitchell on Belfast's U105 radio on 4th September. This was a good promo interview for his gig with his own band later in the month in Belfast and Richie spoke well about his backstory in joining Quo. Listen to the interview here. |
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Richie was interviewed by Pamela Ballantine on UTV Life on 4th September, another promo for his forthcoming Belfast gig with The Richie Malone Band. The interview was preceded by a clip from the Wacken gig and then Richie answered questions about joining Quo, his life on the road with them, his old band Raid and, of course, his new venture, The Richie Malone Band. Richie came across well as always and the host seemed well informed too, so it was a great little promo for him. The interview can be seen in full here. | 
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Richie was interviewed by Kurtis Reid for an article which appeared in the Belfast Telegraph on 5th September.
The piece largely focuses on how different the music industry is today and how difficult it is for young, up and coming bands to get a break. The usual Quo backstory is also covered and the inevitable future of Quo also gets a mention!
Read the article - page 1 and page 2.
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Richie was interviewed by Roisin Gorman for an article which appeared in the Sunday World on 6th September.
Richie discusses how he almost pulled out of the audition for the Quo job as well as some of the difficult times facing the social media from some so-called Quo fans.
Read the article here.
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Rhino played the second of two nights with The Blue Water Giants on 6th September when the band acted as the Sunday headliners at BunkFest in Wallingford, South Oxfordshire.
A great video of their performance of "King" from this festival is available on the band's YouTube channel.
Richie was interviewed by Nigel Jackson from Rock Radio Northern Ireland on 9th September.
The 30-minute interview (conducted online with Richie in his studio) started off by discussing The Richie Malone Band, which was nice to see. They then talked about Richie's involvement with The Quo Story and Belgian Quo Band.
Richie's journey from fan to member of the band occupied the bulk of the rest of the interview. He talked about the experiences and favourite gigs, as well as his contributions to the "Backbone" album. Going back in time, they also chatted about Richie's original band, Raid.
To close out the interview, he was asked to pick a Quo song to play and he chose "Don't Think It Matters" off the "Quo" album.
Richie was interviewed on The Rig Rundown podcast as part of his Belfast gig promo, with the interview being published as episode 48 on their podcast on YouTube on 14th September.
The 45-minute interview (conducted in person with Richie at the AC Marriot Hotel in Belfast) started off by discussing The Richie Malone Band. They then moved on to Richie's origin story in music and starting off with his first Telecaster. They also chatted about his original band, Raid.
Richie's journey from fan to member of the band again occupied the bulk of the rest of the interview. He spoke fondly of playing the Wacken festival and also his experiences with The Quo Story and Belgian Quo Band. He handled the inevitable questioning about the future of Quo well too.
He talked about his vocal warmup routine and his amp setup for the new band (using an ex-Quo Marshall from 1996). His contributions to the "Backbone" album took the interviewer by surprise. The interview wrapped up by teasing the possibility of new recorded material by The Richie Malone Band.
Richie was in good form during this interview but the podcast was let down by some very poor quality audio in places unfortunately.
Richie was interviewed by John Colleary on Ireland's Ocean FM radio on 17th September.
Richie told his story of moving from Quo fan to band member before talking about his forthcoming Belfast gig with the Richie Malone Band.
Listen to the full ten-minute interview here.
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The second of Francis's releases of demos of Quo songs hit the shelves on 25th September, in the shape of "The Way We Were (Volume 2)". It was made available as a double vinyl LP set and a single CD.
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Rhino played with The Blue Water Giants on 26th September when the band headlined The Shipyard stage at the Southampton International Boat Show.
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Francis was interviewed by Gyles Brandreth for The Rosebud Podcast and the hour-long interview was published on 29th September.
Gyles did an amazing job of drawing out some incredible stories from Francis. This is an interview quite unlike any other with Francis and worth watching in full!
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