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Thu 12 Dec 2009OBE for hard-living rockers delighted at status quo
CONFIRMING THAT conformity comes with longevity, Status Quo’s ageing rockers Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi have joined the establishment – accepting OBEs in today’s new year’s honours list.
Still rockin’ all over the world at 61 and 60 respectively, the men behind one of Britain’s most successful, and hard-living, bands for the past four decades have been recognised for services to music and to charity.
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