Now, the musical is not my favourite medium. In fact, I really don't like them. But I do think it's a shame that new and possibly interesting musicals are not getting stage time in favour of a poor plot against the backdrop of a band's back catalogue of songs. Don't get me wrong though. I'm not singling out Status Quo for special criticism, but, if reports are correct, they are the latest in the increasingly long line of artists who want to parlay their tunes into a West End hit.
Veteran rockers Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt have apparently said they would like to do a musical, and to get sell-out extraordinaire Ben Elton involved. Parfitt says: "It's been mentioned and I'd like to think it would be popular. I'd like Ben Elton to write it. We'd open it at Butlin's holiday camp [where he and Rossi met] and end it with me dying on stage. If I'm going to have a heart attack, then there's no better place to do it."