Status Quo guitarist Richie Malone is our guest on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 11^th September. Richie joined the band in 2016 and became a permanent member after the death of Rick Parfitt that year. His own band, The Richie Malone Band, plays the Empire Music Hall in Belfast on 25^th September.

We chatted via Zoom about his time with Status Quo, the Richie Malone Band, the upcoming show, future plans and more.

That interview can be heard on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 11^th September. The Show is available from the On Demand Player -

https://www.rockradioni.co.uk/hosts/ni-rocks-friday-rock-show

and MixCloud – https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/richie-malone-interview-on-the-friday-ni-rocks-show-11th-sept-2026/

You can also watch the interview on the NI Rocks YouTube channel

and it will be transcribed for the website shortly.

Richie Malone website - https://richiemalonemusic.lovable.app/

Friday NI Rocks Show No820 – Uploaded 11^th Sept 2026

STATUS QUO - Rockin All Over The World (2022 Version)

TYGERS OF PAN TANG - A Shadow on Fire

STORM FORCE - Anti Social Media.

BONFIRE - But We Still Rock

WARRANT - Dirty Jack

DEF LEPPARD - Rock On

STATUS QUO - Caroline (2022 Version)

Interview with RICHIE MALONE Part 1 (11min)

STATUS QUO – Whatever You Want (Live)

Interview with RICHIE MALONE Part 2 (7min)

STATUS QUO – Get Out of My Head

Interview with RICHIE MALONE Part 3 (12min)

STATUS QUO - Don’t Think It Matters

STATUS QUO – Face The Music

THE SOUTHERN RIVER BAND - Stan Qualen

A LITTLE BITTER - Further I Crawl

SABATON - Light in the Black

SKILLET – Rebirthing

KING KRAKEN - Shadows Fall

FIREWIND - The Legend of Achilles

DELAIN – Frozen

JORN – Blacksong

WHITESNAKE - Slow An’ Easy (Live)

THE DAVY K PROJECT - The Loner (Live)