“Sorry if I interrupt you, I haven’t got long left,” Francis Rossi boldly declares, with a cheeky glint in his eye. He’s joking, of course.
For, at the age of 71 (he’s 72 in a fortnight, but doesn’t want reminding) the Status Quo legend has adopted a strict health regime to ensure he doesn’t Roll Over Lay Down any time soon.
There’s swimming, stomach crunching, hour-long fitness sessions, walking, fruit and veg super-smoothies, vitamins and herbal supplements aplenty.
This is post-lockdown Rossi, working hard to claw back the years. But at the same time he’s not afraid to have a pop at his own potential fragility, declaring: “Some of us need to die off.
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