We’ll be at the Roxy Music reunion tour, even if Brian Eno obviously won’t be
The original lineup is making its return—but don't get your hopes up about Brian Eno joining them
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Bryan Ferry played Roxy Music’s seminal album Avalon on his 2019 solo tour that celebrated the album. Three years later, Roxy Music is properly reuniting for the first time in a decade to celebrate its 50th anniversary. You can expect to see Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera, and Paul Thompson share the stage again.
Given how the tour is celebrating the band’s big half-century anniversary, you’d think that maybe they could convince Brian Eno to come back for this tour as a one-off thing, but that’s obviously not happening. Though we’re not getting Eno, the tour does have a pretty exciting and fitting opener: St. Vincent. She’ll open all tour dates except Boston (sorry Bostonians).
The tour kicks off this September, starting in Toronto. The North American leg isn’t making many stops, but it does hit most major cities like New York City, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC.
Tickets are currently on presale until April 1 at 5 p.m. local time, and regular tickets will be available starting on April 4 at 10 a.m. local time. There will also be VIP tickets available, if you want to splurge on merch exclusives, food, and sitting very close to the stage (this doesn’t include a meet-and-greet where sauced up moms get to hit on Ferry).
Tour dates are listed below.
Roxy Music 50th anniversary reunion tour dates
September 7 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON
September 9 – Capital One Arena – Washington, DC
September 12 – Madison Square Garden – New York City, NY
September 15 – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA
September 17 – TD Garden – Boston, MA*
September 19 – United Center – Chicago, IL
September 21 – Moody Center – Austin, TX
September 23 – American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX
September 26 – Chase Center – San Francisco, CA
September 28 – The Forum – Los Angeles, CA
October 10 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, UK
October 12 – AO Arena – Manchester, UK
October 14 – The O2 – London, UK
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I don’t think anyone was expecting or asking about Brian Eno’s involvement in a reunion tour for a band for which he only participated in the first two albums.Guess you gotta pad that word count somehow.
I mean, Eno was a very famous member of the band. You’re going to impugn the writer’s ethics over the reasonable decision to reference the band’s first or second most famous member? Are you always a cunt?
Kind of weird how the headline and the article are directly opposed on how we’re supposed to feel about this.
The AvClub is truly in its cubist phase: they include every perspective so each of us can find a stance worth arguing against.
After Eno left, they became a soft rock band.
Yeah, love is the drug is pretty soft rock, derrr
No they didn’t. They made three more fantastic glam rock albums, then reunited in the late seventies as a soft rock band. Even Eno thinks Stranded is one of their best.
Most of their best work was after Eno left, but those first two albums are supremely special. No album is as smooth as Avalon. Also, it really blows my mind that at a time when most bands were started by people in their late teens or very early 20s, Bryan Ferry didn’t start Roxy Music until he was 26 years old.
Ever heard of a thing called “Stranded?” That record ROCKS.
Ever heard of a thing called “Stranded?” That record ROCKS.
For reals. Don’t tell me Mother of Pearl is soft rock.They were pure glam for at least 2-3 albums; Avalon is probably the album the op is thinking of.
Because they were sick and tired of being known as an “Eno Band!”
He won’t be part of the reunion but he does plan on releasing Ambient Music 5: Music for Cash-Ins.
maybe they could convince Brian Eno to come back for this tour as a one-off thing, but that’s obviously not happening uh, why? why is that not happening? I assumed from the title some explanation would be given why he wasn’t joining? did I miss something that was “obvious” to others but not me?
Right, am I supposed to be really up on the gossip around Roxy Music and Brian Eno to understand that duh totally obviously he won’t be playing with them?
Brian Eno. He just isn’t going to do that sort of thing. If you know anything at all about Brian Eno and/or Roxy Music, it is, indeed, obvious. If you do not know anything at all about Brian Eno and/or Roxy Music, then this might seem opaque, yes. Sometimes things are mysterious.
Thanks for clearing that up.
I thought it was the whole Brian Eno / Roxy Music thing.
That’s the weird thing: Eno was a member for two albums, then went along on his merry way. Though those two albums are unimpeachable, Roxy Music enjoyed great artistic and commercial success after him; their two bigger singles Love is the Drug and More than This are from post-Eno albums. Roxy Music is associated more with Bryan Ferry than Brian Eno, and those who are fans of Eno, Roxy, or Ferry, know fully well Eno’s Roxy days are behind him and that there’s zero chance he’d be involved with a tour (and not even out of acrimony; he’s just done with the project and doesn’t really do touring anyway). If you have the knowledge to wonder if Brian Eno would be on Roxy music tour, you also have the knowledge to immediately quell the question.So even including him in the article is dumb as shit.
I am still kicking myself for not seeing Temple of the Dog at MSG before Chris Cornell left us. Roxy Music is an amazing band I have never seen live and want to see.I hope they don’t sell out before I get tickets. Fuck scalpers.
Always loved Roxy music’s songs, but never saw a picture of them before.Yeesh. That look hasn’t aged well.
the hell you say. that look is totally IN again.
That look has never truly gone out (in my mind).
I swear GQ once called Bryan Ferry “the original art school boobie dazzler” and I think that’s the only thing anyone should ever say about Roxy Music.
Whenever Ferry’s name comes up, I can’t help thinking of his cheeky but oh-so-appropriate nickname, courtesy of the British press – ‘Byron Ferrari’.
Seeing Paul Thompson in the line up is exciting and encouraging. His absence from latter day Roxy albums is notable in the band’s whole vibe. Eddie Jobson has a songwriting credit with the band and appeared on three (superior) studio and one live album, would be nice to have him on synth and violin.Saw them live at the Cow Palace in Oakland on the Manifesto tour. Terrible sound in an unforgiving atmosphere. Would like something slightly more intimate this time around.
It’s a bunch of arena shows – so no, not intimate at all
I’m no math major, but not sure how an album that came out in 1982 could have a 45th anniversary tour 37 years after it was released.
“Sauced up moms” you say? This sauced up Grandma is younger than Ferry and would totally hit on him.
And my grandson (and his parents) lives close to where they’ll be in LA!ETA: I just looked it up and Ferry is only a few years younger than my Mom! Too old for this Grandma.
why is it obvious? explain.