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Bryan Ferry (born 26 September 1945) is a singer-songwriter from Washington, Tyne and Wear, England who is perhaps best recognized as the frontman of the 1970s experimental rock act Roxy Music. Through his stint with Roxy Music and his solo career Ferry helped define the glam/art rock movement.

Ferry was born into a working class family and was a son of a coal miner/ farm laborer. Despite Ferry’s family background he pursued a completely opposite career path. He studied fine art at the University of Newcastle and went on to become a pottery teacher at Holland Park School in London. During the late 60s Ferry became involved with several bands including his school band The City Blues and the Beatles influenced group The Banshees.

By 1968 Ferry devoted the entirety of his attention to music and in 1970 he formed Roxy Music with former Banshees members Graham Simpson and John Porter. The band eventually evolved into a lineup consisting of oboist/saxophonist Andy Mackay and keyboardist/sound effects specialist Brian Eno.The band completed it’s final stage of formation after the addition of Paul Thompson and Phil Manzanera and in 1972 they released their first hit “Virginia Plain”.

Roxy Music followed up “Virginia Plain” with a succession of other hit songs and albums. Brian Eno was heavily involved in the production and writing process of Roxy Music; however, after his departure in 1973 Bryan Ferry took full reign of the band. Also by 1973 Ferry started his own solo career in sequence to his work with Roxy Music. Ferry released music profusely throughout the 70s. In 1973 he released his solo album “These Foolish Things” as well as two studio albums “For Your Pleasure” and “Stranded” with Roxy Music. Ferry followed those releases with another solo album “Another Time, Another Place” and an additional Roxy Music album “Country Life”. The following year Ferry put out the album “Siren” with Roxy Music before taking a brief break from the band.

During Roxy Music’s period of inactivity, Ferry released 3 studio albums including: 1976’s “Let’s Stick Together”, 1977’s “In Your Mind” and 1978’s “The Bride Stripped Bare”. He returned to Roxy Music in 1979 and put out three more albums with the group: 1979’s “Manifesto” 1980’s “Flesh + Blood” and 1982’s “Avalon”.

“Avalon” was the last album released by Roxy Music and following the band’s break up Ferry delved back into his solo career, releasing his highest praised album yet “Boys and Girls”. “Boys and Girls” featured a killer lineup of guest musicians ranging from Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler to Chic’s Nile Rodgers. The album was a critical and commercial success, proving to be Ferry’s first album to reach No.1 on the UK charts. Ferry continued the trend of recruiting high profile guitarists (his next album “Bete Noire” featured Johnny Marr of the Smiths).

Ferry released a compilation of cover songs in 1993 entitled “Taxi” and in 1994 released an album of originals entitled “Mamouna”. Ferry’s next release “As Time Goes By” did not come out until 5 years later. The album was a collection of standards and was proceeded by a short promotional tour.

Ferry reconnected with Roxy Music after the release of “As Time Goes By” and embarked on a European and US tour with the band. This touring stint ended the group’s 10+ year hiatus.

Ferry returned to his solo career in 2002 with the release of his album “Frantic”. “Dylanesque” (a collection of Bob Dylan covers) followed in 2007 and featured past collaborators of Ferry such as Brian Eno and Robin Trower.

Through the label Astralwerks he issued his 13th studio album “Olympia” and in 2012 he put out “Jazz Age”, which was a compilation of previously released material spanning Ferry’s career and delivered in 1920s era jazz style.

On his 15th studio album “Avonmore” Ferry stayed true to the classic smooth pop sound he is so recognized for. The album reached No. 19 on the UK charts and included guest spots from Johnny Marr and Nile Rodgers.

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There was a great amount of anticipation for this concert and San Francisco fashionistas came out in their artsy glory.

Ferry's voice was beautiful, on tune and beat and the band was extremely tight, sharing subtle smiles and eye contact for transitional moments in songs.

The set list was a masterpiece, starting out with upbeat well known songs such as Avonmore from Ferry's recent album, then moving into Driving Me Wild before slinking into Slave To Love and Don't Stop The Dance. Ladytron and Oh Yeah were a lovely transition into a cover of Dylan's Don't Think Twice and Jerome Kern's Smoke Gets In your Eyes.

I found the middle section of the concert to be moody and thoughtful starting with a haunting violin on Bete Noir that led into Zamba followed by a magnificent clarinet performance on Tara that took us into Take A Chance. The audience rose to its feet as this song finished. Then Ferry led the audience through a few more sultry songs such as Re-make Re-model, In Every Dream Home A Heartache and If there Is Something. When the band broke into More Than This, the mood elevated followed by Avalon and then broke into a party with Love Is The Drug and Virginia Plain. This reviewer was impressed with the attentiveness of the audience when Ferry, at the end of the song gave the audience a chance to call out the name of the song exactly on cue. Ferry smiled as he moved into a brilliant performance of Let's Stick Together with all instruments playing in magnificent balance, both tonally and in beat. This was followed up by a very beautiful cover of Lennon's Jealous Guy. You could hear a pin drop during this song. Finally the band moved to Do The Strand which had everyone standing and cheering.

All in all a fabulous performance that has me wishing I had seen Ferry on his previous trip through the Bay Area 4 years earlier. Kudos to a true master musician, now one of the elder statesmen of rock and roll.

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One can only hope that the Bryan Ferry who formed Roxy Music in 1971 and yearned for the age of Humphrey Bogart and long lost Hollywood glamour would look at what he would later become in 2014 and be proud. Since his band has been on an uncertain hiatus Ferry has taken to performing with his own orchestra as well as a Rock band. That in and of itself would probably bring a smile to his twenty six year old self, but soon after that he’d realize just how amazingly well his orchestra brings his unmistakeable back catalogue to life, with grace and aplomb to spare, and he’d become the only man in the world who actively wants to be pushing 70 when coming up to his twenty seventh birthday. After four decades making music in a kaleidoscope of styles and forms the Bryan Ferry Orchestra and his band fit every single one of them like they were born to play it. Waltzing through lesser known cuts from Ferry’s solo work then bringing the house down Roxy Music classics like Do The Strand and More Than This. Ferry himself is as perfect a showman as you can possibly get, his velveteen purr of a voice in perfect condition and happy to perform as every incarnation of himself, from the soul-man, the proto-punk all the way to the last crooner standing at the party to end all parties. Every one of them feels like the truth because they are all extensions of him, and not many artists these days can perform and make it feel like the truth, much less actually have it be the truth. It’s a sight and a sound unlike anything else around, and if any fan of rock’s rich history, underground or overground get the chance to see it live, then they’ll remember it for the rest of their life.

I think of the Mountain Winery as the place where old rockstars to go to die. And while, at 71, Bryan Ferry certainly qualifies as one of rock's senior statesmen, I think he's got a lot of life in him yet. The venue was inappropriate for an innovator like Ferry who can still pull out the stops on songs as delightful as "Virginia Plain" or "Remake Remodel" --which sound just as brilliant as the day back in the early 70s when they arrived.

Perhaps because he wasn't touring to support a particular album, the setlist was heavy on Roxy Music material as opposed to his solo material but, ever since he started recording his own songs as a solo artist, it's always been hard to draw the line between the band and his solo career so this didn't bother me. We were treated to songs from his entire career, not just "Slave to Love" and "Love is the Drug" but lesser known songs such as "Stronger Through The Years," and the usual transcendent covers including John Lennon's "Jealous Guy", Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane," and Bob Dylan's "Simple Twist of Fate". Aside from a lackluster, tossed away version of "More Than. This" from Roxy's beloved "Avalon", I enjoyed every minute and it was worth the long drive from San Francisco. Hope he plays somewhere more appropriate next time.

There are some artists who you struggle to summate into a sentence or two due to their impressive career and influence on the music industry, I would consider Bryan Ferry to be one of these musicians. Originally a member of the popular Roxy Music, he went on to have a popular solo career and has so far accumulated album sales of over 30 million worldwide.

Now almost 70 years old, he continues to tour globally as there is still a huge demand to see the classic performer live. It is evident Bryan continues to think about the principles of the live experience as each tour includes different tracks and new arrangements. The vast array of instrumentalists joining him onstage gives a new dimension to classic tracks such as 'Slave To Love'. The latest tour features a large amount of music from his days with Roxy Music and reimagined with his new backing band, 'Love Is the Drug' and 'Stronger Through The Years' sound as great as ever. There is still preference for 'Virginia Plain' and Bryan saves this for a penultimate performance before an epic finale of 'Editions of You'.

Great show, but not enough solo material.

The setlist, as shown below, reflects that this was more a walk down Roxy music Lane than Bryan Ferry Solo. which is fine with me, but he has such a iconic history or solo music I wonder why he did not expand the list further. I will go see him again, hopefully next time I go see him play he will perform more songs than the limited number of as shown below.

Driving Me Wild,

Slave to Love

Ladytron (Roxy Music song)

Oh Yeah (Roxy Music song)

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob Dylan cover)

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Jerome Kern cover)

Stronger Through the Years (Roxy Music song)

Tara (Roxy Music song)

Take a Chance with Me (Roxy Music song)

If There Is Something (Roxy Music song)

More Than This (Roxy Music song)

Avalon (Roxy Music song)

Love Is the Drug (Roxy Music song)

Virginia Plain (Roxy Music song)

Let's Stick Together (Wilbert Harrison cover)

Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover)

As always Bryan was his wonderfull self. The songs were great: what a opener! Waste land, windswept....and of course the classics.

I was really looking forward to the extra input from the Metropole Orchestra.... but the sound was terrible. It seemed as the orchestra was playing in another room. You could hear them but the balance wasn't right. I was seated in the front rows, the best- most expensive- seats.

I guess that the Lotto Arena in Antwerp is not suited for that kind of venues. Little bit disappointed.

It remains a great idea and the songs of Bryan can rise to another level with a orchestra behind him, but not in a concrete bunker.

Bryan Ferry hasn't lost a fan! After more than 20 shows over more than 35 years he still remains my hero. He never lets me down.

Untill next time!

Greetings, Dirk Van de Veire

Bryan Ferry was OK, adding 2 of my favorites to his setlist. Was it because of my tweet? I'd like to think so.

Does anybody know why the roadies throw away the setlists, instead of giving them to the fans? Tearing them up in our faces and saying, it's only paper, that just isn't ok.

If a concert was only light in different wavelengths and moving air, that wouldn't be worth 75 euro's. It's the emotion and the meories.

Also, this concert was organised by Greenhouse Talent, and they use apparently low schooled security staff. They don't know how to pad you down, some of them were actually rude (there were also real friendly ones), and something we call "autipas" was unknown to almost all of them.

The security staff ruined my evening. I wish I hadn't gone.

I flew from Tel Aviv to see Bryan ferry in Glasgow.

Bryan was on the stage with additional 10 artists from his backing band.

At first it seemed he will sing only songs from his new (unknown by most of the crowd) album…

But the second part of the show was the most amazing one, with lots of known songs,and supporting crowd who rose from their chairs, to go and stand by the stage, and sing along with Bryan all the songs.

Moreover, the girl on the saxophone and the wonderful back vocal singer were amazing.

The show is a must to Bryan ferry lovers! Well worth the flight…

Great performance artist. Never disappoints his singing, his song selections.

This time with better sounds and arrangements to classic songs kept them fresh.

The only bad thing about the concert is the venue, Humphrey's by the Bay should make this a concert venue already and arrange the seating (angled) so that everybody has a clear view of the stage. If you are shorter that 6 feet, be ready to not be able to even see the top of the head of performers.

Back to Ferry, great mix of Roxy Music and his solo career.

Can miss his rendition of Jealous Guy.

Bryan Ferry showed it again in Amsterdam: he stil got it! He knows how to entertain a crowd and fully enjoys himself while doing that! His voice was kind of soft at the start of the concert but grew during the night. A lot of greatest hits from the Roxy Music period as well as from his solo work made it a great evening and a show to remember. Paradiso in Amsterdam is not that big but he still managed to play there with 9 musicians and rock his socks and our socks off!

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Bryan Ferry tour 2024 announced : Roxy Music announced details of their 2022 tour dates in the UK and North America. The shows at the end of this year will mark the first time that Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson have been on stage together since the 2011 For Your Pleasure tour. Legendary British artist Bryan Ferry - widely considered a master of the cover song - announced today that he will be releasing new interpretations of four classic love songs on May 6 at BMG. The Love Letters EP will be Bryan Ferry’s first entirely new recording to be released since 2018.

Today, Ferry shares the title track "Letters of Love", in his words "a beautiful poignant ballad with a simple piano with a field flavor", originally written by Victor Young and Edward Heyman, recorded by Dick Haymes in 1945 and later popularized by Ketty Lester in 1961. This year you’ll also see Roxy Music reissue their eight studio albums as special anniversary editions, with a new half-speed cut, revised artwork and a glossy laminate luxury finish. The first two Lps, Roxy Music and For Your Pleasure, will be released on April 1. Led by Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music is best known for the big hits of the 1970s and 1980s, including 'More Than This', 'Dance Away' and 'Avalon'. Bryan Ferry 2024 tickets .

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Roxy Music to Reunite for First North American Tour in Nearly 20 Years

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Two years removed from their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, Roxy Music will reunite this September for the art-rockers’ first North American tour together in nearly two decades.

Founding members Bryan Ferry , Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera, and Paul Thompson have announced a 10-date, 50th-anniversary arena trek that begins Sept. 7 at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena and concludes Sept. 28 at Los Angeles’ the Forum. Along the way, the reunited act will take the stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden, San Francisco’s Chase Center, Chicago’s United Center, and other major U.S. cities.

St. Vincent will serve as a special guest for the near-entirety of the Roxy Music tour; she won’t perform at the gig at Boston’s TD Garden on Sept. 17.

The 10-date jaunt marks Roxy Music’s first tour of the U.S. since 2003, and their first trek together since their For Your Pleasure dates in 2011. Following that tour, Manzanera told Rolling Stone it was unlikely the band would ever perform together again. “I don’t think we’re going to do any more shows,” Manzanera said in 2014. “I think our job is done. When we stopped touring in 2011, Andy [Mackay] and I looked at each other and said, ‘Our job is done here.’”

However, in 2019, singer Ferry, saxophonist Mackay, and guitarist Manzanera reunited onstage — without drummer Paul Thompson — to perform six songs together at their Rock Hall induction ceremony ; also absent from the Cleveland ceremony was Roxy Music’s founding soundscapist Brian Eno.

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Tickets for the North American tour — which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the band’s 1972 self-titled debut LP — go on sale beginning April 4 . Next Friday, Roxy Music will reissue their first two albums, Roxy Music and For Your Pleasure , on vinyl, the first two releases in a year-long series of vinyl reissues.

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The North American jaunt will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band's self-titled debut album

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With the exception of its Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction performance in 2019, British art-rockers Roxy Music haven’t played in America since 2003. But the iconic band’s 13-date arena tour will not only return it to U.S. shores on Sept. 7 — it will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roxy Music’s eponymous debut, which took the music world by storm in 1972, with its eclectic mashup of musical styles and the band’s flamboyant costumes.

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Given that the group released eight studio albums between 1972 and 1982 — genre-bending adventures that spanned from rambunctious rock and ethereal elegance to quirky cacophony and smooth balladry — it’s certainly challenging for the core membership of singer-principal composer Bryan Ferry, guitarist Phil Manzanera and sax-oboe player Andy Mackay to pick what to play. Beyond fan favorites like “More Than This,” “In Every Dream Home a Heartache” and their popular cover of John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy,” one can hope that lesser-played tracks like the rollicking “Whirlwind,” the medieval-sounding “Triptych” and the ballad “Chance Meeting” (with its eerie guitar ambiance) might sneak their way into the shows.

“I’m still looking at the ideas for the set,” Ferry tells  Billboard . “I’ve got lots of songs that you feel you have to do. It would be lovely to do a show of the more obscure or deeper cuts, as you say, but I think the audience would feel disappointed if they didn’t hear the familiar ones as well.” (Both Ferry and Manzanera concur with this writer that, among other things, “Manifesto” is an underrated track.)

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“We’ve got a list of like 30 songs we’ve whittled it down to,” says Manzanera. “We’re going to try them all and see what sounds good and then pop on different ones. Maybe substitutes at different venues. What I realized, and I think we all realize it, is that we need to play some of the [other] stuff because it’ll never get heard live otherwise.”

Ferry hopes that all three phases of the band will be represented. There are the more raucous first two albums ( Roxy Music  and  For Your Pleasure ) with influential keyboardist Brian Eno; the equally eclectic but slightly smoother triumvirate of  Stranded ,  Country Life  and  Siren  with keyboardist-electric violinist Eddie Jobson; and, after the group’s late-’70s hiatus, the final trio ( Manifesto ,  Flesh and Blood  and the dreamy  Avalon ) with the core members of Ferry, Manzanera and Mackay. That last three albums featured various guests and session musicians such as pianist Richard Tee, bassists Alan Spenner and Neil Jason, drummer Simon Phillips and singer Melissa Manchester. Drummer Paul Thompson played on the band’s first six albums as well as for its 2001 reunion tour (and will join the upcoming one), while Andy Newmark performed on much of the final two studio releases.

Although Roxy Music and both Ferry and Manzanera solo have toured with larger bands (as will be the case this time), they want to be careful not to overdo anything, such as extending any songs too much. Latter albums, especially like  Avalon , were carefully sculpted to fit with Ferry’s vocal stylings and his bandmates coalescing around them. Manzanera says he has been reviewing the multitrack recordings and studying his own parts to be as faithful to the originals as possible.

When Duran Duran paid homage to the group while inducting it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, bassist John Taylor declared that without Roxy, there would be no Duran. As singer Simon Le Bon noted about the honorees’ TV debut during the ceremony, “The sound was a shock to the system — a psychedelic Sinatra crooning pop-art poetry over driving drums, over saxophones and oboes. Heavily treated electric guitars and the most out-there synthesizer parts you’d ever heard.”

The music world had been unprepared for Roxy Music’s arrival. “We used to call ourselves ‘inspired amateurs’ when we started,” recalls Manzanera. “People looked down on us to a certain extent because we hadn’t paid our dues. [David Bowie’s  The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars ] and Roxy Music’s first album were released on the same day in June 1972. For Bowie, it was his fifth album, and we appeared out of nowhere, fully formed.” He wonders what the glam pioneer must have thought of the young upstarts. When they met him, “He was so nice and sweet, but it was quite a shock.”

Over the course of its recording career, Roxy Music maintained its quirky vibe but gradually evolved into a more polished entity, and not in a blatant pop way. It just kept exploring new vistas and avoided sticking to a formula. In America, this translated into such chart achievements as logging 11 albums on the Billboard 200, with three of them reaching the top 40.

Photography and graphic design were also very important to the band, from the gorgeous models gracing its album covers to the gatefold vinyl of 1973’s  For Your Pleasure  with the band dressed in outrageous garb.

“It used to be so interesting in the old days where you waited for the film in your camera to be developed, to see if you had anything,” reminisces Ferry. “I remember when we did the first Roxy cover and the shoot, and we had to wait a couple of days for the film to be processed, then looking at it on a projector and thinking we’ve got something. I miss that excitement of when we would paste things together when we were doing the album covers and everything was done physically. There was a tactile thing about it, which I liked.”

Technological changes have not only eliminated that element, but also a sense of mystery. “I used to like how things were a bit private as well,” he says. “Everything is shared now. People film everything, and if you do a show, people are looking at it through their phones. That’s kind of weird. I like it when there’s a sense of occasion, and you’re there for the evening and it’s a special moment.”

Although Roxy’s catalog spans a broad range of styles,  Avalon remains the band’s most enigmatic album — very atmospheric, not very riff-based, ethereal and romantic. “It is an unusual record,” concurs Manzanera, “and I don’t think I really appreciated it at the time because I was wanting to rock at that moment. My antidote was [1982 solo album  Primitive Guitars ]. Ironically, it was reviewed in the same edition of  Rolling Stone  magazine, one after the other. I couldn’t believe it. I was slightly embarrassed. I found it at Sydney Airport when we were on tour, and I didn’t show it to the others. Then we didn’t work together for 18 years in terms of live. We seem to be able to come back together and play these songs live, and it unifies us because they’re fun to play.”

“[There are] a lot of love songs in there,” Ferry observes about Roxy’s output and his solo work. “Some of those songs are quite sad. A lot of the music I’ve liked by other people over the years, growing up, the sounds that drew me in, are the more melancholy things. I tend to like dark, sad songs. It’s very nice when you look through the repertoire and see the one or two songs that stand out as being different, like ‘Manifesto,’ ‘Do the Strand’ and ‘Editions of You,’ which take you into a different place. I wish there were a few more of them, but it’s nice to have that contrast in the material. Hopefully, the [shows] will represent that — light and shade.”

While the band hasn’t released an album in 40 years, its oeuvre has consistently resonated with subsequent generations. Wolf Alice, 10,000 Maniacs and the Charlie Hunter Quartet featuring Norah Jones are among the many acts who have covered “More Than This.” Ferry even sang the tune when he portrayed a nightclub singer in the 1929 Weimar Republic for the German TV series  Babylon Berlin  in 2017.

Following its 2001 reunion, Roxy Music toured America again in 2003, as well as overseas in 2005 and 2010. It also did international tours in 2005-06 and 2010-11. In between, Ferry, Manzanera and Mackay have been prolific solo artists. Ferry has a busy career — 16 studio albums, the recent EP  Love Letters  and regular tours since 2001. The singer’s love for Bob Dylan manifested in some of his early solo efforts and culminated in the 2007 covers album  Dylanesque . Manzanera has done a lot of production work, including on Pink Floyd’s  The Endless River ,   and he and Mackay have recorded a few albums together. A second collaboration between Manzanera and Tim Finn,  The Ghost of Santiago , will arrive July 29. Many fans may not know that the title track to Manzanera’s 1978 solo album,  K-Scope , was sampled for the Jay-Z/Kanye West song “No Church in the Wild” from their 2011 collaboration  Watch the Throne . Manzanera’s riff was slowed down for that tune, and he approved of the final result.

Despite Manzanera telling  Rolling Stone  in 2014 that Roxy would likely never tour again, the core trio clearly found themselves drawn back to each other. “It’s almost like a dysfunctional family,” muses Manzanera. “You get together and have an enjoyable time. Then real life comes in, and you have wives and girlfriends and family. You’re off busy doing other things. Suddenly, it’s 10 years of working for David [Gilmour], and then you have a cup of tea with Bryan. ‘Oh, that would be nice to actually work together. Did we have an argument 20 years ago? I cannot remember why.’ So we’re back to square one . . . there is just no escape,” he finishes with a laugh.

“I guess there must be a lot of mutual respect,” offers Ferry, laughing as well. “They’re both characters and have strong musical personalities, and I guess they put up with me as well for quite a few years. I don’t see a great deal of them now, but it’s always very nice when I do. I think a sense of humor always binds people together, and from those early days, it was a lot of fun. It was a lot of hard work, touring and always rushing to complete albums. Sometimes you didn’t feel you had got the album quite there. You had really strong deadlines in those days because you’re on tour next week. But [I have] very good memories, very positive memories of working together.”

“Music can bring you together,” adds Manzanera. “It is a kind of therapy for your brain and foot, and when you’re playing, it’s like meditating. If I’m onstage and I’m playing now with the other guys, I’m concentrating and drifting off. I want to learn how to play it so I don’t have to think too much. I’m just playing and enjoying that moment.”

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Roxy Music Announce First Tour in 11 Years

Roxy Music are heading out on tour for the first time in 11 years, celebrating the 50th anniversary of their debut album . The current lineup of Bryan Ferry , Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera, and Paul Thompson will play across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in September and October, supported on most of the North American dates by St. Vincent . (Support for shows in Boston and the United Kingdom has not yet been announced.) Check out the dates below. 

Roxy Music recently announced an anniversary-themed vinyl reissue campaign for all eight of their albums.

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09-07 Toronto, Onatrio - Scotiabank Arena ^ 09-09 Washington, D.C. - Capital One Arena ^ 09-12 New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden ^ 09-15 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center ^ 09-17 Boston, MA - TD Garden 09-19 Chicago, IL - United Center ^ 09-21 Austin, TX - Moody Center ^ 09-23 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center ^ 09-26 San Francisco, CA - Chase Center ^ 09-28 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum ^ 10-10 Glasgow, Scotland - OVO Hydro 10-12 Manchester, England - AO Arena 10-14 London, England - The O2

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Legendary band Roxy Music are heading back on tour to celebrate 50 years since their debut album.

Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson will be together on stage for the first time since their sold-out 2011 For Your Pleasure tour.

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In total, Roxy Music will perform 10 arena shows across North America, before arriving in the UK on October 10, 2022.

Tickets for the three UK dates will go on sale Thursday, March 31 (9am BST) here .

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• October 12 - AO Arena - Manchester, UK
• October 14 - The O2 - London, UK

This year will also see Roxy Music re-issue their eight studio albums as special anniversary editions, with a new half-speed cut, revised artwork and a deluxe gloss laminated finish.

The first 2 LPs, Roxy Music and For Your Pleasure , will be released on April 1.

Fronted by Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music are best known for big hits in the 1970s and 1980s, including 'More Than This', 'Dance Away' and 'Avalon'.

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2022 marks 50 years since the release of Roxy Music's self-titled debut album.

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Roxy Music haven't played live for over a decade, but they're going out on the road this year to mark a very special anniversary.

Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson will play 10 arena shows in North America before returning home for three UK dates.

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The concerts mark the 50th anniversary of the group's debut album Roxy Music .

Tickets for the UK shows go on sale this Thursday, March 31 at 9am via Gigs and Tours , with presales available from today.

The full UK tour dates are as follows:

• October 10 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
• October 12 – AO Arena, Manchester
• October 14 – The O2, London

Roxy Music will re-release all eight of their albums on half-speed mastered vinyl later this year.

Roxy Music and For Your Pleasure will be released on April 1, and Stranded and Country Life on April 29, with release dates for Siren and Manifesto and Flesh and Blood and Avalon to follow.

While Roxy Music's last tour was the For Your Pleasure jaunt in 2011, though Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera did reunite in 2019 for the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

While there have been occasional plans for a new Roxy Music album over the past two decades, they have not come to fruition.

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• Mon 9 Mar Leicester, De Montfort Hall Bryan Ferry
• Sat 7 Mar Manchester, Palace Theatre Bryan Ferry
• Thu 5 Mar Newcastle upon Tyne, O2 City Hall Newcastle Bryan Ferry
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• Fri 19 Jul → Sun 21 Jul Perth, Scone Palace Rewind Festival - Scotland 2019 Foreigner, Lulu, Paul Young (1), Eddi Reader, Joyce Sims…
• Sun 7 Jul London, Hyde Park Barbra Streisand, Bryan Ferry, Kris Kristofferson, Ramin Karimloo, The Kingdom Choir, Richard Marx …
• Mon 17 Jun London, Royal Albert Hall Bryan Ferry
• Tue 31 Jul Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park Bryan Ferry, Stephanie Cheape
• Thu 26 Jul → Sun 29 Jul Standon Calling Festival Site Standon Calling 2018 George Ezra, Paloma Faith, Bryan Ferry, Goldfrapp, Django Django…
• Thu 12 Jul → Sat 14 Jul NOS Alive '18 Arctic Monkeys, Nine Inch Nails, Snow Patrol, Khalid, Friendly Fires…
• Thu 3 May London, Eventim Apollo Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
• Tue 1 May London Palladium Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
• Sun 29 Apr Birmingham, Symphony Hall Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
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• Mon 23 Apr Belfast, Waterfront Hall Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
• Sat 21 Apr Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
• Thu 19 Apr Edinburgh, Usher Hall Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
• Tue 17 Apr Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
• Sun 15 Apr Newcastle upon Tyne, O2 City Hall Newcastle Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
• Fri 13 Apr O2 Apollo Manchester Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
• Wed 11 Apr Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
• Mon 9 Apr Cardiff, St David's Hall Bryan Ferry, Juanita Stein
• Wed 21 Jun East Molesey, Hampton Court Palace Bryan Ferry
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• Fri 23 Sep → Sun 25 Sep Looe Live Looe Music Festival 2016 Wilko Johnson, Ferocious Dog, Departed, The Huckleberry Finns, Bryan Ferry…
• Fri 8 Jul → Sun 10 Jul Great Tew Park Cornbury Music Festival Jamie Cullum, Soul II Soul, Wilko Johnson, Lemar, The Beat…
• Thu 7 Jul Tynemouth Priory & Castle Bryan Ferry, Nadine Shah
• Sat 11 Jun Stamford, Burghley House Bryan Ferry
• Thu 9 Jun Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre Bryan Ferry
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• Fri 22 Apr London Palladium Bryan Ferry
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• Mon 18 Apr Stirling, Albert Halls Bryan Ferry
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October 2015

• Wed 7 Oct Brighton Dome Bryan Ferry
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• Wed 27 May Sheffield City Hall and Memorial Hall Bryan Ferry
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• Sun 17 May Newcastle upon Tyne, O2 City Hall Newcastle Bryan Ferry
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• Thu 14 May Leicester, De Montfort Hall Bryan Ferry
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• Wed 9 Jul → Sun 13 Jul Henley-on-Thames, Henley Festival Site Henley Festival Bryan Ferry, Joss Stone, Burt Bacharach, The Jacksons, Headliner To Be Announced…
• Wed 25 Jun → Sun 29 Jun Glastonbury, Worthy Farm Glastonbury Festival 2014 Arcade Fire, Metallica, Kasabian, Dolly Parton, Jack White…

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• Wed 13 Nov Edinburgh, Usher Hall Bryan Ferry
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• Sun 10 Nov Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Bryan Ferry
• Sat 9 Nov Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Bryan Ferry
• Thu 7 Nov Sheffield City Hall and Memorial Hall Bryan Ferry
• Wed 6 Nov Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Bryan Ferry
• Mon 4 Nov London, Royal Albert Hall Bryan Ferry
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October 2013

• Thu 31 Oct Cambridge Corn Exchange Bryan Ferry
• Tue 29 Oct Ipswich, Regent Theatre Bryan Ferry
• Mon 28 Oct Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Bryan Ferry
• Sat 26 Oct Salford, The Lowry Bryan Ferry
• Fri 25 Oct Salford, The Lowry Bryan Ferry

September 2013

• Sat 7 Sep London, Hyde Park Bryan Ferry, Joseph Calleja, Nigel Kennedy, The BBC Concert Orchestra, The Royal Choral Society, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, The Craig Charles Fantasy Funk Band, Sir Terry Wogan, Tony Blackburn, Dame Edna Everage …
• Fri 5 Jul → Sun 7 Jul Glynde Place Jazz FM: Love Supreme Jazz Festival Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Michael Kiwanuka, Charles Bradley, Soul Rebels, Naturally7…
• Fri 13 Jul → Sun 15 Jul Guildford, Stoke Park Guilfest 2012 Jools Holland & His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra, Roland Gift, The Straits, Beth Hart, The South…

December 2011

• Thu 15 Dec London, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire Bryan Ferry
• Wed 14 Dec London, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire Bryan Ferry

September 2011

• Sat 3 Sep Edinburgh Castle Bryan Ferry
• Sat 16 Jul Brandon, Thetford Forest Bryan Ferry
• Fri 15 Jul Tetbury, Westonbirt Arboretum Bryan Ferry
• Sat 9 Jul Richmond, Kew Gardens Bryan Ferry, Sophie Ellis Bextor
• Thu 30 Jun → Sun 3 Jul Tonbridge, The Hop Farm Hop Farm Festival 2011 10cc, Ben Howard, Brandon Flowers, Bryan Ferry, City and Colour…

January 2011

• Sat 22 Jan Gateshead, Baltic Bryan Ferry
• Wed 24 Mar London, KOKO Bryan Ferry, Lily Allen, Temposhark, Samuel and The Dragon, thecocknbullkid, I Blame Coco TheCocknBullKid…

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Vladivostok is a port city located in Russia (northeastern Asia), and on Golden Horn Bay (Sea of Japan). The city covers a total area of approx 331 km2 (128 mi2) and has population around 0,6 million.

The port city is the terminus of Russia's largest Pacific railway system (Trans-Siberian Railroad) and also the main naval base of Russia's Pacific fleet. The harbor is being kept open by icebreakers during winter months and serves as base for whaling and fishing vessels. Far Eastern State University is also here. The city is a major center of scientific research.

After the port city is named the 2015-built icebreaker Vladivostok .

The town was founded in 1860 as a military outpost and grew rapidly after 1903 when the Trans-Siberian railway was completed. During 1918-1922, Vladivostok was occupied by Japanese and Allied forces.

Port Vladivostok is ice-free the whole year-round. In 2002, the port had a foreign shipping trade turnover worth USD 275 million. In 2015, a special economic zone was established within the free port.

The city's main industries/employers are the Russian naval base, cargo shipping, commercial fishing. Fishing accounts for about 4/5 of the commercial production. A major source of revenue is the Japanese cars import.

In 2012, the city hosted the 24th Summit of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum on Russky Island. In preparation for the event, the city's infrastructure was improved and two giant cable-stayed bridges were built - Zolotoy Rog Bridge (over Golden Horn Bay, city center) and Russky Bridge (connecting with Russky Island).

The 4-lane Russky Bridge (across Eastern Bosphorus strait) is the world's longest cable-stayed bridge ever constructed -(length 3,1 km / 10,200 ft). Its longest span is 1,1 km (3622 ft). The bridge's clearance above is 70 m (230 ft). The construction cost around USD 1,1 billion.

In August 2016, the Chinese ship Chinese Taishan (former Costa Voyager) made a maiden port call. Liner's operator (Bohai Cruises) soon announced the company's decision to include Vladivostok in its regularly scheduled roundtrip itineraries.

On July 31, 2017, the Peace Boat-chartered cruise ship Ocean Dream made a maiden port call in Vladivostok, with around 1200 tourists from Japan and South Korea. The voyage departed Port Kobe (Japan) on July 27th and visited Yeosu (Korea) , Vladivostok, Hakodate (Japan) , Sakaiminato-Matsue (Japan) and Busan (Korea) .

In 2017, cruise ships managed by Costa Asia ( Carnival Corporation 's subsidiary) visited Port Vladivostok 6 times. The first vessel ( Costa Victoria - max capacity 2314 passengers) docked here in May 2016. In 2017, the cruise port handled 13 ship calls. In 2016, their number was 6.

In 2018, the area near the cruise berth was dredged to allow docking of bigger vessels. On February 26 was opened port's season 2018 with Amadea ( Phoenix Reisen ) carrying over 500 passengers. Among 2018's highlights were the maiden calls by the large liners MSC Splendida (3900 pax), Costa Serena (3600 pax) and Costa Fortuna (3250 pax). On May 12, 2018, Costa Serena became the ever-largest cruise ship docking in Vladivostok. The liner carried over 3000 passengers and crew. It arrived from South Korea (roundtrip Busan itinerary) being chartered by Lotte Tours. Tourists were greeted with a live performance by Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University students (drummers, singers, dancers). The seaport and Vladivostok tour operators arranged a total of 79 buses each with a Korean-speaking tour guide.

In 2019 (March through October) were booked for berthing a total of 16 ships, among which the RCI-Royal Caribbean 's Quantum and Spectrum . Other large-sized liners were Costa Serena (5 times), Costa neoRomantica (3 times), Diamond Princess , Holland America 's Maasdam and Westerdam , Ocean Dream .

Season 2019 started on March 20 with MS Albatros (Phoenix Reisen), with estimated nearly 30,000 cruise passengers (plus ~70,000 ferry passengers) to be handled at Vladivostok Sea Terminal. In 2019, Vladivostok also restarted its homeport operations with locals and tourists able to book cruises leaving from Vladivostok (mainly to ports in Korea and Japan) and fly-cruise deals (via air/sea programs). There are plans for establishing a local (Russian) cruise line to operate itineraries to other Russian Far East destinations.

On Sept 9, 2019, Spectrum OTS became the ever-largest passenger ship to visit a Russian Federation port. The vessel docked in Vladivostok and was boarded by 200+ Russian VIP guests. Next is listed the 8-day "Russia and Japan Cruise" itinerary roundtrip from China.

Via Vladivostok, the Russian cargo shipping company FESCO serves three express routes connecting Russia with South Korea, China and Japan - Busan to Moscow (15-days transit launched June 2018), Shanghai to Moscow (20-days transit launched January 2017) and Toyama to Moscow (15-days transit launched April 2018). The new services allow delivery time reduction achieved by implementing new pass-through technology (port-railway). Busan to Vladivostok transit time is 2 days.

In January 2021, FESCO for the first time exported containerized grain delivered from Khabarovsk. The TEU-containers were shipped to China's Qingdao and Chiwan ports. FESCO's Russia-China service is 2-week (transit time 14 days). FESCO started bulk shipping of gran (from Krasnoyarsk) to China in 2018 with the new Siberia-to-Far East (Kamchatka and Magadan) service via FESCO-owned trains.

In December 2021, FESCO acquired JSC Port Gaydamak (FEMSTA containership terminal) which was planned for modernization and expansion in 2024. The facility is used mainly for transshipment (400,000+ tons of grain annually) and general cargoes. Also in December was inaugurated the "FESCO West Gate Bridge" (2-4-times a month intermodal containership service on the route Vladivostok- Kaliningrad/Baltiysk ) linking the Asia-Pacific countries with Europe. With an estimated transit time of 36 days, the Vladivostok-Kaliningrad service is nearly 1,5 times faster than the Suez Canal alternative.

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Cruise ships dock at Vladivostok Sea Terminal where their passengers are welcomed with a ceremony that includes live performances of traditional Russian dances, folklore songs and drummers. The event is organized by the company Vladivostok Sea Terminal, LLC.

To all passengers are given free city maps and tour guides, provided by Primorsky Region's Tourist Information Center. Traditionally, an outdoor market with Russian souvenirs is also organized for the disembarking tourists.

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• Lazovsky Nature Reserve is accessed through the port town Preobrazhina (aka Preobrazhenie).

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