Roxy Music reunite for first tour in 11 years

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Roxy Music will reunite to celebrate their 50th anniversary by playing their first live shows for 11 years.

Bryan FerryAndy MackayPhil Manzanera and Paul Thompson will reunite for the first time since their sold-out and critically acclaimed 2011 For Your Pleasure tour, will perform ten arena shows across the US and Canada, before hitting UK shores in October.

The North American leg of the tour kicks off at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on September 7, and climaxes at The Forum in Los Angeles on September 28. The UK shows will take place the following month at Glasgow's OVO Hydro, Manchester's AO Arena, and at the O2 in London. Support at the US shows (except Boston) will come from St. Vincent. Full dates below.

The band will offer several VIP packages for each show that include premium tickets, limited edition merchandise and more, and tickets to all shows will be available from Ticketmaster.  

At the same time, each of the band's eight studio albums will be reissued as special anniversary vinyl editions with a new half-speed cut, revised artwork and a deluxe gloss laminated finish. Both Roxy Music and For Your Pleasure will be released on April 1, with Stranded and Country Life due on April 29. The remaining albums will arrive in paired drops throughout the year.

Roxy Music's first four albums are available to pre-order now

Roxy Music 2022 Tour

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

Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.