4/5/2024 0 Comments Roxy music avalon tourRoxy Music, fittingly, got the most attention, as Ferry and his stellar nine-piece backing band touched upon seven of the group’s eight studio albums. The roughly 90-minute set was electric, as the dashing and dapper 73-year-old star led fans on a memorable trip through both his Roxy Music days and his solo catalog. And Ferry would use his 21-song set at the Fox to illustrate many of the reasons why voters got it right in deciding to finally enshrine Roxy Music. ![]() It took another 22 years before Roxy Music was allowed to take its rightful place next to the Beatles, Patti Smith, Chuck Berry, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., the Supremes and the other legends of the genre.īetter late than never, of course. Roxy has long been undervalued in the U.S.Īs proof, consider that the band’s first year of eligibility for the Rock Hall came way back in 1997 (25 years after their first single, “Virginia Plain,” came out.). Sure, fans have long held the avant-garde, art-rock band among the all-time greats - at least in the group’s native U.K. ![]() Review: Bryan Ferry brings Roxy Music mania back to Bay Area
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