Editing Roxy Music (section)

==History==

===Formation and early years (1970–1971)===
In November 1970, Bryan Ferry, who had just lost his job teaching ceramics at a girls' school for holding impromptu record-listening sessions,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/history/chronology/1970s/index.shtml#1970 |title=Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music Chronology |publisher=RoxyRama |access-date=24 May 2010 |archive-date=15 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215223929/http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/history/chronology/1970s/index.shtml#1970 |url-status=dead }}</ref> advertised for a keyboardist to collaborate with him and [[Graham Simpson (musician)|Graham Simpson]], a bassist he knew from his [[Newcastle University]] formed band, the Gas Board, and with whom he collaborated on his first songs. [[Andy Mackay]] replied to Ferry's advertisement. Although more proficient on saxophone and oboe, Mackay owned an [[EMS VCS 3]] synthesizer.

Mackay had met [[Brian Eno]] during university days, as both were interested in [[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]] and [[electronic music]]. Although Eno was a non-musician, he could operate a synthesizer and owned a [[Revox]] reel-to-reel tape machine, so Mackay convinced him to join the band as a technical adviser. Before long Eno was an official member of the group. Rounding out the original sextet were guitarist Roger Bunn (who had issued the well-regarded solo studio album ''Piece of Mind'' earlier in 1970)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roger-bunn-mn0001614978/biography|title=Roger Bunn - Biography & History - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> and drummer Dexter Lloyd, a classically trained [[timpani]]st.

The group's name was derived from Ferry and Mackay making a list of old cinemas, and Ferry picking Roxy because it had a "resonance", some "faded glamour", and "didn't really mean anything".<ref name="rob-chapman.com">{{cite web|last=Chapman|first=Rob|date=December 1995|title=Roxy Music: They Came From Planet Bacofoil|url=http://www.rob-chapman.com/pages/journalism.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123020750/http://www.rob-chapman.com/pages/journalism.html|archive-date=23 January 2021|access-date=7 April 2018|website=Rob-chapman.com}}</ref> After learning of an [[Bob Segarini|American band with the name Roxy]], Ferry changed the name to Roxy Music, a play on "rock music".<ref name="rob-chapman.com"/>

At some time during late 1970/early 1971, Ferry auditioned as lead vocalist for [[King Crimson]], who were seeking a replacement for [[Gordon Haskell]]. While [[Robert Fripp]] and [[Peter Sinfield]] decided Ferry's voice was unsuitable for King Crimson's material, they were impressed with his talent and helped the fledgling Roxy Music to obtain a [[recording contract]] with [[E.G. Records]].

In 1971, Roxy Music recorded a [[Demo (music)|demo tape]] of some early compositions. In the spring of that year, Lloyd left the band, and an advertisement was placed in ''[[Melody Maker]]'' saying "wonder drummer wanted for an [[avant rock]] group".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/biographies/paulthompson.shtml |title=Paul Thompson Biography |publisher=Roxyrama.com |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-date=6 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106143825/http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/biographies/paulthompson.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Paul Thompson (musician)|Paul Thompson]] responded to the advertisement and joined the band in June 1971.

Bunn left the group at the end of the summer of 1971, and in October, Roxy Music advertised in ''Melody Maker'' seeking the "Perfect Guitarist". The successful applicant was [[David O'List]], former guitarist with [[the Nice]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/25/rocks-backpages-roxy-music|title=Roxy Music: 'Being big is the only way in rock' – a classic interview from the vaults|first=Jonh|last=Ingham|date=25 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> [[Phil Manzanera]]—soon to become a group member—was one of about twenty other players who also auditioned. Although he did not initially make the band as a guitarist, the group were impressed enough with Manzanera that he was invited to become Roxy Music's [[Road crew|roadie]], an offer which he accepted. In December 1971, after a year of writing and rehearsing, Roxy Music began playing live, with their first show at the Friends of the [[Tate Britain|Tate Gallery]] Christmas show in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/chronology.php|title=Roxy Music - Roxy Music Chronology|website=Vivaroxymusic.com}}</ref>

The band's fortunes were greatly increased by the support of broadcaster [[John Peel]] and ''Melody Maker'' journalist [[Richard Williams (journalist)|Richard Williams]]. Williams became an enthusiastic fan after meeting Ferry and being given a demonstration tape during mid-1971, and wrote the first major article on the band, featured on ''Melody Maker''{{'}}s "Horizons" page in the edition of 7 August 1971. This line-up of Roxy Music (Ferry/Mackay/Eno/Simpson/Thompson/O'List) recorded a [[BBC]] session shortly thereafter.

===First two studio albums (1972–1973)===
In early February 1972, guitarist O'List quit the group abruptly after an altercation with Paul Thompson, which took place at their audition for David Enthoven of [[E.G. Records|E.G. Management]]. When O'List did not show up for the next rehearsal, Manzanera was asked to come along, on the pretext of becoming the band's sound mixer. When he arrived he was invited to play guitar and quickly realised that it was an informal audition. Unbeknownst to the rest of the group, Manzanera had learned their entire repertoire and as a result, he was immediately hired as O'List's permanent replacement, joining on 14 February 1972. Manzanera, the son of an [[English people|English]] father and a [[Columbians|Colombian]] mother, had spent a considerable amount of time in [[South America]] and [[Cuba]] as a child, and although he did not have the same art school background as Ferry, Mackay and Eno, he was perhaps the most proficient member of the band, with an interest in a wide variety of music. Manzanera also knew other well-known musicians, such as [[Pink Floyd]]'s [[David Gilmour]], who was a friend of his elder brother, and [[Soft Machine]]'s [[Robert Wyatt]]. Two weeks after Manzanera joined the band, Roxy Music signed with E.G. Management.<ref>Michael Bracewell, ''Roxy: The band that invented an era'' (Faber and Faber, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-571-22986-4}}) pp. 376–377</ref> 

E.G. Management financed the recording of the tracks for their debut album, ''[[Roxy Music (album)|Roxy Music]]'', recorded in March–April 1972 and produced by King Crimson lyricist [[Peter Sinfield]].<ref name="rob-chapman.com"/> Both the album and its famous cover artwork by photographer Karl Stoecker were apparently completed before the group signed with [[Island Records]]. A&R staffer Tim Clark later stated that although he argued strongly that Island should contract them, company boss [[Chris Blackwell]] at first seemed unimpressed and Clark assumed he was not interested. A few days later, however, Clark and Enthoven were standing in the hallway of the Island offices examining cover images for the album when Blackwell walked past, glanced at the artwork and said "Looks great! Have we got them signed yet?"<ref>Michael Bracewell, ''Roxy: The band that invented an era'' (Faber and Faber, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-571-22986-4}}) pp. 385–386</ref> The band signed with Island Records a few days later. The album was released in June to good reviews and became a major success, reaching No.&nbsp;10 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] in September 1972.<ref name="Prendergast">{{cite book |title=[[The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Trance – The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age]] |last=Prendergast |first=Mark |year=2001 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |page=[https://archive.org/details/ambientcenturyfr00pren_0/page/119 119] |isbn=1-58234-134-6 }}</ref> Manzanera said in an interview in 2024 that the band received five percent of the profits, to be divided between six musicians.<ref>{{cite news|title= Dylan, Dali and Bryan ferry: My Life in Roxy Music: author Ed Potton: The Times 2, 11 March 2024 }}</ref>

During the first half of 1972, bassist Graham Simpson became increasingly withdrawn and uncommunicative, which led to his leaving the band almost immediately after the recording of the debut album. He was replaced by Rik Kenton.<ref>Michael Bracewell, ''Roxy: The band that invented an era'' (Faber and Faber, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-571-22986-4}}) p. 376</ref>

To bring more attention to their studio album, Roxy Music decided to record and release a single. Their debut single was "[[Virginia Plain]]", which scored No.&nbsp;4 on the [[UK singles chart]]. The band's eclectic visual image, captured in their debut performance on the BBC's ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', became a cornerstone for the [[glam rock|glam]] trend in the [[UK]]. The success of the single caused a renewed interest in the album.

Rik Kenton left the band in January 1973.<!--Do not add note stating that Kenton was not officially replaced in the band unless the later references to Gustafson, Spenner, and Tibbs as official members of the band during their stints are changed to demonstrate that they were not.--> [[John Porter (musician, born 1947)|John Porter]], who had been a member of Ferry's pre-Roxy Music band the Gas Board, agreed to play bass with the band temporarily, though he turned down an offer to join permanently. Roxy Music's second album, ''[[For Your Pleasure]]'', was released in March 1973. It marked the beginning of the band's long, successful collaboration with producer [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]], who worked on all of the group's classic albums and singles in the 1970s. The album was promoted with the non-album single "[[Pyjamarama (song)|Pyjamarama]]"; no album track was released as a single. At the time Ferry was dating French model [[Amanda Lear]]; she was photographed with a black [[jaguar]] for the front cover of the album, while Ferry appears on the back cover as a dapper chauffeur standing behind a [[limousine]].

===''Stranded'', ''Country Life'', ''Siren'', and solo projects (1973–1977)===
[[File:Brian Eno - TopPop 1974 12.png|thumb|left|Brian Eno in 1974, shortly after leaving Roxy Music]]

Soon after the tour to promote ''For Your Pleasure'' ended, Brian Eno left Roxy Music amidst increasing differences with Ferry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/interviews/phonr74a.html |title=Phonograph Record: Eno Music: The Roxy Rebellion |publisher=Music.hyperreal.org |date=1 June 1974 |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/eno%20left%20roxy%20music%20to%20do%20his%20laundry |title=Eno Left Roxy Music to do His Laundry |magazine=Contactmusic.com |access-date=22 July 2010}}</ref> He was replaced by 18-year-old multi-instrumentalist [[Eddie Jobson]], formerly of [[progressive rock]]ers [[Curved Air]], who played keyboards and electric violin. Although some fans lamented the loss of the experimental attitude and camp aesthetic that Eno had brought to the band, the classically trained Jobson was an accomplished musician. John Porter also ceased working with the band at this time. For the next three years, Roxy Music would undergo several more changes in bassist, with [[John Gustafson (musician)|John Gustafson]], [[Sal Maida]], [[John Wetton]] and [[Rick Wills]] all passing in and out of the band during this period.

[[File:Roxy Music - TopPop 1973 13.png|thumb|right|Roxy Music perform on ''[[TopPop]]'' in 1974. Left to right: Jobson, Manzanera (back), Ferry (front), Thompson, Maida, Mackay]]

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' referred to the band's next two albums, ''[[Stranded (album)|Stranded]]'' (1973) and ''[[Country Life (Roxy Music album)|Country Life]]'' (1974), as marking "the zenith of contemporary British [[art rock]]".<ref name="rollingstone"/> The songs on these albums also cemented Ferry's persona as the epitome of the suave, jaded Euro-sophisticate. Although this persona undoubtedly began as a deliberately ironic device, during the mid-1970s it seemed to merge with Ferry's real life, as the working-class miner's son from the north of [[England]] became an international rock star and an icon of male style.

On the first two Roxy Music albums, all songs were written solely by Bryan Ferry. Beginning with ''Stranded'', Mackay and Manzanera began to co-write some material. Gradually, their songwriting and musicianship became more integrated into the band's sound, although Ferry remained the dominant songwriter; throughout their career, all but one of Roxy Music's singles were written either wholly or jointly by Ferry (Manzanera, Mackay and Thompson did individually write a few of the band's B-sides). ''Stranded'' was released in November 1973, and produced the Top 10 single "[[Street Life (Roxy Music song)|Street Life]]".

[[File:Roxy_Music_band.jpg|thumb|left|Roxy Music performing in 1974]]

The fourth album, ''Country Life'', was released in 1974, and was the first Roxy Music album to enter the [[US]] Top 40 of the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], albeit at No.&nbsp;37. ''Country Life'' was met with widespread critical acclaim, with ''Rolling Stone'' referring to it "as if Ferry ran a cabaret for psychotics, featuring chanteurs in a state of shock".<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine|title=Albums Reviews: Roxy Music -Country Life|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Jim|last=Miller|date=27 February 1975|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/roxymusic/albums/album/123934/review/5943949/country_life|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415212253/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/roxymusic/albums/album/123934/review/5943949/country_life|archive-date=15 April 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Roxy Music's fifth album ''[[Siren (Roxy Music album)|Siren]]'' (1975) contained their only US Top 40 hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], "[[Love Is the Drug]]", while Jobson received his only writing credit in Roxy Music on the song "She Sells", a co-write with Ferry. The album cover featured American model [[Jerry Hall]], who became Ferry's girlfriend and eventual fiancé before leaving him for [[Mick Jagger]] of [[the Rolling Stones]] in 1977.

After the concert tours in support of ''Siren'' in 1976, Roxy Music disbanded. Their live album ''[[Viva! (Roxy Music album)|Viva!]]'' was released in August 1976. In 1976, Manzanera reunited with Eno on the critically acclaimed one-off ''[[801 Live]]'' album.

===Final studio albums and hiatus (1978–1983)===
Roxy Music reunited during 1978 to record a new studio album, ''[[Manifesto (Roxy Music album)|Manifesto]]'', but with a reshuffled line-up. Jobson was reportedly not contacted for the reunion; at the time, he was touring and recording with his own band, [[U.K. (band)|U.K.]], alongside fellow ex-Roxy Music member John Wetton. In place of Jobson, [[Paul Carrack]] now played keyboards for Roxy Music, while bass duties were split between [[Alan Spenner]] and [[Gary Tibbs]]. On the subsequent tour, the core band of Ferry, Mackay, Manzanera and Thompson were augmented by Tibbs and keyboardist Dave Skinner. 

Three singles were issued from ''Manifesto'', including the major UK hits "[[Angel Eyes (Roxy Music song)|Angel Eyes]]" (UK No.&nbsp;4), and "[[Dance Away]]" (UK No.&nbsp;2). Both these tracks are significantly different from the album versions, as "Dance Away" was remixed for single release, and "Angel Eyes" was entirely re-recorded, with a disco, rather than rock, arrangement.

After the tour and before the recording of the next album, ''[[Flesh and Blood (Roxy Music album)|Flesh + Blood]]'' (1980), Thompson broke his thumb in a motorcycle mishap and took a leave from the band. After Ferry, Mackay and Manzanera completed the album with several session drummers, Thompson rejoined them, briefly, in the spring of 1980 and made some television appearances as part of the album's early promotion. By the time the ''Flesh + Blood'' tour properly began, Thompson had left again due to musical differences with Ferry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview: Roxy Music's Paul Thompson |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/interview-roxy-musics-paul-thompson-1449252 |work=nechronicle |date=6 February 2009}}</ref>

At this point, the band officially became a core trio of Ferry, Mackay and Manzanera, augmented by a variety of musicians over the next few years including Alan Spenner, Gary Tibbs, Paul Carrack, drummer [[Andy Newmark]] and guitarist [[Neil Hubbard]]. ''Flesh + Blood'' (1980) became a huge commercial success in their homeland, as the album went to No.&nbsp;1 on the UK charts, and spun off three UK hits: "[[Oh Yeah (Roxy Music song)|Oh Yeah]]" (UK No.&nbsp;5), "[[Over You (Roxy Music song)|Over You]]" (UK No.&nbsp;5), and "[[Same Old Scene]]" (UK No.&nbsp;12).

However, the changed cast reflected a distinct change in Roxy Music's musical style. Gone were the unpredictable elements of the group's sound, giving way to smoother musical arrangements. ''Rolling Stone'' panned ''Manifesto'' ("Roxy Music has not gone [[disco]]. Roxy Music has not particularly gone anywhere else either.")<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/roxymusic/albums/album/141100/review/5942773/manifesto|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224094932/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/roxymusic/albums/album/141100/review/5942773/manifesto|url-status=dead|title=Roxy Music: Manifesto : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-date=24 December 2008}}</ref> as well as ''Flesh + Blood'' ("such a shockingly bad Roxy Music record that it provokes a certain fascination"),<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/roxymusic/albums/album/283455/review/5942618/flesh__blood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224093710/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/roxymusic/albums/album/283455/review/5942618/flesh__blood|url-status=dead|title=Roxy Music: Flesh & Blood : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-date=24 December 2008}}</ref> while other sources praised the reunion. ''[[Melody Maker]]'' said, of ''Manifesto'', "...reservations aside, this may be the first such return bout ever attempted with any degree of genuine success: a technical knockout against the odds."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/articles/reviews/albums/1979_03_00_manifesto_melodymaker.shtml |title=Manifesto Album Review – Melody Maker – circa March 1979 |publisher=Roxyrama.com |date=25 May 2011 |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726112118/http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/articles/reviews/albums/1979_03_00_manifesto_melodymaker.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1981, Roxy Music recorded the non-album single "[[Jealous Guy]]". A [[cover version]] of a song written and originally recorded by [[John Lennon]], Roxy Music recorded "Jealous Guy" as a tribute to Lennon after his [[Murder of John Lennon|1980 murder]]. The song topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in March 1981, becoming the band's only No.&nbsp;1 single.

Later, with more sombre and carefully sculpted soundscapes, the band's eighth—and final—studio album, ''[[Avalon (Roxy Music album)|Avalon]]'' (1982), recorded at [[Chris Blackwell]]'s [[Compass Point Studios]], was a major commercial success and restored the group's critical reputation<ref>(''Rolling Stone'': "''Avalon'' takes a long time to kick in, but it finally does, and it's a good one.")</ref> and contained the successful single "[[More Than This (Roxy Music song)|More Than This]]". The album also included several Roxy Music classics, such as "[[Avalon (Roxy Music song)|Avalon]]", "The Main Thing", "The Space Between", "True to Life", and "To Turn You On". Ferry, Mackay and Manzanera (augmented by several additional players) toured extensively from August 1982 to May 1983,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/tours_10.php|title=Roxy Music - Tours|website=Vivaroxymusic.com}}</ref> with the ''Avalon'' tour being documented on the band's second live album ''[[The High Road (Roxy Music album)|The High Road]]'', released in March 1983. A home video was also released titled ''The High Road'', capturing an August 1982 show at [[Fréjus]] where Roxy Music co-headlined with King Crimson (whose set from the same show was released on home video as ''[[Neal and Jack and Me (album)|The Noise]]''). A further live album from this tour, ''[[Heart Still Beating]]'', was released in 1990, while ''The High Road'' home video was released on DVD in 2001.

After completion of the ''Avalon'' tour, Roxy Music dissolved. For the next eighteen years Ferry, Mackay and Manzanera all devoted themselves full-time to solo careers.

===Reunions (2001–2011, 2019, 2022)===
Ferry, Manzanera, Mackay and Thompson re-formed in 2001 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band, and toured extensively. A festival performance in [[Portugal]] and a short tour of the United States followed. Absent was Brian Eno, who criticised the motives of the band's reunion, saying, "I just don't like the idea. It leaves a bad taste".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1185763.stm Eno attacks Roxy reunion], BBC News</ref> Later Eno remarked that his comment had been taken out of context. Manzanera and Thompson recorded and toured with Ferry on his eleventh solo studio album ''[[Frantic (album)|Frantic]]'' (2002). Eno also contributed to ''Frantic'' on the track "I Thought".

During 2002, [[RLJE Films|Image Entertainment, Inc.]], released the concert DVD ''Roxy Music Live at the [[Hammersmith Apollo|Apollo]]'' featuring performances of 20 songs plus interviews and rehearsal footage.

In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked the group No.&nbsp;98 on [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518045051/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7250028/the_immortals__the_greatest_artists_of_all_time_98_roxy_music|url-status=dead|title=Music News|archive-date=18 May 2009|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

Roxy Music gave a live performance at the [[Isle of Wight Festival 2005]] on 11 June 2005, their first UK concert since the 2001–2002 world tour. On 2 July 2005, the band played "Jealous Guy", "Do the Strand", and "Love is the Drug" at the [[Berlin]] contribution to [[Live 8]]; "Do the Strand" is available on the four-disc DVD collection, and "Love Is the Drug" can be found on the ''[[Live 8 concert, Berlin|Live 8 Berlin]]'' DVD.

In March 2005, it was announced on Phil Manzanera's official site<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.manzanera.com| title=Phil Manzanera, Expression Records and the Roxy Music Archive| access-date=11 March 2006}}</ref> that the band, including Brian Eno, had decided to record an album of new material. The project would mark the first time Eno worked with Roxy Music since 1973's ''For Your Pleasure''. After a number of denials that he would be involved with any Roxy Music reunion, on 19 May 2006 Eno revealed that he had contributed two songs to the new album as well as playing keyboards on other tracks. He did, however, rule out touring with the band.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/reviews_2006_355.shtml| title=Viva Roxy Music| access-date=30 May 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060621075845/http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/reviews_2006_355.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 21 June 2006}}</ref>
[[File:RoxyMusicExCelCentre2006.jpg|thumb|right|Roxy Music on stage during concert at London's [[ExCeL Exhibition Centre]], July 2006]]

During early 2006 a classic Roxy Music track, "The Main Thing", was remixed by Malcolm Green and used as the soundtrack to a pan-European television commercial for the [[Opel Vectra]] featuring celebrated football referee [[Pierluigi Collina]]. In July that year, the band toured [[Europe]]. They concentrated mostly on places they had never visited before, such as [[Serbia]] and [[North Macedonia]]. Drummer Andy Newmark, who had been one of the many additional musicians Roxy Music worked with during the 1979–1983 period, performed during the tour, as Thompson withdrew due to health issues, and [[Oliver Thompson]] (guitar) made his first appearance with the band.

In a March 2007 interview, Ferry confirmed that the next Roxy Music album was definitely being made, but would not be released for another "year and a half", as he had just released and toured behind his twelfth solo studio album, ''[[Dylanesque (album)|Dylanesque]]'', consisting of [[Bob Dylan]] covers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/cgi-bin/2007/cginews.cgi?record=22 |title=Roxy Rama |publisher=Roxy Rama |date=15 March 2007 |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726111832/http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/cgi-bin/2007/cginews.cgi?record=22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October that year, Ferry said the album would include a collaboration with [[Scissor Sisters]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Elio |last=Iannacci |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/ferry-tails/article696296/ |title=Style |publisher=globeandmail.com |access-date=20 July 2011 }}</ref> In 2009, he announced that the material from these sessions would instead be released as a Ferry solo studio album, with Eno playing on "a couple of tracks".<ref name="Sanghera">{{cite news |last=Sanghera |first=Sathnam |date=28 November 2009 |title=Bryan Ferry I lead quite a sheltered life |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/bryan-ferry-i-lead-quite-a-sheltered-life-smq2m8c6mqq |access-date=22 May 2010 |work=The Times |location=London}}</ref> The album was released in 2010 as the Ferry solo studio album ''[[Olympia (Bryan Ferry album)|Olympia]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=26 October 2010 |title=Olympia |url=https://bryanferry.com/olympia/ |access-date=23 March 2025 |website=Bryan Ferry}}</ref> It featured contributions from Eno, Manzanera, and Mackay (amongst many other session players).

Over the summer of 2010, Roxy Music headlined various festivals across the world, including [[Lovebox Festival|Lovebox]] at London's [[Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets|Victoria Park]], [[Electric Picnic]] in [[Stradbally]], [[County Laois]], [[Ireland]], and [[Bestival]] on the [[Isle of Wight]]. Owing to illness, Thompson was replaced on three dates of the tour by [[Andy Newmark]], but returned for the Bestival set.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/cgi-bin/2010/cginews.cgi?record=50 |title=TGPT Bounces Back For Bestival – 11 Sep 2010 – Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music News |publisher=Roxyrama.com |date=11 September 2010 |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726112359/http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/cgi-bin/2010/cginews.cgi?record=50 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Roxy Music performed seven dates around the UK in January and February 2011, in a tour billed For Your Pleasure, to celebrate the band's 40th anniversary. They toured [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] between February and March for a further eight shows.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/tour/index.shtml |title=Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music Tour Dates – Live Concerts and Gigs |publisher=Roxyrama.com |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-date=24 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324031549/http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/tour/index.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2012, [[Virgin Records]] released a [[box set]] entitled ''Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972–1982'', celebrating 40 years since the release of the band's debut in 1972.<ref>[http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/articles_455.php Press Release: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972–1982], 25 January 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.</ref>

In a ''Rolling Stone Magazine'' interview on 3 November 2014, Manzanera stated that Roxy Music had been inactive since 2011 and were unlikely to perform together again.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roxy-music-break-up-20141103 |title=Roxy Music Break Up|author=Greene, Andy|date=3 November 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref> Of a new studio album, he told ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'', "We all listened to it and thought, 'We can't do this. It's not going to be any good. Let's just bin it.' And so it's just sitting there on our personal computers. Maybe one day it'll get finished. But there's no point in putting it out if it's not great."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Nick|last=Hasted|title=Welcome back: Phil Manzanera|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #209|date=May 2015|page=22}}</ref>

On 29 March 2019, Roxy Music were inducted to the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], with Ferry, Mackay, Manzanera and Eddie Jobson performing a six-song set at the [[Barclays Center]] in [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |last2=Grow |first2=Kory |title=See Roxy Music Reunite for Rock Hall Induction Ceremony Performance |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roxy-music-reunion-rock-hall-performance-815255/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=1 April 2019 |date=30 March 2019}}</ref>

Roxy Music reformed in 2022 for a 50th anniversary tour of the United Kingdom and the United States to be held that autumn.<ref name="nmetour22">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=Roxy Music announce 2022 UK and North American tour, their first gigs in over a decade |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/roxy-music-announce-2022-uk-us-shows-tickets-3192093 |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Most North American tour dates featured [[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]] as a supporting act.<ref name="stereogumtour22">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=Roxy Music Announce Reunion Tour With St. Vincent |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2181279/roxy-music-announce-reunion-tour-with-st-vincent/news/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Stereogum |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Nilüfer Yanya]] was the UK starter act.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/roxy-music-support-uk-dates/ | title=Roxy Music Announce Tour Support for UK Dates; Release Extra Tickets for London Show | date=14 September 2022 }}</ref>