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“Occasionally one of their legs would go up slightly. Were they playing or checking emails? I thought it would be fun to have them doing The Hokey Cokey”: Bill Bailey’s Kraftwerk sketch

Comedian and master prog musician discusses the gems in his record collection, including Yes, Roxy Music and Hawkwind – and outlines plans to play the Albert Hall like an instrument

Louder

Musical mysteries: the unlikely album cover stars who became modern pop enigmas

As the old man on Led Zeppelin’s fourth album artwork is identified, we take a look at albums that are as famous for the faces on their sleeves as their music

The Guardian - UK

Your friday night playlist curated by Echo & the Bunnymen

The Bunnymen are back in the bat cave with a slew of gigs as well as their latest memoir. Guitarist Will Sergeant curates this week’s Friday night playlist...

Evening Standard

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“It needs a tune – but we’ll do that free of charge!”: Meet the Gibson Firebird that Jimmy Page lost in a drinking game with John Bonham

This heavily modified Non-Reverse Gibson Firebird III is a lost Led Zeppelin guitar with a fascinating history – we get the story behind the Page-owned beauty and the buoyant market for Gibson’s under-appreciated cult hero

Guitar World

"We could have been bigger had we had an amazing manager. We’re our own worst enemies": How Roxy Music got it together despite themselves

They looked like they were from “Planet Zog” and sneaked through a gap created by drug addiction - but the members accept they could have made it easier for themselves

Louder

“This is what I can’t bear about fans: they assume songwriters are writing about themselves all the time” - Brian Eno’s quest to deliver “interleaved stories”

Music as movement, speakers in teapots and laughing with Robert Fripp are all part of the great experimenter’s process

Louder

‘On reflection, it’s very uncool’: readers’ scrapbooks of pop fandom

With the Wham! documentary showcasing Andrew Ridgeley’s mum’s scrapbooks of their career, readers share their own shrines to Roxy Music, Metallica, David Bowie and more

The Guardian - UK

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That time Thom Yorke formed a glam rock band with members of Radiohead, Suede, Roxy Music and, umm, David Gray’s drummer

When Thom Yorke was recruited for fictional band The Venus In Furs as part of the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack, the Radiohead singer was told to “ham it up”

Louder

Norwegian Roxy Music model Kari-Ann Moller fights to stay in UK after Brexit

Husband, Chris Jagger, uses 1972 album cover to support settlement application for Moller, who has lived in UK for 74 years

The Guardian - UK

How a song written in 1974 turned up on Bowie's Let's Dance and unwittingly kicked off a controversy

In 1977, Metro’s single Criminal World was considered “too gay” for the BBC. By 1983, it was too suggestive for David Bowie too. 40 years later, its songwriter explains what it’s like when one of your songs turns up on the biggest albums of the 80s

MusicRadar

19 best British rock songs to test your hi-fi system

Not sure if your speakers are up to scratch? These cast-iron classics will give your hi-fi system the vigorous rock workout it demands.

What Hi-Fi?

‘They felt like a possible future’: how Brian Eno and I recorded Television’s first demos

In search of the new, Richard Williams – then an A&R man at Island Records – captured early Television in an office block salsa studio. But Tom Verlaine wasn’t impressed

The Guardian - UK

Barman, teacher and waitress: Jobs North East celebrities used to do before they found fame

It wasn't always a case of glitz and glamour for these North East-born celebrities - many of whom working regular old day jobs before they found stardom.

Chronicle Live

Roxy Music at the O2 review: intoxicating retrospective from a timeless band

The quartet, now firmly in their 70s, seemed as young as ever - a band in the prime of life

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The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Angela Hartnett’s cultural highlights

The chef on Stanley Tucci in a new BBC murder drama, the charms of San Francisco and meeting her musical hero

Manchester Evening News

Review and photos: Roxy Music wow Manchester AO Arena

It is their first tour in 10 years, and feels a lifetime away from their visit to the Stretford Hardrock more than half a century ago.

The Guardian - UK

Roxy Music review – arch art-rockers peacock their peerless anthems

Reuniting for a 50th anniversary tour, the band have lost none of their sophisticated swagger in a career-spanning set which highlights their enduring originality and influence

The Independent UK

Roxy Music review, Los Angeles: After 50 years, few bands deliver more than this

Bryan Ferry and company celebrate half a century of louche love songs over a triumphant two hours at The Forum

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Roxy Music great talks reunion tour, timeless nature of 1st album

Phil Manzanera’s introduction to Roxy Music happened over a half-century ago.

Tribune News Service

Top 25 Roxy Music songs of all time (ranked in order)

Very few bands can boast the wide-ranging influence of Roxy Music.

Salon

ABC's Martin Fry, the love song rebel

The "Poison Arrow" and "Be Near Me" musician spoke to Salon for the 40th anniversary tour for "Lexicon of Love"

Salon

Bowie & Roxy made history 50 years ago

On June 16, 1972, a glam, cosmic musical Big Bang occurred

The Guardian - US

Island Records founder Chris Blackwell: ‘I’m interested in what’s different’

In a wide-ranging new memoir, the impresario who worked with Bob Marley, Roxy Music and U2, talks about his incredible life in the industry

Chronicle Live

Bryan Ferry speaks out on growing up in Washington and his favourite Newcastle pub

The singer spoke about how his time in the North East shaped who he is today

The Guardian - UK

Bryan Ferry: ‘I did a lot of whistling on my paper round as a lad’

The Roxy Music star answers your questions on his favourite Newcastle boozers, the influential mentors who shaped his thinking, and the temptation to overproduce everything

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