Birmingham Evening Mail Reviews Section: 18/06/2007
It's Ferry Believable.
Roxy Magic
The Palace, Tamworth.
How do you imitate the inimitable? You form a band called Roxy Magic.
"Bryan Ferry" has mastered the original's crab-like stage mannerisms to an eerie degree while "Phil Manzanera" is an obviously talented pony-tailed facsimile of one of rock's most distinctive guitarists.
The classics - Virginia Plain, Do The Strand, Oh Yeah, Editions of You - were all handled with aplomb but it was particularly heart warming to hear the quirky purist material that illuminated the first Roxy album in 1972.
Remake Remodel and Ladytron took The Palace back 35 years - but didn't really seem a day older on delivery.
The Band
ROXY MAGIC THE BAND MANIFESTO ROXY MAGIC are a band of experienced musicians who combine to reproduce the diverse music and imagery of the hugely influential ROXY MUSIC and pop icon BRYAN FERRY. All the hits are performed with skill and enthusiasm in an exciting tribute to the highly regarded ...read on
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