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It has just been announced that Roxy Music are to play Bestival on the Isle of Wight this September.

You can find out more information here:

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Following the recent announcement that Roxy Music are to play some festivals this summer 2010. Here is the official Lovebox press release :

“A source of familial pride for all festival-loving Londoners” The Guardian

LOVEBOX: MORE ACTS ANNOUNCED

ROXY MUSIC
GRACE JONES
DIZZEE RASCAL
MARK RONSON & THE BUSINESS
HOT CHIP
EMPIRE OF THE SUN

PLUS: THE MACCABEES, BOOKASHADE, PEACHES, CHROMEO, CROOKERS, NOISETTES, ELLIE GOULDING, CHASE AND STATUS, RIVA STARR, WILD BEASTS, HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR AND MANY MORE

Lovebox has added to its phenomenal 2010 line-up with the announcement of a second wave of acts including; legendary art-rock pioneers Roxy Music, music and style icon Grace Jones, super-producer Mark Ronson & The Business, the massively acclaimed Empire of the Sun and beloved electro pop-juggernauts Hot Chip. London’s premiere festival which will take place in Victoria Park from the 16th-18th July will also play host to The Maccabees, Ellie Goulding and the Noisettes at the newly expanded three day event.

FRIDAY
Headlined by Brit award-winning, hip-hop impresario Dizzee Rascal, the new Friday will showcase the very best in dance and pop including the enchanting Ellie Goulding and pop trio the Noisettes while Brighton based indie rockers The Maccabees will headline the Gaymers Stage.

Friday will also play host to some of the hippest names on the dance music scene, with Italian DJ duo Crookers making their only London festival appearance, superstar club DJ’s Brodinski and Sinden taking to the stage and arguably Europe’s hottest DJ property for 2010, Riva Starr, joining the bill. While over in the NYC Downlow, Zinc and Dynamite MC, Toddla T, MJ Cole, and 2009’s favourite producer, on a London festival exclusive, Joy Orbison will be keeping things mighty real.

SATURDAY
The Lovebox crowd will be in for a rare treat when the phenomenal Roxy Music take to the main stage on the Saturday night. Fans of the band should visit www.lovebox.net to see exclusive audio and video content released by Roxy Music to celebrate their headline spot.

Bryan Ferry said ‘There is a song on my album that I have co-written with my friends Groove Armada. They asked me if Roxy would like to perform at Lovebox. We of course thought it would be cool.’

The newly-formed Mark Ronson & the Business will be joining them on the bill, alongside the acclaimed Empire of the Sun who are playing their first ever London show.

Internationally renowned outfit Booka Shade headline the Relentless dance stage on Saturday and we have our own slice of Berlin in the capital in the form of Jesse Rose, Henrik Schwarz Live and Dixon (Innervisions). We are also proud to welcome an East vs West London soundclash to Lovebox, the Hip Hop and R N B crews Work It and Yo Yo will be pairing up for a proper NYC style block party!

SUNDAY
This year also sees the exciting launch of Lovebox’s groundbreaking all-new Sunday, which blends the coolest music, emergent art, cutting edge fashion and more to create an all-inclusive polysexual event unlike any other.

The immortal music and style icon known as Grace Jones will be headlining the main stage, bringing her ever revolutionary flair for subversion to Victoria Park. Beloved electro-pop juggernauts Hot Chip will also be present and correct, fresh from the critical success of their brand new album, One Life Stand. Over on the Gaymers Stage, electro-funk duo Chromeo will be tearing up proceedings and are joined by returning Aussie heroes Cut Copy, who, in a UK festival exclusive, will be dazzling audiences with their beautiful, nostalgia streaked pop, while the glam disco machine known as Hercules and Love Affair will also be back to enthrall once more with their irrepressible, glitter-strewn music.

Also along for the ride are renowned pop provocateur Peaches, the much buzzed about and deliciously offbeat new duo Silver Columns, and moody new upstarts Hurts, who pricked up ears last year with their wonderfully dark and disturbed single Wonderful Life. Disco Bloodbath, Trailer Trash and Horse Meat Disco are just some of the DJ crews who will be hosting areas on the day.

In addition, the incomparable Jonny Woo – performance artist/entertainer nonpareil – will be compeering the main stage along with his troupe of club freaks and drag queens, which will include a unique, one-off fashion show by Dr Noki NHS. His fiercely individual, recycled clothing has found devotees in the likes of Lady Gaga and Beyonce, as well as an innovative art collaboration with Central St Martins in support of the charity Art Against Knives, which works towards reducing knife crime by engaging young people in troubled areas with art and fashion-based workshops. All in all, an exciting and compelling day out, and a fitting finale to a great weekend.

Alongside the show-stopping performances there will be another healthy dose of Lovebox’s summer shenanigans; with the 40 acre site playing host to numerous other stages, performances and activities.

The infamous NYC Downlow also returns to Lovebox for 2010 after a year’s hiatus. This life-size ruin of a NYC tenement will resurrect New York’s golden age and festival-goers can expect to enjoy an eclectic mix of disco, soul, funk and dance.

As well as offering a diverse music experience - the bustling food market, Sourced Market, returns again, serving up culinary treats direct from the best stalls at Borough and Broadway markets. There will also be a broad program of theatre, art and comedy for those wanting to take timeout from the music performances.

LINE-UP SO FAR:

FRIDAY
DIZZEE RASCAL
CHASE AND STATUS
NOISETTES
ELLIE GOULDING
THE MACCABEES
CROOKERS
RIVA STARR
CHEW LIPS
NEWHAM GENERALS
SMURFIE SYCO
BRODINSKI
SINDEN
ZINC & DYNAMITE MC
TODDLA T
JOY ORBISON
MJ COLE

SATURDAY
ROXY MUSIC
MARK RONSON & THE BUSINESS
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
BOOKASHADE
WILD BEASTS
ROX
CODEINE VELVET CLUB
JESSE ROSE
HENRIK SCHWARZ LIVE
DIXON
WORK IT VS YO YO
BLAISE BELLVILLE
MAXWELL JAYE
LIVIN’ PROOF
OI YOU
WORK IT GIRLS
SHY FX (DIGITAL SOUNDBOY)
GREENMONEY (FOOLS GOLD RECORDS)
DJ SMUTLEE
SEB CHEW/LEO GREENSLADE

SUNDAY
GRACE JONES
HOT CHIP
PEACHES
HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR
CHROMEO
CUT COPY
HURTS
SILVER COLUMNS
HORSEMEAT DISCO
TRAILER TRASH
WET YOURSELF
JONNY WOO
DR NOKI

FURTHER ACTS & STAGES TO BE ANNOUNCED

Ticket Details
Tickets are available from www.lovebox.net as well as from Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.co.uk) or by calling 08448472436.

Ticket prices:
1 day ticket: £45 + booking fee
2 day ticket: £80 + booking fee
3 day tickets: £99 + booking fee

It has just been announced that Roxy Music will be playing a number of festivals this summer 2010 in the UK and Europe. The first to be announced in the Lovebox festival in London.

CLICK HERE FOR LOVEBOX INFO

CORRONCHO

Featuring Spanish version of Dylan’s ‘Forever Young’
Release date: 12 April

Corroncho is a Spanish-speaking album recorded by Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera and Colombian artist/sculptor, Lucho Brieva. It is released on 12 April on Expression Records.
Manzanera’s idea for Corroncho was sparked by working with Chrissie Hynde on a Spanish version of her track called ‘Complicated’, which is featured on this album as ‘Complicada’. The album proceeded via the track ‘Lowrider’ to a full blown set of songs about the tragi-comic lives of two ‘corroncho’ characters: corroncho is the slightly pejorative, un-pc name, that people from Bogata, the Colombia capital, give to people from the Carribean Coast, particularly the town of Barranquilla, the birthplace of the mothers of Manzanera and Brevia!

“I love this album, I can’t understand a word of it, and yet I can understand it….it is quite simply brilliant.” Chris Thomas, record producer,

Corroncho is a highly-original collection of songs about two Latino amigos, telling of their trials and tribulations, their virtues and their vices, their search for ‘true love’ and the troubles this can bring in a South American society that has social issues of its own. But ultimately their mutual affection, good humour , good heart and ability to salsa shine through.
The music is low-fi and takes in salsa, cumbia, pop, boleros and chillout! There are guest appearances from Manzanera’s musical ‘hombres’: Robert Wyatt, Paul Thompson, Enrique Bunbury, Chrissie Hynde, Annie Lennox, Quimi Portet and Gilas Atzmon, as well as Aldo Lopez Gavilan, one of Cuba’s top pianists. Released to great critical acclaim in Colombia in July 2009, Coroncho also has the blessing of Bob Dylan who enjoyed the Spanish version of his classic ‘Forever Young when Chrissie Hynde played it to him in August London 2009.

You Can Watch the EPK here:
http://www.corroncho.com

TRACK LISTING

LOWRIDER
COMPLICADA
ROSA
PARA TI NENGON
SUAVECITO
ANGELES Y LOBOS
ESTA VIDA PRESTADA
CANCION PARA LA QUE SEA
NOCHE DE PUTAS
TU JUVENTUD
COYOTE
DIARIO

Happy Xmastime and Peace on earth to one all! Free Xmas toon ‘Giddy
Up(Sleighride)’ by the Dumbells .Recorded allegedly by some Roxy members back in’ YE
Good Olde ‘80!’ Also available is that old chestnut ‘Christmas by the Players’

You can get you free download here

You can order ‘Christmas by the Players’ here.

A selection of 801 Reviews from Germany

Phil Manzanera / 801
„The Combination of Psychedelic and Electronic, enriched with a strong shot of Rock and Funk, has not lost its brilliance. Highlights are the highly individual version of the Beatles-Classic „Tomorrow Never Knows“, the instrumental „Lagrima“ and the wonderful melancholic „Rong Wrong“.“ BFH, Eclipsed Oct. 2009

„The Success is based on four pillars: the superior skills of the musicians, the easy and casual approach to a live-performance, the songs that cover a wide range from poppy lightness to progressive melancholy, and a sound quality that was outstanding back then.“ Tk, Good Times 4/2009

„Where Roxy Music was decadent, cheesy and eccentred 801 Live was cool, concentrated and self-confident and showed a technologically grown and humanistic Utopia. Psychedelic, but wide awake.
Excellent music that does not fit in categories though everything sounds so familiar. A lush sound unit with an exotic look from another planet, viewed with scepticism and waiting for something that can not be named.
801 Live is a completely timeless album.“ Rolf Jäger, Jazzthetik 10/09

The outstanding sound and the fresh, furious improvisation create a timeless document of the Artrock-Scene around „Enfant Terrible“ Brian Eno.“ Schallplattenmann.de

„A magic moment, creating one of the best Live-Albums of Pop-History. Phils clamorous guitarintro is followed by eleven songs between Rock & Psychedelic which prove that 801 were ahead of their time. W.Andresen, Stereoplay 10/09

„With this top-class band Phil Manzanera acted out what was missing in Roxy Music: melodic Prog-Rock with a psychedelic touch. „801 Live“ was pure cult in 1976 and also an act of technically pioneering, that is now greatly remastered.“ Matthias Inhoffen, Audio 10/09

The November edition of Mojo magazine has given a five star review of the 801 Live. You can read it here:

Roxy Music - More Than This - The Story Of Roxy Music [DVD] [2008] [NTSC]

The BBC documentary ‘More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music’ which featured during last year’s Roxy Music Night on BBC4 in the UK is to be released on DVD.

The documentary featured interviews with all the major characters in the development of Roxy Music, plus a number of notable contributors from the music industry including Bono.

Scheduled to be released on October 19th, the DVD contains nearly 30 minutes of additional unseen material plus three bonus previously unreleased live tracks recorded at Dock Rock in London during July 2006 - ‘Both Ends Burning’, ‘Editions Of You’ and ‘Do The Strand’, as well as additional interview material. Region 2.

The DVD can be pre-ordered here: More Than This - The Story Of Roxy Music DVD

Here are some of the latest reviews of the 801 Live collectors edition.

Uncut October 2009

Classic Rock - October 2009

Here is the october 2009 review of the 801 Live reissue from Uncut magazine:
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