02 Arena, London, October 14
BRYAN Ferry arches an eyebrow and stares us down, as Roxy Music tear into “Re-Make/Re-Model”. Gold lamé, green eyeshadow… this is undoubtedly how you start off the final date of a 50th-anniversary tour. And, yes, grudgingly, while it’s true that this version of Bryan Ferry (like the fleeting appearance of Brian Eno) is only here via the show’s substantial audio-visual package, it does tell you plenty about how Roxy Music feel about Roxy Music these days.
Their guidance would seem to be for us not to think of the people on stage as young men who have become older. It’s