I couldn't consider a Roxy Music-R.E.M.-Morrissey triple bill a bad thing regardless of the advanced stages of their respective careers.

Not yet but this feels very much like the Slint thing. I think Pitchfork just posted this at night to make sure they were the first. Not sure if anyone else has, publication wise, but they probably thought they had a bigger story.

All these bands are getting back together. Pixies, Cocteau Twins, House of Love, La’s and Suede (Tears). Next it will be the Rolling Stones.

Not too big a fan of smiles but two in one day is just wrong. I just felt someone would take that seriously.

Edit: Publication wise meaning music sites as I don’t visit “The London Times” very often.

np: 13 Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds Of…

The other side to this story:

Brian Eno Rejoins Roxy Music;
Band to Record First LP in More Than 20 Years

Scott Plagenhoef reports:
Legendary UK art-rockers Roxy Music have reformed to record their first LP in more than 20 years-- and their first in more than 30 years with Brian Eno. Contact Music reports that the newly reformed Roxy Music will include the five members who appeared on both of the band's first two albums, 1972's Roxy Music and 1973's For Your Pleasure-- Eno, Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera, and Andy Thompson. After that sophomore release, Eno left the band to pursue a solo career.
This news comes just days after the confirmation of Roxy Music's appearance at the upcoming Isle of Wight Festival, where they'll appear alongside Morrissey and R.E.M. There is no word whether Eno-- who was notoriously critical of RM's reunion tour-- will perform at the Isle of Wight show, or whether the band will tour as a quintet. Speaking to Rolling Stone in February 2001, Eno said of the then-recent news that Ferry and co. were reforming to play live: "I'm not interested anymore. I mean, it's obvious why it's being done. Why does anyone have a reunion? They've suddenly been fired up with a whole bunch of incredible new ideas that have been lying dormant for the last 25 years? I just don't like the idea. It leaves a bad taste."

Yeh, there's no way Eno will go anywhere near a Roxy reunion. What would his role be - forget everything he's learned over the last 30 years and go back to playing primitive cassette tape loops and analog synth gurgles? Can't see it. It'll still be cool without him though. Their live album from a couple years ago was aces.

And from that Pitchfork article:

"Pitchfork has spoken with representatives at the U.S. offices of Astralwerks Records, and can now confirm that original member Brian Eno, who left Roxy Music after 1973's For Your Pleasure, is not presently slated to appear."

It's true!

http://www.nme.com/news/roxy-music/22523

Roxy Music reform with Brian Eno
They're making a new album

Roxy Music are working on their first album of new material with their original line-up for more than 30 years.

The band's last album was 'Avalon' in 1982, but this new effort will be the first to feature Brian Eno since 1973.

All five original members of the group - Bryan Ferry, Andy MacKay, Phil Manzanera, Paul Thompson and Eno are involved, reports Ananova.

The band, who rose to fame in the early Seventies glam rock era, have been recording with producers Rhett Davies and Chris Thomas although no release date for the album has yet been set.

Roxy Music first reunited in 2001, and last year got together for a series of concerts including the Isle Of Wight festival. Eno was not present in the line-up at any of those shows.

More concerts are planned for this year in Europe although dates and venues have yet to be confirmed.

Ferry quit the band in 1983 to go solo, while Eno went onto release his own acclaimed solo albums and become one of the world's most in-demand producers working with U2, Talking Heads and James among others.

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It's been retracted but again no one cares but here to set the record straight:

"NME.com is reporting Ananova.com's story that Roxy Music has reformed with Brian Eno in the line-up. This UNTRUE and just in-good-faith wishful thinking from the journalists -- Brian has no involvement with the band's current recording or tour plans. All that happened was that Brian popped in to visit the members of the group when they were in the studio. Hearing of this, some journalist somewhere decided that it is a truth universally acknowledged that a solo artist in possession of a fine career must be in want of tinsel jackets, peacock feathers, ego clashes, laundry ruminations and everything else that goes with rejoining a band he left 33 years ago. Great oak false rumours from tiny fact acorns grow..."

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