SEEKING LIVE MUSIC IN MANHATTAN
First Evening in Manhattan by Chris Perry | Sep 30, 2022 | Music This article was first published on the Grapevine Live! website in Sept. 2022 Yes, it is possible to leave Norwich on the 06:04 train and still get to Manhattan in time to watch the latest version of Roxy Music on their US tour. I didn’t set off with that concert in mind, but there was the possibility of picking up a spare ticket had I really wanted to see them. I saw two older men on their way to the show when travelling on the subway from JFK. One wore a black t-shirt with a copy of the cover from ‘For Your Pleasure’, featuring the model Amanda Lear, holding a heavily sedated black panther on a lead. The other man’s had a motif that looked to have been lifted from Queen’s “Night at the Opera”, with Roxy Music printed in an ornate script across his sternum. Instead of hunting out a ticket, I wandered around for a bit in order to get orientated. Once I’d remembered that aven...