Band agreed to go separate ways after their most recent tourโ€ฆ

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Roxy Musicโ€˜s Phil Manzanera has confirmed that the band are broken up after a three-and-a-half year period of inactivity.

The guitarist announced the news in an interview with Rolling Stone, revealing that he and multi-instrumentalist Andy Mackay agreed to go their separate ways when the bandโ€™s last tour ended.

โ€œI donโ€™t think weโ€™re going to do any more shows,โ€ said Manzanera. โ€œI think our job is done. When we stopped touring in 2011, Andy and I looked at each other and said, โ€˜Our job is done here.'โ€

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Having recorded eight studio albums over a ten year period, Roxy Music dissolved in 1983 only to reunite 13 years ago. Despite not releasing any new music as a group since their 1982 album Avalon, they continued to tour sporadically.

โ€œMusicians like to do new things,โ€ said Manzanera. โ€œItโ€™s unfortunate for the fans, really, because they would like you to play the same old stuff forever and ever. And they go see it and they feel like, โ€˜Man, they arenโ€™t as good as they used to be.โ€™ Iโ€™m very happy doing new things. Iโ€™ve got a couple of albums coming in the next year.โ€

New boxsets of the bandโ€™s first two albums are due out in 2015. Bryan Ferry, meanwhile, will tour in Spring 2015.