Roxy Music (August 1973) – “Roxy Meets Dali, Climbs Out On Ledge” News Item – Circus

Aug 1, 1973

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The August 1973 issue of Circus magazine includes a short “Back Pages” item titled “Roxy Meets Dali, Climbs Out On Ledge,” recounting Roxy Music’s encounter with Salvador Dali in Paris.

Publication: Circus

Date: August 1973

Country: United States

The piece describes how England’s super-svelte trans-sexual band Roxy Music decided a day with Salvador Dali might help polish their already shimmering career. The group visited Dali’s apartment at the Hotel Meurice, only to find the meeting an anticlimax after a TV crew failed to appear. Later that night at a Parisian restaurant, opening act Lloyd Watson got drunk, made speeches, threw butter knives and climbed out of a window onto a ledge before crawling back in through another window twenty feet away, declaring it all part of the act.

CONTEXT AND NOTES

The light-hearted anecdote captures the surreal and theatrical atmosphere surrounding Roxy Music at the time, linking the band with the world of surrealism through their meeting with Dali.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

Event: News anecdote

Era: 1973 (early Roxy Music era) Tone: Humorous, anecdotal Photography: Small black-and-white photo of a Roxy Music member

WHAT THE CLIPPING SHOWS

Headline “Roxy Meets Dali, Climbs Out On Ledge”
Account of the band’s visit to Salvador Dali
Description of Lloyd Watson’s window-ledge antics
Small photo accompanying the item

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