# Brian Eno turned down Roxy Music reunion in 2022 for “environmental reasons”, Phil Manzanera reveals

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/brian-eno-turned-down-roxy-music-reunion-in-2022-for-environmental-reasons-phil-manzanera-reveals/
- Published: 2026-11-13T10:47:03+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T11:35:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/brian-eno-turned-down-roxy-music-reunion-in-2022-phil-manzanera/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Eno declined Roxy Music’s 2022 farewell tour.
- Manzanera said Eno cited environmental reasons for not flying.
- Eno had previously ruled out touring with the band again.

## Summary

Brian Eno declined an invitation to join Roxy Music’s 2022 farewell tour, citing environmental reasons for no longer flying, according to guitarist Phil Manzanera. The decision meant the band’s final run, their first concerts in more than a decade, went ahead without the former member, who left in 1973.

Manzanera said he chose to believe Eno’s explanation and remembered him as the same person he had met in 1971. Eno had also said in 2012 that touring again with Roxy Music was not in his temperament and that he did not want to look back. The tour ended at London’s O2 Arena, where Manzanera said the band could say goodbye on its own terms.

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