Gary Numan declares 1000: Reside At The Electrical Ballroom, the star’s one thousandth present from April 2023.
The album captures the whole career-spanning efficiency, entering into the beginning of his solo profession with the long-lasting Automobilesin addition to Steel from his debut solo album The Pleasure Precept plus Remind Me To Smile and I Die: You Die from the follow-up Telekon – each data which hit No.1. However Gary Numan has by no means been an artist to take a seat in stasis, and later materials, comparable to three songs from 2021’s Intruder, reveal his arc from synth-pop pioneer to the influential forefather of business.
There are comparatively deep cuts and particular moments for the hardcore too: the hardly ever carried out title observe from 1997’s Exile; a primary airing of In A Darkish Place in over a decade; and a a visitor look from his daughter Persia who reprised her efficiency from the studio recording of My Identify Is Smash. By the point the curtain comes down with the irresistible synth hook of Are ‘Mates’ Electrical? one impression towers above all others – songs which as soon as felt like soundwaves from a dystopian future have as a substitute morphed into one thing curiously timeless.
Gary Numan says, “Enjoying 1000 reveals is kind of one thing, and but if somebody had mentioned it was 5000 the quantity would have nonetheless felt low, given the extraordinary effort, sacrifice, dedication (and stress) that’s been poured into these reveals over time. Every tour is a life inside a life, a world inside a world. Every one a singular journey. I’ve been touring my complete grownup life, from a nervous, out-of-my-depth, suly younger man to one thing solely totally different in the present day. It’s a life like no different, and I really feel privileged to have reached the 1000 present milestone, and honoured to have shared that lengthy journey with so a lot of you.”
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1000: Reside At The Electrical Ballroom tracklist
Down In The Park
Haunted
Remind Me To Smile
The Present
Halo
Steel
My Shadow In Useless
That’s Too Dangerous
Exile
Sprinter
Automobiles
Is This World Not Sufficient
In A Darkish Place
Right here In The Black
The Chosen
My Identify Is Rain (with Persia Numan)
I Die: You Die
A Prayer For The Unborn
Are ‘Mates’ Electrical?
Along with its digital launch, it is going to be out there on black triple-vinyl with gatefold packaging, in addition to a double-CD and Blu-ray bundle which provides a movie of the set together with a 10-minute interview. Each variations are adorned with pictures from the present in addition to a whole listing of his first 1000 reveals, making it essential collector’s merchandise for each current in addition to different devotees.
Gary Numan is at the moment on a North American tour which blends headline reveals with units as particular visitor to Psychedelic Furs. He’ll then embark upon a full UK and Eire headline tour in November to commemorate the forty fifth anniversary of his second solo album Telekon.
Telekon forty fifth Anniversary UK Dates 2025
November
11 Glasgow, O2 Academy
12 Newcastle, O2 Metropolis Corridor
14 Leeds, O2 Academy
15 Birmingham, O2 Academy
16 Bristol, Beacon (SOLD OUT)
18 Cardiff, College Nice Corridor
19 Bournemouth, O2 Academy
21 London, Eventim Apollo
22 Brighton, Centre
23 Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
25 Nottingham, Rock Metropolis (SOLD OUT)
26 Cambridge, Corn Alternate (SOLD OUT)
27 Norwich, UEA
29 Manchester, Apollo (SOLD OUT)
30 Liverpool, O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)
December
02 Dublin, 3Olympia
03 Belfast, Waterfront Corridor
1000: Reside At The Electrical Ballroom is now out there to pre-order right here
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