MACHINE MUSIC LIVE DOUBLE ALBUM
Gary Numan releases a new double live album, Machine Music Live on Monday 17 June through the Official Numan Store.
Recorded live on the Machine Music Tour at the Dome, Brighton on 3rd June 2012, the double disc digipack also includes a 16 page colour booklet.
The DVD has been delayed due to production issues but we’ll hopefully have it ready in a few weeks time.
CD1:
1 (Intro) Hide
2 Berserker
3 Metal
4 The Fall
5 Bombers
6 Crazier
7 Call Out The Dogs
8 Dominion Day
9 This Wreckage
10 Absolution
CD2:
1 That’s Too Bad
2 In A Dark Place
3 Down In The Park
4 Rip
5 Love Needs No Disguise
6 Warriors
7 I Die: You Die
8 We Are Glass
9 Healing
10 Cars
11 Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
U.S. SHOWS WITH NINE INCH NAILS
Gary will be playing TWO Florida shows with Nine Inch Nails this October following his US headline tour in support of the new album Splinter.
Gary will be the Special Guest for the NIN shows at BB&T Center, Sunrise, FL on 10/30 and Amway Center, Orlando, FL on 10/31
For more information please visit HERE
PHOTO BY: Ed Fielding
SATURDAY NIGHT AT PLAYGROUND CANCELLED
Sadly just received this from the Playground festival:
ANNOUNCEMENT: Saturdays PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL event has unfortunately been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.
Fridays nights event will still proceed w/ slight changes including the addition of SQUAREPUSHER.
All Saturday tickets are redeemable on Friday nights show along with separate dates that have been set up w/ James Lavelle [UNKLE], The Orb, Pantha Du Prince, Nathan Fake, Luke Vibert, Wolfgang Flu at KOKO on the 13th July + 14th September + The Coronet of which further details will be released soon. All ticket buyers will be offered a + 1 for these shows as well.
Please take note that there are limited tickets to Fridays nights event now so please grab these before they run out viawww.theplaygroundfestival.com. Refunds will be offered for Saturday nights event + the difference on Weekend tickets if you don’t redeem these on the separate shows set up at KOKO. We apologise profusely for what has happened and aim to work through any issues and difficulties any of our customers will incur due to this. Please email festival@theplayground.co.uk with any queries.
Thanks THE PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL
”Very disappointed to hear that the Saturday night of the Playground Festival has been cancelled, especially so close to the day of the event. We were asked to play on the Friday but that wasn’t an option for us as our Leamington show was already in place. Playground have assured us, and all the bands and other acts due to play, that fans will have various options for refunds or alternatives. Please bear in mind that this is a brand new festival with many acts on the bill and so we have had no say in the organisation, or the cancellation, of the show. We are as upset as I”m sure many of you are.”
Gary
Please email festival@theplayground.co.uk with any enquiries.
BUMBERSHOOT & U.S. SHOWS
Gary Numan will be playing at the BUMBERSHOOT FESTIVAL in Seattle on Saturday 31 August 2013. There’s a great line up for this, including Crystal Castles on the same day.
For more information please HERE
Numan is also playing a series of shows around the festival:
AUGUST:
28 Ace Of Spades, SACRAMENTO, CA
TICKETS
29 WOW Hall, EUGENE, OR
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30 Fortune Sound Club, VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA
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31 Bumbershoot Festival, SEATTLE, WA
SEPTEMBER
1 Wonder Ballroom, PORTLAND, OR
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3 Metro Opera House, OAKLAND, CA
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4 The Observatory, SANTA ANA, CA
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VIP packages for these shows are now available from HERE.
These VIP packages feature front row viewing for all of the soundcheck and a meet-and-greet with Gary Numan. You can film and take photos at the soundcheck and with Gary who meets every VIP individually. You can bring your own items to sign if you wish (no more than 5 please). You’ll also receive a VIP laminate and an ultra-rare exclusive promo CD containing a Splinter demo track which is only available as part of this package. VIPs will be handed the CD and the laminate when they arrive at the venue. Numbers at each show are restricted to 15 people only. Further information about when to arrive at the venue will be emailed to you. Please note these VIP packages do NOT include a concert ticket.
MOUNTAIN OASIS & U.S. DATES
Gary Numan will be performing at the Mountain Oasis Festival in Asheville on Saturday 26 October, 2013. Weekend Passes are on sale now. For more details please VISIT
Gary is also playing two further shows in October. Tickets go on sale this weekend.
Friday 25 October – The Masquerade, ATLANTA, GA
TICKETS
Sunday 27 October – Black Cat, WASHINGTON, DC
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Tuesday 29 October – Music Hall Of Williamsburg, BROOKLYN, NY
TICKETS
VIP packages for the Atlanta, Brooklyn and Washington shows are now available from HERE.
These VIP packages feature front row viewing for all of the soundcheck and a meet-and-greet with Gary Numan. You can film and take photos at the soundcheck and with Gary who meets every VIP individually. You can bring your own items to sign if you wish (no more than 5 please). You’ll also receive a VIP laminate and an ultra-rare exclusive promo CD containing a Splinter demo track which is only available as part of this package. VIPs will be handed the CD and the laminate when they arrive at the venue. Numbers at each show are restricted to 15 people only. Further information about when to arrive at the venue will be emailed to you. Please note these VIP packages do NOT include a concert ticket.
SPLINTER ALBUM & UK TOUR
Gary Numan’s new album Splinter will be released worldwide on Monday 14th October, to be followed by a UK Tour in November. We’ll have more details soon, but it ranges from the wall-of-electronic noise that is ‘I Am Dust’ to slower velocity anthems such as ‘Where I Can Never Be’ and the orchestral strings of ‘Scream’. The album features guitarist Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails, Guns N Roses) and is produced by long-standing collaborator Ade Fenton.
Although Numan released a straight-to-the-fanbase album Dead Son Rising in 2011, this is his first self penned full album since Jagged in 2006. In recent years he’s been quoted as an influence by everyone from Lady Gaga to Kanye West; Matthew Dear to Queens Of The Stone Age, The Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails (the latter inviting Numan on stage at several shows in 2009, including their o2 Arena concert in London); Prince to Boyz Noise, Richie Hawtin and Battles (they released a single ‘My Machines’ on Warp Records with Numan in 2011). But while Numan’s unique style continues to connect with fans from the worlds of Metal, Hip Hop, EDM, Industrial and Indie, he remains as focussed as ever in pursuing his own singular vision. Splinter sounds like no-one else while utilising new sounds and ideas. Perhaps it’s the voice – one of the most distinctive in rock music and often associated with machines and icy alienation, but for those who are drawn to Numan’s songs, his singing is strangely emotional, almost soulful in places. And if you like that side of his writing, you certainly won’t be disappointed with the new album where there are 4 or 5 tracks that set Numan’s vocals against moody atmospheric slow-burners to stunning effect.
TICKET LINKS FOR ‘SPLINTER’ UK TOUR:
GOLD VIP Tickets are available HERE
NOVEMBER 2013:
7 Bristol 02 Academy:
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8 Ireland Dublin Button Factory:
www.tickemaster.ie
10 Nottingham Rock City:
http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk/
11 Sheffield 02 Academy:
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12 Newcastle 02 Academy:
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13 Glasgow 02 ABC:
http://www.o2abcglasgow.co.uk/
14 Manchester Academy:
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15 Oxford 02 Academy:
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16 London Roundhouse:
http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk/
18 Brighton The Dome:
http://brightondome.org/event/
19 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall:
http://purchase.tickets.com/
LEAMINGTON SPA ASSEMBLY HALL
Gary Numan will be playing a show at Leamington Spa Assembly Hall on Friday 7 June. Tickets are available from HERE
For Gold VIPs (concert ticket isn’t included) please visit HERE
GARY NUMAN CHOOSES VOCALBOOTH FOR STUDIO
After relocating to LA from the UK, Gary wanted to turn his guest house into a professional studio and opted to use VocalBooth to make this happen. Read more about it by clicking here.
Message about unofficial eBay items from Gary
Could we bring your attention to the supposed ‘Gold album award for Pure’ currently being auctioned on E-Bay.
Please understand this is not official. This has been made by the same people it’s supposedly been ‘presented’ to, with the singular intention of trying to pretend it’s rare and sought after and in so doing get some innocent fan to pay a lot of money for it. Please don’t do it. It’s a rip off. We can all paint an album we couldn’t sell with cheap Gold paint and get it framed, then pretend it’s an ‘award’. Do you really want to pay hundreds of pounds for tat like that?
It’s just another example of how this particular person has been targeting Gary Numan fans for a number of years now. He’s threatened me before when we blocked his attempts to rip you off, I’m sure he will now do so again. Save your money.
Gary Numan.
ARTROCKER APP FOR IPAD & ANDROID
The Artrocker Gary Numan is now available for download.
For more information about the App for the iPad please visit HERE
You can also purchase the album for Google Play enabled tablets – Samsung Galaxy, Nexus, etc – by visiting HERE
Artrocker editor-in-chief Tom Artrocker has conducted a series of interviews with Gary spanning April to September 2012, discussing the past, present and future. Tom also spoke to co-producer Ade Fenton, members of Gary’s present band as well as former alumni, Gary’s merch man of many years. Eight tracks from Dead Moon Falling are also available as a free download.
(PLEASE NOTE: THE DEAD MOON FALLING REMIXES WILL NOT DOWNLOAD DIRECT TO YOUR iPAD. YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD TO A LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER AND THEN SYNC YOUR iTUNES)
For this App, Artrocker commissioned photographer Keith Martin to take a series of new photos of Gary, his crew and fans. The result is nearly 200 brand new, never seen before photos. Embedded in the app are a dozen interview videos, on subjects as diverse as ‘Cars’ and moving to the USA.
Gary talks about his recent return to prominence, moving to America, writing, recording, producing and performing, future plans, the next album… even the make of car he’ll be driving around LA. He also discusses how it all began, the first fateful meeting with a synthesiser, riding the instant rocket to fame, the come down, the lost years and the fight back. We have nearly 100 flyers, programmes, back stage passes, photos from the period and vintage magazine covers.
