Tag: Gary Numan

Video: Gary Numan cranks up the guitars in 30-minute KEXP set at Bumbershoot

Video: Gary Numan cranks up the guitars in 30-minute KEXP set at Bumbershoot

KEXP continues to post stellar video filmed at its Bumbershoot Music Lounge during the Seattle music festival, this time coming up with a 30-minute set from Gary Numan. As you can see here, Numan plugs in for a trio of songs from his new album, plus a couple tracks from the early 2000s and his classic “Cars.”

Stream: Gary Numan, ‘Love Hurt Bleed’ — off ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’

Stream: Gary Numan, ‘Love Hurt Bleed’ — off ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’

In three weeks, Gary Numan both will release his first album of new material in seven years — Splinter (Songs From a Broken Mind) — and return to the road in the U.S. for his second round of dates in as many months. To get fans prepped, he released a new single off Splinter this week.

Stream: Gary Numan, ‘I Am Dust’ — off ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’

Stream: Gary Numan, ‘I Am Dust’ — off ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’

Gary Numan this week debuted the first single off his long-in-the-works album Splinter — his first studio album in seven years, which has now received an added parenthetical (Songs From a Broken Mind) to its title — in advance of his upcoming U.S tour and dates with Nine Inch Nails.

Gary Numan expands North American tour, will open for Nine Inch Nails in Florida

Synth pioneer Gary Numan has expanded what was to be a very short run of West Coast dates in late summer by adding concerts in the Eastern U.S. this October leading up to a pair of opening slots on Nine Inch Nails’ fall arena tour in October. All told, Numan is now planning 13 North American shows through Oct. 31.

Gary Numan announces short U.S. tour: 6 West Coast shows set for late summer

Gary Numan announces short U.S. tour: 6 West Coast shows set for late summer

Gary Numan will return to U.S. shores late this summer for a very short run of concerts on the West Coast, performing at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle in late August and, while he’s here, playing shows in California and Oregon as well. The tour opens Aug. 28 in Sacramento.

New releases: R.E.M., The Fall, Primal Scream, Love and Rockets, Devo, Breeders, Talking Heads

New releases: R.E.M., The Fall, Primal Scream, Love and Rockets, Devo, Breeders, Talking Heads

This week’s new releases including expanded reissues of R.E.M.’s ‘Green’ and The Breeders’ ‘Last Splash,’ new studio albums from The Fall and Primal Scream), five-disc box sets from Love and Rockets and Gary Numan, a vintage Devo live album, a Talking Heads vinyl reissue and a budget Simple Minds best-of.

New releases: Paul Weller, Gary Numan, UK Decay, Peter Hook, The Monochrome Set

New releases: Paul Weller, Gary Numan, UK Decay, Peter Hook, The Monochrome Set

This week’s new releases include a brand-new two-track single from Paul Weller (“Flame-Out! b/w “The Olde Original”), the first album since 1981 from UK Decay, a remix collection from Gary Numan and live albums both new and old from Peter Hook & The Light and The Monochrome Set.

Beggars Archive launches new ‘5 Albums’ box sets with Love and Rockets, Gary Numan

Beggars Archive launches new ‘5 Albums’ box sets with Love and Rockets, Gary Numan

Starting with collections from Love and Rockets and Gary Numan, Beggars Banquet this spring will launch a new series of five-album catalog box sets designed to help keep “slower selling titles” in print, an effort the label acknowledges “may be the last chance to present the albums as physical releases in the foreseeable future.”

The Week in Rock: July 15-21, 2012

The Week in Rock: July 15-21, 2012

Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week. This edition includes items about The Fixx, Bob Mould, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Black Francis, Kristin Hersh, Sonic Youth, The Jam and more — plus a special mixtape.

Gary Numan preps ‘Big Noise Transmission’ 2CD, DVD live sets — watch trailer

Gary Numan preps ‘Big Noise Transmission’ 2CD, DVD live sets — watch trailer

Gary Numan next month will release ‘Big Noise Transmission,’ a live document of a concert recorded at the HMV Ritz in Manchester, England, last December that will arrive in three formats: a 2CD set, a 20-song PAL format DVD and a limited collectors’ edition featuring the 2CD set and a hardbound photo book.

The Week in Rock: Feb. 5-11, 2012

The Week in Rock: Feb. 5-11, 2012

This week’s round-up of Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines includes news about Dexys Midnight Runners, Fad Gadget, Dalis Car, The La’s, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Morrissey, Dinosaur Jr, Killing Joke and The Godfathers — plus news of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s return to the U.S. this spring.

Gary Numan announces ‘Machine Music’ retrospective DVD, 12-date U.K. tour

Gary Numan announces ‘Machine Music’ retrospective DVD, 12-date U.K. tour

Gary Numan today announced the release of a retrospective DVD entitled ‘Machine Music: The Best of Gary Numan’ that will collect his music videos and some TV appearances from throughout his career — and which will be accompanied by a 12-date tour of the U.K. and Ireland late this spring.

New releases: The Smiths tribute, The Lucy Show, X, Gary Numan, The Lemonheads

New releases: The Smiths tribute, The Lucy Show, X, Gary Numan, The Lemonheads

This week’s new releases include ‘Please Please Please: A Tribute to The Smiths,’ The Lucy Show’s rarities comp ‘Remembrances,’ a DVD and Blu-ray reissue of X’s ‘The Unheard Music,’ a 5LP Gary Numan vinyl box set and a new 2CD best-of from The Lemonheads.