Gary Numan
English musician
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2025 | I Speak Machine released non-album single 'Guts of Love' with a music video directed by Maf Lewis |
2025 | Gary Numan provides guest vocals for I Speak Machine's single 'Guts of Love' |
March 2025 | Featured on vocals for the track 'Polished Chrome (The Friend Pt. 1)' on a new album by Chris Liebing. |
February 2024 | Numan announced a UK tour to celebrate the 45th anniversary of his albums Replicas and The Pleasure Principle, scheduled for May and June. |
2023 | In October, Numan performed a series of eight acoustic gigs across various locations. |
May 20 2023 | Numan performed at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California, and participated in a rescheduled second show the following day after weather disruptions. |
February 10 2023 | Gary Numan reissued the Tubeway Army album through Beggars Banquet, which peaked at #72 in some chart rankings |
2022 | Gary Numan contributes guest vocals to Liela Moss's track 'Vanishing Shadows' |
April 2022 | Numan began a 17-venue UK tour, which continued until late May. |
2021 | Gary Numan released two music videos for singles 'Intruder' and 'Saints and Liars' from his album 'Intruder', both directed by Chris Corner |
2021 | Gary Numan provides lead vocals for Gang of Four's 'Love Like Anthrax' tribute track |
2021 | Gary Numan collaborates with Paul McCartney on Mark Ronson's 'I Know Time (Is Calling)' as lead vocalist and co-writer |
2021 | Gary Numan released 'The Singles Collection 1978–1983', which reached number 40 in the UK Albums Chart, compiling his early singles from that period. |
July 24 2021 | Gary Numan reissued the album 'Exile' through Ear Music |
May 21 2021 | Numan released his studio album Intruder. |
January 11 2021 | Released the title track from the upcoming album Intruder. |
2020 | The Mission released non-album single 'TOS2020' (Tower of Strength) with a music video directed by Vicente Cordero |
October 22 2020 | An updated autobiography titled '(R)evolution: The Autobiography' was published, bringing Gary Numan's career up to date from the earlier Praying to the Aliens. |
2019 | Gary Numan released 'When the Sky Came Down' DVD, another live performance recording. |
2019 | Gary Numan released two retrospective albums: 'Replicas - The First Recordings' which peaked at number 31 in the UK Albums Chart, and 'The Pleasure Principle - The First Recordings' which peaked at number 36. |
2019 | Gary Numan released the album 'When the Sky Came Down', which achieved peak chart positions of 51 in the UK Albums Chart |
2018 | Artist Poppy released a cover of Gary Numan's song 'Metal' from his original 1979 album The Pleasure Principle as a non-album single |
2018 | Gary Numan co-produces an edit of Simple Minds' 'Summer' |
2018 | Gary Numan provides lead vocals for Chris Liebing's track 'Polished Chrome (The Friend Part 1)' |
2018 | Gary Numan released the live album 'Savage – Live at Brixton Academy', which reached peak chart positions of 75 in the UK Albums Chart |
2018 | Gary Numan performed as a guest during the 2018 leg of Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails tour, with Reznor describing Numan as 'vitally important and a huge inspiration.' |
September 24 2018 | Numan's tour bus was involved in an incident that resulted in the death of an elderly man in Cleveland, Ohio, leading Numan to cancel his scheduled performance that evening. |
September 11 2018 | Released 'The Fallen' EP, which complemented the album 'Savage (Songs from a Broken World)' |
2017 | Numan's daughter Persia contributed vocals to his song 'My Name Is Ruin' and appeared in its music video. |
2017 | Gary Numan received the Ivor Novello Award for Inspiration from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. |
September 2017 | Numan released the single 'My Name Is Ruin' and began a European tour, following the release of his studio album Savage (Songs from a Broken World) on 15 September. |
May 10 2016 | Numan received the Moog Innovation Award from Moog Music. |
May 6 2016 | Collaborated with Jean-Michel Jarre on the track 'Here for You' for the album Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise. |
November 2014 | Numan performed a sold-out live show at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, supported by Gang of Four. |
October 14 2014 | Numan provided vocals for the song 'Long Way Down' in the video game The Evil Within. |
October 14 2013 | Numan released his studio album Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind), marking his first album to reach the UK Top 20 in 30 years. |
June 18 2013 | Numanair was dissolved after 31 years, coinciding with Gary Numan and his family emigrating to the US. |
October 2012 | Numan and his family moved to Santa Monica, California, US. |
December 2011 | Numan performed at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas festival co-curated by Battles in Minehead, England. |
September 16 2011 | Numan released his studio album Dead Son Rising, which was followed by a UK tour split into two halves. |
May 2011 | Numan toured Australia, performing his album The Pleasure Principle in its entirety to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary. |
October 17 2010 | Gary Numan's Pleasure Principle 30th Anniversary Tour began in the United States and Mexico, starting with a performance at Firestone Live in Orlando, Florida. |
April 2010 | Cancelled planned American live dates, including Coachella Festival appearance, due to Icelandic volcanic ash cloud disrupting air travel. |
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