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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