Gary Numan is about to set out on a UK acoustic tour, some of it in churches and one date in a cathedral. He talks here - from the Scottish estate house he’s just bought – about some of the first shows he saw and what he’s learnt about live performance. This includes ...

… the peculiar effect of seeing Nazareth at the Rainbow in 1973.

… the fate of the £5 note he’d asked Queen to autograph.

… why he doesn’t talk onstage, and why that’s about to change.

… what musicians take for granted.

… the church that insisted on his lyrics before they let him perform there.

… what happened when he dodged the security for Bowie at Wembley Arena.

.. what’s involved in creating a “relentless” live act.

… a fondness for the Monkees and Marc Bolan and the secret of his 1981 Bogart hat.

Gary Numan’s tour dates here ..

https://garynuman.com/tours/

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