GARY NUMAN // BRIGHTON CENTRE, BRIGHTON
After a long absence, iconic Gary Numan brings his exhilarating ‘Intruder’ show to Brighton Centre!
★★★★★ (5/5)
GARY NUMAN // BRIGHTON CENTRE, BRIGHTON - 01.05.2022
PHOTOCREDIT : MICHAEL HUNDERTMARK
Judging by crowds, fans were coming from far and between already waiting excitedly outside Brighton Centre, well before the start of the show to watch a legend, comes to no surprise as Gary Numan had not played in Brighton for 39 years.
Gary Numan is a singer songwriter and composer and entered the music industry as the new Wave band ‘Tubeway Army’. After releasing two albums with the band he released his debut solo album ‘The Principle Pleasure’. His Latest album ‘Intruder’ shows off his vocal talents, melodies and his stylish Synth Groves. His latest offerings show off a more industrial feel and with a touch of influences from likes the bands ‘Nine Inch Nails’ and ‘Ministry’.
With tonight’s show you see why after all these years he still sells out venues across the country with his industrial feel and cinematic visuals. His show is awash with deep synth sounds and haunting piano off takes and kicks of with the latest album title track Intruder, which is all about environmental damage and the cause of concern for your planet! On a serious and disturbing note Gary Numan sings about the problems our planet is facing!
Numan and his band perform like a dystopian trope and could be like a cut scene taken straight out of a ‘Mad Max’ film. Numan and his band even taking the audience back where it all started with ‘Down in The Park taken from ‘Tubular Army/s’, Replica album.
Songs are plays from Gary Numan’s extensive catalogue with ‘Cars’ and ‘My name is Ruin’ being highlights that fit in perfectly with is newer material!
The show comes too soon to a close, with a final two song encore, showcasing the futuristic 1979 single ‘Are Friends Electric? which still captures the raw energy as it did back in the day!
Tonight’s show is a sheer joy exuberantly expressed performance and highly stylised expressed by Numan and his band spanning forty years of his expansive discovery with the audience being able to take in the full impact of the stellar light show! His emotional stance and unique synth sounds will keep on drawing in the fans in years to come!
REVIEW + PHOTOS //
MICHAEL HUNDERTMARK
SETLIST
BRIGHTON CENTRE, BRIGHTON
INTRUDER
ME! I DISCONNECT FROM YOU
EVERYTHING COMES DOWN TO THIS
THE GRIFT
METAL
THE END OF THINGS
IS THIS WORLD NOT ENOUGH
FILMS
PURE
RESURRECTION
DOWN IN THE PARK
AND IT BREAKS ME AGAIN
DEAD SUN RISING
CARS
MY NAME IS RUIN
LOVE HURT BLEED
THE CHOSEN
REMIND ME TO SMILE
ENCORE:
THE FALL
ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC?
TOUR DATES
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9TH MAY 2022
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10TH MAY 2022
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11TH MAY 2022
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12TH MAY 2022
LEEDS // O2 ACADEMY
14TH MAY 2202
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15TH MAY 2022
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16TH MAY 2022
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18TH MAY 2022
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19TH MAY 2022
LEICESTER // O2 ACADEMY
20TH MAY 2022
SHEFFIELD // O2 ACADEMY