Volume 22 January 2012 Issue 198
Serving Numanoids for over 2/3 of Gary's career
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Hello to the Numanoids of the World! Jim "The Machman" Napier beaming the absoute latest in the world of all things Numan. A warm Happy Nu Year to all you awesome NAGNFC Readers! 2012 promises to be a memorable year to be a Numan fan. Not only will we get a much-awaited full CD of new Numan music, Gary is planning on touring in places he hasn't played in awhile, and even places he's never been. I'm looking forward to Numan's shows this year in Europe, Japan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and India. First I still have to finish unpacking from last month's Dead Son Rising Tour! On with the Numan News:
Gary and Ade Fenton said they were both bitterly disappointed after being forced to cancel their big New Year's Eve gig at the Bangers and Mash event in London. The NAGNFC must have seen the writing on the wall, having never reported on this event. Allegedly, the promoter of the event, Met Parties Limited, failed to meet the basic conditions of their contract with Numan's agency F-10, forcing Gary's cancellation from the event that him and Ade were looking forward to being a part of. F-10 is pursuing Met's breach of contract to help ensure this doesn't happen to other artists. In the meantime, those who happened to purchase tickets to the event can score a refund by phoning Tom at 07934 931228 or by emailing tom@bangersandmashme.com. The event was harmed by Gary's absence, as prices at the door were reportedly dropped to £5 due to a lack of people. Ade was quoted as saying this:
Thanks for your understanding folks - and no, we won't be letting them get away with it. Grrrr.
Created for the NAGNFC by Stefan "Numanhuman" Jungklaus
A terrific interview with Gary appeared in the Societe Perrier, a global source for nightlife & culture news. Numan talked about performing at the Nine Inch Nails shows in September. Trent spoke to the audience how much Numan's music had an impact on his own. This inspired Gary to not only think about his older music in a new light, but to tour The Pleasure Principle around the world. The article went on to say:
Numan’s historical status in electronic music notwithstanding, he still feels a strong connection to the process of painting sonic landscapes with his synthesized palette. ”I create sounds,” he explains. “I’m not a particularly good player; most of my songs are very simple. I am a very simple, basic musician, instead of being able to impress people with how many notes I can play in a second [imitates the sound of a speedy lick]. I get as much pleasure out of creating sound as I do out of creating melody. And that’s why electronic music suits me down to the ground, because a big part of what you do in the studio with synthesized music is, first of all, you sit down and you create the sounds. That’s where the lion’s share of my enjoyment comes from, I’m more proud of my sounds than I am of my melodies, really. I’ll listen back to old albums and go ‘Fucking hell, that’s a great sound.’ I never say, ‘That’s a great tune.’ I just think ‘Oh, look at that sound, I remember how I got that together.’ So it’s gonna have to be electronic music for me forever.”
Nick Deriso from Rock.com praised Numan in his review of Dead Son Rising, saying it had a "smartly challenging next-gen edge". Nick agrees with my own review of Dead Son Rising when he said the album features the attitude of Numan's earlier catalogue, but in a completely modern context.
Battles is tentatively scheduled to play Coachella 2012
I'm pleased to report that Gary Numan has written his own Riveting Chapters from the December Dead Son Rising Tour on The Stool Pigeon! Read in Gary's own words the misadventures from night to night as he plays live with only three other band members for the first time in history, gets involved in crashes, plays to receptive crowds, and ends the tour too soon. I tried to choose a special quote or line from his Riveting Chapter to include here, but honestly it's all good. Read it today! The first of my own Riveting Chapters from the Dead Son Rising tour will appear this month!
Sophie Eggleton had the chance to interview her musical hero for Culture Compass. She covers a wide range of topics with Numan for this excellent article. Among them, Gary reveals his new way of writing music, he speaks about how him and Ade work on new stuff, he talks about deleting the new unfinished album (only to luckily find a backup later), what is on his iPod, and what his vision is for the new release, due to be completed in April.
Limited Edition Vinyl of The Fall Thanks to Martin for sending this photo to share!
Gary appeared in a candid interview for the Stool Pigeon. Despite buzzing on the best reviews of his career for Dead Son Rising, Gary contemplates on his fellow man, remaining friendly but ever more insular as he speaks of "stupid and ignorant people" on fan forums who seem to have a problem with his 4-year-old, and the personal attacks Gary and his family have suffered in recent years. Such a tone continues in the article as he talks in-depth about "selling out" in 1992 when he decided to listen to those who told him he should create a (gasp!) mainstream album to pay off his accumulated debts. Required reading for those who don't understand why Gary doesn't meet fans after the shows as often.
Gary's interview for Philadelphia's World Cafe Live radio show went live on WXPN for the national radio network NPR. You can still stream their excellent and informed interview over at their website.
The Totally Fuzzy Blog features a daily show in their "Live In Concert" series. Gary Numan's Touring Principle enjoyed the privilege of being their first of 2012. They acknowledged Gary's stature of being a pioneer of commercial electronic music, adding Numan's style has been widely imitated.
Beff Carlyle and Jemma Quarry at the Numa Bar! December 2011
The Quietus came through for an in-depth review of Numan's appearance at the All Tomorrow's Parties Nightmare Before Christmas Festival last month in Butlins. A review of the Battles performance is also included. They added this of Numan's show:
It's always good to see a proper rock star at Butlins throwing the plaid-slouching slackers into sharp relief.
Drowned In Sound also reported on Numan's appearance at the Butlins Festival. It was funny to read the review from someone who hadn't seen Numan since the 1980's.
Karl Donald's new tat shared on Facebook
The NAGNFC has a new YouTube Channel! I didn't do anything really. It just sort of appeared. Sort of like www.machman.com appeared as a way of getting to this site. You NAGNFC Readers are superstars!
Created for the NAGNFC by Stefan "Numanhuman" Jungklaus
The Huffington Post in Los Angeles hinted at the impressive list of bands rumoured to be playing Coachella in April. Numan-related bands include Battles, Foo Fighters and Junkie XL. I had such a great time there in 2010. Blaring Gary Numan at 2 in the morning in a sea of partying tents extending into the desert underneath the stars is an experience I'll never forget. Thing is, Gary is planning a tour in April/May which might throw a wrench in any plans for me to attend Coachella again this year.
Numan fans may remember the awesome opening band, Motor, for touring with Depeche Mode in 2009, and who has opened for Gary frequently in the last couple of years. A future Riveting Chapter will detail the night in Los Angeles when I had the opportunity to play keyboards with them at the El Rey Theatre. Motor has been very busy of late. Not only have they provided the world with their stunning Club and Alternate Mixes of Numan's The Fall last month, they have also released a new song in the last month called Man Made Machine with lyrics sung by Depeche Mode's Martin Gore. What is especially interesting about the song are the lyrics. They go: "Beauty of extremes, she is my machine. My machine, for everything I need". Now hmmm, who else was a guest singer for a band singing about My Machines? ;-)
Not to be outdone, South Central has also provided their impressive Bad Trip Mix of The Fall. I loved their performance when they opened for Numan at the Brighton Dome, and this new mix will help you know why...
According to the Entertainment Focus, South Central will be touring in France this month. They will be at the Brest on the 20th and at the Ax Les Thermes on the 27th.
A friend of mine, Raven, is performing Gary Numan and Depeche Mode music in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 18. They are looking for a good electronica band to open for them. If you're interested, you can contact them here.
Tron Javolta posted his remix of Cars on Soundcloud. He said Numan is the sole reason he started making music, sort of like Trent Reznor.
Gary Numan -Cars (Tron Javolta remix) by tronjavolta77
MSN Entertainment (who put the MSN in MSNBC News), just offered up a stellar review of Dead Son Rising with reasons why many feel this is Numan's best CD in years:
Dead Son Rising feels more cohesive and thoughtful than the industrial-by-numbers offerings of his 1990s catalog, and judicious piano and acoustic guitar highlight inventive arrangements. When it comes to mixing science-fiction scenarios with creepy electronics, Gary Numan is still in the driver's seat.
I got the chance to meet up with Jayce Lewis and his band, who opened for Numan on last month's Dead Son Rising Tour. They were all very gracious with their time and spent a lot of time with the fans after the shows. A couple of band members told me about a glitch at the start of their set in Manchester when instruments were missing from the mix. They sweated it out but luckily everything was quickly sorted. Jayce had this to say in his BBC Wales Music blog about the experience of touring with Gary:
"Touring with Gary and co has been both amazing and fascinating. Amazing because for someone who is the pioneer for what I and almost everyone else does within modern music, he is one of the most humble and nicest guys you could ever wish to meet (let alone share the stage with); his crew were outstanding and and his band Ade, Tim, Rich, (Bass) Tim and Dave are amazing and talented. It's a shame that all great parties come to an end... until next time I guess."
Totally Vivid featured up-and-coming electro-poppers, Kovak. They are confident they're readers will enjoy their "fizzy synth gems" as they come on like a "refined distillation of Gary Numan".
Created for the NAGNFC by Stefan "Numanuman" Jungklaus
Kind of a funny nod to Numan in the most unlikeliest of places, Yahoo Sports. Peyton Hillis of the Cleveland Browns has had a rough season. Their article says that even though many will proclaim Hillis to be a one-hit-wonder, he's not quite the Gary Numan of running backs yet.
Created for the NAGNFC by Stefan "Numanuman" Jungklaus
Musicology named the Top 10 Things That Rocked About Music in 2011. #3 among them is the new and stellar album from Gary Numan.
My friends, I'm here to say that Gary Numan has truly made it. Even the local newspaper in my newly adopted (and backward industrial wasteland of a) hometown, Buffalo, has written a review of Dead Son Rising. Even I'm blown away to see this. To wit, the article isn't even typeset correctly. But the Buffalo News article is at least favorable to the newest Numan album:
Blending skewed beats, that trademark “dirty synth,” fat, walloping bass tones and Fenton’s industrial-metal guitar onslaught, “Dead Son Rising” is a scorcher, a smartly recorded collection that creates a clearly defined sonic space for itself. It’s the songs that keep the album from being merely a “cool-sounding” effort, though. Instrumental opener “Resurrection” sets the scene, with its willful manipulation of fuzzy light and oppressive gloom.
The folks at Rhino Records asked the Slicing Up Eyeballs site to guest-curate their weekly "Rhinofy" playlist, Just Can't Get Enough - The 80s. Nice of them to include Gary Numan on the 20-song playlist, even though Metal was released in the 1970's. Numan is more of a pioneer than they realized! You can listen to it here.
Leamington Spa Assembly Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier December 7, 2011
The entertainment section of The Age in Melbourne featured one of the weirdestly written quotes about Numan and the musical year that was 2011:
For the likes of Gary Numan, the Stranglers and the Church, the popular act of playing a beloved album from another century ''in its entirety'' was another good way of obscuring mortal decay behind immutable legend.
Wow, the review of Dead Son Rising by Boz Mugabe over at Wretch Falafel is among the most satisyingly written prose I've read so far this year. He calls Not The Love We Dream Of "a piano ballad trapped inside an electronic membrane". Then he says We Are The Lost provides "a jagged rhythmic frame around which whispers of vocals and a sparsity of synthesised noise seem to be draped". Savor the vernacular of the article as you would fine chocolates.
Metal-funk musician, Jesse Hughes, has begun experimenting with funk-driven anthems dedicated to his biggest musical influences. Among them are George (Phunkadelic) Clinton, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Gary Numan. An interview, article and an impressive picture appear in the Great Falls Tribune.
A Numan historical site is being demolished as you read this. The former British Short-Circuit Testing Station in Hebburn was the filming site of the beloved Metal video. The station was operated by German engineering giant Siemens for decades. Built 50 years ago, it remained the UK's only high-voltage testing site of its kind. But present owners, Narec, the renewable energy and low carbon technologies experts, say the large testing facility was losing money and needed substantial investment.
Say goodbye to the historical site of the Metal video
Patrick Bentley's book The Jagged Halo is now finished and available on the Original Writing site! Numanoids have written in to say it's a great read! The link even contains an excerpt from the book to wet your beak. Thanks to Patrick for hooking me up with a couple pages before it was released, and thanks to Tania in the UK for the link!
This is the story of an abused child struggling for normality in the town of Skerries in the early 70’s. It’s about an early life of crime that led to being locked up in a reform school run by the Christian Brothers, leading to abuse, fear, isolation and no sense of identity. It’s about a teen finding a place to hide in the voice and music of Gary Numan … a search for a soul mate, leading to forbidden love … to Jesus … A journey through the world of drugs and beyond to the painful story of the Jagged Halo.
A great review of Dead Son Rising was found over at Fat Cheese. They say Numan is reinventing himself for a bright 2012:
Dead Son Rising is an intelligent and honest record, made with the “passion” (not the “joy”, as you may assume from the title) of a man who decided not to stop, but to follow the growth and evolution of the seeds he once sowed. Kudos for that.
The American sites Music Minded, Filter, Clubbers Guide New York and South Florida Insider told their readers about Dead Son Rising, and brought them up to speed about Numan's successes of late.
A terrific interview with Gary on the day he accepted his Legend Award appeared on the St. Paul's Lifestyle Inc Overground Sound site. The full conversation with Numan can be heard in its entirety in streaming audio.
Gary talked about the recent tour bus crash in 411 Media. People in the bus were thrown to the floor. They waited with her until the police arrived so she wouldn't be alone. The NAGNFC is still the only site on the Webb with pictures of the damage (way below).
Leamington Spa Assembly Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier December 7, 2011
Contact Music served up a very positive review for the new Konkylie album When Saints Go Machine. They end by saying that Gary Numan would be pleased to see his influence continue into the modern day.
Tenek is one of the most revered modern synthpop acts in the UK today. The Modern Synth Pop site reviews their latest album EP2. They glowingly speak about the opening track What Do You Want, with Chris Payne guesting on violin:
EP2 opens with What Do You Want, a likeable mid-tempo number that features tight vocal harmony between Peter Steer and Geoff Pinckney atop a rollicking mix of synths, violin, cello and a driving drum track. The string instruments bring a strong organic feel to this excellent song, and form the perfect counterpoint to the rest of the song’s tight arrangement. The violin part was played by the legendary Chris Payne, who was part in the original line-up of Gary Numan’s band from 1979 to 1989. There’s also a bit of cello in this mix. Nicely done!
The Adequacy.net site, a place for Indie music reviews, focused on Battles' new album Gloss Drop. They say it is a resounding follow-up to their last album that can victoriously stand on its own.
Thanks to Tania for sending this my way to share with you!
Gary's interview on New York City radio can still be streamed live from East Village Radio. The interview spans a wide range of topics, include Numan's plans to perform in Bosnia.
Battles will be taking their show (and Numan's flat-screen visuals behind them on stage) to Australia this month! Here is the link to the January 23 date in Sydney. Thanks to Peter "NumanAus" for the heads-up!
My friend Jeff Tolva wrote with a great story about his daughter Sara's school project. Her teacher handed out music magazines for the students to summarize an article. Sara was surprised to see a Gary Numan article staring back at her. Thanks to Numan, she was able to score points both her teacher AND her father! Many thanks to Jeff for sharing the story and article with us! He said:
"My daughter, Sara, was recently asked by her 6th grade music teacher at school to "summarize an article from a music magazine". The music teacher gave her a music magazine that the teacher gets through a school subscription at her middle school. The magazine is called Music Alive...and the reading level is geared toward children Sara's age (12). Anyway, Sara was flipping through the December 2011 issue, and saw this on page 22. I've attached it here for you. Needless to say, Sara nearly fell over when she saw an article on Gary Numan! So Sara picked that article and wrote up a one-page summary of this article for her 6th grade music class. She also told the teacher that her father was "friends with Gary Numan, and that he's been to 30 Gary Numan concerts to date". I think Sara scored a few extra points with her teacher for this music assignment. I don't have her written summary page yet, but I thought you'd enjoy the article and story around it."
The staff of WBEZ in Chicago shared their favorite songs of 2011. Master control engineer Liz Bustamante chose My Machines because it "brought Gary Numan out of retirement".
Sara holds up a new Numan article she randomly came across that none of us had heard of at school for a project! Well done, Sara! Photographer: Jeff Tolva
I included all of my own photos from the Leamington Spa Assembly show on December 7, 2011 on the NAGNFC Picture Pages! I'll be posting Riveting Chapters from the Dead Son Rising Tour later this month so you can follow along with the misadventures! Seriously, it was an amazing experience of Numan chakra. The trains were on time, the planes weren't late, the people were awesome, and except for a tour bus crash, there were no police involved.
So many thanks to the Numan fans who helped make the first NAGNFC Issue of 2012 truly impressive. There are several named and unnamed readers who help make this site a worthwhile stop in cyberspace. Many thanks to Stefan in Germany for the NAGNFC logo and for the various graphical artistry that helps define the style of this site! Hat tip to Joey Lindstrom for the Coachella scoop, and to Meemz Numancub for the cool Numanart! Humble thanks to the excellent Paul in Cambridge for helping me with the news. Paul was also an excellent and hospitable host when I was there last month. Thank you, Paul for the dinner, the Artrocker magazine, the pizza and your tour of Cambridge. The Coca-Cola was tasty and the internet was fast! Thanks also to Tania for her news and stellar pictures for the site (and for the candy at the show!). Thanks to Lee for the gorgeous CDs and DVDs and for The Fall uploads! Check your snail mail soon! Kindred thanks to Jeanette and Paul of Nottingham for your thoughtful Christmas cards, and to Paul for the CDs! Hat tip to Peter "NumanAus" for the Australian Battles news! Thanks to Steve in Manchester for offering me your place, your vintage Numan goodies for the site, your Coke in the fridge and for the rides around town. I always sleep great there! Thanks to Karl aka "Kalkulus" for the very thoughtful lunch and your truly cool Value of X CD before the Hatfield show! The fish and chips was incredible! Thanks to Michael for showing me the environs around Warwick Castle before the Leamington show. It really was the perfect way to start a trip to England. Thanks to Principle Photographer Ian Dunn for actually giving me his Leamington photo pass the night of the show! Your comments on the site were very kind. And humblest thanks to everyone else who showed me kindness and who said hello to me during the tour. I was truly surprised each night as more and more Numan fans I'd never met told me how much they enjoy the site. I even read this in the email yesterday from Australia:
Hi Jim,
'Til next time!
Jim "The Machman" Napier
The Mysterious Ashley X and Jim "The Machman" Napier London IndigO2 December 3, 2009
December Breaking News
December 15, 2011
The NAGNFC has been the first to announce Numan's tours for years. So why stop now? Gary will be touring the UK in May 2012. Jayce Lewis will continue to be the support band. Keep your eyes on this site for specific tour dates. I'm also told that licensing and tour dates are being arranged for a world tour next year which will include Japan and India.
A fun moment with Gary before the Leamington Spa show Photographer: Michelle Griffin shared on Facebook
Andy Gray was in attendance with us at Numan's Southampton show Friday night. Andy's talents were a huge inspiration to Gary, who continued to use the Andy Gray Remix of Prayer For The Unborn in his live shows for years. Gary has just recorded demos with Andy for an upcoming release. Stay tuned to this site for the latest on this collaboration.
Posters outside the Southampton Guildhall. I scored one from the kind box office lady! Photographer: Tania Shropshire
I bought the band a round of drinks on Sunday at a nearby pub before their show. As I spoke with David Brooks, I asked him about his recent charity work in Oman. He said it was a worthwhile cause and worth the effort to take part. Steve Harris and I spoke about the arena tours he does in Europe with his band, Archive. Steve happily talked about one huge arena event he took part in with bands such as Foo Fighters and My Chemical Romance.
Numan fan quilt newly created by Meemz and Caz
The Numan show on Sunday in Hatfield was the final show of the entire Dead Son Rising tour. There will be no more anywhere. Now that Gary has found previously lost demos from what will become Splinter, all future shows will concentrate on the new tracks. The final Dead Son Rising show was brimming with energy, which was only surpassed by the quality of the sound. I don't ever remember a more satisfying aural experience at a show. Not even a glitch during Everything Comes Down To This marred what was an amazing performance. The song ended prematurely, then Gary laughed it off and commented, "The song doesn't normally end there!"
Hatfield Forum Hertfordshire December 12, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Hatfield Forum Hertfordshire December 12, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Hatfield Forum Hertfordshire December 12, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Gary spoke last night on Sky Arts 1 with Dave Fanning at 6:00 pm before the popular Numan documentary Reinvention was rebroadcast in the coveted 8:00 pm prime time spot.
Hatfield Forum Hertfordshire December 12, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
In North American news, Gary will be the featured special guest on National Public Radio's World Cafe Live in Philadelphia on Thursday, December 15 from 2-4 pm EST. This is exciting news for me after hearing their recent and awesome interviews with Thomas Dolby and Scritti Politti. You can hear it live as it happens here, or you can hear it archived after the fact here. I have been to the actual World Cafe Live in Philly many times to see my favorite female singer, Jane Siberry.
Hatfield Forum Hertfordshire December 12, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Gary, Ade Fenton and David Brooks have accepted SHOWstudio's invitation to perform Numan's most emotive and emotional songs, in a stripped-back, intimate and entirely personal set. Streamed live on SHOWstudio and then available on-demand, the performance will be a unique one-off and a musical reflection of the 2011 SHOWstudio Shop exhibition In Your Face. The live stream begins at 12:00pm GMT.
Hatfield Forum Hertfordshire December 12, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
A truly excellent and informed interview with Numan appeared in Wild City yesterday. Gary speaks about his round-the-world flight, how the Dead Son Rising Tour was received, and his plans to return to India.
Gary Numan's accidental encounter with a synth in 1978 has had a staggering influence on electronic music. His strong vision contributed to shaping and defining the iconic electric sound of the 80s with tracks like Are 'Friends' Electric (with former punk band Tubeway Army) and Cars still frequently played in clubs, sampled and used in media campaigns.
Hatfield Forum Hertfordshire December 12, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
A cool review of the Southampton show appeared over at Mintsouth. He spoke of the evening from the Jayce Lewis show (he looked like a young Gary Numan!) to Numan's performance (We saw the real Numan tonight and it was a pleasure to be there!).
Hatfield Forum Hertfordshire December 12, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Excellent picture of Numan and the band wearing wristbands in support of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. Sophie and Rob were attacked and killed for the unique way they dressed in Lancashire in 2007.
Hatfield Forum Hertfordshire December 12, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
NME asked artists what they thought was 2011's Song of the Year. Gary Numan picked The Immigrant Song by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross featuring Karen O. Jamie Baker from The Officers picked Numan's The Fall. Jamie said:
To hear someone who has influenced a generation come back with a record made up from what was essentially a group of unfinished songs sounding as forward thinking and as ground breaking as ever - sound and production-wise, just shows why Trent Reznor was prepared to go to such lengths of helping him get a visa for the US! He's kind of gone away and thought it all up again.
Hatfield Forum Hertfordshire December 12, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
December 10, 2011
The show this evening at Southampton's Guildhall was one of those great shows where the vibe was happy and the sound was quality. In fact, in my humble opinion, I feel they should have filmed the live DVD in Southampton instead of Manchester. I'm told the venue is the largest on the UK's south coast, with a capacity of 1620 people. Just over 1000 tickets were sold. On the way back to my hotel, the taxi driver said Friday nights in Southampton aren't what they used to be thanks to the recession.
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
It was good to see David Brooks back on keyboard duties. And Steve Harris filled the previous void, rocking the house to the many fans who missed him. Them, Ade Fenton, Richard Beasley and Numan simply topped themselves tonight. The many fans I spoke with after the show just raved about the evening, with not one negative comment among them. Yup, this one should have been the DVD. I scored the large poster of the show from the box office lady. Fans in the queue saw mine and ran over to schmooze their own. They still had other smaller ones left. There was a party in the queue before the show. One Lady Gaga-looking 20-year-old brought wine to share with everyone. At one point we guessed everyone's ages. She overestimated most ages in the crowd, but honestly thought I was only 27, bless her. Something to be said for a clean lifestyle!
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Punk and electronica band Total Control will be over here to the UK for the ATP Festival with Gary Numan today. According to The Quietus, they were influenced by Gary Numan.
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
More American media for the USA release Dead Son Rising. The Northwest Herald in Illinois and The Press Telegram in Long Beach let their readers know about its release.
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Back here in the UK, Consequence of Sound reviewed Dead Son Rising today. They say Numan is still Numan, and it's a lovely darkness with its own set of oscillating peaks and valleys.
The hardest part to swallow about Gary Numan is understanding that this man essentially built what we call modern mainstream electronic industrial, and a gaggle of indie-swilling children haven’t the slightest clue. As he releases Dead Son Rising to a new generation groomed by ’90s industrial, nu-metal, or the resurgence of electronica and noise, Numan’s own trademarks compete with some who have either helped to radically reshape it over the years or completely abused it.
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
The Battles CD with Gary Numan, Gloss Drop, was named the #4 album of 2011 by Clash Music today!! Not a bad placement for the Top 40 Albums of the Year!
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
An interesting review of the new Simeone CD, An Introduction to Simeone. 17 Seconds said today that it sounded so similar to Gary Numan, they surmised the artist must have most, if not all, of Numan's albums.
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Stellar review of the Leamington Spa show over at Top of the Stairs Music. They said it was loud music at its best with beats you can't help moving to.
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
The Austinist tell their readers to go see the band Chant tonight, saying they bang out militant, industrial mayhem with a penchant for Gary Numan.
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Gary had a piece in Showstudio, a self-described home of fashion film. I never knew Lou Reed influenced Numan! I saw Reed perform with Laurie Anderson in New York recently.
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Speaking of Numan influences, former Japan alumni (present Porcupine Tree alumni) Richard Barbieri just announced a collaboration with Steve Hogarth called Not The Weapon But The Hand.
Southampton Guildhall December 9, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
December 9, 2011
A new American review of Dead Son Rising, this time from Filter Magazine. Nice 83% rating for the CD. They say that Numan isn't far from being on top of his game, even some 30 years on.
Gary juiced it up big time in Manchester for the filming of his new DVD. Steve Harris came in last minute to fill in on bass, which greatly pleased the fans. Even Presley was there to take the helm at the keyboards. A few times, the room became more full of fog than I'd ever seen. At times it was even hard to see the person next to you, much less Gary. Smoke malfunction? DVD Sabotage? The rumours are rampant!
Manchester Ritz December 8, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Thanks to all the NAGNFC Readers who stopped me to say how much they enjoy this site. Actually it was a funny first. I was so trying to make it to the restroom after the show ended, but kept getting stopped by kind Numanoids wanting to say hello. Even when I finally made it to the restroom, a guy gave a stranger his camera to get a picture of us. Haha! Not that I'm complaining at all, quite the opposite. It was actually funny!
Manchester Ritz December 8, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
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Gary's tour bus found out what it's like to crash, the driver. Manchester December 8, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Manchester Ritz December 8, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Paul Robinson helpfully asked me to let the travelers from London know about the Tube works this weekend. The Farringdon station is closed, and there are disruptions to the District Line and DLR. So there are no surprises, check the Official Tube site for the latest.
Manchester Ritz December 8, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
December 8, 2011 (evening)
I'm now on the train to the show at the Ritz tonight in Manchester! Gary hasn't played a place called the Ritz since New York City on October 26, 1982. How's that for mind-numbing trivia?
Leamington Spa Assembly December 7, 2011 Photographer: Ian Dunn
Paul Robinson wrote with some helpful info for Numan fans who are traveling to the shows and may not be aware of the Tube
Leamington Spa Assembly December 7, 2011 Photographer: Ian Dunn
It wasn't planned, but Steve Harris is filling in on bass this evening in Manchester to help out his friend Gary. As NAGNFC Readers already know, David and Tim Spade couldn't make last night's show due to prior commitments.
Leamington Spa Assembly December 7, 2011 Photographer: Ian Dunn
Many thanks to Colin who took some great pictures last night in Leamington Spa and took the time to share them with us! Thanks as well to Ian for sending his stunning pictures for today's update.
Leamington Spa Assembly December 7, 2011 Photographer: Colin Bull
Leamington Spa Assembly December 7, 2011 Photographer: Colin Bull
Leamington Spa Assembly December 7, 2011 Photographer: Colin Bull
December 8, 2011 (morning)
The Leamington Spa Assembly Hall has just finished! The December Dead Son Rising Tour is now officially underway. After hearing the reviews of the September DSR concerts, I was looking especially forward to these shows. They did not disappoint!
The songs featured new videos in the background to accompany them. We Are The Lost featured a scene reminiscent of the road along the Australian Outback. Absolution took on a new meaning as several videos played simultaneously of so many cable news channels replaying 9/11 visions and jihadist actions. Films was a spruced up version of the video that was shown on the recent PP Tour. Dead Son Rising was accompanied by gorgeous videos of our solar system such as Saturn and Jupiter, only to feature a dead sun floating in space. It was like so many Numan songs with gorgeous hooks and melodies, yet the lyrics aren't very gleeful, a fascinating combination.
Outside the venue December 7, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
The show tonight was a bit historic for a Numan show, featuring only four musicians on stage. Gary Numan on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Ade Fenton on keyboards, Tim Muddiman on lead guitar and Richard Beasley on drums. Bassist Tim Slade became a father today and was unable to make tonight's performance. Gary understood. David Brooks is performing his own music in Amman for two days, so was also absent from the Numan show. Numan apologized to the crowd, but said the band had worked extra hard to fill in the missing gaps for us this evening. The crowd roared in approval. I spoke with some fans after the show who exclaimed the show was not only an interesting diversion, but that the missing instruments brought the ones that were there to the fore, making them crisper and more pronounced. It was said those in the back could notice the gaps in the sound more than those in the front.
Leamington Spa December 7, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Gary only received word of Tim Slade's news early this morning. The morning didn't get any better when Numan's tour bus was involved in a major crash on the way to the Leamington Spa Assembly. Thank goodness, everyone was okay. Gary was in the back lounge area of the bus when he felt a lurching bump and saw a car skidding sideways out his window. The car was operated by a woman who was attempting to overtake the tour bus on a major A road and struck a lorry. The Big G was in the front and looked toward out the front window just in time to see a rather surprised woman facing their tour bus whose momentum ricocheted it off and to the side. The woman was in good condition, save for minor shock. The accident and police investigation caused a hour and a half delay to the tour bus.
Leamington Spa December 7, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Gary Numan dresses up as Santa Claus for his girls on Christmas Eve. All this and more interesting topics in a new Numan interview on DIY, who focuses on Gary's upcoming festival date on Saturday.
New revelations appeared in an interview today in UK's The Telegraph. In addition to having rough patches with Gemma, Gary suffered panic attacks in 2008 when he turned 50 as a result of a major midlife crisis. Writing music is a form of therapy. He said:
I'd see an old person on the street and start crying. I couldn't understand how people could cope knowing they only had so long left. It would be like dominoes and then the last one fell and I'm a little heap on the floor. Doctors put me on anti-depressants for a couple of years.
To celebrate Dead Son Rising's release in the USA, Consequence of Sound, Slicing Up Eyeballs and Ology are providing free Soundcloud streaming of the entire CD on their sites. Ology rightly exclaim the CD is being hailed as Numan's most atmospheric and best to date. News of the new USA release even made Music News Nashville. The news was also featured in the L.A. Times, IMDB and the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Jamie Oliver is a successful millionaire involved in high-end chain restaurants in the UK. His latest project is the Union Jack chain. The rotating video clips on their website toggle through Mott The Hoople, Duran Duran and Gary Numan.
Leamington Spa December 7, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Sir Mix-A-Lot talked to The Boombox about his new app yesterday. He added that Gary Numan is on his list of potential dream collaborations.
Don't Panic magazine let their readers know today about the upcoming Numan show at the Manchester Ritz, while Gumtree let theirs know about the upcoming Numan show in Hatfield.
Stuart Maconie over at BBC6 got the opportunity to speak with Gary Numan about the new CD and tour. Catch it over here or below!:
Joe Hawkes, Editor of The Edge magazine, wrote today to thank me for including their magazine with Numan on the cover in the previous NAGNFC update. In the note, Joe also provided this link to their excellent interview with Gary. Thanks, Joe, and keep up the great work at The Edge!
Thanks to Brian in New Hampshire who got to the bottom of the new reissue of The Skin Mechanic found on Amazon:
Hello Jim,
So, the "re-issue" of
The Skin Mechanic turned out to be the original. My best
guess is that someone had a lot of unsold vinyl copies on their
hands (by 1989 most Americans were heavily into CDs or making the
switch plus this wasn't Numan's best selling period of his career)
and so Amazon.com re-listed it.
Gary discussed Trent Reznor, the middle years, and the new album in the Northampton Chronicle & Echo today in their article, Electronic Pioneer Gary Numan Outlines Plans for a ‘Heavy, Aggressive and Anthemic’ Future.
A track on the new Korn album, The Path of Totality, was called Numan-esque yesterday in a review by the Consequence of Sound.
Many thanks to Michael and Dwena for their incredible hospitality here in Leamington Spa today. It was totally unplanned. I mentioned on Facebook that I could see a castle outside my hotel window. Michael said if I had time, he could take me to Warwick Castle. After some cool history, we made some lunch history before hanging with the Numanoids at a pub for grub with them before braving the windy queue at the Leamington Assembly. They are looking forward to coming to New York so I can show them around for a change! It will be my pleasure.
Leamington Spa December 7, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
I also caught up with Miles at the pub. He is normally on merch duty at these shows. But he said him and Jo will be enjoying the shows inside like true fans this time. Miles said he was the photographer for many of the incredible, ancient and exclusive Numan pictures that Steve Roper will use to make up the bulk of his upcoming book, Backstage. Miles said he plans to send me some of them for this site so the NAGNFC can be able to give the readers a sneak preview before the release of the book. That is incredible news, Miles. Thanks so much!!
Also thanks to Ian Dunn from Principle Photography, Gary Numan's photographer at the Leamington show tonight. Ian said exclusive pro shots are coming my way as a thank you for the website. I was humbled as he even gave me his Gary Numan press pass after the show. Thank you so much, Ian!!
And thank you to the many kind fans who approached me this evening to say kind things about this site. It is so gratifying that I could create something both positive and useful in the lives of Gary Numan's coolest fans.
Leamington Spa December 7, 2011 Photographer: Jim "The Machman" Napier
Hello to Numanoids of the World! Jim "The Machman" Napier here and getting ready to follow the second half of Numan's Dead Son Rising Tour! I plan to update this site from the road and trains between shows with pictures and news. Like many of Numan's other tours, the NAGNFC will be the best place on the internet for news and pictures from the tour as it happens. Luckily, Wednesday's UK Customs strike at London's airports only lasted the one day!
Gary Numan is preparing to dazzle the fans on the second half of his multimedia Dead Son Rising Tour beginning December 7 in Leamington Spa. After Numan's unprecedented media attention of late, with new interviews from him appearing almost daily, the shows will have an energy like no other. Among the sold out shows are the first one in Leamington, however Chris from the Leamington Spa Assembly said that SeeTickets.com have just allocated an additional 200 tickets for the show, so try again if you previously struggled to find tickets for this one. The Edge and the Daily Echo in Southampton let everyone know about Gary's imminent visit there. Skiddle spoke of the final show of the tour at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield. Below are a list of dates as well as the preshow fan gatherings that are planned, created by Meemz.
Today (December 2nd) was a busy day for Our Friend Electric. Gary and Ade attended the Artrocker Awards 2011 where Numan was awarded the Legend Award by John Foxx. John described Gary this way today, "This is the guy who brought a darker side of music into pop, and set a whole new generation free - for better or worse. People like me, for example. So I'll always be endlessly grateful for Gary Numan." Gary took to the stage to accept his award, looked at it and said, "This award makes me feel very proud...and very old!" Only 10 minutes earlier, it was Gary Numan on stage awarding John Foxx with the Best Electro Act Award. The Best International Band Award went to Battles, in no small part to their Numan-sung song My Machines, which has not only brought Battles their biggest fame, but last night was even featured on a new episode of MTV's Beavis & Butthead as they make fun of the dude on the escalator. As Numan grabbed the microphone, Butthead commented, "This rules! I could watch this forever!" At which Beavis replied, "Heh-heh, mm-heh!" Thanks to Angela and Julie for this!
Picture swiped from Gary's management!
Battles will be in Australia for the first time since 2009 as part of the 2012 Big Day Out sideshows.
Battles Australian Tour 2012 – Big Day Out 2012
Metro Theatre,
Sydney
The Forum,
Melbourne
As I write this, Gary and Ade are also DJing this evening at the XOYO in Shoreditch, as NAGNFC Readers knew exclusively. Festivals For All detailed the full list of performers.
Rob "Numan" Henery (owner of the Numa Bar) and Gary Numan shared on Facebook
An exclusive interview appeared in The Fly, the UK's most popular music magazine. Gary spoke about a wide range of topics:
Gary, in the age of Facebook and Twitter,
are friends electric? Really?
Gary enjoyed massive exposure in the American magazine Culture Deluxe. Music interviewer Keith Haworth described Numan's Los Angeles performance last year as the best show he'd ever seen. Props to Paul in Cambridge for this!
Gary Numan and Paul Gardiner
Gary was interviewed in another American publication, The A.V. Club, which is part of The Onion site. The excellent article asked Gary some truly thoughtful questions as Gary reveals interesting trivia about many subjects, such as how easy it was to write Cars, his desire for more chart success after the first #1, the competitiveness among 80's musicians, and his current feelings about dramatically changing his sound after Telekon. I read The A.V.'s Club's awesome interview with Thomas Dolby recently, and hoped one day they would get a hold of Numan. It was worth the wait!
Rob with the staff of the Numa Bar
My friends over at Artrocker are true Numan fans. In anticipation of Gary's appearance at their award show, they asked him what Numan considered his album of the year:
"XFM DJ Eddy Temple-Morris sent me a copy of The Officers album On The Twelve Thrones a few weeks ago with the claim that I would absolutely love it. He was right. Great melodies, powerful, dark. I've been waiting quite a while for something this good."
PMC is a leader of monitor and audiophile speaker systems. Dead Son Rising was recorded using their TB2SAII monitors. They are celebrating the fact by giving away three pairs of tickets to the Hatfield Numan show. It's free and easy to register for the giveaway, which ends at 9:00 GMT on December 8th. You've got a good chance. At press time, 57 entries have been received, which means you actually have better than a 1 in 20 chance.
Angela Marie caught up with Trent Reznor on Twitter and asked him how the collaboration plans with Gary is coming along. Trent said he's been busy with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack, but there is a new HDTA album now in the mixing stage. Trent didn't rule out new NIN stuff by the end of 2012! Thanks for the scoop, Angela!
What a Christmas gift from Gary Numan, Ade Fenton and The Quietus! I'm really digging their hour long mix available exclusively on the site. The Quietus said they were absolutely chuffed to be able to bring mix this to you as they are "enormous fans of Gary Numan". They describe the mix as veering from techno to electronic pop of scabrous dubstep".
Another holiday gift comes to us from Tim Eilers in California! He has given me his latest Numan video cover project to share with you NAGNFC Readers below! This is a special sneak preview of his new cover, Down In The Park. Tim wrote this:
Happy Holidays Jim!
I don't normally share work in progress but I'm going to be out of town for a few months so I thought I'd share this Down in the Park cover with everyone as it is. The music is very close to being complete. The video is not but it'll be good enough eye candy for now. I hope you are well. I'm looking forward to the next Numan gig in LA whenever that may be.
I'm so happy the NAGNFC Readers have accepted the challenge to get Numan's latest tracks some well-deserved airplay on their local radio stations! Colin in Malta was able to get The Fall played on Malta's Radio 101 Rock program, Fuzzbox. The Fall will also be played tomorrow on the digital station, Allrock, from 5 pm local time. And today at 6 pm, Colin will even sneak it on his own radio show, The Weekend Special, even though the station he works at, XFM Malta, is a commercial radio station! That is incredible! Thanks to Colin and everyone's efforts, and thanks to Joey in Canada for the original idea! Joey even started a snazzy new website to chronicle his efforts to get Numan's new tracks some local Calgary airplay! Keep it going, guys! WOOHOO!
The Polar Pair have offered a free download of the newest remix of their track, Fantasy Love on Tumblr. They describe their remix as done in a "Gary Numan meets slow techno fashion".
Have you used Ticketmaster to purchase Gary Numan tickets in the past 12 years (and I'm guessing you have), you are due for a rebate. Due to a class-action lawsuit, Ticketmaster failed to disclose the fact that they profited off processing fees. This means that you will be refunded $1.50 per ticket purchased, up to a maximum of 17 tickets, in the form of credit vouchers. If you had your tickets expedited by UPS, you are due a $5.00 refund per order. Chalk one up for the little guy! Many, many thanks to Paul in Cambridge for this news, which means I will get enough rebates to add up to at least a free future Gary Numan concert ticket! I just received an email asking if I wanted to opt out of the class-action settlement. Yeah, right!
The Joy Circuit played an amazing set in Akron last week, and did a stellar version of Numan's song, Pure, that has to be seen to be believed. Band member Tim Prentice sent me exclusive video of the moment! It can only be seen on the NAGNFC NuTube page. Thanks, Tim!
VoxNuman, who runs an Ultravox fan site in Germany, sent me another wicked Numan cover to share with you! This month's creation is his cover of I Nearly Married A Human below. Thanks, Vox, I really enjoyed this one!
Bill Davies from the Sanctum Sanctorum with Vanian wrote in to let you know about his latest and greatest Numan-themed podcast:
This weeks Sanctum Sanctorum sees Vanian playing a brand new
track from the electro-meister Scorbie plus Dead Heaven, Elegant
Machinery, Sulphur, Julian Cope, Rammstein, Tenek, plenty of
classics and of course a tune or two from Gary Numan. What you
waiting for? Enjoy!!!
Last year, pianist-for-hire Alex Windsor in London was hired to play only Gary Numan music on piano for an event at Lisson Gallery on Edgeware Road. He recorded them for us to hear them, and now I share them with you below. By the way, if you like his stuff, he is available for hire. Call Alex at 07837 987755 or email alexwindsormusic@gmail.com for quotes/availability.
Gary Numan Solo Piano by alexwindsorpiano
Gary Numan was included on this week's BBC6 programme about Goths. They talk about the mystique of the term "Goth", and includes Numan in a short interview to accurately define the genre. There are only two days left to listen (and yes, Numanoids outside the UK can listen in too)!
Just in time for Christmas! The Juno Records audiophile Vinyl 180 re-release of Telekon was unleashed last week. You can order it straight from Juno at quite a reasonable $32.48. The double-LP is guaranteed to be in stock and will ship the same day. It includes both I Die: You Die and Sleep By Windows combining the US and UK releases of Telekon into one package.
Richard DiLago from The Netherlands wrote me to help spread his newest creation worldwide. It is Cars (The Extended Polar Mix). If you like Cars as I do, you will find Richard's mix below to be rechargingly electric. Great job, Richard!
Rihanna has just become the first Caribbean artist to have three number one albums since Boney M did the same thing in 1980. The last musician to top the singles AND album chart twice in one calendar year is still Gary Numan, both as a solo act and as Tubeway Army's main man. The Beatles still hold the record for topping the charts with the most singles and albums simultaneously. All these facts and more are found in MusicWeek, About.com and CarltonJordan.com.
The kind souls over at Christo Said What? reviewed Numan's Dead Son Rising. They start by exclaiming "possibly the most exciting, innovative and frankly unique artist Britain has ever produced returns."
A preview of everything fans can expect to experience at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas Festival in Butlins on Saturday, including Gary Numan, is lovingly detailed on the Purple Revolver site. The event is also given a sweet mention in The Boston Globe, who spoke of the fact that Battles chose Gary Numan to take part. The CMU Website also let their readers know Gary would perform there.
Steve Hillier, is a songwriter, DJ and record producer. He has also worked with Gary Numan. The Audio Geek Zine features an interesting article featuring Steve explaining how to mix in 3D.
A 5-CD box set called Anthems Collection has just been released. It brings Gary Numan and Leo Sayer together in one place again, including Numan's Cars and Sayer's Thunder In My Heart.
Bill Bailey's Grand Opera House show in York was just reviewed in The Public Reviews. Reviewer Laura Stimpson called Bill's cover of Cars a highlight of the evening!
This site will be undergoing some cool modernizations in the following weeks. In the past, I always included the previous month's news at the bottom so that no one missed anything. Otherwise, news that would appear on November 29 would disappear from the front page by the December update. But thanks to Numan's recent resurgence, this site has exploded with all the pictures and goodies to ensure you don't miss a beat. But that means the site has taken much longer to load. To cut load times in half for you, the previous month's update will be included at the bottom only by a link you can click on if you're interested. This will be especially helpful for mobile users. Another upside of this will mean that, as the month's go by, old NAGNFC website issues will be forever linkable from the new NAGNFC Web Issues Archive page (now on the Main Menu on the left) instead of just disappearing in two months. Let me know what you think, or if the site loads faster for you now!
Photo: Ed Fielding Edited by: Meemz Numancub For: NumaBar
Speaking of NAGNFC Archives, the latest ancient archive to be included on the NAGNFC Fanzine Archives page has been digitized for future generations! This month, I present to you Volume 3 July 1992 Issue 33. Included in the Fanzine is news about the new release Machine & Soul and the fact a New York record store sold out of their supply, the track listing of the two Machine & Soul singles, an exclusive report by the American ABCD Records reporting their mail-order Numan sales, a newspaper review of Radio Heart, the entire June 1980 Creem Magazine Numan interview called The Principal Pleasure of Being Gary Numan: Paranoia Among the Aliens, the Times' January 30, 1982 newspaper article with picture of Gary's plane crash near Southampton, a 1992 Record Collector history of Gary Numan by Dash Productions DVD producer Paul Green, a newspaper review of The Skin Mechanic, a review of Zaine Griff's Ashes and Diamonds (Zaine was a backing singer on Numan's The Secret), and many more surprises!
In the new issue of popular magazine, GQ, there is an article called Battles on Gary Numan. Battles called Gary Numan a very class-act: very humble, super-intelligent and very inspiring to be around. They say that Numan looks as cool as he sounds, which they called a rarity.
The L.A. Music Blog in Gary's future hometown announced their Top 10 Music Videos of 2011. In the #4 spot was My Machines w/Gary Numan:
In a very OK GO fashion, math rockers Battles teamed up with The Creators Project to make what looks to be an awesomely choreographed one-take music video with a man falling down an escalator. Not even guest Gary Numan seems to care, which makes the entire situation shocking, funny, and a downright blast to witness.
Thomas Dolby appeared in an excellent interview on the American Songwriter site. He spoke about what he'd been up to, and about his first CD in 20 years. He mentioned giving Gary Numan a MOJO Lifetime Achievement Award saying:
"It was kind of significant that ’80s electronic music was starting to show up on their radar as something deserving a lifetime achievement."
I hope to write additional Riveting Chapters after I get back from the UK. When last we left it, I was about to be barred from entering the Adelaide show, and I might finally get a chance to see Numan in San Francisco after 4 previous attempts! Here are the chapters so far so you can get up to speed before more are added!
Chapter 10: Denver/Seattle/Portland/San Francisco Chapter 11: Los Angeles Chapter 12: Los Angeles/Mexico City
Chapter 4: Adelaide Chapter 5: Perth
Thanks to the all the NAGNFC Readers who helped make this issue one of the best ever! Firstly, let me express my humble thanks to Paul of Cambridge. Paul's tireless efforts are enjoyed on this site every time you visit. Him and I are going to check out the Numa Bar on Saturday and I'll give a full report complete with pics! Thanks to Stefan "NumanHuman" Junglaus in Germany for the title graphic. Brilliant as always, m8! Hat tip to Meemz for the cool graphics throughout. See you this week! And thanks to Julie, Colin, Joey and Angela for their useful news. Thanks also to those who sent me their exclusive Nu-video for this month's NAGNFC effort, including Tim Prentice, Tim Eilers, VoxNuman, and Richard DiLago. Thanks to Bill for the heads-up on his newest podcast. Thank you to the very thoughtful Anita in Brisbane for sending me a copy of the Aussie mag Fiend with Numan (it will find a good home here!), and many thanks to the friends who are giving this Machman a temporary home with them during the DSR Tour. I can't thank you enough for your hospitality! See you all on the DEAD SON RISING TOUR! And enjoy all the updates from the road on this site. As always, the NAGNFC will be your best source for timely news and pictures from the Numan tour.
'Til next time!
Jim "The Machman" Napier
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