His 1000th show from 2023 will be available on black triple-vinyl with gatefold packaging, 2CD and Blu-ray
Gary Numan announces 1000: Live At The Electric Ballroom, the star’s 1000th show from April 2023.
The album captures the entire career-spanning performance, stepping into the start of his solo career with the iconic Carsas well as Metal from his debut solo album The Pleasure Principle plus Remind Me To Smile and I Die: You Die from the follow-up Telekon – both records which hit No.1. But Gary Numan has never been an artist to sit in stasis, and later material, such as three songs from 2021’s Intruder, reveal his arc from synth-pop pioneer to the influential forefather of industrial.
There are relatively deep cuts and special moments for the hardcore too: the rarely performed title track from 1997’s Exile; a first airing of In A Dark Place in over a decade; and a a guest appearance from his daughter Persia who reprised her performance from the studio recording of My Name Is Ruin. By the time the curtain comes down with the irresistible synth hook of Are ‘Friends’ Electric? one impression towers above all others – songs which once felt like soundwaves from a dystopian future have instead morphed into something curiously timeless.
Gary Numan says, “Playing 1000 shows is quite something, and yet if someone had said it was 5000 the number would have still felt low, given the extraordinary effort, sacrifice, commitment (and stress) that’s been poured into those shows over the years. Each tour is a life within a life, a world within a world. Each one a unique adventure. I have been touring my entire adult life, from a nervous, out-of-my-depth, suly young man to something entirely different today. It’s a life like no other, and I feel privileged to have reached the 1000 show milestone, and honoured to have shared that long journey with so many of you.”
Read our intimate Glastonbury Festival warm-up show review here
1000: Live At The Electric Ballroom tracklist
Down In The Park
Haunted
Remind Me To Smile
The Gift
Halo
Metal
My Shadow In Vain
That’s Too Bad
Exile
Sprinter
Cars
Is This World Not Enough
In A Dark Place
Here In The Black
The Chosen
My Name Is Rain (with Persia Numan)
I Die: You Die
A Prayer For The Unborn
Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
In addition to its digital release, it will be available on black triple-vinyl with gatefold packaging, as well as a double-CD and Blu-ray package which adds a film of the set along with a 10-minute interview. Both versions are adorned with photography from the show as well as a complete list of his first 1000 shows, making it a must-have collector’s item for both present as well as other devotees.
Gary Numan is currently on a North American tour which blends headline shows with sets as special guest to Psychedelic Furs. He will then embark upon a full UK and Ireland headline tour in November to commemorate the 45th anniversary of his second solo album Telekon.
Telekon 45th Anniversary UK Dates 2025
November
11 Glasgow, O2 Academy
12 Newcastle, O2 City Hall
14 Leeds, O2 Academy
15 Birmingham, O2 Academy
16 Bristol, Beacon (SOLD OUT)
18 Cardiff, University Great Hall
19 Bournemouth, O2 Academy
21 London, Eventim Apollo
22 Brighton, Centre
23 Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
25 Nottingham, Rock City (SOLD OUT)
26 Cambridge, Corn Exchange (SOLD OUT)
27 Norwich, UEA
29 Manchester, Apollo (SOLD OUT)
30 Liverpool, O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)
December
02 Dublin, 3Olympia
03 Belfast, Waterfront Hall
1000: Live At The Electric Ballroom is now available to pre-order here
For tickets as well as a full list of international dates click here
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