http://80slegends.com/are-friends-likely-to-turn-up/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:33:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://80slegends.com/are-friends-likely-to-turn-up/comment-page-1/#comment-996 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:00:37 +0000 http://80slegends.com/?p=1073#comment-996 Yes, the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire was packed to the rafters with Numanoids!!!
The set he played was quite diverse, interspersing new tracks from “Dead Son Rising” with old Tubeaway Army tracks such as “My Shadow in Vain”, “Are Friends Electric?” and the inevitable “Cars”. He has a new bass guitarist (Tim Muddiman has now moved from bass gyuitar to lead) and the general sound of the new tracks is quite heavily influenced by Ade Fenton (I’m really not sure it’s really a good thing or not!).
Gary performed with his usual 100% dedication and he even had time to bring his 2 daughters on stage with him as apparently it was Raven’s 7th birthday the following Monday – the whole place sung happy birthday to her.
Overall a good night for a Numan fan but a concern over the direction the new album’s songs are headign in (except “The Fall”).

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