Gary Numan

‪Back in the studio today, working on new live versions of some of the older songs for the (R)evolution Tour. https://garynuman.com/tours2/‬

‪To coincide with the (R)evolution Tour Beggars Arkive are releasing Special 40th Anniversary editions of Replicas & The Pleasure Principle on Oct 11. They’ve actually found more rare & unreleased versions. I will have a limited number of signed copies available on the tour itself but you can pre-order unsigned copies here: https://garynuman.tmstor.es/index.php?preview=on&key=9283a4a8767322f1401b80920c92061e‬

‪Someone getting in the way of my photo of some deer yesterday.‬

‪Rehearsal VIP places. Sep 13, 14 & 21 have Sold Out. 2 places left on Sep 15, & a few on Sep 16 & 17. At the moment I have a list of 30 songs to try out for the tour so, if you want to see why some make it and some don’t, join us at the rehearsals in Hove. https://garynuman.tmstor.es‬

An English summer day. I’d almost forgotten. But, aside from that, even though I’ve been with Gemma for a very, very long time, I had no idea she loved Beatrix Potter, so we visited her house today.

‪The Lake District yesterday, one of the prettiest places in the world in my humble opinion. Today though we keep heading North.‬

‪Not sure where I got to with the Meet and Greet updates but London 1, London 2, Newcastle, Birmingham and Manchester are all Sold Out. https://garynuman.tmstor.es‬

‪This evening we have reached the Manchester area. Staying here tonight.‬

Hanging out with Gemma and her Dad yesterday in Sussex.

Visited my Dad today. First chance I’ve been able to see him since his big heart operation. He’s doing well I’m glad to say but I was so busy catching up on things I forgot to take a pic, so here’s one from a recent pre-op visit.

Pre-booked a car with Hertz to pick up at Gatwick Airport at 10pm. Got there at 10, no fucking Hertz staff. All gone home apparently. No car either, but they’ve still charged my credit card. Wankers. The lovely people at Enterprise helped us out though.

We have now sold out of Rehearsal VIP places for the UK (R)evolution Tour rehearsals taking place on Sep 13th, 14th and 21st. We only have 3 left for Sep 15th, 7 left for the 16th, and 8 for the 17th. https://garynuman.tmstor.es

I did Tweet about this but I forgot to mention it here (and Instagram). Corgi are making a special Limited Edition model of the Telekon car for the (R)evolution Tour. They will only be available on the tour merch stand initially. Meet and Greeters get to visit the merch stand after the soundcheck, before doors open. Just saying 🙂 https://garynuman.tmstor.es

Our last full day in Rome. We fly to London tomorrow evening. I’d not spent much time in Italy before this trip but it’s history is overwhelming, and everyone we’ve met, absolutely everyone, has been friendly and helpful. We’ve all loved our time here.

Mr and Mrs Tourist and their three little Tourist’s, with Clare the tourist.

Vatican City yesterday. Clearly still not getting the religion thing.

Forgot to mention that we went to Pompei a few days ago. That was amazing.

‪We are now in Rome. This morning though we had a quick visit to Sorrento, which was just a bit special.‬

‪Capri this afternoon, and that’s Vesuvius in the background. Not a bad backdrop :)‬

‪We’re on our way to the island of Capri today. Gemma still looking terrible as she recovers from her illness 🙂 I don’t know how she has the cheek to leave the hotel. Letdown.‬

‪At the top of Mount Vesuvius yesterday, with our friend Clare Chalaye. Quite proud of Gemma making it as she’s still recovering from Pneumonia.‬

‪Rehearsal VIP’s have now sold out for our rehearsals on Sep 13th and 14th. A few left on the 15th, 16th and 17th and just one place left on the 21st. On the tour itself Glasgow has 6 Meet and Greet places, Bristol has 7. https://garynuman.tmstor.es‬

Sadly, this morning we had to leave our beautiful boat. If you ever fancy sailing the Adriatic on a Gulet, I couldn’t recommend the Nostra Vita and her fantastic crew any higher. We were already impressed by the boat itself, and care and attention we’d received from the crew from start to finish, but the way they handled the storm conditions last night was incredible. At one point, when things seemed at there worst and most frightening, one of them came in to the cabin, shouted ‘Rock n Roll’, flashed the horns, laughed, and disappeared back out into the rain lashed dark. His easy confidence that our situation was not a problem did a lot to calm our fears. But, they were all highly efficient and skilled. We were in good hands.

The boat next to us last night.

Another video from last nights storm.