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‪Every single thing we do in the process of maki

‪Every single thing we do in the process of making music, from first note to final mix, is done so we can one day stand on stage, in front of a crowd, and share the experience of playing it live. Playing live is the top of the mountain, the reason for all of it. #LetTheMusicPlay ‬

#letthemusicplay

#letthemusicplay

‪Wellington has been in the hospital for the las

‪Wellington has been in the hospital for the last five days. He had to have a major operation and we’ve been very worried about him. Home now though :)‬

Let me explain my ‘Fuck those people’ comment

Let me explain my ‘Fuck those people’ comment yesterday. First of all, it clearly referred to the people that had sent me shitty comments, and by that I don’t mean people that simply didn’t think the Drive-In shows were a good idea. I mean SHITTY comments. Here’s just one of the many delightful responses that came in after I announced the tour:

1: F**k you Numan you money grabbing c**t.

Don’t think the shows are a good idea? Fair enough (although I disagree). Think they’re too expensive? Fair enough (We all have different circumstances, and I don’t set the price anyway). Want to wait for ‘normal’ gigs to return? Fair enough (Patience is a virtue). But, if you write to me and say things like the comment above, and all you get is a ‘Fuck those people’, I think I’m demonstrating admirable restraint.

Now, as a rule, I don’t read comments. But, even though I’ve asked them not to, my children sometimes do, and they see things like the comment above. So, to avoid any misunderstanding, Fuck THOSE people.

More info on the Drive-In questions. Each day is s

More info on the Drive-In questions. Each day is split into a series of separate ‘events’. My show will be one of them. Each ‘event’ will have it’s own crowd. The cars/crowd coming to a 2pm event for example will watch that show and then leave. The artists and equipment for the 6:30pm event will then arrive and set up. Then the cars/crowd for the 6:30pm event will come in and watch that show. Then the 6:30 cars/crowd and artists leave. After that the artists and equipment for the 9pm show will arrive and so on.
It is not like a festival where you buy a ticket and have a days worth of entertainment. You will come in, see one show and leave.

As I’ve said before I think these shows are a bold and ingenious way of giving people a temporary respite from having no live shows at all. It isn’t perfect, it’s not what we want to see become the norm, but for now it’s very much better than no live music at all. I applaud the effort that’s gone in to this from everyone involved.

It clearly isn’t for everyone judging by some of the shitty comments coming my way. But, fuck those people. I’m happy to be doing it, I think it’s a good thing in a horrible time and I’m proud to be involved. My only fear, as the virus appears to be soaring again (here in the US anyway), is that it all gets cancelled or I’m suddenly banned from traveling. Trying to organise this is proving to be more difficult that my previous 40 years of touring combined, but I really want it to work. Here’s the ticket link again for my events/shows:

https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/promo/lzlzwx

‪The tickets for the August/September Drive-In t

‪The tickets for the August/September Drive-In tour went on general sale today. Sorry for the late post. This is an artists idea of what the shows will be like. Doubt there’ll be fireworks though, and I’m the only one playing. https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/promo/lzlzwx‬

This is my Dad, Tony Webb. When I was a little boy

This is my Dad, Tony Webb. When I was a little boy I looked up to him beyond all others. He was my one true hero. I admired his honesty, courage, kindness, loyalty, generosity, hard work and devotion to his family. A word of praise from him was worth all the gold in the world. I wanted to be just like him when I grew up. Now here I am, all grown up, and I still feel exactly the same. I love you Dad. Happy Father’s Day. X

‪General Tix for the Drive-In tour go on sale Mo

‪General Tix for the Drive-In tour go on sale Monday morning but you can use this Pre-Sale link to get tickets now: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/promo/lzlzwx The 12 shows listed here are just me, it’s not a festival, not a multi band line-up. Other bands are playing different nights, not these.‬

‪Can’t tell you how pleased I am to announce t

‪Can’t tell you how pleased I am to announce this. More info to follow very soon. https://www.livenation.co.uk‬

I can remember, like it was yesterday, Echo being

I can remember, like it was yesterday, Echo being rushed to intensive care minutes after she was born. How time flies. @echonuman

‪Just posted a new Ghost Nation video update for

‪Just posted a new Ghost Nation video update for Dark, Shadow and Ghost members. The update for Pure members will be coming tomorrow. https://www.patreon.com/garynuman‬

‪Posted a video update of the latest version of

‪Posted a video update of the latest version of ‘I Am Screaming’ from the new Intruder album on my Making Music site. Short clip below but the full update is 17 minutes, via this link: https://garynumanmm.tmstor.es‬

Miss you Mum xxxx

Miss you Mum xxxx

My apologies. In attempting to explain this I’m

My apologies. In attempting to explain this I’m making it worse. The last post was cut off before the end and I didn’t notice. The end is good and we are happy. This is the important part of what was missing from the previous post: Last week Gemma went for more tests, an audio evoked potential and visual evoked potential. Throughout the tests Gemma was spoken to as having MS, and we were under the impression that the tests would essentially tell us what damage to the myelin, the covering that protects the nerves, had taken place and so how advanced the disease had become.

Yesterday we had a phone call from the MS Doctor with the result of the tests she did last week, fully expecting the worse. But, where that test was expected to show how much damage the MS had done, it showed no damage at all. Her scans and results were then discussed with a nine Doctor panel of MS specialists and it was decided that MS is now highly unlikely. She does have lesions on her brain that appear to be MS lesions, in the part of her brain that usually indicates MS, and yet they seem not to be. Nor do they seem to be any of the other even nastier things they could have been. But, they shouldn’t be there, and are still ’suspicious’ as the Dr puts it. So, an MRI once a year to keep an eye on them is what he suggests. (There is more but it still wouldn’t fit on Instagram. The complete story is on Facebook. Sorry again for adding even more confusion)

Hello Everyone, My brief comment yesterday about w

Hello Everyone, My brief comment yesterday about what’s been going on with Gemma was far from complete and has caused some confusion. I’ll do my best to give a better explanation and so my apologies for the length of this post.

In 2013 Gemma had Meningitis, for the second time. The MRI’s at that time showed multiple lesions in the brain and said that MS could not be ruled out. She was put on a drug called Topamax, which she reacted badly to, and we found that those reactions mimicked the symptoms of MS. She came off that drug, the symptoms went away, and so the first MS scare was put down to that.

In 2018 she had another MRI to check on some small but worrying changes to her vision and gait. That also flagged up MS as a possibility but her neurologist was confident that it wasn’t MS and so it was once again put to one side. She did have new spots showing on her brain scan but they were put down to her regular migraines.

In early 2020 Gemma became part of a research project at UCLA looking into severe neck damage, something she’s had since 1991 after an allergic reaction to the drug Maxolon. As part of that project she was sent to an MS specialist to rule out MS once and for all. About three weeks ago, at UCLA, she had an MRI on a highly sensitive MRI machine and the results were not what we’d hoped for. We were told that she had lesions in the brain that were of typical MS shape, in a part of the brain where MS lesions are typically seen, and that we should go forward as though she had it and adjust our lifestyle accordingly. That was two weeks ago. Although shocked to the core we accepted that she had MS and began the daunting and unsettling task of finding out all we could about what happens, a new diet and a thousand other things. We talked to people we knew that had it, or who knew people that had it. It instantly became an all-consuming fear.

Last week Gemma went for more tests, an audio evoked potential and visual evoked potential. Throughout the tests Gemma was spoken to as having MS, and we were under the impression that the tests would essentially tell us what damage to the myelin, the covering that protects the nerves, had taken place and so how ad

‪Some news about Gemma and MS posted on Ghost Na

‪Some news about Gemma and MS posted on Ghost Nation (Patreon) last night. We were told she had it 2 weeks ago, told she didn’t yesterday. Not ashamed to admit I cried. https://www.patreon.com/garynuman‬

Blackout Tuesday.

Blackout Tuesday.

‪I will be honoring Blackout Tuesday tomorrow, J

‪I will be honoring Blackout Tuesday tomorrow, June 2nd, in support of black communities around the world to address change.‬

‪A new update has just been added to the Intrude

‪A new update has just been added to the Intruder album campaign (Making Music) site. This one plays the latest version of Betrayed and talks about an exciting major change to the Intruder campaign, plus a few other things. You can join the campaign here: https://garynumanmm.tmstor.es‬

‪New Q&A answering fan questions just uploaded t

‪New Q&A answering fan questions just uploaded to my Ghost Nation (Patreon) site. This one’s 46 minutes long (a lot of questions :). To join Ghost Nation: http://www.patreon.com/garynuman‬

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