A reminder before I fly to the UK today that the Liverpool show on July 27th, with the legendary Gang Of Four, is the very first show of the entire Savage touring campaign. It will have a somewhat chaotic excitement all its own 🙂 Being able to play new songs is always an amazing experience, but I haven’t forgotten I have a legacy to honor as well, so a mix of old and new. But definitely things I haven’t played for a while alongside the new songs.
More information is here.
The North American Savage Tour dates for 2017 have been announced and are below:
Nov 15 – The Observatory North Park. San Diego
Nov 16 – Teragram Ballroom. Los Angeles
Nov 17 – The Observatory. Santa Ana
Nov 19 – The Fillmore. San Francisco
Nov 21 – Wonder Ballroom. Portland
Nov 22 – Neptune. Seattle
Nov 23 – The Rickshaw Theatre. Vancouver
Nov 24 – Commonwealth. Calgary
Nov 26 – Pyramid Cabaret. Winnipeg
Nov 28 – First Avenue. Minneapolis
Nov 29 – Thalia Hall. Chicago
Nov 30 – St Andrews Hall. Detroit
Dec 01 – Opera House. Toronto
Dec 04 – Paradise Rock Club. Boston
Dec 06 – Union Transfer. Philadelphia
Dec 07 – Brooklyn Steel. Brooklyn
Dec 09 – 9:30 Club. Washington DC
Dec 11 – The Masquerade – Heaven Stage. Atlanta
Dec 12 – Exit / In. Nashville
Dec 14 – Trees. Dallas
Dec 15 – Warehouse Live Studio. Houston
Dec 16 – The Mohawk. Austin
A limited number of Meet and Greet places for the North American shows are also available via the Gary Numan Online Store.
Gig tickets go on sale on Friday June 30th and ticket links will be posted here by that date.
BMG have chosen the song ‘My Name Is Ruin’ from the Savage album as the first single. Although I’m notoriously bad at choosing singles, and so not the best judge, I agree that this song is a good choice. The video for it was filmed last Friday and Saturday in the desert area around 29 Palms and Joshua Tree. As luck would have it both days witnessed a monster heat wave and we saw temperatures as high as 118 F (48 C) so it was HOT!!
The video was filmed once again by IAMX main man Chris Corner, assisted by Janine Gezang and her lovely sister Lydia. Chris filmed the I Am Dust video for Splinter, without doubt one of the best videos I’ve ever made, so we were in safe hands for ‘Ruin’. The locations were stunning. Desolate, dry, forbidding and, as I said, incredibly hot. Absolutely perfect for an album devoted mostly to a future world devastated by Global Warming.
My daughter Persia, who sang on the track, also featured in the video and did an amazing job I’m relieved to say. Although all three girls had a tiny walk on part in the Love Hurt Bleed video this was Persia’s first proper session at filming and lip syncing. I was nervous that nerves would get the better of her (she’s only 11 after all) and she would just giggle and not be able to do what was needed. But, she overcame her nerves, shyness and the ridiculous heat and just got on with it. I was very proud of her, and she looked amazing.
Pic by Micah Smith
I have no release date for the single at the moment, and it will only be digital so no hard copy unfortunately. I have yet to create the digital cover shot but I’ll be doing that over the next few days.
We’ve made a radio edit for it and BMG are putting a lot of effort in to getting it played in as many places as possible but, as always, it’s not the most ‘pop’ song out there so it will struggle I’m sure.
The video will also take a while before the editing is complete and the finished film is delivered but, when it is, I hope to have it seen as widely as possible. Again, with BMG’s involvement, I’m hopeful that things will be better on that side of things than they were with I Am Dust.
Pic by Micah Smith
The video was shot to the full length version of the track, which runs a little over six minutes. Whether we are able to make an edit that ties in with the 4 min 24 second radio version we shall have to see. A huge thank you to Chris Corner though. He has an incredible eye for filming and seemingly can make a flat featureless desert look epic and exciting. I’m really glad he was able to take it on at short notice and I’m grateful for all the amazing work he did during the shoot.
Pleased to announce that Meet and Greet VIP Packages have now been added to the Numan Store for the Hull and Leamington Spa shows in July. For more info please visit the Store.
We have added two more shows in July. Previously we had Liverpool on the 27th and the Standon Calling festival on the 30th. We have now added Hull (The Welly) on July 28th and Leamington Spa (The Assembly) on July 29th. This has now become something that we are calling the Savage Pre-Release Mini Tour, with the main Savage UK tour taking place in September/October.
Tickets go on sale at 9am on June 2nd and the ticket details for the two extra shows are as follows:
Leamington Spa (The Assembly) July 29th.
The final list of four shows for the July Mini Tour can be seen on the flyer below.
Very pleased to announce that we have now confirmed another show on the European Savage Tour. We will now play in Lodz, Poland on October 27th at the Klub Wytwornia as part of the Soundedit Festival 2017. The ticket link for the Lodz show is here.
The final dates for this first Savage European Tour are below:
