So the tour concluded. Probably the best 'retro' dates that Gary has done to date. Of course the tour took an unexpected and tragic turn just three nights in with the sudden and tragic death of John Webb. Consequently, what started out as a celebration of the 'Telekon' album very quickly evolved in a memorial to a beloved brother, someone who had been a part of Numan's career right from those earliest dates in London's Roxy and other punk dives. Many of the audience at these gigs would have seen John up on stage as part of his brother's touring band in the mid-'80s. As such Gary had 2,000+ people each night that were to a greater or lesser extent sharing in his grief. As hard is it was to see him struggle through 'Please Push No More', we knew that he knew that the audience were solidly behind him.
I said it in my earlier post related to the Cambridge date that the show has an edge that I thought, if not missing in previous classic album tours, was more pronounced this time around. Maybe is was an outward manifestation of the whole band's determination to rack it up even more than usual under such circumstances. Whatever the reason, it worked!
This then is from the night in Birmingham when the news broke within the Numan camp. It's a wonder he got through the night.
Thanks to the original uploader (emmanuel).
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