Newcastle City Hall 24th September 1985

 

September 1985 saw the UK release of 'The Fury' and hot on its heels a promotional tour. No Brighton date on this tour so I travelled to Guilford for this one. Three singles were lifted from the album, none of which broke into the top 40. This was as I recall around the time when trouble started with BBC Radio 1 (back in the day it was crucial to get your singles onto the station's playlist if you were to have any kind of commercial success). It was thought amongst many fans that the station had an unofficial boycott of Numan's records. Back in 1985 I was working in a factory in Mid-Sussex and Radio 1 was played over the speakers from morning until evening and I can recall hearing 'Your Fascination' no more than twice at this time. If a boycott was not in place it certainly seemed that Numan's singles were getting significantly less rotation that a lot of other chart acts. 

Despite the poor chart placings of the singles the album reached 24 in the UK album chart, a respectable placing. The tour of course was well attended. Record sales may have been on the decline compared with the first two years of his career, but this did not carry over to his tours which continued to be well supported by the fan base.

Some further changes were brought in for the tour. The services of brother John and Andy Coughlan were retained and Karen Taylor's backing vocals were supplemented with the addition of Kit Rolfe. All joined the core touring trio of Rrussel, Chris and Ced.

Here is a recording from the tour from Newcastle City Hall.

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01. Tricks
02. Me! I Disconnect From You
03. Creatures
04. Metal
05. Berserker
06. Are 'Friends' Electric ?
07. Miracles
08. Down In The Park
09. Cold warning
10. I Die: You Die
11. Sister Surprise
12. This Disease
13. We Take Mystery (To Bed)
14. Call Out The Dogs
15. Cars
16. My Shadow In Vain
17. We Are Glass