Gary Numan The Touring Principle

'When the machines rock.....they sound like this'.... Well the machines did rock and music can never be the same again

The Touring Principle

This site is dedicated to the most prolific and entertaining period of Gary Numan's career, 1979 to 1981. A time when he was number one all over the world, had 3 number one albums in the space of 18 months, toured the world twice over, culminating in a series of spectacular shows on a scale that had never been seen before at Wembley in 1981. Hopefully it will bring back memories for those who were there and fill in the blanks for those that might wonder what the fuss was all about.

BackStage will be a hardback book covering Gary Numan 1979/81 with over 100 colour and black and white never seen photos taken by band and crew members of themselves and Gary both on the road and on their days of,plus working drawings of the Wembley stage set and itineraries from Glasgow Apollo 79 right up to Wembley 81 plus never seen before Pleasure Principle Session photos and more ...

There is over 300 pages of interviews with Gary Numan,John Foxx,Chris Payne,Ced,Sharpley,Rrussell Bell ,Steve Webbon,Martin Mills,Nash The Slash,Gerald Casale,Andy McCluskey,Tim Dry,Nick fisher,Alan Morrison,Steve Arch and more.

BackStage will be available to buy at the end of March 2010 but those's coming to the book launch party in mid March in London will be able to buy it then plus get it signed by all the old band members ,plus Nash The Slash will be playing a live set just for the Party..

For up to the minute news on "BackStage" visit the official myspace page.... BACKSTAGE

The POD with Gary Cee

The Complex - Backstage Special

This show features an interview with Steve Roper of www.thetouringprinciple.co.uk who is behind the forthcoming BACKSTAGE book, a book that focuses on the early career of Gary Numan from 1979 to 1981. It also features interviews with ex band members and tour staff as well as lots of unseen photos from the years that belonged to Gary Numan. This show will be online until the release of the book later in the year

Echos "Redux" Part One

Echos "Redux" Part Two

Live un-official compilation recordings

from the Touring Principle 79/80 and the Teletour

Tour Picture Gallery

Tour Programmes

Tour Equipment list 1979

Memorabilia

Tour Dates

Wembley Schedule

Japanese Memorabilia

Video Vault

Live CDR's

Set Lists

Tour Posters

"Nash The Slash" Interview

New and unseen photos from Glasgow1979 right upto Wembley 1981

Glasgow 1979

Wembley Rehearsals

The James Freud story and unleased album clips

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