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Seriously getting ‘Down In The Park’ with Gary Numan

by Nick Linazasoro
Friday 7 Aug, 2026 at 9:56PM
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Seriously getting ‘Down In The Park’ with Gary Numan

Gary Numan at Crystal Palace Bowl, London 6.8.26 (pic Sara-Louise Bowrey)

GARY NUMAN + MARC ALMOND + LADYTRON – CRYSTAL PALACE BOWL, LONDON 6.8.26

We have today made our way to the historic Crystal Palace Bowl, one of London’s most iconic open-air venues. Established in 1961, the Bowl and its famous ‘Garden Party’ events have played host to some of the most eclectic acts in British festival history, from prog to punk, rock to reggae, pop to the proms. As well as Bob Marley’s final London show, the Crystal Palace Bowl has seen concerts from artists including Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, Lou Reed, Curtis Mayfield, Gil Scot Heron, Ian Dury, Vera Lynn and many more.

This year Palace Bowl Presents have put together a brand new festival series which features an eclectic line-up of global headliners performing across twelve events from Thursday 31st July to Sunday 16th August. Things kicked off 31st July with Grace Jones with Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Soul II Soul, and yesterday featured Tom Jones and Billy Ocean. The final event will see Bastille and The Wombats, but we are here today in order to catch the legendary synth Godfather Gary Numan with support coming from Marc Almond, who will be performing the songs of Soft Cell and solo hits. Also on the bill are a band I have yet to see live, Ladytron. So I’m keen to see what they have to offer. 

But first let’s cut to the chase and see what today’s headliner has to offer:

Gary Numan at Crystal Palace Bowl, London 6.8.26 (pics Sara-Louise Bowrey)

GARY NUMAN (20:45 – 22:15)

Gary Numan’s influence has been recognised by a diverse array of the world’s greatest artists—from Prince to Lady Gaga, Jack White to Kanye West; Beck to Queens Of The Stone Age, and The Foo Fighters to Nine Inch Nails, many of which have collaborated with Numan and covered or sampled tracks from his vast back catalogue. Numan’s unique, pioneering style continues to connect the world over, he has never stopped innovating.

I’ve personally been a Numan fan since the Spring of 1979 when I heard ‘Down In The Park’, which was the single immediately before the groundbreaking, and let’s face it, earth shattering game changer that was ‘Are “Friends” Electric?’. If my memory serves me right this first encounter was on the first floor of the long lost Diplomatic record and card shop, which was next door to The Open Market on London Road in Brighton. I, like many, have always remained a Numanoid, even when his work apparently took a dip in form, which the great man himself slates. But maybe in time he will be able to reconcile with many of these tracks, and you never know, dig some of them up again in order to play on future tours. There are many of these that I could list, but I’m not going to here. 

It’s my first time at Crystal Palace Bowl, but not my first time within Crystal Palace Park as back on 1st July 2023, I was fortunate to have been present at ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ which was organised by Festival Republic and featured Iggy Pop, Blondie (with Clem Burke RIP), Generation Sex (featuring Billy Idol and Tony James from Generation X, and Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols), Stiff Little Fingers, Buzzcocks, and Brighton’s very own Lambrini Girls. That was a spectacular day with so many memories and located above today’s event being held in the northern corner of the park, and has been put together by Palace Bowl with Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s leading live entertainment company, who are composed of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship.

So to today’s Numan’s 94 minute set, which commenced on time at 8:45pm. First, the geography of the site, where we are positioned within a natural amphitheatre, but not as part of the well known RIBA Stirling Prize nominated structure built in 1996 by Ian Richie. Today this is the VIP area and the stage has been built on the grass slope that falls away towards the right towards Ian’s famed structure. The construction guys have done a great job as the stage left (our right) is greater in depth due to the slope. Thus fans on the left are higher and nearer stage level than those on the right. 

With the sun having set and the night drawing in, Gary Numan and his band, comprising to our left Steve Harris (cordless electric guitar, backing vocals), to our right Tim Slade (cordless bass, backing vocals), and to the rear David Brooks (three layers of keyboards and laptop) and Jimmy Lucido (drums), took to the high stage. The whole area around was awash with eager fans and the place had the look and feeling of a proper festival. There’s literally thousands of folk here! I’m sure Numan was rather surprised. It’s a pleasant setting, but maybe the best of this in the tour was Halifax’s Piece Hall on 31st July, which by all accounts was rather special. Those in attendance tonight are from across all spectrums and ages, which is the undeniable truth that Numan has managed to cast his net far and wide. 

At the start, the stage lighting is made up of (at the front) six twin small circular white lights facing the crowd with 9 larger circular units comprising 7 red bulbs within each. Above the band this is the repeated format in two further lines. There are half domed silver disco balls littered across the stage, and red neon ropes draped across the rear. There are two giant screens either side of the stage and an LED screen to the rear for the accompanying videos. There are two video cameramen on gantries attached to the front of the stage in order to capture the action. There is a tall gantry further back in amongst the crowd where the sounddesk and lighting is likely operated from.

The intro notes boom out across the natural amphitheatre and the band all clad in black launch into ‘Halo’ from 2006’s ‘Jagged’ album. It’s heavy and its sound is immense! The benefits of the cordless (wireless) bass and guitar are already paying off as Steve and Tim have free movement. Selection two goes right back to 1979’s ‘The Pleasure Principle’ album with the performing of ‘M.E.’, which features at points Numan utilizing the Virus TI synth, which adds to that trademark screaming synth sound. Again it’s immense. There is, excuse the pun, jagged guitar and heavy drumming on ‘I Am Dust’ ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’ album.

The first of just two cuts from 1980’s famed ‘Telekon’ album is next, this is ‘Remind Me To Smile’ and I’m given my first musical tingle of the night. The chunky top note of Tim’s bass guitar kicks off ‘The Chosen’ from 2021’s ‘Intruder’ album, which is swiftly followed by solid drumming as good as any heard on Joy Division records. The title tune from 2006’s ‘Jagged’ record is next, which Steve kicks off on a brief guitar solo before the other instruments and Numan’s whispered vocals kick in. There’s an almost thunderclap start to ‘Mercy’ from 2017’s ‘Savage (Songs From A Broken World)’ album, and then the kick drum comes to the party and it makes my body shake. It’s lucky that we aren’t in a quarry or mountains, as this would likely have caused a landslide or avalanche. It’s a slow booming tune laden with further top note bass guitar tickling action.

I can’t help noticing how much Numan is constantly on the go. He seems really pumped tonight and even once off-mic bellows out a blood curdling scream. There’s no time for idle twaddle about how wonderful it is here and how great we are and blah blah blah. Today, Numan is letting the music speak for itself, with around a second or so in between tracks, they mean business. 

Cue arms in the air and much vertical fistbumping for the following number, this being ‘Me! I Disconnect From You’ from 1979’s ‘Replicas’ album. It’s a return to ‘Savage (Songs From A Broken World)’ with the performance of ‘When The World Comes Apart’ with its screaming synths. The hairs on my arms again stood to attention in celebration. It’s wonderful how much it can enhance one’s positive feeling! Things then got even better when ‘Down In The Park’ from ‘Replicas’ arrived. It was simply spectacular! 

After ‘Walking With Shadows’ from 2000’s ‘Pure’ album, it was time for ‘Metal’ from 1979’s ‘The Pleasure Principle’ album, the intro of which allowed Steve to take centre stage and perform his trademark nonsensical mimes. There’s more trademark Numan screaming synths in action here….happy days! Gary then straps on his guitar for the first of two times tonight and then he delivers with whispered vocals for ‘Rip’ from 2000’s ‘Pure’ album. Being at the front, I did note that on the “HEY HEY HEY; I’ve done nothing to you; I’ve got something for you” sections were vocally assisted. This certainly confused the woman next to me and she turned and queried it with her friend. Numan has recently admitted this, and many artists do it these days, so I guess it’s accepted nowadays.

The guitar gets put back and they carry on the set with ‘Cars’ from 1979’s ‘The Pleasure Principle’. Suffice to say the mobile phones are out in force. There is more Virus TI synth action from Numan here. The sole selection from 2013’s excellent ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’ record is next, and they have selected ‘Love Hurt Bleed’ which is delivered with great gusto, as is the next one, the Arabic-laden ‘My Name Is Ruin’ which is another track found on ‘Savage (Songs From A Broken World)’. When they get to 1980 single ‘I Die: You Die’  which was only on the cassette version of ‘Telekon’, you know that they are going to be vacating the stage afterwards, so it’s best to really enjoy yourself during this, cue handclaps and arms in the air. True to form, this happens. We finally got our first address from Numan “Thank you very much”. 

After a short while they return to offload two more tunes to see us on our way to whizz as fast as possible to the tube stations. The first of these being ‘My Shadow In Vain’ from 1978’s ‘Tubeway Army’ album, which sees a choppy bass guitar teaser intro as 

Gary straps on the guitar in order to indicate that it’s going to be a pseudo punk number. They sign off with 1979’s ‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric?’ from ‘Replicas’. A field of fans first bump the sky as they sing “Whaoh, whaoh”, we are as one! Numan stands at the front of the stage and holds his arms aloft and crosses them and then jerks his body back with his arms apart as the last notes are played. He then bends down and places his hands over his face in almost disbelief on how well everything has gone tonight!

Again… he came, he played, he conquered! 

Gary Numan:
Gary Numan – lead vocals, keyboard, guitar
Steve Harris – electric guitar, backing vocals
Tim Slade – bass, backing vocals
David Brooks – keyboards, programming
Jimmy Lucido – drums

Gary Numan setlist:
‘Halo’ (from 2006 ‘Jagged’ album)
‘M.E.’ (from 1979 ‘The Pleasure Principle’ album)
‘I Am Dust’ ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’ album)
‘Remind Me To Smile’ (from 1980 ‘Telekon’ album)
‘The Chosen’ (from 2021 ‘Intruder’ album)
‘Jagged’ (found on 2006 ‘Jagged’ album) 
‘Mercy’ (from 2017 ‘Savage (Songs From A Broken World)’ album)
‘Me! I Disconnect From You’ (from 1979 ‘Replicas’ album)
‘When The World Comes Apart’ (from 2017 ‘Savage (Songs From A Broken World)’ album)
‘Down In The Park’ (from 1979 ‘Replicas’ album)
‘Walking With Shadows’ (from 2000 ‘Pure’ album)
‘Metal’ (from 1979 ‘The Pleasure Principle’ album)
‘Rip’ (from 2000 ‘Pure’ album)
‘Cars’ (from 1979 ‘The Pleasure Principle’ album)
‘Love Hurt Bleed’ (from 2013 ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’ album)
‘My Name Is Ruin’ (from 2017 ‘Savage (Songs From A Broken World)’ album)
‘I Die: You Die’ (from 1980 ‘Telekon’ album – cassette version)
(encore)
‘My Shadow In Vain’ (from 1978 ‘Tubeway Army’ album)
‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric?’ (from 1979 ‘Replicas’ album)

garynuman.com

Marc Almond at Crystal Palace Bowl, London 6.8.26 (pics Sara-Louise Bowrey)

MARC ALMOND (19:00 – 20:00) 

As luck would have it, I’m again in the company of Marc Almond who I have witnessed on a number of occasions down the years, including two times with David Ball (RIP) in Soft Cell. The first of these was at the Event II (now Pryzm) for the band’s sole Brighton concert. This took place on 24th October 2001 and I remember the concert very well indeed. I was standing front left of the stage with the speakers inches away from my ears! Still no idea how I didn’t get tinnitus, but although the tunes that night included ‘Memorabilia’, ‘Youth’, ‘Torch’, ‘Bedsitter’, ‘Tainted Love’/’Where Did Our Love Go’, and my fave Soft Cell tune ‘Sex Dwarf’, it was in fact then then new number ‘Somebody, Somewhere, Sometime’ that absolutely blew me away! It really was a special moment! 

My second, and final, Soft Cell encounter was courtesy of birthday present tickets from my partner Jordan Mooney (RIP), when we went up to Hammersmith Apollo (or Hammersmith Odeon for those of a certain age) on 15th November 2021 to see them play a 24 tune set – It was epic and the first of three consecutive nights out watching electronic synth-pop pioneers. Night two was witnessing OMD at the Brighton Centre and night three was being entertained by Blancmange at the Concorde 2. 

My Marc Almond live encounters have included his appearance at last year’s ‘On The Beach’ festival on Brighton Beach which also featured The Human League, Toyah, and take note Marc Almond/Soft Cell fans A Thousand Mad Things; a headlining set at the iconic De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea in 2022; and a headlining set at Brighton Dome in 2024, where an actual fight broke out with unruly crowd members having a go at a security guard, which was a grave error on their behalf, as the police were called and the aggressors were taken to court and lost.  

It’s fair to say that Marc is a musical chameleon and can flit between many musical styles. An instance being his 2024 ‘I’m Not Anyone’ album which dropped on 12th July. This draws from different genres, from psychedelic and prog rock to folk, gospel and soul. Marc can easily lend his hand to a Charles Aznavour cover as a Jacques Brel cover or a Gene Pitney tune, whilst also tapping in to his rock roots with his Loveless outfit, which incidentally features former Sputnik Neal X, who is a trusted accomplice these days for Marc’s many concerts, not surprisingly he’s in attendance this early evening. The other trio from the The Loveless 5-piece being James Beaumont, Ben Ellis, and Mat Hector. A band very much touted by Jordan Mooney by the way! 

Marc is arguably best known for his Soft Cell work, and let’s face it, has come a million miles away from ‘The Not The Nine O’Clock News’’ Rowan Atkinson portrayal of someone that couldn’t even talk unless it was on tape. It was a funny but none-the-less cruel parody of Marc, but who’s having the last laugh now? As Marc himself points out this evening, it’s heading towards 50 successful years in the music business! 

And so to this evening….after the PA pounding out a whole host of top quality tunes including Killing Joke’s ‘The Death And Resurrection Show’ (which I haven’t heard sounding any better!), and The Smiths’ ‘How Soon Is Now’, and Ultraovox’s ‘Vienna’, the 7-piece outfit grace us with their presence 11 minutes later than scheduled. Out front is Mr Almond, stage left (our right) is Neal X, to the rear are Martin Watkins on keyboards and laptop duties, as well as Tim Weller on electronic drums. Completing the lineup on stage right (our left) are a trio of backing vocalists who are Bryan Chambers, Kelly Barnes and Simon King. We are in their company for only a mere 40 minutes, although billed as an hour – hmmmm! So from 7:11pm to 7:51pm they present a set composed of not only the hits but also some deep cuts. With such a massive back catalogue to choose from, it must be an absolute headache choosing which songs to play! 

They open with ‘Adored And Explored’ from 1996’s ‘Fantastic Star’ album which was, as you would expect, rather well received. I scan the fans around me, quite a number are sporting Almond t-shirts, including the fella behind me, who was merrily singing all of the words, even the one’s Marc jokingly forgot during Jacques Brel’s ‘Jacky’. I mean give the guy a break, there’s 691 words to learn in this number alone! It’s here during the day that it dawns on me how weird it is looking up at the high stage above me and yet many hundreds of feet above them are the passenger planes flying folk to and from their holidays – clearly we are on the flightpath.  

The first of two cuts from 1991’s ‘Tenement Symphony’ album is up next in the form of ‘Beautiful Brutal Thing’ with its haunting synths and chugging beat, although I did find the accompanying video close rather to the mark! On a lighter note…cue handclaps and singalongs for ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’’s ‘Bedsitter’ which for the record only has 208 words! The sole cut from 1983’s ‘The Art of Falling Apart’ came next in the form of the slower ‘Loving You, Hating Me’. After which Marc announced the next selection as “a political song”, this turned out to be ‘Tears Run Rings’ from 1988’s ‘The Stars We Are’ long-player. This was followed by a slow melodic number with booming electronic beat and plinky keys, this being ‘Glorious’ from 2001’s ‘Stranger Things’ album.

The opening first bars of the classic 1982 Soft Cell single ‘Torch’ – which finally appeared on 1996 remastered edition of 1981’s ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ album – were greeted with cheers from a majority of folk standing by me. It’s a true classic! Talking of classics, it was now time for the second cut from 1991’s ‘Tenement Symphony’ record, this being the masterpiece that is ‘Jacky’, which is a Jacques Brel song. This was greeted with the biggest cheer so far and quite rightly too. At the time of its release I caned the 12” single to death. It was out with the mobile phones for this evening’s penultimate offering, the Gloria Jones classic that is the timeless version of ‘Tainted Love’, which is on 1981’s ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ Soft Cell album. There were handclaps and sing-along-a-plenty during this. 

They fittingly left us with the slower beats of the second cut in a row from ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’, this being ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’. And we all sang along in unison “Take your hands off meeee: I don’t belong to you, you see…”. At its conclusion the musicians and singers came to the front of the stage and took their adulation and accordingly bowed and then they were gone! 

After the close of their set at 7:51pm, I couldn’t help thinking what other tracks they could have played in the missing time. They could have easily fitted in another 4 songs! I would have loved, for instance ‘Memorabilia’ and ‘A Man Could Get Lost’ from 1982’s ‘Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing’ album; as well as ‘Sex Dwarf’ 1981’s ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’, and ‘Soul Inside’ from 1984’s ‘This Last Night In Sodom’. But I guess the idea is to always leave the fans wanting more! 

Marc Almond:
Marc Almond – vocals
Neal X – electric guitar, kazoo, backing vocals
Martin Watkins – keyboards
Tim Weller – drums
Bryan Chambers – backing vocals
Kelly Barnes – backing vocals 
Simon King – backing vocals 

Marc Almond setlist:
‘Adored And Explored’ (from 1996 ‘Fantastic Star’ album)
‘Beautiful Brutal Thing’ (from 1991 ‘Tenement Symphony’ album)
‘Bedsitter’ (from 1981 ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ Soft Cell album)
‘Loving You, Hating Me’ (from 1983 ‘The Art of Falling Apart’ Soft Cell album)
‘Tears Run Rings’ (from 1988 ‘The Stars We Are’ album)
‘Glorious’ (from 2001 ‘Stranger Things’ album)
‘Torch’ (a 1982 Soft Cell single which finally appeared on 1996 remastered edition of 1981’s ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ Soft Cell album)
‘Jacky’ (Jacques Brel cover) (from 1991 ‘Tenement Symphony’ album)
‘Tainted Love’ (Gloria Jones cover from 1981 ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ Soft Cell album)
‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’ (from 1981 ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ Soft Cell album)

www.marcalmond.co.uk

Ladytron at Crystal Palace Bowl, London 6.8.26 (pics Sara-Louise Bowrey)

LADYTRON (17:45 – 18:30)

Ladytron are an electronic outfit who formed in Liverpool back in 1999. The band famously took their name from the Roxy Music tune that is found on their 1972 self-titled album. The group consists of Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), and Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar, vocals), and they have thus far released eight studio albums to date, with the latest being the double-vinyled ‘Paradises’ which dropped on 20th March this year. 

The band’s sound blends electropop with new wave and shoegazing elements. Ladytron have described their sound as “electronic pop”. They focused on a balance between pop structures and experimental sounds. Some of the group’s songs performed by Aroyo contain lyrics written in her native Bulgarian. 

An astonishing fact is that Ladytron have yet to have a UK Top 40 Single, but they have had 7 tunes within the Top 100 and 4 of those climbed between No.42 and No.45. All of their studio albums have also fallen short of the UK Top 40, with the highest being 2023’s ‘Time’s Arrow’ which peaked at No.67. 

Despite their lack of chart success, they are very well regarded within the music industry and are often called upon to offer up their remixing services on other artists tracks, which have included Dave Gahan, Erasure, Goldfrapp, Apoptygma Berzerk, Placebo, Blondie, Gang of Four, Christina Aguilera, Nine Inch Nails, Bloc Party, Kings of Convenience, Soulwax and Róisín Murphy. 

This afternoon electro-clashers Ladytron are kicking off proceedings at the Crystal Palace Bowl with a 48 minute set which ran from 5:43pm to 6:31pm. During this time they offload 11 tunes with a half dozen of these being culled from their latest ‘Paradises’ record. There’s a host of synths on the stage including three different Korgs, a Roland D-10, a small Novation unit and a Kawai K1 II which for yours truly is very promising indeed. 

Glaswegian born Helen Marnie is centre stage and looking very much the part in her black dress, shades and striking bob grey haircut which stands out in the beaming sunshine. Something which doesn’t go a miss as Daniel, who is behind her, notes that they don’t come out in daylight! To Helen’s right (our left) is Sofia born Mira and to the rear are two touring musicians, whom I’m assuming are drummer Peter Kelly and Andrew Hunt on synthesizer, percussion, saxophone. 

Numan’s half domed silver disco balls which are littered across the stage have no effect in the direct sunlight, but at least the band are benefitting from the efforts of the two live feed cameramen in front of the stage as the band are shown on the two large screens either side of the stage. They also have the large LED screen behind them to play accompanying videos. With a “Hi Crystal Palace we are Ladytron” from Helen, the 5 musicians open their set with ‘In Blood’ (from ‘Paradises’). Their sound is as crisp and the opening barrage of keys certainly grabs the many Numan fans by the scruff of the neck. You see the great thing about Numanoids is that they are so loyal and well before the 5pm opening, a long queue had already formed and thus Ladytron were going to be playing to a decent sized crowd. Throughout their set, more punters arrived and I’m sure that Ladytron were winning more fans by the minute. 

With an opener that sounded like a mix of early Numan meets Goldfrapp, how could Ladytron go wrong? The drumming led ‘Ghosts’ from 2008’s ‘Velocifero’ album, was up next, and followed by the second cut from ‘Paradises’, this being ‘I See Red’. This benefitted from those Numanesque keys sound as well as thudding drums. I can easily see how Ladytron were selected as support. There was more of the same for ‘Deadzone’ from 2019’s self-titled album, with its enjoyable bouncy beat. 

Ladytron then seriously gave their new long player a shot in the arm by offloading a quartet of cuts: these being ‘Secret Dreams Of Thieves’, ‘Metaphysica’, ‘A Death In London’ and ‘Sing’. During this section Mira had a go on lead vocals, which I must say I very much enjoyed and this reminded me of forgotten New Romantic icon Ronny (check out ‘Blue Cabaret’) mixed with also forgotten 1978 tune ‘Disco Clone’ by Cristina which was sung in Brechtian pastiche style. With the new tunes there is also the vibe of the Pet Shop Boys, so if I was PSB’s manager I would secure Ladytron for their next tour support. Also of note in this section was Andrew’s saxophone on ‘A Death In London’ and ‘Sing’ also reminded me of Tiny Magnetic Pets, actually come to think of it the band’s sound is very similar. 

After ‘Fighting In Built Up Areas’ from 2005’s ‘Witching Hour’ album, the levels of enjoyment were increased with the performing of electro-popper ‘Seventeen’ from 2002’s ‘Light & Magic’ album, which it seems many folk standing around me knew. They signed off with their electronic chugger ‘Destroy Everything You Touch’ from 2005’s ‘Witching Hour’ and overall went down very well with the punters. I’ve finally broken my Ladytron duck. Let’s hope it’s not the only time I catch them.

In fact Ladytron informed the crowd that they will be back in London in December. This being at The O2 Forum on Wednesday 16th December. Support will come from Miki Berenyi Trio and DJ Mark Moore (aka S-Express) – Grab your tickets HERE. There are two other dates announced, these being in Manchester at The O2 Ritz on Tuesday 15th December (Tickets HERE) and at the SWG3 TV Studio in Glasgow on Thursday 17th December (Tickets HERE). 

Ladytron:
Helen Marnie – lead vocals, synthesizer (1999–present) 
Mira Aroyo – synthesizer, backing and occasional lead vocals (1999–present) 
Daniel Hunt – synthesizer, guitar, bass, occasional backing vocals (1999–present) 
Current touring musicians: 
Peter Kelly – drums (2018–present) 
Andrew Hunt – synthesizer, percussion, saxophone (2025–present) 

Ladytron setlist:
‘In Blood’ (from 2026 ‘Paradises’ album)
‘Ghosts’ (from 2008 ‘Velocifero’ album)
‘I See Red’ (from 2026 ‘Paradises’ album)
‘Deadzone’ (from 2019 ‘Ladytron’ album)
‘Secret Dreams Of Thieves’ (from 2026 ‘Paradises’ album)
‘Metaphysica’ (from 2026 ‘Paradises’ album)
‘A Death In London’ (from 2026 ‘Paradises’ album)
‘Sing’ (from 2026 ‘Paradises’ album)
‘Fighting In Built Up Areas’ (from 2005 ‘Witching Hour’ album)
‘Seventeen’ (from 2002 ‘Light & Magic’ album)
‘Destroy Everything You Touch’ (from 2005 ‘Witching Hour’ album)

www.ladytron.com

 

 

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