Gary Numan has announced a huge show at London’s Crystal Palace Park, set to take place this summer.
The artist will be performing as part of a brand new festival series in the iconic Crystal Palace Bowl, dubbed ‘Palace Bowl Presents’.
It will run from July 30 to August 16, and see 12 live events lined up for the 2026 edition. With today’s announcement (Monday February 16), Numan has been confirmed as the latest headliner.
He will be taking to the stage on Sunday August 6, and set to perform classic tracks from across his discography, including ‘Cars’ and ‘M.E.’. Joining him on the night are Marc Almond, who will be performing the songs of Soft Cell and solo tracks, as well as Ladytron.
Tickets go on sale this Friday (February 20), and will be available to buy here. Local residents from postcodes SE19, SE20 and SE26 will be eligible for discounted tickets for Palace Bowl Presents.
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The new announcement sees Numan join the growing list of events scheduled for this year’s inaugural ‘Palace Bowl Presents’ event.
Already, it has been confirmed that Bastille and The Wombats will co-headline at the summer series on Thursday August 13. Before then, there will be the first ever ‘Gospel Garden Festival’ taking place at the event.
The latter will be held on Sunday August 2, and will mark London’s biggest outdoor gospel festival. It will be headlined in a UK-exclusive by Kirk Franklin and Tasha Cobbs Leonard, and support will come from Fred Hammond, Mercy Chinwo and Jerub.
For Numan, the slot comes on the heels of his 45th anniversary tour for the album ‘Telekon’, which he embarked on at the end of last year.
During one of the shows, the singer broke down in tears during his set. His wife Gemma O’Neill came on stage to comfort him, while Numan himself told fans that he’d been given “the worst news ever” that morning and was still trying to come to terms with it.
He would later share a moving post on social media, revealing to fans the tragic news that his brother, John Webb, had died suddenly over that weekend. In the update, Numan said that the post was “not a tribute” because “I can barely think straight enough to find the words for this let alone a fitting and deserving tribute to someone I loved more than the world, those words will come in time.”
He also confirmed that he was going to be continuing the tour “because my Dad thinks I should, because John’s lovely wife said John would want me to.”
