Genuine innovators who also become successful in their own lifetime are pretty hard to come by. Gary Numan not only wrenched the synthesizer from the grasp of the neo-classicist aesthetic of prog and retoolled a generation of artists disillusioned with the musical shortcomings of punk; he also managed to get singles in the charts too. 1979 album The Pleasure Principle (the fans’ favourite, and showcased in full tonight) and the single ‘Cars’ were both number 1 in the UK and big hits in the US.

There’s certainly a poetic circularity in Numan influencing Trent Reznor, Marilyn Manson and Al Jourgensen, whose work in turn inspired Numan’s mid-90s rebirth. Hearing the eerie, utopian, androgynous urgency of this 30-year old album delivered by modern Numan’s industrial masculine persona doesn’t jar at all, as it might do – although some key historical elements (the signature violin on ‘Complex’) are simply not there. In fact, the industrial-era second half of the set provides a real lift, aided by phenomenally good lighting design and peppered with great reinterpretations of back catalogue tracks including set highlight ‘Down In The Park’.