Holmfirth Picturedrome may never have never held so much leathers and eyeliner as when Gary Numan’s audience packed in to see him perform at a sold out show last night on his only Yorkshire tour date.

The synth-rock cult icon definitely made it a night to remember in a performance that made 1979 seem surely as if it was only last year.

Taking to the stage in his customary all black with heavily kohled eyes, a hooded keyboard player and equally brooding bassist and guitarist, the atmosphere was electric.

And emotions were on knife edge as Numan exploded into his set with his theatrical movements like he was playing lead role in a dark, glam metal ballet.

It may have been over 30 years since some of the songs were released but that did not stop an intensification of the emotion that he has threaded through his tracks.

Metal was one of the stand out songs of the night along with Films, which were delivered with a much harder edge than the original album versions.

It was perfectly balanced with softer renditions such as The Calling and Lost, which were delivered with such tenderness that this reviewer alone was almost moved to tears.

Meanwhile I Die: You Die reminded everyone of his talents as a great pop song writer and got arguably an even better response than one of his most well-known songs, Cars.

A total of nine of the 19 songs from his latest album, Splinter, made the cut on the night and proved hypnotic to the dedicated ‘Numanoid’ crowd, who have continued to support him with an incessant devotion since his debut.

In return, they were treated to not one but two encores, which featured Our Friends Electric but ended on Absolution, taken from the album Exile, which was an interesting choice but still met with a great response.

Although now 56, Numan was on such top form this is surely the start of yet another renaissance for a man who is clearly a natural born performer.

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