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Gallery – Ministry + Gary Numan at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC

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4 months ago

March 4, 2024

On March 3rd, Ministry brought their North American tour to the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, with support from Gary Numan and Front Line Assembly.

Appearing at 7pm, Front Line Assembly and their leader Bill Leeb started the show early and got everyone in the right musical mood for the night despite some issues with Leeb’s microphone.

At 8pm, it was time for Gary Numan to take the stage to loud applause and screams, starting his set with “Everything Comes Down To This”. Numan is known to treat his performance as an art form and it showed. Numan and his band came on wearing their distressed stage outfits and the whole set up had strong theatrical gothic undertones.
Numan played songs from his entire catalog, including his latest album Intruder. The highlight of his set was when he played “Cars”, you could feel the excitement of the crowd. He ended with “A Prayer For The Unborn”, from the album Pure, that got everyone singing along.
For over an hour, Gary Numan never stopped moving and dancing, captivating the audience with his dynamic and high energy performance.

Seeing Ministry live on March 3rd was a special moment for all as it was only a few days after their 16th album Hopiumforthemasses released via Nuclear Blast. One by one – finishing with frontman Al Jourgensen, Ministry‘s band members appears on stage and kicked off their set right away with five new tracks off their latest album, starting with “B.D.E.” and “Just Stop Oil”. It was followed by a “Goddamn White Trash”, “Aryan Embarrassment”, and “New Religion”.
The audience’s excitement reached his highest peak when they played their most famous songs “N.W.O.”, “Just One Fix”, and “Stigmata”. They ended their set with “The Light Pours Out Of Me”, a Magazine cover. Ministry played for about 90 minutes during which Al Jourgensen engaged plenty with the fans.

This show was a perfect match-up of three legendary industrial bands all with deep catalogs to pull from and satisfy everybody. Be sure to catch Ministry, Gary Numan and Front Line Assembly this March/April. Click here for the tour dates and ticket info.

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