Rob Newman has frequently been ahead of the curve. He and David Baddiel were the first comedians to appear at Wembley Arena in 1993, ushering in the era of comedy as the new rock and roll, with him as chief sex symbol. As a politicised solo stand-up he was vocal about fossil fuels before many Stop Oil protestors had even been born.
So it is gratifying to see that this current run finds him on superb form, mixing scientific exploration with personal reflections. Maybe it’s not breaking major new ground, although he does perform some infectious, original electropop, which is not something he is known for. Perhaps he and his namesake Gary Numan were separated at birth.
