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Christopher John Payne (born 1 February 1957) is a British musician.
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He is known as a member of Gary Numan's backing band, Tubeway Army, and for being the co-writer of Visage's late 1980 synth-pop hit single "Fade to Grey", together with Billy Currie and Midge Ure. Payne plays keyboards and viola and also a number of medieval instruments. He formed the band Dramatis with other members of Numan's backing-band in the early 1980s. Payne has composed music for television and films and formed the band "Celtic Legend" in 2001. He has composed, scored, recorded and conducted his orchestral and choral works in London and Prague.
Member of
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Celtic Legend fiddle, keyboard, whistle
Discography
Singles
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Reference
Instrumental supporting musician
Also known as
Christopher John Payne
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- bcf1c677-e658-47e9-936c-afaa366ef85c
- IPI
- 00051473888
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.