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[[Image:GaryTrentGemma.jpg|thumb|Gary Numan with his wife Gemma and Trent Reznor during the O2 show in London, 2009. ]]
'''Gary Numan''' (born '''Gary Anthony James Webb''' on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop"." Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (with Tubeway Army) and "Cars". Numan's more recent output, however, from 1994's ''Sacrifice'' to 2006's ''Jagged'', has been much darker and industrial in nature, incorporating haunting soundscapes with a lyrical tendency towards Atheism and a general anger towards organized religion.
[[Nine Inch Nails]] covered Numan's song "Metal" on the remix album ''[[Things Falling Apart]]'' (2000). So far, Gary Numan has been a surprise guest during the last leg of the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]], making appearances at the [[2009/07/15 London, England|O2 Arena]], the [[2009/09/02 Los Angeles, CA|Hollywood Palladium]] and the [[2009/09/06 Los Angeles, CA|Echoplex]], performing guest vocals on "Metal", "Cars" (both from ''The Pleasure Principle'' (1979)) and "I Die: You Die" (from ''Telekon'' (1980)).