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'''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 2021's ''Intruder'', has been much darker and industrial in nature, incorporating haunting soundscapes with a lyrical tendency towards Atheism and a general anger towards organized religion.
==Connections with NIN/Reznor==[[Trent Reznor]] listened to Numan's album ''Telekon'' extensively while recording ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''.[https://www.electronicbeats.net/mr-style-icon-gary-numan-on-trent-reznor/] [[Nine Inch Nails]] covered Numan's song "[[Metal]]" on the remix album ''[[Things Falling Apart]]'' (2000). Numan was a surprise guest during the last leg of the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]], making appearances at the [[2009/07/15 London, England|O2 Arena]], the Former NIN drummer [[2009/09/02 Los Angeles, CA|Hollywood Palladium]Jerome Dillon], the [[2009/09/06 Los Angeles, CA|Echoplex]], the [[2009/09/08 Los Angeles, CA|Henry Fonda Theater]] and the [[2009/09/10 Los Angeles, CA|Wiltern Theater]], performing guest vocals appeared on "[[Down In The Park]]" from Tubeway ArmyNuman's ''Replicas'' (1979), "Metal," "Cars2006 album," both from ''The Pleasure PrincipleJagged'' (1979), and "[[I Die: You Die]]," from ''Telekon'' (1980). High-definition videos of Gary Numan playing "Metal" and "Cars" with the band at the O2 Arena were posted to vimeo.com. "Metal" can be found [http://vimeo.com/channels/ninlive09#6859071 here] and "Cars" [http://vimeo.com/channels/ninlive09#6859938 here].
Numan was 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]], the [[2009/09/06 Los Angeles, CA|Echoplex]], the [[2009/09/08 Los Angeles, CA|Henry Fonda Theater]] and the [[2009/09/10 Los Angeles, CA|Wiltern Theater]], performing guest vocals on "[[Down In The Park]]" from Tubeway Army's ''Replicas'' (1979), "Metal," "Cars," both from ''The Pleasure Principle'' (1979), and "[[I Die: You Die]]," from ''Telekon'' (1980). High-definition videos of Gary Numan playing "Metal" and "Cars" with the band at the O2 Arena were posted to vimeo.com. "Metal" can be found [http://vimeo.com/channels/ninlive09#6859071 here] and "Cars" [http://vimeo.com/channels/ninlive09#6859938 here]. In [http://thequietus.com/articles/02803-gary-numan-and-nine-inch-nail-s-trent-reznor-to-collaborate an interview with ''The Quietus''] shortly after the 2009 dates, Numan stated that he and Reznor planned to make music together, though nothing has been released. Numan was also chosen as one of the openers for the [[Tension 2013 Tour]], singing alongside Trent for "[[Reptile]]" at both Florida shows, along with his own song, "[[We Take Mystery (To Bed)]]". The latter is from the album ''I, Assassin'', which was recorded with Tension 2013 bassist [[Pino Palladino]]. Numan made further guest appearances during the [[Europe + Asia 2018]] and [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour|Cold And Black And Infinite]] tours.
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