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==Connections with NIN/Reznor==
[[Trent Reznor]] listened extensively to Numan's album ''The Pleasure Principle'' during the early beginnings of [[Nine Inch Nails]], and Numan's ''Telekon'' extensively while recording ''[[Pretty Hate MachineThe Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''.[https://www.electronicbeats.net/mr-style-icon-gary-numan-on-trent-reznor/] [[Nine Inch Nails]] NIN covered Numan's song "[[Metal]]" on the remix album ''[[Things Falling Apart]]'' (2000). Former NIN drummer [[Jerome Dillon]] appeared on Numan's 2006 album, ''Jagged''.
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].