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Gary Numan

October 2022

  • ‘It was stupid not to let Frankie Goes to Hollywood play on Relax’ … Horn at home, in the house formerly owned by Bob Hoskins.

    ‘Grace Jones was in a state’: legendary producer Trevor Horn relives his mega-hits

    From Frankie Goes to Hollywood to Grace Jones, ABC and Tatu, he gave pop some of its greatest, most forward-looking moments. He also sang for prog rockers Yes. The trailblazing knob-twiddler recalls his best – and worst – decisions

August 2022

  • ‘I felt like I was being pushed towards the edge of a cliff’ … Numan today at his home in Stirling.

    Gary Numan: ‘I thought my comeback would take four years – not 41!’

    Four decades after walking away from fame, synthpop’s pioneering superstar is filling stadiums once again. The ex-Tubeway Army frontman talks about overcoming death threats, panic attacks and losing 997,000 fans

November 2020

  • VARIOUS - 1980<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dick Wallis/Shutterstock (81593d) GARY NUMAN VARIOUS - 1980

    (R)evolution by Gary Numan review – electro-pop's heart-on-sleeve godfather

    Numan’s entertaining and often poignant life story is refreshingly uncool

October 2020

  • Ivor Novello Awards - VIP Arrivals<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Gary Numan attends the Ivor Novello Awards at Grosvenor House on May 18, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

    Sunday with Gary Numan: ‘I don’t listen to music at all’

    The pop star tells Joanne O’Connor about life in LA with his three kids, four dogs, noisy wife and beloved Formula One

June 2020

  • Number 1 hits, Number 1, From left; The Beatles, Donna Summer, the Per Shop Boys

    The 100 greatest UK No 1 singles
    The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1

    Look back on our complete countdown of the greatest UK No 1s, from the Beatles to Baby D, and So Solid Crew to Suzi Quatro

September 2019

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    Gary Numan review – terrace chants for thrashing synthpop star

    The Numanoids are out in force for their idol, who throws in guitar and beefy rhythms for this 40th anniversary tour

February 2019

  • ‘A play on adolescent abandon and teenagers as beasts ... Bowie pictured on 17 September 1980.

    Teenage Wildlife: inside the song about Bowie's midlife crisis

    In an extract from Chris O’Leary’s new book Ashes to Ashes, we witness David Bowie at a turning point in his career

September 2018

  • Gary Numan performing in New York City, 2010.

    Gary Numan 'utterly devastated' as tour bus kills elderly pedestrian in Ohio

    Singer cancelled Cleveland concert after his bus hit a 91-year-old man at a pedestrian crossing

August 2018

  • Christine and the Queens.

    More synthetic bamboo! The greatest preset sounds in pop music

    Christine and the Queens has been criticised for using prefabricated loops from software, rather than coming up with new sounds herself. But from Kate Bush to Kendrick Lamar, these presets are actually the foundation of modern pop

July 2018

  • Heavy industrial sound ... Gary Numan eschews the hits on day two of Bluedot festival, Jodrell Bank, 21 July.

    Bluedot festival review – Gary Numan makes waves at science-pop mashup

    The Flaming Lips and Future Islands share the limelight with fake fungi and a luminarium at the event where revellers can flaunt their geek bona fides

April 2018

  • Gary Numan sitting among flowers

    This much I know
    Gary Numan: ‘Eye contact is something I find incredibly difficult’

    The singer and musician, 60, on having Asperger’s, voting for Thatcher and threatening to stab someone in Mexico

October 2017

  • Gary Numan Performs At The Foundry, Sheffield<br>Gary Numan performs at The Foundry, Sheffield University on September 15, 2016 in Sheffield, England.

    Shortcuts
    Gary Numan: how the Billboard charts told him his tracks aren't electric

    Despite 95% of the instrumentation on Numan’s new album being electronic, the US chart company says it does not qualify for their dance/electronic countdown

September 2017

  • Gary Numan 2017 press image

    Gary Numan: Savage (Songs from a Broken World) review – pop gleams amid the dystopian gloom

July 2017

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    The Q&A
    Gary Numan: ‘Don’t play one of my songs at my funeral’

    The musician on family, living in LA and why he last cried

May 2017

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    From Being Boiled to I Feel Love: Gary Numan’s top electro tracks

    The musician chooses his favourite songs – and admits that his own discovery of synths was all down to chance

December 2016

  • White Stripes in Concert - July 24, 2007<br>NEW YORK - JULY 24: Musicians Meg White and Jack White of the White Stripes performing at Madison Square Garden on July 24th, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/WireImage)

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend playlist: your songs about disbelief

    Motörhead, Gary Numan, the White Stripes and a Tamil film classic make this week’s reader-curated theme playlist – as does an intriguing African EMF cover

September 2016

  • Gary Numan performing at The Foundry, Sheffield.

    Gary Numan review – retooled android still sounds like the future

    Revisiting his classic albums, Numan blows the PA as he leaves behind the cold, dystopian sounds and gives old “Friends” a new arrangement

August 2016

  • Gary Numan and Gemma Webb, his wife.

    Gary Numan: Android in La La Land – a missed opportunity

  • Gary Numan: Android in La La Land

    Gary Numan: Android in La La Land review – electronic music pioneer in sparky doc

June 2016

  • Gary Numan Android in La La Land film still

    Gary Numan: Android in La La Land review – ex-Kraftwerk clone turned chatty man

    With his pop star years well behind him, Numan comes across as an interesting and entertaining figure doing his best to live a version of real life
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