Guardian Music — Dropping her aitches like her Pygmalion namesake, the London songstress's whimsical mockney sounds a little familiarHometown: London.The lineup: Eliza Doolittle (vocals, guitar).The background: So Lily Allen throws in the towel, at least for a while ... more info

Starpulse — British electro-pop pioneer Gary Numan has "never been drunk" in his life, because of fears alcohol would exacerbate his medical condition.[...] Read more! more info

Guardian Music — Believe it or not, pop got smarter in the noughtiesThere is a parlour game you can play to gauge how dramatically rock and pop music has changed in the course of a decade. Imagine a music fan from the start of the decade is transported to its end, an... more info

Guardian Music — He arrived in 1979, bringing synthpop to the masses. She is part of the bold new wave reinventing the genre for the 21st century. So what happened when Gary Numan met Little Boots?As far as Little Boots is concerned, only one thing happens at this re... more info

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Scotsman.com — IN a year when artists ditched guitars in favour of synthesisers, Gary Numan finally got his due. Which is superb, even better that he's touring to celebrate the 30th anni more info

Guardian Music — Brighton DomeViewers of BBC4's Synth Britannia would have seen Gary Numan's peers virtually queuing up to heap praise on Middlesex's foremost purveyor of dystopian pop electronica. Which was something of a surprise: at the height of his fame, one of ... more info

XLR8R — If you're at all a fan of synth-pop pioneers Cabaret Voltaire or Gary Numan, it's worth catching at least a glimpse of this free and awesome 87-minute documentary that the BBC produced on the roots of synth pop. Folks from The Human League,... more info

Scotsman.com — GARY Numan, the original electro-rocker, hit the charts in the 1980s with songs such as Cars and Are Friends Electric?. more info

AngryApe — For a special radio performance next month more info