Gary Numan | Pop review

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 Numan's weirder characteristics was his ability to attract hatred from other musicians. His hero David Bowie had him thrown off a television show, then wrote a song about how much he disliked him. "I've never met the guy," chipped in Mick Jagger, "bu...

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