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Andy Jones

"I honestly don’t think I would keep going if he quit. I can’t imagine touring without him": Gary Numan on the man who makes his live shows tick, and why gigging is “still one of the most incredibly exciting and demanding things you can do”

Gary Numan and Dave Dupuis .

We're not far off being able to celebrate 50 years of Gary Numan's groundbreaking and genre-defining career, one that has seen him conquer the charts, find himself in the pop wilderness, and return with an electronic rock sound that has found him a completely new audience to go with his adoring legion of long-time Numanoids.

As well as redefining his sound, a huge part of Numan's comeback has been his ability to put on a show - a damn good one at that. And not only have these performances been instrumental in his comeback, but they are also vital for more practical reasons, as Gary explains.

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