Gary's Spook-adilly Circus
Legendary 1980s pop star Gary Numan, who shot to fame with hits such as 'Are Friends Electric?' and 'Cars', once saw an apparition at a crowded London underground station.
Gary said about the spooky experience: "I was with a friend of mine, on our way to buy a guitar in Wardour Street. We used to sit in an end carriage, as they were a little less crowded most of the time. We got off the train at Piccadilly Circus and, we were chatting to each other about the band we were going to put together, we followed, without paying too much attention, the stream of passengers that had got off the train ahead of us.
He added: " Directly in front of us was an older man wearing a hat and a long grey coat, and further in front of him was a group of girls, and so on. A few people were behind us, but not many. As we reached the top of one of the escalators we followed the man in front around a corner to the left, walked a few more steps, and then came up against a wall. It looked as if the corridor we were in had been sealed countless years before. No sign of the man. We both checked with each other that we had been following the man and then realised that all the other passengers had gone. We ran as fast as we could out of the station. The man we saw has played a big part in my career ever since. He is drawn leaning on a wall on the cover of my Replicas album, and I am dressed as him on the cover of Dance and I, Assassin album covers. He’s also mentioned in many songs, including 'Are ‘Friends’ Electric?'.
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Posted on Wed 14th Sep 2011 22:32:40