By Cara Alwill
Though he has declared that his recently-completed "Wave Goodbye" tour represented his retirement from performing live, Trent Reznor hasn't hung up his recording spurs just yet. In fact, he's about to hit the studio with a friend and hero: Gary Numan. The budding relationship between the two became evident when Numan took the stage during the gigs on the Los Angeles leg of the tour and performed multiple songs with Nine Inch Nails and was welcomed with rave reviews.
Musically speaking, a collaboration of this magnitude could result in some pretty fantastic results. Reznor and Numan are icons in their respective genres, and it is clear they make magic on stage together. That magic wasn't necessarily going to be a given — Numan admitted to the Quietus that when invited out to the Los Angeles shows, he wasn't sure what to expect. "For some reason, I don't know why, I just thought it would be a different atmosphere to what it was. And what it was was just really warm and friendly, and Nine Inch Nails and warm and friendly don't necessarily go together! I should have known better. Everyone was great, the crew, the band, everybody, they made me feel really welcome. It was a fantastic experience, I was riding on that for a bit."
So, what's the timeline for the duo? In the same interview, Numan said, "I know he wants to carry on doing music things. We went out a few days after [the L.A. gigs] with a few other people and the way he puts it is when the dust settles — I think he means his marriage — but I think he's going to be pretty busy for a while, so it'll either be later this year or early next."
If their scintillating performances in Los Angeles (including their runs through "I Die You Die" and "Down in the Park") are any indication of what we can expect, then we're in for something big.
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