By Jessica Sansome
One of Glastonbury’s most popular performers at this year’s festival has admitted they almost cancelled their debut. Those watching all the festival action unfold over the weekend were left making a complaint as Gary Numan took to the stage – but not because of his performance. Fans were surprised to learn that it was the post-punk pioneer’s first-ever time performing at Glastonbury, despite his five-decade-long career. Gary appeared at Worthy Farm on Saturday (June 28) as his took to the Park Stage, even bringing out his daughters, Raven and Persia, for a tune each. It would be fair to say that Glastonbury viewers were so impressed with his set that they thought he deserved to be on a bigger stage at the festival. Now, the 67-year-old has told how he was close to cancelling the huge gig over health fears. Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday (July 1), the singer told Susanna Reid and Ed Balls of the experience: “It was amazing. “I was very, very nervous during the day. Very nervous. “I’m actually going deaf, so we had some warm-up shows, and I was struggling with those to hear things properly. We got that sorted out.” “But at one point, I was thinking about cancelling it,” he went on to confess. “Just [thinking] it鈥檚 gonna be a nightmare, it鈥檚 gonna be a disaster, you know? Because I can鈥檛 hear properly.” But as the gig got closer, things started to settle for Gary as he shared: “The closer it got, the less nervous I became, strangely enough. “By the time I actually did it, I was enjoying myself. It was good fun.” The London-born musician has been considered as a pioneer of electronic music and in 2017 he was awarded the Inspiration Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. His last album, Intruder, was released in 2021 and marked his 19th offering. He toured the US and the UK with the record, and last year, he announced a string of shows in celebration of the 45th anniversary of his debut.