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"Gary Numan has claimed that he would rather &amp;quot;eat worms&amp;quot; than go on an &amp;#039;80s nostalgia tour. The electro-pop star said that despite financial difficulties he had no regrets about turning down offers to perform his old hits. He told The Mirror: &amp;quot;Me? Join in on the &amp;#039;80s revival? I&amp;#039;d rather eat worms. I&amp;#039;ve absolutely no interest in going back to the &amp;#039;80s.  &amp;quot;I was there the first time so it&amp;#039;s got nothing new to offer. I&amp;#039;ve always refused to do anything connected to the &amp;#039;80s, any TV shows or retro tours, and I play very little old stuff at my gigs.  &amp;quot;That would be looking backwards and I&amp;#039;ve always been more interested in what&amp;#039;s happening tomorrow.&amp;quot; Numan admitted that he even spurned the chance to appear on The Big Breakfast in the &amp;#039;90s when he was &amp;quot;massively&amp;quot; in debt because he didn&amp;#039;t want to tarnish his image. The &amp;#039;Cars&amp;#039; singer commented: &amp;quot;I was asked to go on  The Big Breakfast a good few times to sing a duet of &amp;#039;Are Friends Electric?&amp;#039; with Zoe Ball.  &amp;quot;I desperately needed the money because I was massively in debt and the only thing in my house was a tiny portable telly on a stool. But I still thought &amp;#039;there&amp;#039;s no way I&amp;#039;m doing that&amp;#039;. And I&amp;#039;ve no regrets.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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