Editing Gary Numan (section)

=== 2002–2008: Further works and return to chart success ===
In 2002, Numan enjoyed chart success once again with the single "Rip", reaching No.&nbsp;29 on the UK singles chart,<ref name="RipCharts">{{cite web|title=rip – full Official Charts History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/rip/|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=27 January 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127031140/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/rip/|url-status=live}}</ref> and again in 2003 with the Gary Numan vs Rico single "Crazier", which reached No.&nbsp;13 in the UK charts.<ref name="CrazierUKCharts">{{cite web|title=GARY NUMAN VS RICO full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/565/gary-numan-vs-rico/|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 December 2020|archive-date=20 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620211046/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/565/gary-numan-vs-rico/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rico also worked on the 2003 remix album ''[[Hybrid (Gary Numan album)|Hybrid]]'' which featured reworkings of older songs in a more contemporary industrial style as well as new material. Other artists and producers who contributed on these remixes included [[Curve (band)|Curve]], [[Flood (producer)|Flood]], [[Andy Gray (musician)|Andy Gray]], [[Alan Moulder]], New Disease, and Sulpher. 2003 saw Numan performing the vocals on "Pray for You", the single from the [[Plump DJs]] studio album ''Eargasm'', which reached No. 89 on the UK Top 100 Chart.<ref name="PlumpChart">{{cite web|title=pray for you – full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/pray-for-you/|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127012419/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/pray-for-you/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, Numan took control of his own business affairs again with the launch of his recording label, Mortal Records.<ref name="TelegraphJan12">{{cite news|last1=Webber|first1=Richard|title=Gary Numan: I had so much cash, all I wanted to do was spend|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/9028387/Gary-Numan-I-had-so-much-cash-all-I-wanted-to-do-was-spend.html|access-date=26 January 2023|work=The Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group, Ltd.|date=22 January 2012|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407154814/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/9028387/Gary-Numan-I-had-so-much-cash-all-I-wanted-to-do-was-spend.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 13 March 2006, Numan's studio album, ''[[Jagged]]'', was released. An album launch gig took place at [[O2 Forum Kentish Town|The Forum]], London on 18 March followed by UK, European and US tours in support of the release. Numan also launched a ''Jagged'' website to showcase the album, and made plans to have his 1981 farewell concert (previously released as ''Micromusic'' on [[VHS]]) issued on DVD by November 2006 as well as releasing the DVD version of the ''Jagged'' album launch gig. Numan undertook a brief ''Telekon'' 'Classic Album' tour in the UK in December 2006, performing at [[Rock City (venue)|Rock City]], the [[O2 Forum Kentish Town|Kentish Town Forum]] and [[Manchester Academy|Club Academy]].<ref name="Archives06">{{cite web|title=Gary Numan's 2006 Concert & Tour History|url=https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/gary-numan?year=2006|website=Concert Archives|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127010918/https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/gary-numan?year=2006|url-status=live}}</ref>

Numan contributed vocals to four tracks on the April 2007 release of the debut solo studio album by Ade Fenton, ''Artificial Perfect'', on his new industrial/electronic label, Submission, including "The Leather Sea", "Slide Away", "Recall", and the first single to be taken from the album, "Healing". The second single to be released in the UK was "The Leather Sea" on 30 July 2007, which charted.<ref name="LeatherSeaUKCharts">{{cite web|title=the leather sea full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/the-leather-sea/|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 December 2020|archive-date=7 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207012341/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/the-leather-sea/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He sold out a 15-date UK and Ireland tour in spring 2008, during which he performed his 1979 number-one studio album ''Replicas'' in its entirety, and all the Replicas-era music including [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=26872_0_2_0_C|title=Gary Numan to perform album 'Replicas' live|publisher=Side-line.com|date=2 November 2007|access-date=15 May 2011|archive-date=9 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609062336/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=26872_0_2_0_C|url-status=live}}</ref> The successful tour reflected the resurging popularity of [[electropop]] in the UK<ref>{{cite news|last1=Youngs|first1=Ian|title=BBC Sound of 2009: Little Boots|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7817603.stm|access-date=26 January 2023|publisher=BBC News|date=9 January 2009|archive-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019062117/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7817603.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> and coincided with his 50th birthday and 30th anniversary of the original release of ''[[Replicas (album)|Replicas]]''.<ref name="Argus08">{{cite news|last1=Hall|first1=Duncan|title=Gary Numan: Replicas Tour, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, 12 March|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/2101378.gary-numan-replicas-tour-dome-concert-hall-brighton-march-12/|access-date=26 January 2023|work=The Argus|agency=Gannet|publisher=Newsquest Media Group, Ltd.|date=7 March 2008|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127010917/https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/2101378.gary-numan-replicas-tour-dome-concert-hall-brighton-march-12/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2007, Numan confirmed via his website that work on a new studio album, with the working title of ''Splinter'', would be under way throughout 2008, after finishing an alternate version of ''Jagged'' (called ''[[Jagged Edge (Gary Numan album)|Jagged Edge]]'') and the CD of unreleased songs from his previous three studio albums (released in 2011 as ''Dead Son Rising''<ref name="DiscogsDSR">{{cite web|title=Gary Numan – Dead Son Rising (2011, CD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/es/release/3123266-Gary-Numan-Dead-Son-Rising|publisher=Discogs|date=15 September 2011|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127010918/https://www.discogs.com/es/release/3123266-Gary-Numan-Dead-Son-Rising|url-status=live}}</ref>). Numan released his subsequent album, ''[[Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)]]'', in 2013.<ref name="DiscogsSplinter">{{cite web|title=Gary Numan – Splinter (Songs From a Broken Mind) – Releases|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/606900-Gary-Numan-Splinter-Songs-From-A-Broken-Mind|publisher=Discogs|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127010921/https://www.discogs.com/master/606900-Gary-Numan-Splinter-Songs-From-A-Broken-Mind|url-status=live}}</ref>