80s star Gary Numan has revealed that he had so much money in his heyday that all he wanted to do was to go "mental" and spend it all.

In a special finance related interview with the Telegraph, Numan openly spoke of his riches and how he never had any appreciation for money when fame came knocking on his door. He said:

"I became massively famous with all the money in the world for a while. At that stage, I never had any appreciation of money: I knew it was hard to get, but I had so much – I'm talking millions – and all I wanted to do was spend. I went mental with it, including buying a big house next to Wentworth golf course, Surrey, in the early Eighties. It was about £165,000 back then but would be worth millions now."

Numan added that the current economic climate is making it harder for acts to sell tickets for live events and that he is considering downsizing his production if the trend continues. When asked if the recession has affected him, he replied:

"Not on an everyday basis because my company can still afford to pay me the same as it did one or two years ago. But from a business point of view, it's harder selling concert tickets as people tighten their belts. If it continues like this, I'll have to think about my concerts and perhaps reining in the production somewhat."