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Musicians rally around Kneecap after row over ‘kill your MP’ footage

Video has emerged from a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member of the Irish trio saying ‘kill your local MP’.

Evening Standard

Primal Scream at Hammersmith Apollo review: far from a nostalgia act

4/5 Bobby Gillespie and co seem more resonant than ever in a night of high energy rock ‘n’ roll

Evening Standard

‘It was wonderfully innocent’: Boy’s Own, the fanzine that defined the acid house generation

A new book collects every single issue of the mag that started as an in-joke among friends and became a subcultural behemoth. Its creators recall the parties, the music, the fashion, and being ‘right on one, matey’

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‘God Save the King makes me sick’: Bobby Gillespie’s honest playlist

The Primal Scream man is resolutely unromantic and really dislikes the royals, but what does he put on at a party when ‘everyone’s had a few’?

The Guardian - UK

Bobby Gillespie needed a break from Primal Scream

Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie believes that the eight-year wait for the band's new album 'Come Ahead' was needed for his and the band's sake.

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Paul Weller, Primal Scream, Kneecap and more to play Gig For Gaza charity fundraiser in London

“An opportunity to enjoy a night of powerful music, and make a tangible difference in the lives of people facing unimaginable hardship”

Louder

Bobby Gillespie felt 'boxed in' by Primal Scream

Bobby Gillespie needed to find a new way to write songs after becoming "boxed in" by Primal Scream's recent work.

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Scottish rockstar blasts Blur bassist for hanging out with David Cameron

FRONTMAN for Scottish rock band Primal Scream Bobby Gillespie has hit out at Blur bassist Alex James over a picture he took alongside ex-Tory Prime…

The National (Scotland)

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie hits out at Blur’s Alex James for ‘hanging out with David Cameron’

‘That’s obviously social climbing going on there, right?’ he said, adding, ‘I don’t mean it like that’

The Independent UK

Primal Scream: Come Ahead review – Bobby Gillespie’s most personal album yet

The frontman of the Scottish rockers contemplates mortality and more on an album with shades of 70s Philly soul

The Guardian - UK

Primal Scream’s funk-influenced album Come Ahead is perfect for a baggy-limbed boogie

4/5 At 63, Bobby Gillespie can still channel the back-alley menace of a truant teen while embracing full-blown hedonism in his music

The Independent UK

"The highlights are undermined by quite a lot of dross": Primal Scream are sporadically groovy yet ultimately frustrating on Come Ahead

The Primal Scream team fail to get their rocks off with this underwhelming comeback

Louder

Primal Scream: Come Ahead review – the album of the year

5/5 Their first album in eight years is a masterpiece of personal songwriting, rage for the exploited and funk... yes, funk!

Evening Standard

Iconic Scottish rock band announces new tour with dates in Edinburgh and Glasgow

PRIMAL Scream have announced a 14-show UK and Ireland tour ahead of the release of their 12th studio album Come Ahead...

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Primal Scream announce 14-show tour next year ahead of new album release

The tour will see the band play gigs at London’s Eventim Apollo, Glasgow’s O2 Academy and Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre.

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Primal Scream set dates for 2025 UK and Ireland tour

Primal Scream have announced a 14-date UK and Ireland tour for next year.

Guitar World

“He seemed to get so much out of so little, didn't he?”: Former Primal Scream guitarist Barrie Cadogan reacts to playing Rory Gallagher’s golden-era Gibsons

Cadogan notes how Gallagher managed to create such a distinct sound, even with relatively simple gear, as he tries out the legend's 1963 Gibson Melody Maker

Guitar World

“In terms of electric guitars, I’ve never used anything other than Fender in my life”: UK post-punk band English Teacher just won one of the most prestigious prizes in music – and it all started with Fender

Previous winners of the UK's esteemed Mercury Prize include Arctic Monkeys, PJ Harvey, Primal Scream, Arlo Parks and Franz Ferdinand

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Louder

“Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.” Primal Scream offer a cautionary warning about our troubled world with Deep Dark Waters

Primal Scream explore colonialism, xenophobia, fanaticism, human rights and political violence on new single Deep Dark Waters

Louder

“Iggy Pop told me he got a speeding ticket while pumping out the demo!” Asian Dub Foundation's Steve Chandrasonic on his band's collaborations with Iggy Pop, Sinéad O’Connor, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Stewart Lee, Primal Scream and more

Asian Dub Foundation guitarist Steve 'Chandrasonic' Savale gives Louder an exclusive track-by-track guide to 94-Now: Collaborations, a new album celebrating ADF's 30th anniversary

The Guardian - UK

Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review – ‘psychedelic pop-infused’? Pull the other one!

The British superstar has said her new album is influenced by Britpop, rave culture and Primal Scream, but you could go mad trying to find the evidence

The Guardian - UK

‘All punk power and visceral emotion’: farewell, Shane MacGowan, my Celtic soul brother

His best songs made you cry and raise a clenched fist at the same time. Yet the man I knew was also a gentle, poetic soul, says Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie

The Guardian - UK

The Chemical Brothers: ‘We played on top of a toilet block with sequencers on the loo’

As they head out on tour and publish a visual memoir, the dance duo answer your questions on their greatest gig, courting Kate Bush and Bob Dylan, and dismaying Björk with slap bass

Evening Standard

Still rolling at 80: Mick Jagger and friends paint the town black at birthday bash in Chelsea

Rolling Stones frontman celebrated his milestone birthday with a star-studded party in West London

Louder

“Phil Lynott could sing you into bed”: Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie on his love of Thin Lizzy

Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie thinks Thin Lizzy are the creators of the best record ever made – but which one has he gone for?

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