2001 - Mani Tour Rig
Mesa Boogie 400+
Rickenbacker Bass Guitar with medium strings.
Notes: Mani's tour rig for several 2000 dates and 2001 dates too.
From 2001 I Am Without Shoes Exclusive Mani Interview: > IAWS: Please let me in on what set up you use, strings, guitar, amp… please! Mani: Right, well I have been using a Mesa Boogie 400+, though Marshall have recently sent me their Rig and that fuckin’ rocks! As for guitar, I’m still using the trusted Rickenbacker. [He did mention about strings, but having to write it down while we spoke and not knowing about basses, I didn’t get this bit down, though I remember him talking about medium tuning and medium something else].

DJ Mani - 30 January 200? Saturday - Missing Links Night, G2, Sauchiell Street, Glasgow, Scotland * Doors Open: 23:00-03:00am * Ticket Price: £4 *
Notes: Mani guests with official Oasis tour DJ Phil Smith. Resident DJ's also spin tracks during the night.

2001 - Primal Scream sign with Sony Records

12 August 2001 - The Astoria, London
Bomb The Pentagon
Notes: Bomb the Pentagon would later be re-titled Rise.
Video Bootleg: Shepherd's Bush Empire 19-06-2002 Astoria 12-08-2001 (VHS with blue sleeve with yellow writing)
From 24 June 2002 00:00 Monday - The Independent (independent.co.uk) Review by Steve Jelbert: "Rise" (played at an Astoria gig last year under the title "Bomb the Pentagon", before 11 September) is a doomy but effective piece, influenced by Joy Division

17 August 2001 - Liquid Rooms, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Dresden / Bomb The Pentagon / Sick City / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Long Life / Doors / Blood Money / Rocks / Kowalski / Swatstika Eyes / Accelerator / Medication / Kick Out The Jams (MC5 cover)
Notes: Dresden, Bomb The Pentagon and Doors are new songs. The tracks would later feature on Evil Heat and, even later, Riot City Blues LPs. Bomb The Pentagon would become Rise. The only song played pre-Vanishing Point was Rocks.
Bootleg: Audience Recording - We Are Punk Rockers
Bootleg: Audience Recording - Tokyo 01.08.17 - CD-R

2001 - Gerry and Rab take over management of the band
Notes: Gerry was also managing fellow Scottish formed group 'Texas'.
From 2001 I Am Without Shoes Exclusive Mani Interview: > IAWS: Is it true that Alan McGee is now Primal Scream’s manager? Mani: Alan looked after us for a short while, but he’s got his hands full at the moment with his Poptones label and all that. We’ve some more guys now, Gerry, who manages Texas, and Rab.

2001 - Recording Session
From 2001 I Am Without Shoes Exclusive Mani Interview: > IAWS: Bobby said in an interview with XFM that there would be new Primal Scream material in Spring 2001. Have you therefore started work on the new record and does this mean there will be no more live dates for a while? > Mani: No, the Ally Pally gig was our last one for now. The guys are already in the studio, I’m off on holiday for a week then I’ll go in and start laying down some tracks myself.

2001 - Will Odell Interviews Mani.
Notes: I Am Without Shoes Exclusive Interview. Originally from The Stone Roses fan website: http://odell.connect-2.co.uk/maniexclusive.html ''An exclusive interview with Mani. Also, am I the last person in the world to realise that the track, "I am Without Shoes" is "Sally Cinnamon" backwards?
> IAWS: First off, the Resolution gig at Ally Pally, how was it and did you bump into Ian Brown? Mani: Yeah, it was good, great gig. I actually missed Ian’s set, it was pretty short and started quite early. We caught up with each other later on. Partied till the early hours after that…
> IAWS: Your DJing – what sort of stuff do you play? Mani: Anything really – punk, funk, reggae, acid house – anything from me box that grabs me. You can’t break music down into categories anyway, what’s the point – music is music! IAWS: Do you hope to become a professional DJ? Mani: No, it’s more for a laugh and to get out and meet the people. And when it’s too cold to go fishing! IAWS: > So we’re not going to see ‘Ministry Of Sound LP mixed by Carl Cox and Mani’ anytime soon? Mani: Ha, definitely not, no!
> IAWS: The Complete Stone Roses – how do they compare to the real thing live? Mani: Yeah, they’re good, very good players. I found out about them through a mutual acquaintance and went along to see them. It was strange at first but I enjoyed it. They’re keeping it alive, that’s the main thing. IAWS: Have you heard any other Stone Roses tribute bands? Mani: No, I’ve heard there are quite a few, but I’ve not seen any other ones. I’ve heard of The Stoned Roses. When we [Primal Scream] were in Ireland a few years back we wanted to see them, but we missed them by a day.
> IAWS: How would you rate yourself as a bass player and are there any other players from the UK that you rate? Mani: Well, I’m getting better all the time! Whenever I think I’ve mastered it and become a bit of a big head, I hear something new that I don’t know. I’m just on a continuous quest for rhythm and groove, long may it continue! As for other players I rate, er… people like Peter Hook, Andy Rourke, Paul Simonsen – The Clash were a great band.
> IAWS: Favourite gig in the Scream Team? Favourite gig in the Roses? Mani: With the Primals, it would probably be the NK Hall, Tokyo last year [2000] or the Big Day Out in Australia, though it’s hard to remember all of them. Some gigs you really enjoy, others you don’t… quite so much. With the Roses it would have to be Glasgow Green. IAWS: I didn’t go, but I’ve got the bootleg, and even on that you can sense the atmosphere. Mani: Yeah, top gig. My other favourite Roses gig would have to be Feile Festival in ’95. It’s the thing about the Celts you see, they really know how to enjoy themselves. IAWS: The English do tend to be a bit more passive. Mani: Yeah, they go for the old chin-stroking, but the Celts are just mad for it and know how to party. > IAWS: Favourite song on Xtrmnr and why? Favourite Roses song and why? Mani: Favourite song on Xtrmnr… well, I find it hard to say really. Pills maybe, just because I’ve never heard Bobby Gillespie rap before! And Accelerator, just for the instant blast, it sounds like a Stooges outtake. My favourite Roses song… I’ve got a soft spot for Mersey Paradise believe it or not, I don’t really know why. IAWS: Some great melodies, especially from Reni. Mani: Yeah, Reni was the unnoticed talent, he has a fuckin’ great voice, especially on that song. > IAWS: Do your kids prefer Primal Scream or S Club 7? Mani: Ha ha! Definitely Primal Scream - we whoop their asses! My kids got taste.
> IAWS: ‘The Stone Roses’ LP – it has been said that none of you were happy with the mix, that John Leckie made it too fluffy and sweet, not hard enough. So why did you let it get released in that form? Mani: Well, the thing was, we went in the studio with the idea that it would sound like we were live, more powerful. But don’t get me wrong, we were happy with it. John [Leckie] created a beautiful thing, it just wasn’t what we were expecting, all the reverb and that, we were expecting a more ‘live’ sound. IAWS: Yeah, your live sound really was quite different to the record. Mani: Yeah, more bass and drums, but that’s the way John saw it and it turned out well.
> IAWS: The Remixes album, what do you make of that? I gather you were meant to be reviewing it for a radio station, did that happen? Mani: Er… I think it did! I like ‘Elephant Stone’ – for me that’s the whole point of a remix - to mash it all up and take it in a completely different direction, so that one was good. IAWS: Are you going to see any of the money from that? Mani: Well, I certainly haven’t yet! Doubt it, we’ll see…
> IAWS: Is it true that Alan McGee is now Primal Scream’s manager? Mani: Alan looked after us for a short while, but he’s got his hands full at the moment with his Poptones label and all that. We’ve some more guys now, Gerry, who manages Texas, and Rab.
> IAWS: I heard a rumour that you formed your own band in early ’96 but they folded – is this right? Mani: No, I’ve often had the thought, but nothing’s ever come of it.
> IAWS: Why is Xtrmnr so ace? Mani: Er… because it is! (Laughs). IAWS: Simple as that? Mani: Simple as that.
> IAWS: Was any Seahorses material demoed by the Roses? Mani: Well, that whole album was written during the Roses. I used to hear the demos coming out of John’s room. IAWS: … And when you knocked on the door, the tape went off? Mani: Yeah, the guy had his own agenda, what can you say?
> IAWS: Did you watch Big Brother and who did you want to win? > Mani: You what? (Repeats question) Mani: Oh that! No, I thought that was shockingly bad telly. I’d like to see 14 lead singers sharing a house though, that would be interesting, ha ha!
> IAWS: Do you know about Burnweed and One Love Story? Mani: Yeah, I know about that. Burnweed, One Love Story, that religious nonsense, Dandelion Fire, Reni is the messiah and all that crap… IAWS: Oh, so you really do know all about it then? People on the internet weren’t sure if you guys even knew it existed, or what you thought of it. Mani: Oh yeah, we know about it. Me and another kid were messing about reading it one day. You don’t want to believe it, what a load of shite. Ignore all that religious guff, the guy’s a nutter. Because let me tell you Will, religion is bullshit, and God is a total wanker! If he came too close he’d have had our security to deal with.
> IAWS: So do you remember the Select Magazine cover which featured a bubble coming out of your mouth saying ‘Shut it Weedbrain! That’s exposed the Stone Roses’ plans for world domination’? Because some people were saying you were trying to mess with this guy’s mind… > Mani: I vaguely remember the cover, and it wasn’t about that, I’m not even sure we had anything to do with that. We weren’t in the business of messing with people’s minds, the brain’s the most important tool you’ve got, we don’t want to take that away from people…
> IAWS: Man United this season – better or worse than last time? > Mani: Oh yeah, I’d say they’re 30% better. Much tighter at the back and better all round team. > IAWS: You rate Barthez then, do you? He can give reason for alarm now and again… > Mani: We’ve finally found a replacement for Schmeichel there. And let’s face it Will, we’re already going to win it, aren’t we? IAWS: It’s bloody boring, but probably, yes. > Mani: Yeah, it is getting a bit boring now isn’t it, but there you go!
> IAWS: Squire’s beard – what’s going on there then? > Mani: Oh that! I had to do a double take when I saw him last year, didn’t recognise the kid! I don’t know, maybe it was cold where he was, ha ha! Yeah, it’s ok, but it does tickle the inner thigh, know what I mean?
> IAWS: What is your poison of choice these days? > Mani: Weed. As always. I’m a proper weedhead!
> IAWS: Please let me in on what set up you use, strings, guitar, amp… please! Mani: Right, well I have been using a Mesa Boogie 400+, though Marshall have recently sent me their Rig and that fuckin’ rocks! As for guitar, I’m still using the trusted Rickenbacker. [He did mention about strings, but having to write it down while we spoke and not knowing about basses, I didn’t get this bit down, though I remember him talking about medium tuning and medium something else].
> IAWS: Reni – it seemed a sudden decision to quit the band? Mani: Not really. Reni is a calculated guy, he would’ve thought long and hard before deciding to leave. I think he saw the way things were going before the rest of us. He sussed out moves by certain other members of the band and realised that people had their own agendas, so he got out of it. > IAWS: Part of the reason it seemed sudden was because of the radio interviews you’d been doing a few months prior to him quitting, in which he was the most talkative member of the band, and was talking a lot about his and the band’s plans for the future. > Mani: Yeah, well, people put up smokescreens, don’t they? That’s all it was man, a smokescreen. > IAWS: So what’s he doing now, and why no drumming anymore? > Mani: He’s got a band going. I think with the drumming he felt like he’d always be compared to the Roses, so he’s doing something new, singing and playing guitar. He was an amazing drummer, but he’s also a great singer and fuckin’ demon guitar player. > IAWS: But do you think we the public are going to see something from him? It’s been a long time… > Mani: He’s trying to get a record deal at this moment, and as soon as he does I’m sure you’ll hear from him again. He’s tied up with his kids as well, he’s a great parent, loves his kids. I’ve babysat for him a few times!
> IAWS: John Squire stated in an interview that when he returned to the Roses after his bike crash you were “disinterested”. Is that fair? > Mani: What, me personally? > IAWS: Yes. > Mani: Well, to me, he was disinterested, some of those shows we did… > IAWS: I know, I’ve seen the videos. > Mani: I don’t know, when other people aren’t showing much of an interest and you’ve got people with their own agendas it is pretty hard, so I probably was uninterested at times, yes.
> IAWS: What happened to the Roses live album that you mentioned just before Squire left? You mentioned in one interview that you were mixing the Manchester Apollo gigs… > Mani: I don’t know, really. We recorded a lot of shows from that tour. I guess it all fell apart when the band split. IAWS: If Silvertone had that recording, you could guarantee it would be out by now! Mani: Yeah…[rest of answer deleted to prevent libel case!]
> IAWS: Bobby said in an interview with XFM that there would be new Primal Scream material in Spring 2001. Have you therefore started work on the new record and does this mean there will be no more live dates for a while? > Mani: No, the Ally Pally gig was our last one for now. The guys are already in the studio, I’m off on holiday for a week then I’ll go in and start laying down some tracks myself.
> IAWS: I saw you and Bez DJ at Ambitions in Oldham. I shook your hand while you were DJing and said ‘Thanks’. You looked a bit annoyed and looked towards Bez. So I’d just like to ask if you ever get sick of us lot bothering you for autographs and the occasional handshake? Mani: (Laughs). Worst part of the job mate(!) No, I love it, love meeting people, these are the people that make you, and you can feel the love they’re giving you.
> IAWS: Sun Still Shines and Your Time Will Come are two great Roses songs that never made it on to ‘The Stone Roses’. Why? > Mani: No particular reason, I guess we just had better ones. I’m sure they were intended to be b-sides at some point, but they never made it onto record. We had quite a few others like Boy On The Pedestal and [didn’t write title down!] that never got recorded too. > IAWS: So you know all the early stuff like Your Time Will Come, even before you were in the band? Mani: Oh yeah, I used to follow the band anyway, thought they were great. I reckon it was destiny for me to join that band. Your Time Will Come, that’s a long time ago, that’s a great song… (sings the chorus)… Your time will come, your river it will run… summer skies will light your eyes… yeah.
> IAWS: How long did Begging You take to record, and was it a bona fide writing collaboration? Mani: I’m not sure how long it took, it didn’t take too long. I really liked that song, it was more danceable than the rest of the album, which was what me, Ian and Reni were more into at the time. Really good, original tune. > IAWS: And, of course, ripped off by U2 in ‘Discotheque’ > Mani: Yeah, definitely, that and Sugar Spun Sister for Angel Of Harlem. I was speaking to Bono about that and he said (adopts Irish accent) ‘Well you’ve got to take from somewhere, haven’t you?’.
> IAWS: What are your memories of The Mill? What did you sound like and do you want to share your tapes of The Mill with us? > Mani: The Mill was just me, Clint Boon and Chris from The High. We’d go down to Clint Boon’s dad's factory and make a racket with power tools and machinery! No, I’d rather not share the tapes, thanks very much! (laughs)
> IAWS: Did Ian have tunes written for Second Coming and did John request priority for his work, or was Squire simply the only writer producing new material at that time? > Mani: Well, John was being the prolific one, coming out with some great songs, so we let him get on with it. I think that is when it started coming unravelled though, Ian resented it when John cut him out of songwriting and worked on his own, and their relationship deteriorated from there. It’s sad in a way, but you move on, you have to, and everyone’s friends change over time. You just move on and better yourself again!

DJ Mani - 25 October 2001 Thursday - Stone Love Night, Foundation, 57 Melbourne Street, Newcastle * Ticket Price: £5
Notes: Stone Love night in both rooms at Foundation with Indie Rock with Mani and Reggae funk with DJ Mikey D.O.N. Krispy.

16 November 2001 - Mani's 39th birthday

M - December 2001 - Mani appears in Front Magazine

2002

TV - 26 January 2002 Saturday - Mani appears on 'For Your Ears Only' UK Play TV Show
Notes: Apparently "Mani will be making a compilation for Diego Maradona, featuring the music of Electronic and Max Bygraves."

13 February 2002 - 24 Hour Party People movie premiere
05 April 2002 - U.K. Cinema Release Date
Notes: A film about the rise and fall of Factory Records. Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, produced by Andrew Eaton and directed by Michael Winterbottom.
Steve Coogan played the role of Tony Wilson, Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton (New Order manager), Shirley Henderson (Lindsay Wilson), John Thomson (Granada TV Producer), Tony Wilson (cameo as TV Director), Andy Serkis (Martin Hannett), Sean Harris (Ian Curtis), John Simm (Bernard Sumner), Ralf Little (Peter Hook), Paul Popplewell (Paul Ryder), Chris Coghill (Bez), Kieran O'Brien (Nathan McGough Happy Mondays manager), Peter Kay (Don Tonay - Russel Club owner), Rob Brydon (Ryan Letts journalist), Simon Pegg (Mick Middles), Christopher Eccleston (Homeless Beggar), Keith Allen (Roger Ames, London Records Director), Kenny Baker (Zookeeper), DJ Alex Leam, DJ Jon DaSilva, Mike Pickering, Dave Haslam, Paul Ryder (Hacienda Head Doorman) & Rowetta, Mani (Soundcheck Engineer), Vini Reilly (Durutti Column), Martin Coogan (Mock Turtles), Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets) (Ernie Train Conductor), Mark E. Smith (The Fall), John Cooper Clarke, Howard Deveto (Magazine/Buzzcocks). Danny Cunningham played Shaun Ryder.
From What Planet Am I On? by Shaun Ryder Book: I think a lot of people know that I saw a UFO when I was younger, particularly as it was featured in the film 24 Hour Party People – although it was portrayed very differently in the film to how it happened in real life. Not that anyone should believe what happens in that film. I liked 24 Hour Party People, I thought it was a good film, but it’s a film; that’s not me. That’s not a documentary about my life. The Shaun Ryder in the film is a caricature. It amazes me how people just swallow everything whole.

May 2002 - John McCready Interview with Mani in Manchester.
Notes: From The Stone Roses - The Very Best Of 2002 sleeve notes, article by John McCready: ''In May 2002 I put together an article about The Stone Roses. I met John and Mani separately in Manchester and ended up with a few hours of tape.''

Bobby Gillespie
Robert 'Throb' Young - Guitar
Andrew Innes - Guitar
Martin Duffy - Keyboards
Mani - Bass
Kevin Shields - Guitar
? - Drums
19 June 2002 - Shepherd's Bush Empire, Shepherd's Bush, London
Miss Lucifer / Rise / Sick City / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Long Life / Lord Is My Shotgun / Autobahn 66 / Medication / Swastika Eyes / Rocks / Accelerator
encore: Kill All Hippies / Born To Lose (Johnny Thunders Cover) (with Jim Reid) / Detroit (with Jim Reid) / Skull X
Notes: Bobby came on wearing a white sports jacket and jeans. Jim Reid, formerly of the Jesus and Mary Chain, appears for encore.
Initial Independent review was published 23 June 2002 00:00 by Simon Price.
24 June 2002 00:00 Monday - The Independent (independent.co.uk) Review by Steve Jelbert: Primal Scream, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London. Not quite a roof-raiser, but the band are on evil heat.
In nearly two decades of his performing, we haven't previously seen Bobby Gillespie looking like this. Appearing on stage wearing a white sports jacket over jeans, he might, perhaps, be aiming at the slept-in look of Neil Young circa Tonight's the Night, the sort of rock touchstone that Primal Scream so affectionately cling to. But as the singer, well, sashays across the stage to the thundering opener, new single "Miss Lucifer", arms swinging in an uncharacteristically co-ordinated manner, one can't help but think of, ulp, Bryan Ferry. Not that the Scream have gone all lounge lizard on us yet. Their seemingly indestructable reputation as the UK's finest live act has been sustained through numerous line-up changes, notably the addition in the last two years of the scientific (third guitarist Kevin Shields, the sonic extremist behind My Bloody Valentine) and the emotional (the irrepressible Mani, the bass heartbeat of the Stone Roses). Their last album, the fabulously abrasive XTRMNTR, saw their critical and commercial stock rise to a new level, and hopes for their next release, Evil Heat, are just as high.
It's a great record, too, wildly imaginative and yet oddly reassuring, as the influence of the new members makes itself apparent, notably in some dramatic mixing by Shields. None the less, kicking off the set with three tracks that are as yet unavailable is something of a risk. "Rise" (played at an Astoria gig last year under the title "Bomb the Pentagon", before 11 September) is a doomy but effective piece, influenced by Joy Division, while "City" – a reworking of "Sick City", a track that appeared on a David Holmes album – is traditional, lowlife Scream rock'n'roll fare.
They're followed by cracking versions of "Shoot Speed Kill Light" and a boogiefied "Burning Wheel". And if the mood droops with the new "Autobahn 66", which so far lacks the fragile grace of its recorded counterpart, "Medication" and a pounding "Swastika Eyes" manage to raise it up again.
It's easy from then on. "Rocks" turns the place into a school disco, while Jim Reid, formerly of the Jesus and Mary Chain, appears for encores of the new "Detroit" (a timely title, though the Scream's obsession with the city's scene goes back years) and Johnny Thunders' "Born to Lose". Finishing on a high with the fearsome "Skull X", a rewrite of the Velvet Underground's "Foggy Notion", their job is done. To be honest, they've played better shows. Their best nights are small-hours celebrations, something never likely to occur at a venue best suited to filming, where much of the sound disappears into the ether. The set seemed to sag in the middle, too, with the crowd twitching during the unfamiliar "The Lord is My Shotgun". Yet this current line-up is perhaps their best yet. Shields's deceptively languid guitar style stirs up a sound like that of a million bees attacking, while the band are tighter than ever. This was good, but probably a warm-up for great things to come.
Bootleg: Lucifer in London (2002) - CD-R
Bootleg: Kill all DJ's (2002) - CD-R
Video Bootleg: Shepherd's Bush Empire 19-06-2002 Astoria 12-08-2001 (VHS with blue sleeve with yellow writing)
Video Bootleg: Live In London 2002.6.19 at Shepherds Bush Empure, UK (hi-fi, Made In Japan. Sleeve has pink tingue, Evil Heat themed cover.) - Miss Lucifer / Rise / Sick City / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Long Life / Lord Is My Shotgun / Autobahn 66 / Medication / Swastika Eyes / Rocks / Accelerator encore: Kill All Hippies / Detroit / Skull X / Born To Lose (Johnny Thunders Cover)

29 June 2002 - Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Sick City / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Long Life / The Lord Is My Shotgun / Autobahn 66 / Medication / Swastika Eyes / Rocks / Accelerator / Detroit / Born To Lose (Johnny Thunders cover) / Skull X
Notes: The show was broadcast. An interview with Mani was filmed, and broadcast, before they went on stage.
Bootleg: FM Recording - () - CD-R - Sick City / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Long Life / The Lord Is My Shotgun / Autobahn 66 / Medication / Swastika Eyes / Rocks 11. Accelerator / Detroit / Born To Lose (cover) / Skull X / Pre-gig Interview (Mani)

13 July 2002 - T In The Park Festival, Kinross, Scotland
Miss Lucifer / Rise / City / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Burning Wheel / The Lord Is My Shotgun / Autobahn 66 / Medication / Detroit / Skull X / Rocks / Swastika Eyes / Accelerator
encore: Kill All Hippies / Rocks / Swastika Eyes / Accelerator / Higher Than The Sun / Movin' On Up
Broadcast: TV
Official: 06 March 2003 - In Concert 895 BBC Radio International Transcription CD - 10" Applause / Rise / Sick City / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Burning Wheel / The Lord Is My Shotgun / Autobahn 66 / Medication / Destroy / Skull X / Rocks / Swatstika Eyes / Accelerator
Bootleg: FM Recording - Miss Lucifer / Rise / City / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Burning Wheel / Autobahn 66 / Detroit / Skull X / Rocks / Swastika Eyes / Accelerator
Bootleg: Digital Recording - Rise / City / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Burning Wheel / The Lord Is My Shotgun / Autobahn 66 / Medication / Detroit / Skull X / Rocks / Swastika Eyes / Accelerator
Bootleg Video: TV Broadcast
Bootleg: T**t’s In The Park (This is edited together from two different broadcasts - the original transmission omitted 'The Lord is my Shotgun' and 'Medication.' When the set was re-aired on digital radio, those two songs were included, but 'Miss Lucifer' was not. This is probably the most complete version available of this show.) - CD-R - Miss Lucifer / Rise / City / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Burning Wheel / The Lord Is My Shotgun / Autobahn 66 / Medication / Detroit / Skull X / Rocks / Swastika Eyes / Accelerator

14 July 2002 - Witnness Festival, The Main Stage, Ireland
Rise / City / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Burning Wheel / The Lord Is My Shotgun / Autobahn 66 / Medication / Detroit / Skull X / Rocks / Swastika Eyes / Accelerator
Broadcast: 2FM (Irish Radio)
Bootleg: FM (Uploaded By Johnky)

26 June 2002 - Miss Lucifer Japanese Release Date
CD Japan Sony ESCA-6771, SICP145

22 July 2002 - Miss Lucifer U.K. Release Date
Miss Lucifer (Panther Girl) & (Bone To Bone) - Mixed by Alec Empire.
Miss Lucifer (Hip To Hip) - Mixed by Jagz Kooner and The Scream Team.
Promo 12inch Vinyl Columbia/Sony XPR3577
Promo Australian CD Columbia SAMP2475
12inch Vinyl Columbia/Sony 672825 2
CD 672825 6
Miss Lucifer (LP Version) 2:29
Miss Lucifer (Panther Girl) 3:04
Miss Lucifer (Hip To Hip) 7:09
Miss Lucifer (Bone To Bone) 3:26
ECD Section: Miss Lucifer (Video)

30 July 2002 - Evil Heat Japanese Release Date
Promo Cassette New Album Sampler Sony Records International (Pink)
Miss Lucifer / Deep Hit Of Morning Sun
CD Japan Sony ESCA-8169 / SICP144
Deep Hit Of Morning Sun
Miss Lucifer
Autobahn 66
Detroit
Rise
The Lord Is My Shotgun
City
Some Velvet Morning
Skull X
A Scanner Darkly
Space Blues #2
Substance D
Notes: Substance D is a Japanese only bonus track. It is a Remix of A Scanner Darkly.

05 August 2002 - Evil Heat U.K. Release Date
Detroit - Jesus and Mary Chain's Jim Reid - Backing Vocals.
The Lord Is My Shotgun - Robert Plant - Guitar.
Some Velvet Morning - Kate Moss - Backing Vocals.
Vinyl LP
CD
CD Australian Sony 5088512000
Deep Hit Of Morning Sun
Miss Lucifer
Autobahn 66
Detroit
Rise
The Lord Is My Shotgun
City
Some Velvet Morning
Skull X
A Scanner Darkly
Space Blues #2
Notes: Promos included alternate tracklistings, titles and mixes too. The album was originally to titled 'Autobahn 66'. See 26 November 2002 for the Deluxe CD & DVD Edition.
Kevin Shields was a member of My Bloody Valentine, fellow Scottish indie pop band who started around the same as Primal Scream and shared Creation Records as their label. He produced several tracks from the album and even toured with the band during the Evil Heat tour dates, except the U.S.A. dates.
From The Independent (independent.co.uk) 07 November 2003 01:00 Friday by Steve Jelbert: Later and largely inaccurate reports that they had written a song, pre-September 11, called "Bomb the Pentagon" (which appeared as "Rise" on last year's Evil Heat) confused the ever-more cosy music press.
"I was explaining [to an interviewer] about cultural imperialism and this kid just said, 'But America are our allies,'" Gillespie recalls, dumbfounded. "I realised there was no point talking politics to the music press because I just don't think they understand it, or perhaps they've got sympathies in certain directions. One of the questions was 'Do you recognise the state of Israel?' They don't ask Coldplay that. I think they're trying to send me up.
"I always think of rock'n'roll as countercultural, for outsiders, kind of left wing, but that's changed, even the press and youth attitudes. I just tend to talk about music now. Somebody told me they saw a clip of Blink 128 [he means nu-punkers Blink 182, of course] playing on an aircraft carrier full of American troops going to the Gulf. As much as I hate the Grateful Dead, there's no way they would ever have done that."...

Media - August 2002 - Primal Scream appear on the cover of Spanish 'Rock Delux' Magazine, RDL 198

Primal Scream
17 August 2002 Saturday - V Festival, V2002, V Stage, Weston Park, Staffordshire * * Supporting: Stereophonics
Notes: Second to headliners Stereophonics on the main stage. Ian Brown was playing on the other day.
Primal Scream
18 August 2002 Saturday - V Festival, V2002, V Stage, Hylands Park, Chelmsford * * Supporting: Stereophonics
Notes: Second to headliners Stereophonics on the main stage.

Media - Septmber - October 2002 - Primal Scream appear on the cover of Blackmarket Magazine, Issue Number 16
Notes: Spanish Magazine?

04 September 2002 - Mani appears at the Musos Award Ceremony, London.
Notes: Peter Hook and Mani invaded the stage uninvited. Awards host Jonny Vegas makes jibes at Ian Brown. Ian Brown wins Best Single Award for FEAR.

05 September 2002 - New Marquee Club, Upper St. Martin's Lane in Islington, London
Accelerator / Miss Lucifer / Rise / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Autobahn 66 / Kill All Hippies / City / Rocks / Swastika Eyes / Movin' On Up / Skull X
Notes: Recorded for XFM Live Hour Session but was only broadcast on 14 September 2002. The New Marquee closed in 2003 & re-opened as Carling Academy Islington
Official: 2003 - Gimme Skelter - Shoot Speed / Kill Light (Live In Japan) *booklet notes 'Recorded live at the New Marquee'
Broadcast: 14 September 2002 - XFM Live Hour, XFM Radio
Bootleg: XFM Recording - Accelerator / Miss Lucifer / Rise / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Autobahn 66 / Kill All Hippies / City / Rocks / Swastika Eyes / Movin' On Up / Skull X

28 October 2002 - Autobahn 66 U.K. Release Date
Sleeve by House. Designed at Intro.

Autobahn 66 - Written by Primal Scream. Bass by Chris Mackin. Additional Vocals by Marco Nelson.
Recorded by Andrew Innes.

Autobahn 66 (Alter Ego Remix) - Remix & Additional Production by Alter Ego, Jorn Elling Wuttke & Roman Flugel at Klangfabrik.

Substance D - Written by Primal Scream. Produced by Two Lone Swordsmen. Recorded by Andrew Innes.

Autobahn 66 (Promo Video) 3:49 -

Columbia
Promo 12inch Vinyl Columbia/Sony XPR3622
Autobahn 66 (Album Version)
Autobahn 66 (Instrumental)
Promo CD Columbia/Sony XPCD2735
Autobahn 66 (Edit) aka (Radio Edit) 3:49
Promo Remix CD-R
Autobahn 66 (Alter Ego Remix) 6:46
Autobahn 66 (Alter Ego Remix Instrumental)
CD1 673312 2
Autobahn 66 (Radio Edit) 3:49
Autobahn 66 (Alter Ego Remix) 6:46
Substance D 3:43
Autobahn 66 (Promo Video)
Notes: Substance D is a remix of A Scanner Darkly.

14 November 2002 - Osaka
Accelerator / Miss Lucifer / Rise / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Autobahn 66 / Kill All Hippies / City / Rocks / Kowalski / Swastika Eyes / Movin' On Up / Higher Than the Sun / Jailbird / Detroit / Skull X / Medication / Kick Out The Jams (MC5 cover)
Bootleg: Desert Panther (Label: Sylph, Cat. No. SY0341) Audience Recording - 2 CDR - (Opening) Accelerator / Miss Lucifer / Rise / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Autobahn 66 / Kill All Hippies / City / Rocks / Kowalski / Swastika Eyes / Movin' On Up / Higher Than the Sun / Jailbird / Detroit / Skull X / Medication / Kick Out The Jams (MC5 cover)

16 November 2002 - Mani's 40th birthday

16 November 2002 - Zepp, Tokyo, Japan
Accelerator / Miss Lucifer / Rise / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Autobahn 66 / Kill All Hippies / City / Rocks / Kowalski / Swastika Eyes / Skull X
encore: Higher Than The Sun / Jailbird / Detroit / Movin' On Up
encore2: Medication / Kick Out The Jams (MC5 cover)
Bootleg: Heart Is On The Line (Rozy Project Records. Cat.No.: rpcd-60) 2 Pro-CD-R - Disc 1 - Accelerator / Miss Lucifer / Rise / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Autobahn 66 / Kill All Hippies / City / Rocks / Kowalski / Swastika Eyes / Skull X - Disc 2 - encore: Higher Than The Sun / Jailbird / Detroit / Movin' On Up - encore2: Medication / Kick Out The Jams (MC5 cover)

18 November 2002 - Zepp, Tokyo, Japan
Accelerator / Miss Lucifer / Rise / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Autobahn 66 / Kill All Hippies / City / Rocks / Kowalski / Swastika Eyes / Skull X
encore: Higher Than The Sun / Jailbird / Detroit / Movin' On Up
encore2: Medication / Kick Out The Jams (MC5 cover)
encore3: Born To Lose (Johnny Thunders cover)
Bootleg: All For Evil (Rozy Project Records. Cat.No.: rpcd-62) 2 Pro-CD-R - Disc 1 - Accelerator / Miss Lucifer / Rise / Shoot Speed Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Autobahn 66 / Kill All Hippies / City / Rocks / Kowalski / Swastika Eyes / Skull X - Disc 2 - encore: Higher Than The Sun / Jailbird / Detroit / Movin' On Up / encore2: Medication / Kick Out The Jams (MC5 cover) / encore3: Born To Lose (Johnny Thunders cover)

26 November 2002 - Evil Heat (Deluxe CD & DVD Edition)
Europe / UK
U.S / Canada
Deep Hit Of Morning Sun
Miss Lucifer
Autobahn 66
Detroit
Rise
The Lord Is My Shotgun
City
Some Velvet Morning
Skull X
A Scanner Darkly
Space Blues #2
DVD
Miss Lucifer (Video)
Autobahn 66 (Video)
Rocks (Live August 2002 - V Festival, V Stage, V2002 Festival)
Moving on Up (Live August 2002 - V Festival, V Stage, V2002 Festival)
Swastika Eyes (Live August 2002 - V Festival, V Stage, V2002 Festival)
Kowalski (Live August 2002 - V Festival, V Stage, V2002 Festival)
Notes: Date is unconfirmed. Presume 18 August 2002 Saturday.

06 December 2002 Friday - Academy, 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London * Doors Open: 19:00-23:00 * Ticket Price: £20.00 * Support Act(s): The Kills

07 December 2002 Saturday - Academy, 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London * Doors Open: 21:00-03:00 * Ticket Price: £25.00 * Support Act(s): Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Kills
Accelerator / Miss Lucifer / Rise / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Pills / Autobahn 66 / Rocks / Kowalski / Swastika Eyes / Skull X
encore: Higher Than The Sun / Jailbird / Movin' On Up / Kick Out The Jams (MC5 cover)
Notes: Sold Out Show.
From Out of the Void The Primal Scream Story Paperback: brixton academy: december ‘02 - The minute you stepped from the tube at Brixton station you could hear the cry, "Any tickets needed? Primal Scream... any tickets, selling here..." Surrounding the venue seedy salesmen attempted to sell bootleg posters, T shirts, badges and tickets to the thousands of people milling around the Academy, where Primal Scream were about to perform the second of two nights to promote their album Evil Heat. It was a seriously sold out show; the tickets, officially priced at a hefty twenty five pounds, were changing hands at four times that amount to fans desperate to get in whatever the cost. It was December and biting cold, yet several devotees were seemingly unaffected by the conditions; many wore long sleeved shirts inscribed with everything from "PRML SCRM MTHR FCKR" to the celebrated sunshine artwork from their third album that had identified the band for more than a decade. Everyone looked excited about seeing them at a venue they'd played many times over the years, but that night things seemed just a little different from before.
Primal Scream took to the stage at a quarter after midnight. First to appear was stick-thin singer Bobby Gillespie, dressed in tight jeans and a baggy black gents' shirt which sailed behind him as he skipped lightly to his mic stand. Robert 'Throb' Young was next, grinning from ear to ear while strapping on his six string and quickly going through an array of camp poses as if all his work was already done.
Andrew Innes, smartly buttoned-up to the collar, was obviously far more concerned that his guitar was running okay. Then came bassman Mani in leather trousers and an equally tasteless tracksuit top yelling above the din, unaided by amplification, 'come on, let's 'ave it!'.
In the shadows stage left settled the noisy guitar guy Kevin Shields, who looked like he hadn't washed his hair in a millennium. Martin Duffy, the most genuine musician of the lot, positioned himself behind his keyboards and held his breath. Drummer Darrin Mooney's snare cracked and they were off into ‘Accelerator’, the loudest song they'd ever recorded.
Down at the front it was impossible to see anything but blinding blue strobe lights and occasional flashes of the band throwing themselves into it as if their very lives depended on it. People were pushing and shoving, elbows were flying around and oxygen was in ever shorter supply. The sound of them attacking their instruments blasted distortedly onto a tense crowd about to take out their frustrations in a gloriously communal and celebratory way.
Fringe hung permanently over his eyes, Gillespie swung his mic stand into the air in time to the line "come on, hit the accelerator, hit the accelerator," aping his heroes Johnny Rotten and Iggy Pop....Evil Heat's first single, the buzzing disco hymn 'Miss Lucifer' was next up. After just one song it was clear that only the brave or the foolish would want to stay down the front where things had already gotten far too physical for comfort. Up on stage Primal Scream had it easy as their driving riff exploded with deafening yells of 'shake it baby, shake it baby', that was sung louder by the audience.
Through numbers like 'Rise', 'Shoot Speed/Kill Light' and 'Pills', things calmed down to an extent, but it wasn't until the recent single 'Autobahn 66' that things finally dropped down below a hundred miles per hour. On record the song is a beautiful, melancholic affair; live, it was enhanced almost enough to fit tidily with the astoundingly arresting introduction.
In mid-set arrived 'Rocks', a song that had given the band their first top ten hit more than eight years before. It never sounded distinctly like Primal Scream - as no one song can - and it came from a period in their history that's not remembered with great fondness. When it came out they were called 'dance traitors' by sections of the media, but seeing it performed that night made that particular accusation look rather laughable. The Stones-esque guitars rattled in and people were going wild. Gillespie was running all over the stage working the crowd, swinging his slender hips and flicking around his bouncy black hair. Even the usually unflappable Robert Young seemed to forget himself and get right into it.
Within the band were former members of The Jesus And Mary Chain, Felt, The Stone Roses and My Bloody Valentine; four of the most acclaimed, important and wonderful alternative acts Britain has produced in the past twenty years.
It was an array of talent particular to a band that continues to defy standard music convention. Primal Scream have been routinely courageous and innovative, factors which go to explain the ability of their music to survive a multitude of differing styles. Yet on this night almost every song was presented in the same vicious, fist-clenching way.
By the time the set had rattled through the sonic bass attack of 'Kowalski' and the pulverising disco of 'Swastika Eyes', it became clear that things were never going to slow down during the first set at all. Though equally known for their dreamy ballads and delightful mid-tempo dance experiments, Primal Scream were unmistakably sticking to their formidable catalogue of electro punk rockers like a band possessed.
'Skull X', one particular overload from Evil Heat, saw them right on top of their game. The lashing distortion of overworked guitars and smacking drums was hardly pierced by Gillespie's forlorn vocals that exploded into screaming rants of desperation.
After an hour or so they left to thunderous applause and regrouped backstage. The ovation continued, everyone clapping in unison, shouting requests for old favourites and stamping their feet. When they returned the stage was in darkness;
Gillespie mumbled an introduction to 'Higher Than The Sun' and immediately people were transfixed.
For many the song remains their greatest ever, and live, again far from the dreamy space pop on record, it was a compelling, heavy blast of what could be described as punk blues, that spiralled into a cacophonous frenzy of percussion and keyboard effects.
Returning to the set after the best part of a decade's absence was 'Jailbird', a monster Zeppelin-esque riff that saw Young and Innes expertly playing off against each other while Gillespie and Mani clasped like Jagger and Wyman strutting across '....Satisfaction' or 'Jumpin’ Jack Flash'. It was a cleansing and picturesque sight to see them up there; soaked in sweat, giving their all for the fans who'd waited for hours and forked out a small fortune for tickets.
"We've had a great time," announced Gillespie to universal applause, while Mani, after one of his successful attempts to hijack the microphone, just said a long thank you to everyone including his musical influences.
'Movin' On Up', towards the end of the set, had Innes clapping above his head - perhaps wishing himself to be Phil Collins - and everyone else just lavishly harmonising, punching the air on the beat clearly wanting the night to go on and on. The last song was the hands in the air 'Kick Out The Jams'. It was an old MC5 song but Primal Scream have played it so many times over the years that it is now virtually theirs by default. They had played for an hour and a half.
Primal Scream weren't perfect that night, far from it, but no one seemed to care. Gillespie was typically slurred with his vocals, they missed chords and pretty much all night had the needles glued in the red in a room where for those down the front each breath might have been their last. Many fans left for the exits a stone lighter in weight - tired, bruised and aching, but perhaps that was the point. As a certain member of the band often feels compelled to point out, they were not too old, nor were they past it.

09 December 2002 Monday - Royal Court, Liverpool * Ticket Price: £17.50 * Support Act(s): The Kills
10 December 2002 Tuesday - Academy, Birmingham * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £17.50 * Support Act(s): The Kills

12 December 2002 Thursday - University, Octagon Centre, Sheffield * Ticket Price: £17.50 * Support Act(s): The Kills

13 December 2002 Friday - Academy, Manchester * Ticket Price: £17.50 * Support Act(s): The Kills
Notes: Sold Out Show.

14 December 2002 Saturday - Academy, Manchester * Ticket Price: £17.50 * Support Act(s): ?
Accelerator / Miss Lucifer / Rise / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Pills / Burning Wheel / Autobahn 66 / Kill All Hippies / City / Rocks / Kowalski / Swastika Eyes / Skull X / Higher Than The Sun / Jailbird / Detroit / Movin' On Up / Medication / Kick Out the Jams (MC5 cover)
Notes: Additional Date.
Bootleg: Audience Recording

16 December 2002 Monday - Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland * Ticket Price: £17.50 * Support Act(s): The Kills
17 December 2002 Tuesday - Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland * Ticket Price: £17.50 * Support Act(s): The Kills
Notes: Sold Out Show.