Freebass - March 2010 - Two Worlds Collide E.P
Freebass - April 2010 - It's A Beautiful Life

2010 - Freebass split
Notes: Mani slagged off Hooky on Twitter for “living off Ian Curtis' blood money”, after he formed The Light and started performing sets of Joy Division songs.

2010 - Recording Session, Primal Scream Studio, Primrose Hill, London
Notes: Bobby confirmed "A lot of tracks recorded..." during the recording sessions, from 09 September 2011 - ZDF German TV Show Interview.

2010 - Martin Duffy is demoted to only being paid as a session musician.
Notes: Martin was no longer earning an equal amount within the band. He would not see the fruits of touring or merchandise profits. Martin was cut from any songwriting credits and eventually he would be paid on a 'per gig' basis.

DJ Mani - 30 June 2010 - Factory 251, Manchester * Supporting: The Fuel Girls
DJ Mani - 04-05 September 2010 - Jersey Live, Trinity, Royal Jersey Showground * Supporting: Biffy Clyro, Bones, Brobots!, Cabadzi, Calvin Harris
DJ Mani - 25 September 2010 - Concorde 2, Brighton * Supporting: Steve Cradock, The Moons
Notes: Steve Cradock (Ocean Colour Scene) headlined the show.

16 November 2010 - Mani's 48th birthday

present Screamadelica Live - 26 November 2010 Friday - Olympia, Grand Hall, Kensington, London, England * Doors Open: 18:30 - Stage Time: 21:00 * Ticket Price: £35
Greatest Hits Set: Accelerator / Country Girl / Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Suicide Bomb / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Swastika Eyes / Rocks
Screamadelica Live: Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Shine Like Stars / Inner Flight / Higher Than The Sun - A Dub Symphony In Two Parts / Loaded / Come Together
Note: The band warm up with a greatest hits set and then talk a half an hour break before the debut performance of Screamadelica, in it's entirety with a gospel choir and a brass section.
Jim Lambie films were projected behind the band during the show.
Grant Fleming took photos, some of which were used for the official screamadelive live release.
Filmed and recorded for official release, on various formats in various sleeves throughout the world, see Primal Scream - 2011 - Screamadelica Live.
BBC 6 Music broadcast promo article "In celebration of the approaching 20th anniversary of Primal Scream's landmark album Screamadelica, digital radio station BBC 6 Music is set to exclusively broadcast the band's first ever performance of the album, in it's entirety, live from London's Olympia on Friday 26 November. Presented by Steve Lamacq, the live gig will air between 9-11pm. " The first set was not broadcast.
30 November 2010 01:00 The Independent (independent.co.uk) Tuesday, Toby Green reviewed the show.
Official: 2011 - Screamadelica Live (Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd., ERDVCD066, Barcode: 5034504906693. ISIS Productions. Eagle Vision. DVD Running Time: 119 minutes, NTSC, DTS Digital Surround Sound, Dolby Digital.) 2 CD & DVD - CD1 - Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Shine Like Stars / Inner Flight / Higher Than The Sun / Loaded / Come Together - CD2 - Accelerator / Country Girl / Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Suicide Bomb / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Swastika Eyes / Rocks - DVD - Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Shine Like Stars / Inner Flight / Higher Than The Sun - A Dub Symphony In Two Parts / Loaded / Come Together - Accelerator / Country Girl / Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Suicide Bomb / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Swastika Eyes / Rocks
Broadcast: BBC 6 Music Steve Lamacq Show (Screamadelica Set)
Bootleg: BBC 6 Recording - Primal Scream Presents...Screamadelica 2011 London () (Intro) / Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Shine Like Stars / Inner Flight / Higher Than the Sun - A Dub Symphony In Two Parts / Loaded / Come Together

27 November 2010 Saturday - Official Aftershow Party, Jasmine Studios, 186-188 Shepherd's Bush Road, London, W6 7NL * Doors Open: 19:00-03:00am * DJ Set from Andy Weatherall, Barnzley and Louise X.
Notes: "Primal Scream invite you to an after party to celebrate 20 years of Screamadelica. Hosted by WYLD...RSVP Essential to: Fran Cutler..."

DJ Mani - 02 December 2010 - The Longfield Suite, Manchester * Supporting: DJ Clint Boon, Janice Graham Band, The 66, Richard Dutton And The So And So's

2011
23 January 2011 - Big Day Out, Gold Coast, Australia
Bootleg: Audience Recording

Primal Scream - 2011 - Screamadelica Live
2011 - Screamadelica Live (Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd., ERDVCD066, Barcode: 5034504906693. ISIS Productions. Eagle Vision, executive producers for Eagle Rock Entertainment: Terry Shand and Geoff Kempin. Edited by Phil McDonald, Production Manager: Sinead D'Arcy, Producer: Nick de Grunwald, Directed by George Scott. Photography by Grant Fleming. DVD Running Time: 119 minutes, NTSC, DTS Digital Surround Sound, Dolby Digital.) 2 CD & DVD - CD1 - Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Shine Like Stars / Inner Flight / Higher Than The Sun / Loaded / Come Together - CD2 - Accelerator / Country Girl / Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Suicide Bomb / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Swastika Eyes / Rocks - DVD - Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Shine Like Stars / Inner Flight / Higher Than The Sun - A Dub Symphony In Two Parts / Loaded / Come Together - Accelerator / Country Girl / Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Suicide Bomb / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Swastika Eyes / Rocks
Note: Recorded Live 26 November 2010 Friday - Olympia, Grand Hall, Kensington, London, England. The band opened with the '40 minute rock n roll set' and then performed screamadelica later. It was the debut performance of Screamadelica in it's entirety with a gospel choir and a brass section. Jim Lambie films were projected behind the band during the show.

Primal Scream - 14 March 2011 - Screamadelica 20th Anniversary Edition U.K. Release Date
Collector's edition boxset
2 CD Deluxe edition
Double 12inch Red Vinyl
Download
Notes:

14 March 2011 - Absolute Radio
Interview (Bobby Gillespie)
Notes: Was made available to download, officially, for free from the Absolute Radio website. Part of the The Absolute Radio Podcast series.
File Info: (64k MP3) 20110314195651BOOBYGIL (50:32)
Broadcast: FM / Webstream / Free Download

Screamadelica Live
14 March 2011 Monday - Screamadelica, O2 Academy, Leeds *Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £29.11 *
Notes: Primal Scream present Screamadelica. Tickets went on sale 01 October 2010 Friday 9am.

15 March 2011 Tuesday - Academy, Birmingham
Notes: Tickets went on sale 01 October 2010 Friday 9am.

16 March 2011 Wednesday - Screamadelica, O2 Academy, Newcastle * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £29.11 *
Notes: Tickets went on sale 01 October 2010 Friday 9am.

Presents Screamadelica Live - 18 March 2011 Friday - SECC - Hall 3, Exhibition Way, Finnieston, Glasgow, Scotland, G3 8YW * Doors Open: 18:30 * Ticket Price: £28.50 (Standing)
Notes: At least 4500 tickets were sold. Tickets went on sale 01 October 2010 Friday 9am.

Presents Screamadelica Live - 19 March 2011 Saturday - Apollo, Manchester * Doors open: 21:00-02:00 *
Notes: Tickets went on sale 01 October 2010 Friday 9am.

Presents Screamadelica Live - 20 March 2011 Sunday - Apollo, Manchester * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £28.50 (£31.82 inc. booking fee)
Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Shine Like Stars / Inner Flight / Higher Than the Sun - A Dub Symphony In Two Parts - Who Do You Love / Loaded / Come Together (Andrew Weatherall) - Come Together (Terry Farley)
encore: Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Notes: Additional date due to popular demand. I was there.
Bootleg: Audience Recording - Primal Scream Presents...Screamadelica 2011 Manchester () - 2 CD-R - CD1 - Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Shine Like Stars / Inner Flight / Higher Than the Sun - A Dub Symphony In Two Parts - Who Do You Love / Loaded / Come Together (Andrew Weatherall) - CD2 - Come Together (Terry Farley) / encore: Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks - Bonus - (Bonus tracks are unlisted on artwork:- Absolute Radio March Interview part 1 7:36 / I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have [Live] 5:10 / Star [Live] 4:10 / Burning Wheel [Live] 7:17 / Shoot Speed - Kill Light [Live] 4:37 / Autobahn 66 [Live] 5:44 / Swatstika Eyes [Live] 5:43 / Absolute Radio March Interview part 2 8:36

22 March 2011 Tuesday - Screamadelica, The Centre, Brighton
Notes: Tickets went on sale 01 October 2010 Friday 9am.

25 March 2011 Friday - Academy, Brixton, London * Doors open: 21:00-03:00 *
Notes: Tickets went on sale 01 October 2010 Friday 9am.

26 March 2011 Saturday - Screamadelica - Academy, Brixton
Notes: Additional date due to popular demand.
26 March 2011 Saturday - Screamadelica Afterparty! - Jamm, 261 Brixton Rd., Brixton, London, SW96LH * Doors: 20:00-06:00 * Ticket Price: £10 (Advance)
Notes: DJ Set from Mani. Room 2 hosted by Read The Crowd.

April 2011 - Ann Mounfield's funeral.
Notes: The funeral gathers family and friends of Mani's mother, Ann. The Stone Roses members attend the funeral and the band speak together for the first time. Bobby and members of Primal Scream were also there.
Info From Storytime with Boon - Episode 16 Podcast. Clint tells the public that the media exploited and made up the headline, ''Clint Boon confirms Stone Roses reunion.'' The media took the information totally out of context, despite the fact that the band were reforming from meeting.
Mani responded "Two old friends meeting up after 15 years to pay their respects to my mother does not constitute the reformation of The Stone Roses. Please fuck off and leave it alone. It isn’t true and isn’t happening."

20 June 2011 - Cardiff
Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Inner Flight / Higher Than the Sun - A Dub Symphony In Two Parts - Who Do You Love / Loaded / Come Together (Andrew Weatherall) - Come Together (Terry Farley)
encore: Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Bootleg: Audience Recording

21 June 2011 - CSS - Hits Me Like a Rock (featuring Bobby Gillespie) Release Date
Notes: The song also featured on the La Liberación LP.
From "tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com", Translated by Lilian Stock Bonzi: Listen to new music from Cansei de Ser Sexy. Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) released today the first single from their new album "La Liberación". The song "Hits Me Like a Rock" features Bobby Gillespie, lead singer of Primal Scream.

23 June 2011 Thursday - Eden Sessions, The Eden Project, St Blazey, Cornwall * Support Act(s): The Horrors
Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Shine Like Stars / Inner Fight / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl
Notes: present screamadelica live.
Broadcast: Partial Webcast Video
Bootleg Video / Audio: Webcast Audio / Websteam Video () Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Shine Like Stars / Inner Fight / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl

24 June 2011 Friday - Glastonbury Festival, The Other Stage, Worthy Farm, Pilton Farm, Somerset
Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Higher Than the Sun / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Broadcast: BBC TV / BBC Red Button Service
Broadcast: BBC I-Player (Webstream)
Broadcast: Partial BBC I-Player Repeated Webcast Video - Movin' On Up / Higher Than the Sun / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl
Bootleg Video: Screamadelica Live Tour (DVD) BBC TV - Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Higher Than The Sun / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Bootleg Video: Screamadelica Festival Live 2011 (Videosmash) DVD-R - TV Broadcast - 09 September 2011 Berlin Festival, 'Temp' Airport (Interview) / Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / I'm Comin' Down / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks / 24 June 2011 - Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset - Movin' On Up / Higher Than the Sun / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl
Bootleg Video: I-Player / BBC Webstream (BBC Website iPlayer VOD > get_iplayer > Video : 1280 x 720p / 50fps @ 5014kbps - Video Codec : H.264/MPEG-4 AVC - Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - BBC logo - Audio track: AAC 48kHz @ 128kbps) Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Higher Than the Sun / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks (75:02)

Bobby Gillespie
Martin Bernard Duffy - Keyboards
Gary "Mani" Mounfield - Bass
Darrin Shane Mooney - Drums
Andrew Colin Innes - Guitar
Barrie Cadogan - Guitar
Mary Pierce - Vocals

09 July 2011 - T In The Park Festival, King Tuts Wah Wah Tent, Balado, Kinross-Shire, Scotland
Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House / Don't Fight It Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Higher Than The Sun / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Bootleg: Recording - T-In The Park (Archive Vibes) CD-R

16 July 2011 - Benicassim Festival, FIB, Spain
Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Higher Than the Sun - A Dub Symphony In Two Parts / Loaded / Come Together (Weatherall) - Come Together (Farley)
encore: Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Notes: Rocks goes on for a ridiculous 8 minutes.
Broadcast: FM Broadcast

27 July 2011 Saturday - 28 July 2011 Sunday - Stocktown Weekender, * Doors Open: 12:00 curfew 22:30 * Ticket Price: £30 (Day Ticket) £40 (weekend) £75 (weekend with camping) * Support Acts:
Notes: Dexys headlined the other festival day.

? 31 July - 01 August - Aviemore Stopover, Gentlmen Of The Road Festival, Scotland * Ticket Price: £109 * Support Act(s): Ben Howard, Mumford And Sons, The Maccabees, DJ Simian Mobile Disco and more

29 August 2011 - CSS - La Liberación Release Date
Notes: Includes Hits Me Like a Rock (featuring Bobby Gillespie), which was released as a single (see 21 June 2011).

05 September 2011 - Screamadelica, Paradiso, Amsterdam
Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Inner Flight / Higher Than The Sun - A Dub Symphony In Two Parts / Loaded / Come Together (Weatherall) - Come Together (Farley)
encore: Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Bootleg: Audience Recording - 2 CD-R

Primal Scream Present Screamadelica 09 September 2011 - Berlin Festival, 'Tempelhot' Airport, Berlin, Germany
Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Higher Than the Sun / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Notes: Broadcast on ZDF Kultur TV Show on German Television on the 10 September 2011. Bobby was interviewed and it was broadcast before the gig was aired. Broadcast missing two songs, Damaged & Higher Than the Sun. Not sure if Inner Flight was played at this show?
Bobby caught up with CSS backstage at the show.
Broadcast: ZDF TV Show, German Television. Transmitted: 10 September 2011.
Bootleg: TV Broadcast - (Interview) / Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / I'm Comin' Down / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Bootleg Video: Screamadelica Festival Live 2011 (Videosmash. VS-153R) DVD-R - HDTV Broadcast - 09 September 2011 Berlin Festival, 'Temp' Airport (Interview) / Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / I'm Comin' Down / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks / 24 June 2011 - Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset - Movin' On Up / Higher Than the Sun / Loaded / Come Together / Country Girl

08 September 2011 Thursday - 11 September 2011 Sunday - Bestival (Curated by Rob Da Bank), Robin Hill Park, Downend, Arreton, Isle Of Wight * Ticket Price: £160 (Weekend)
Notes: The Cure headlined Saturday, Pendumlum Friday and Bjokr Sunday on the mainstage.

Primal Scream Present Screamadelica 23 September 2011 Friday - Circo Voador, Rua Arcos, s/n, downtown Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil * Doors Open: 23:00 * Ticket Price: Full price: R$ 240.00, Half price: R$ 120.00

Primal Scream Present Screamadelica 24 September 2011 Saturday - HSBC Brasil, Rua Bragança Paulista, 1281, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Inner Flight / Higher Than The Sun / Loaded / Come Together
encore: Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Notes: HSBC Brasil customers were treated to discount purchase price tickets and early bird 'Fast Ticket' sales from 19 to 21 July. Generic online tickets went on sale 21 July 2011. The show took place on the same as Rock In Rio. SOme rather ticket prices are available to see below, I presume the discounted ticket prices were concessionary or HSBC discounted:
Cabin: R$ 200.00 | R$ 100.00 (half)
Frisas: R$ 150.00 | R$ 75.00 (half)
High Chair: R$ 100.00 | R$ 50.00 (half)
Track: R$ 120.00 | BRL 60.00 (half)

Primal Scream Present Screamadelica 26 September 2011 Monday - Bar Opinião, José do Patrocínio, 834 Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil * Doors Open: 22:00, band on stage: 23:30 * Ticket Price: First Lot (Advance): R$ 70.00 / Second Lot: R$ 90.00 / Third Lot: R$ 110.00
Notes: Tickets went on sale 01 August 2011.

October 2011 - Primal Scream issue a statement over the use of their song 'Rocks' at the end of her Home Secretary Theresa May's speech.
Notes: The speech was aired on BBC TV shows, Radio including the BBC Parliament show, broadcast from Manchester.
Rocks was never played at the end of the speech. The Conservative party, which had initially appeared to confirm the song had been used, later insisted that the track chosen was Bohemian Like You by the Dandy Warhols and that Rocks did not feature among the music on the electronic playlist used for the conference.
The confusion appears to have begun when Labour MP Kerry McCarthy, tipped off by someone in the hall, wrote on Twitter that the Primal Scream song was used and posted a link to the lyrics.
After doubts emerged over the truth of the Twitter reports however, the official in charge of sound at the conference confirmed that he had no Primal Scream on the iPod used to store the conference soundtrack. Ms Kerry McCarthy said the two songs "admittedly sound similar".
Primal Scream's statement:
Primal Scream are totally disgusted that The Home Secretary Theresa May ended her speech at the Tory party conference with our song Rocks.
How inappropriate. Didn't they research the political history of our band?
Hasn't she listened to the words? Does she even know what getting your rocks off means? No. She is a Tory; how could she?
Primal Scream are totally opposed to the coalition government, Cameron, Osborne, Gove, Howard, Clegg etc. They are legalised bullies passing new laws to ensure the wealthy stay wealthy, taking the side of big business while eradicating workers rights and continuing their attacks on young people, single parents and OAP's by slashing education and social security budgets, and persecuting the poor for being poor.
We would like to distance ourselves from this sick association.
The Tories are waging a war on the disenfranchised, They are the enemy.
Primal Scream

18 October 2011 Tuesday - The Stone Roses re-union press conference, Soho Hotel, London
Notes: The Stone Roses Officially Announce They Have Reformed. Mani stands down from Primal Scream to re-unite The Stone Roses.
24 April 2013 - Drowned In Sound web article by Dom Gourlay, Bobby Interview: DiS: There have been several line-up changes since Beautiful Future came out in 2008, most notably on bass guitar with Mani departing to rejoin The Stone Roses, then My Bloody Valentine's Debbie Googe joining briefly and now Simone Butler. Is Simone now a permanent full-time member of the band?
Bobby Gillespie: It's no big deal. Yeah, Simone's in the band now. Mani left the band in October 2011. He's gone, he's doing something else which we kind of always knew he would eventually, so life goes on. We were always gonna make this record the way it sounded anyway. People make more of a deal of it than we do. No disrespect to Mani. I love him, he's amazing, he's my brother, but it was never going to affect the band creatively.

November 2011 - New LP Sessions
Unconfirmed Location: Primal Scream Studio, Primrose Hill, London
Notes: Bobby confirmed the recording session from 09 September 2011 - ZDF German TV Show Interview.

05 November 2011 - Kutxa Kultur Festibala, San Sebastian, Spain
Movin' On Up / Slip Inside This House (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) / Don't Fight It, Feel It / Damaged / I'm Comin' Down / Inner Flight / Higher Than the Sun / Loaded / Come Together
encore: Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Broadcast:
Bootleg: TV Broadcast -
Video Bootleg: TV Broadcast -

16 November 2011 - Mani's 49th birthday

screamadelica live - 26 November 2010 Friday - Olympia, London * Sold Out Show
screamadelica live - 27 November 2010 Saturday - Olympia, London * Sold Out Show

2012

2012 - Simone Marie Butler joins the band on bass
GEAR - Basses | Fender Precisions - Effects | Boss ODB-3, Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff, Tech 21 SansAmp - Amps | Fender Super
Notes: Simone was known for her DJ sets as well as playing bass for several artists including Joel Culpepper, James Williamson (The Stooges)
From October 2019 - Bass Player Magazine, 03 September 2019 Prime Mover:
I’ve played bass for Primal Scream since 2012: The band’s lineup is Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Darrin Mooney, Martin Duffy and myself.
I’ve played musical instruments since I was young. I played violin in orchestras when I got to elementary school, so was playing concerts when I was 12 or 13. My father was a musician during my early years, and I listened to all his vinyl and we used to have little jams together. I always loved rock and roll and wanted to be in a band, and I guess the two fused when I picked up a bass.
I started learning guitar first, but didn’t really bond with it. I then got into DJing, because I loved putting rhythm and melody together—so when I decided to pick up a bass, I realized it’s exactly that. I love how a bass-line can shape a track. I went down to Denmark Street in London in the UK, because this was when the music shops there were still thriving—and I went into every shop, looking at every bass. I landed at the Bass Cellar and went home with my first bass and the Motown book, very excited at this new adventure. I remember plugging it in at the shop; I’d never felt that kind of vibration and frequency go through me before, and I just thought, yep, this is for me. The bass I went home with that day was a Washburn XB-400 in red, two humbuckers, and a rosewood fingerboard. It was a pretty good starter bass with no frills. Later I had an active Ibanez SR-500: I tried everything I could. I actually ended up working in a bass guitar shop so I kept trading up with my wages every few months, part-exchanging basses. I tried a Rickenbacker, which I thought was cool, but it wasn’t quite for me—although they’re undoubtedly beautiful. Then this Fender US Deluxe Jazz turned up at the shop second-hand, and I fell in love. Sadly I had to sell it to pay my rent a year or so after that—damn, I’d love to find that again! It was gorgeous, in a maroon color with a cream pickguard, and another rosewood board. Those 90s models had a downsized body and were really cool to play. I then found a pre-Ernie Ball Music Man, which I’ve kept. I played everything from that bass shop. Every amp and every bass that came in… I loved it, but I need to reel it in or I will just nerd out forever on different basses, ha ha! I’ve always loved the Fender Precision, though, and so I settled on that. It just feels right for me. I’m proud to say I’m endorsed by Fender—I use their basses and amps. I also use Couch straps and have quite a few of them: They’re super durable and comfortable, and come in cool designs. I use Jim Dunlop picks, and I have to give a shout-out to Earthquaker Devices, who furnished me with lots of excellent, crazy pedals a few years back. I’ve got a bit of a pedal fetish and have a collection of them, but live right now I just use what I need.
I’m a four-string gal. I did play a five-string last year when I worked with the singer Joel Culpepper. He has a real soul, funk, and R&B vibe, so obviously that low B was going to make an appearance. It’s cool to go low, and I’m happy to go there when it’s needed because I love low frequencies, but four is my jam. Bill Dickens I am not! I once had a go on an eight-string Rickenbacker, where the thinner string is an octave higher, but of course you could use other tunings. They’re definitely basses for a healthy studio collection—I think John Entwistle and Chris Squire had the first two.
I can play slap, but I don’t. There are players out there who have made it an art form—Victor Wooten, Larry Graham, Louis Johnson, Ida Nielsen, and many more. I’d do it if a track called for it, because it’s nice to have it as a technique as long as you just use it when necessary. Either way it has to be natural—it should be in your essence as a player. It’s more in my essence to play with fingers or pick. You can be funky without slapping. I think even if I was in a funk band I’d still play with my fingers, but there’s no way you can’t not have a go at ‘Thank You (Falettin Me Be) Mice Elf Agin’ by Sly & The Family Stone, or ‘Head’ by Prince, y’know? It’s good to have a lot of styles in your bag, as you never know what you may have to pull out—but at the same time, its important to play instinctively.
Obviously every player will have their own approach to bass. For me it’s to feel it, and listen to the drummer. Listen to everyone else in the room, too. Lock into the bass drum like it’s your heartbeat. Remember that space is as important as what you play. A song needs to breathe—when you listen to great records everything is in the right place. No-one is overplaying: It all flows, it roars, or it rattles. Some of my favorite tracks have the most basic bass-lines, so fight the urge to fill every space with notes, because sometimes less is more.
Practise both left- and right-hand techniques. There is so much online that you can learn from, and so much information you can access about playing, as well as what gear to use and how to break down your favorite bass-lines. Get outside your comfort zone. Play live as much as possible. Play with conviction. Play for the song rather than for yourself—you can do that in your own time. Enjoy what you play and breathe.
My favorite bass ever to date is my 1965 Fender Precision. It’s a thing of beauty. I played my early Scream shows with that, and recorded with James Williamson from the Stooges on it too. I don’t tour with it these days, simply because if something happens to it I can’t replace it, even with money. I guess I’m pretty sentimental with basses… or maybe just that one.
I also found an original 1976 Gibson Thunderbird with chrome humbuckers years ago. My God, it played like a dream—and those basses often don’t, because they’re quite neck-heavy and awkward, unless your leg is half-cocked in the splits and you wear it an inch off the floor. I wanted it so badly, but someone had a deposit on it in a shop. I kept going back to see if it had been bought. I love my 1978 Stingray too. The new ones are a different bass altogether. Mine is not quite bassy enough for me, but I love its raucous mids.
My bass heroes? There are so many! James Jamerson, George Porter Junior, Gail Ann Dorsey, Simon Gallup, Robbie Shakespeare, Carol Kaye, Jah Wobble, Rocco Prestia, Dee Dee Ramone, Bruce Foxton, Norman Watt-Roy, Paul Simonon, Larry Graham, Charles Mingus, John Paul Jones, Stanley Clarke, Esperanza Spalding, Bootsy Collins.
The greatest bass player that ever lived? There are so many greats who are brilliant at what they do, but I’m gonna settle for James Jamerson. You just have to listen to his isolated bass tracks like the one for ‘What’s Going On?’—and to think it was all with one finger on the right hand. Amazing. His lines were like poetry.
As for albums with great bass tone, this could be an entire article in itself! I have loads, but I’ll pick a few. I love the Meters’ stuff—George Porter Junior’s tone was bold, and clear, so funky and tight, so any of those albums would count. I’d also love to have been in the studio seeing how Prince got different sounds on records, even though some of his earlier stuff is sometimes bass-light. He was, and still, is a musical hero of mine.
Then there’s Funkadelic’s Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow—I mean, ‘Friday Night August 14th’—game over! For Sly & The Family Stone, it would probably be There’s A Riot Goin’ On and the Fresh record too. I love the bass on ‘If You Want Me To Stay’—you simply can’t listen to that and not want to go and play it afterwards. The Clash’s ‘London Calling’ because it’s such a fierce tone. I’ve met Paul a few times, and he is simply a lovely human being. I love Ronnie Lane’s work with the Small Faces, so I’d add A Nod’s As Good As A Wink…. Then there’s Disintegration by the Cure, purely for Simon’s line on ‘Fascination Street’, if anything. He’s the perfect player for that band, and always will be. I know how Simon gets his tone but it still wouldn’t sound like him. I think tone comes from the player—even if you have all the same gear, it won’t be quite the same, and it shouldn’t be. It should be unique to you. I have a pretty eclectic taste so am influenced from everything from Stax through to Siouxsie & The Banshees.
My advice? I may be setting myself up to be ridiculed here, but here goes. Don’t fear failure—fear regret. Do that thing you want to do, and don’t stand in your own way. Your feet aren’t meant to touch the seabed all the time—discomfort and uncertainty are learning curves. Time can go quickly, so don’t waste any of it. We’re out on summer festivals at the moment and the shows have been great. We’ll be doing our own tour in the autumn and winter—come see us! www.simonemariebutler.com, www.primalscream.net - GEAR - Basses | Fender Precisions - Effects | Boss ODB-3, Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff, Tech 21 SansAmp - Amps | Fender Super

Bobby Gillespie
Andrew Innes
Martin Duffy
Darrin Mooney
Simone Butler

2012 - Bobby Gillespie by Domino Radio on Mixcloud
PLAYING TRACKS BY Tim Rose, Subway Sect, The Poets, Teddy And His Patches, PATTI SMITH and more. In the controlled world of the music business where money rules and everybody loves a winner no matter how crap their music is it’s a very rare thing for anyone to have a vision beyond that and a feeling for art/artists and what can really be achieved through the medium of rock and roll. For me, amongst other things, Rock and Roll = freedom & imagination. It means trying things when maybe there’s a chance you’re gonna fall flat on your face and make a fool of yourself. It means sticking your neck out and taking a chance on something you believe in. I think starting your own radio station is a great idea; it’s a mission statement, a declaration of independence, a breakaway from the conformist garbage that passes for commercial radio pumping out mind- rot distraction 24/7. And most of all it should be F-U-N!! We need a place where underground sounds/ideas/opinions can be heard, somewhere where the play list isn’t dictated by big money but by how good the music is...

21 June 2012 - Isle Of Wight Festival, Seaclose Park, Newport
Swastika Eyes / Movin' On Up / Accelerator / Damaged / Loaded / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Notes: Date noted as '21 June 2012'.
Video Bootleg: TV Broadcast / Webstream
Bootleg: TV Broadcast
Video Bootleg: TV Broadcast (DVB-C > Cinergy HTC USB XS HD > DVBViewer > MPEG-2 TS > ProjectX (demuxing) > Mpeg2Schnitt (cutting, audio/video fading) > ifoedit > VIDEO_TS) (video: MPEG-2, 720x576, 16:9, PAL (25fps). audio: AC3, 48000 hz, 448 kb/s, stereo. running time: 00:45:11 (hh:mm:ss))

29 June 2012 Friday - Heaton Park, Manchester * Ticket Price: £55.00 * Doors Open: 15:00 * Supporting: The Stone Roses
2012 (The Final Solution) / Swastika Eyes / Movin’ On Up / Loaded / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Notes: 2012 goes on for about 9 minutes. Probably the debut performance of 2012. Mani watched his former band mates and their new bass player from the side of the stage. Also playing on the day included The Wailers, The Vaccines & Kid British.
Bootleg: Audience Recording - The Stone Roses - This Is The One - 2 CD-R (Bonus tracks to The Stone Roses bootleg) - CD2 - Primal Scream [Support Set] - The Final Solution (2012) / Swastika Eyes / Movin’ On Up / Loaded / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
Bootleg: Source 2 - Audience Recording

2012 - More Light Sessions, L.A., USA
2012 (The Final Solution)
Notes: It would become 2013 on the LP.

2012 - David Holmes, More Light Sessions, L.A., USA
Notes: David introduces the band to Jason Falkner who played on bass.
From 24 April 2013 - Drowned In Sound web article by Dom Gourlay, Bobby Interview: DiS: What did David Holmes bring to the recording sessions? Would you consider working with him again? Bobby Gillespie: Oh yeah, we'd definitely work with David again. David was amazing. He's a great producer. He brought energy, enthusiasm, a good critique of stuff in terms of songs and lyrics. He really encouraged me with the words. He brought in some really great musicians for us to work with, people like Jason Falkner on bass. He had a lot of great ideas that provoked us to approach writing songs in a different way. We never stayed in hotels. We always stayed at his house. Belfast or LA. There were three different houses in LA that he stayed in while we were over there.

? 31 July - 01 August - Aviemore Stopover, Gentlmen Of The Road Festival, Scotland * Ticket Price: £109 * Support Act(s): Ben Howard, Mumford And Sons, The Maccabees, DJ Simian Mobile Disco and more
Notes: Unconfirmed if 2011 or 2012?

August / September 2012 - More Light Sessions, London
Relativity
Notes: Primal Scream's Studios, Primrose Hill, London

01 / 02 September 2012 - Jersey Live, Royal Jersey Showground, Trinity, Jersey * Supporting: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

September 2012 - Festival No 6
Notes: New Order played the festival too, Bobby sang a new twisted version of popular nursery-rhyme "if you hate the royal family, clap your hands,".

September 2012 - Tokyo Rocks Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Notes: Co-Curated by Alan McGee. Alan flew home with Primal Scream. The festival inspired Alan to form a new label, see May 2013 for 359 Music.

27 September 2012 - Arthurs Day Concert, The Grand Social, Dublin
Get Out Of Line / Gloria (Them cover) - Loaded / Country Girl / I'm Gonna Cry My Self Blind / Rocks
Notes: Playing as part of the Arthurs Day Concert in Ireland. RTE Radio 2FM broadcast the set. Get Out Of Line broadcast cut in during the song. Gloria is only an improvised short attempt.
Broadcast: RTE Radio 2FM Live
Bootleg: Radio Broadcast 2012-2013 (often tagged as Radio Broadcats) - 27 September 2012 - The Grand Social, Dublin Arthurs Day Concert Live Feed Cuts In. - Get Out Of Line (Cuts In) / Gloria (Them cover) - Loaded / Country Girl / I'm Gonna Cry My Self Blind / Rocks - 19 July 2013 - Benicassim Festival, Spain - Scream / Jailbird / Come Together / 2013 / Interview

05 October 2012 - BBC 6 Music Live, Maida Vale Studio 3 / 5, London
Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / Rocks /
encore: Jailbird / Country Girl
Notes: Show hosted by Lauren Laverne. Live show was in Studio 3.
The interview, recorded in Studio 5, was first broadcast on BBC 6 Music Radio at 11:11am.
The live show was broadcast from 12:08pm & the final part of the show (Jailbird / Country Girl) was only broadcast on the iPlayer service after 13:00.
Broadcast on BBC 6 Music Radio and BBCi player in the UK. Highlights were repeated on the BBC Red Button service too.
Bootleg: DAB Broadcast (Lineage for 6 Music broadcast material (items 1 - 9) Digital Satellite broadcast (live) 2012-10-05 MPEG1 layer 2 48kHz @ 160kbps:BBC 6 Music > DVB-S > TBS 6984 > DVBviewer > .ts > VLC (demux) > .mp2 > MpegSchnitt (trimming) > .mp2.) (Interview from 11:11am, in Studio 5) / (Introduction from 12:08pm) / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / (Introduction from 12:36pm) / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / Rocks / (Outro)
Bootleg: BBC iPlayer Video Bootleg (Lineage for BBCi broadcast material (items 10 - 13) Digital Satellite TV broadcast 2012-10-05 with MPEG1 layer 2 48kHz @ 128kbps audio: BBCi > DVB-S > TBS 6984 > DVBviewer > .ts > Video Redo Plus > .mp2) (After 1pm) Jailbird / Country Girl
Bootleg: DAB Audio / Video (lineage : BBCi DVB-S broadcast - Tevii S464 DVB-S2 PCi Card(ProgDVB Pro) - Womble MPEG Video Wizard 5 - Audio: MP2 48KHz 128 Kbps / Video: PAL MPEG2 16:9 720x576) (Intro by Lauren Laverne) / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / (Interview) / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / Rocks / Jailbird / Country Girl

11 December 2012 Tuesday - Astor, Viv Lees, Max, Australia * Doors Open: 19:15 * Ticket Price: $82

2013

14 March 2013 Thursday 16.25 GMT - The Observer, Guardian, Tim Jonze Interview.
Notes: See Media for the complete article.

March 2013 - Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit, Royal Albert Hall, London
(incomplete) 2013 / Swastika Eyes / Relativity / It's Alright It's OK / Culturecide / Movin' On Up / Loaded
encore: Rocks / 2013
Notes: Noel Gallagher introduces the band I have known this lot for 20 years and they are undoubtedly one of the greatest bands to ever come out of Britain." 2013 opened and closed the show.
22 March 2013 Friday 18.23GMT - The Observer, Guardian, Ian Gittins Review: Primal Scream – review - Royal Albert Hall, London. Now easing through the fourth decade of their career, Primal Scream have picked up a few admirers along the way. "I have known this lot for 20 years," says Noel Gallagher, introducing this Teenage Cancer Trust benefit show, "and they are undoubtedly one of the greatest bands to ever come out of Britain." But which version does he mean? Primal Scream have morphed through so many musical reinventions since their first, early 1980s incarnation as fey jangle-poppers that they scarcely qualify as a continuous musical entity. With their 10th studio album, More Light, on the horizon, one question looms large: who have they come as this time? The comeback track, 2013, the none-too-subtle referencing of the Stooges' 1969, which opens tonight's set, implies they have reverted to their default mode of aping that band and the MC5's righteous militant thrash-rock. It's Bobby Gillespie's latest attempt to take the pulse of our ailing nation – pondering the establishment, revolution and Thatcher's children before climaxing in a rather weedy chorus of "2013! 2013! 2013! All right!" Primal Scream are easily mocked for such overly earnest endeavours but they know how to put on a thrillingly propulsive rock show. For every moment in tonight's show that seems inordinately silly, there follows a counterblast of noise adrenalin, such as the white-knuckle ride of Swastika Eyes, that leaves you nodding in admiration. Similarly, vulpine Gillespie remains both the perennial butt of an old twist on the drummer joke ("What do you call somebody who hangs out with musicians? Bobby Gillespie") and a magnetic presence. Stick-thin and skipping like a rag doll in a cowboy shirt, he can't dance, plays no instruments and can't really sing, but overcomes such logistical restrictions by sheer bloody-minded willpower.
The new tracks Relativity, It's Alright It's OK and Culturecide sound big on attitude and short on tunes, and the most delirious audience reaction inevitably greets the two-decades-old, Screamadelica material, such as Moving On Up and Loaded. Primal Scream exit after a rambunctious encore of the protean blues of Rocks and a defiant – if superfluous – reprise of 2013. They may not be one of the greatest bands to ever come out of Britain, but they are certainly among the most resilient.

April 2013 - Later With Jools Holland TV Show, BBC Studios, London
Notes:
24 April 2013 - Drowned In Sound web article by Dom Gourlay, Bobby Interview:
We did three new songs on Jools Holland the other night. Some of the songs sound better live than on the album. 'Hit Void', 'River Of Pain', 'Culturecide'. They all sound amazing.

April 2013 - XFM Session
Goodbye Johnny

24 April 2013 - Drowned In Sound web article by Dom Gourlay, Bobby Interview
Notes: See Media for the complete article. Bobby was asked whether he might ever again work with Robert 'Throb' Young, replying: “No, it’s never gonna happen again. That moment has passed. I don’t want to get into the reasons but things turned out how they did. He went one way and we went another way. He stopped making music and we carried on making music. You just have to get on with your life. Robert Young’s an incredible musician, an incredible talent. One of the most talented people I’ve ever known. I grew up with Robert and I love him like a brother, but we don’t see him any more. I don’t think anybody does. I don’t really know what’s happening there. I don’t think he’s making music now. But I wish he was because he’s super talented.”

21 March 2013 Thursday - Teenage Cancer Trust, Royal Albert Hall, London * Doors Open: 18:45 * Ticket Price: £50.00 *
Notes: Primal Scream headline the TCT Charity Show.

Primal Scream - April 2013 - 2013 (Single) U.K Release Date
24 April 2013 - Drowned In Sound web article by Dom Gourlay, Bobby Interview:
DiS: DiS: What made you choose 'It's Alright, It's OK' as the first single off the album? Bobby Gillespie: We left that up to the record company. We chose '2013' as the lead track and they wanted to release a nine-minute song with a nine-minute video, so we were like, "Yeah, cool, go for it!" That wasn't a single as such, but more of a calling card to say Primal Scream are back.

20 April 2013 Saturday - I Want You (Record Store Day Release) U.K Release Date
Bobby, Little Barrie - Guitar and Bass, Andrew Innes - Guitar, Scott Asheton - Drums
12inch Vinyl
Download
Primal Scream - I Want You (The Troggs cover)
City Slang (Sonic Rendezvous Band cover)
Notes: Initially released as a joint single with RTX (see November 2009), this time re-released for Record Store Day. Scott Asheton from The Stooges/Sonic Rendezvous Band plays drums on City Slang.
24 April 2013 - Drowned In Sound web article by Dom Gourlay, Bobby Interview: DiS: You've released a single for Record Store Day. How important an event do you think Record Store Day is? Bobby Gillespie: I love Record Store Day. I'm really gutted that I'm going to miss it this year. I'm going away with my wife for the weekend. We've recorded a version of 'City Slang', which was originally by the Sonic Rendezvous Band and consisted of members of The Stooges and MC5. Fred "Sonic" Smith of the MC5 and Scott Asheton from The Stooges and Gary Rasmussen from The Up formed a Detroit high energy supergroup. It's one of our favourite ever records so we covered it and had Scott Asheton play on drums. So it's Little Barrie on guitar and bass, Andrew Innes on guitar, me on vocals and Scott Asheton on drums. The other side of the single is a version of The Troggs 'I Want You'. The Troggs are another of our favourite bands. We worship The Troggs.
DiS: The Troggs were very underrated. Reg Presley was an incredible frontman.
Bobby Gillespie: The Troggs were so underrated yet I think they had a huge influence on that whole Detroit scene. The first Stooges album owes a huge debt to The Troggs. And the MC5 too. They changed it to 'I Want You Right Now' but it's the same fucking song with the same words.

27 April 2013 - Session, BBC Radio
It's Alright, It's OK / Goodbye Johnny
Notes: Unplugged Session
Bootleg: DAB / Webstream - (Intro) / It's Alright, It's OK / (Interview) / Goodbye Johnny / (Outro)

04 May 2013 - BBC 6 Music Session, Lauren Laverne Show, BBC 6 Music Studios, London
2013 / It's Alright, It's Okay
Notes: Nemone sitting in for Lauren. Session included a chat and interview with the band too.
Bootleg: DAB (Digital Satellite broadcast (live) 2013-04-05 MPEG1 layer 2 48kHz @ 160kbps: BBC 6 Music > DVB-S > TBS 6984 > DVBviewer > .ts > VLC (demux) > .mp2 > Mpeg2Schnitt (trimming) > .mp2.) - (Interview) / 2013 / (Interview) / It's Alright, It's Okay /(Interview)

Primal Scream - May 2013 - It's Alright, It's OK U.K. Release Date
It's Alright, It's OK - Written by Gillespie / Innes. Produced by David Holmes.
24 April 2013 - Drowned In Sound web article by Dom Gourlay, Bobby Interview:
DiS: DiS: What made you choose 'It's Alright, It's OK' as the first single off the album? Bobby Gillespie: We left that up to the record company. We chose '2013' as the lead track and they wanted to release a nine-minute song with a nine-minute video, so we were like, "Yeah, cool, go for it!" That wasn't a single as such, but more of a calling card to say Primal Scream are back. They wanted the first single to be 'It's Alright, It's OK' and we were fine with that. We'd just made the album, sequenced it, gave it to them and they said these are the singles. I'm happy to let them get on with it. They know what they're doing. They know the game. I'm happy with that as a single. It always sounded like a single to me.
DiS: The response so far for both tracks that have been aired in the public domain seems to have been overwhelmingly positive. Bobby Gillespie: Yeah, I think so. Someone told me there was a snide remark made somewhere about the video for 'It's Alright, It's OK'. He thought they were looking for a reaction but you know what, I'm not gonna waste my time bothering with it. I just think to myself what's wrong with these people. The comment was asking why are they using black and white footage from a 1960s movie in the video? "Why aren't they using something more radical?" "That's not revolutionary it's reactionary." It's just people getting the wrong end of the stick again. It's not even a political song. It's a love song. People just don't get the fucking art of what you're doing.

08 May 2013 - Paul McLoone Session, Today F.M. 100.9 Live
Notes: Paul McLoone Session, Interview With Bobby Gillespie.
Bootleg: Webcast

M - 09 May 2013 - Bobby Gillespie appears on the cover of Shortlist Magazine
Notes: 'The Gospel According To Bobby Gillespie'.
June 2019 - Primal Scream appear on the cover of Q Magazine

09 May 2013 Thursday 15.37BST - The Guardian's Music Podcast
Notes: Presented by Alexis Petridis and Kieran Yates. Produced by Pascal Wyse
"Primal Scream's new album, More Light, is out next week – previewed by our very own Tim Jonze as "a psychedelic trip with krautrock, gospel, bursts of free-jazz, propulsive horns, a sense of revolutionary rage and, yes, the odd cringe-inducing lyric." The Scream are also veterans of the festival circuit – so with the Guide's Festival Guide coming out with this Saturday's Guardian, it seemed like the right time to ask Bobby Gillespie about his festival experiences and how he really feels about hippies."

TV - 10 May 2013 - The Late Late Show, RTE TV Studios, Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland
It's Alright, It's Okay
Bootleg: TV Audio
Bootleg: Video (Lineage: Digital TV broadcast -> LG HR929m HDD recorder (.ts file) -> ConvertXto DVD4 -> DVD Author 1.6 -> DVD files)

May 2013 - Alan McGee launches new label '359 Music'
Notes: Alan formed the new label after working on the September 2012 - Tokyo Rocks festival. "Since spending summer helping curate Tokyo Rocks, it's made me realise I do still love it. It was when I was flying back from Japan with the Primals that started me loving it again. To be honest I am seriously thinking about restarting Creation, or maybe Re-Creation if I can find the right people at a label to work with. Music needs a kick in the balls, and I have got the music buzz back." McGee said: "My vision for 359 Music is a launchpad for new talent and some ignored older talent. We intend to release on average a dozen new bands per year every year – maybe more if I find a lot of new talent I like. Hopefully some of the artists will stick around and make numerous albums with 359, but some will go on to other things and that is just the nature of the musical beast."

13 May 2013 - More Light U.K. Release Date
2013 - Written by Gillespie / Innes. Produced by David Holmes.
It's Alright, It's OK - Written by Gillespie / Innes. Produced by David Holmes.
Goodbye Johnny - Written by Jeffrey Lee Pierce. Produced by David Holmes.
CD / Vinyl
2013
River Of Pain
Culturicide
Hit Void
Tenement Kid
Invisible City
Goodbye Johnny
Elimination Blues
Culturecide
Relativity
Walking With The Beast
It's Alright, It's OK
Deluxe Edition Bonus CD
Nothing Is Real / Nothing Is Unreal
Running Out Of Time
Theme From More Light
Notes:
The Icelandic ash cloud of 2010 left Sun Ra Arkestra stranded in London and so Primal Scream provided them with work while they waited for the cloud to settle.
14 March 2013 Thursday 16.25 GMT - The Observer, Guardian, Tim Jonze article:
And if you think Robert Plant's vocals on Elimination Blues were the product of writing endless begging letters to the Led Zeppelin singer's management then think again – instead, Gillespie just happened to bump into him in a cafe one morning. "He said he was [in London] for a few days and if I needed anything then get in touch," Gillespie recalls. "Me and Andrew just looked at each other and said: 'Get him on Elimination Blues!' Two days later he came in and nailed the vocal."
24 April 2013 - Drowned In Sound web article by Dom Gourlay, Bobby Interview:
DiS: Your new album More Light comes out next month. How long did it take to write and record? Bobby Gillespie: A couple of years possibly. The writing definitely, in stops and starts. We were busy doing other stuff in between. The Screamadelica live dates for instance. At times we were working out some of the songs for More Light and we had various sketches and ideas, but nothing too concrete. It was recorded between LA and London. We did some sessions with David Holmes at in LA and then we did some work in London in our own studio.
DiS: The first song on More Light entitled '2013' is possibly one of the most political compositions you've recorded in years. What influenced the lyrics and do you think there is a degree of apathy among artists and musicians at present? Bobby Gillespie: The song deals with the lack of dissent coming from people in general. Whether that be the arts or anywhere else is inconsequential. It wasn't really directed at the arts, this critique.
DiS: Another song that stands out for me on the new record is 'Relativity', words like those in the chorus "You'll never change!" resonating particularly with me. Do you think that's a problem too many people have these days? Bobby Gillespie: Yeah, definitely. I think a lot of people are just stuck in yesterday. It's like in that lyric, "Condemned to repeat that sad sick old version of yourself for the rest of your life. You'll never change, I guess you must be lonely." Some people are stuck in stasis. That's that. When you see them you think, "Oh no..!" They just go on and on about the same old stuff, same old people and they get drunk about nostalgia and the old times. The old times have gone. You've got to live in the present. We've always tried to do that as a band. I think when it comes down to a personal thing, some people really aren't worth knowing any more. I guess that song's about somebody who brings you down if you see them. You want to avoid them like they've got a disease.
DiS: Is it quite a personal record? You're quoted on the press release as saying, "'More Light' was a document of coming out of a dark time and into a good one." Bobby Gillespie: Do you know what, I don't know... I may have said that in passing when I was being interviewed about the record by James Brown and he maybe took it literally, but I wouldn't describe the album as being like that. I think it's an art record but there's a lot of pain in it. Some of the songs are empathising with people who are in a trap or a bad situation. That's all I can say on that matter really. I don't know how accurate that quote you mentioned is. James interviewed me about the record for a press release and I might have said that, but then again I might not. I think it comes from a question he asked about why we called the album More Light, but I don't think that quote is an accurate description of the record or the songs.
DiS: Is that where some of the collaborations came into being? People like Kevin Shields, Robert Plant and Mark Stewart for instance. Bobby Gillespie: Well, when we do these things the tracks are more or less finished. It's not like we're writing the songs with any of those people. All of the songs are written by Andrew Innes and me. It's more a case of us recording the song and then bringing somebody like Mark (Stewart) or Robert (Plant) to sing right at the end.
DiS: When I listen to songs like 'Culturecide' or 'Hit Void' they seem quite sparse structurally. 'Culturecide' reminds me of 'Kowalski' from Vanishing Point in some ways. Then there's 'Goodbye Johnny' which could be Suicide had they been around in the 1950s dancehall era. Bobby Gillespie: Really? Right. 'Goodbye Johnny' was meant to be like a tribute to early noir. It does remind me of the 1950s or early 1960s, that period between rock'n'roll and The Beatles. It was a strange time when all these people like Jody Reynolds came through.
'Culturecide' to me is Primal Scream doing The Temptations. In my head it's kinda hip hoppy, but again that music originated from people like The Temptations and Gil Scott Heron.
'Hit Void' is a funny song because it's got the high energy, Ramones-y, garage style to it, but the melody is really pop. It's almost like a girl group bubblegum melody. It's how Primal Scream write songs I guess. We're melodic but at the same time we're also high energy rock and roll. And then at the end it goes into Albert Ayler style free jazz. Andrew's (Innes) guitar is like a surf version of Johnny Thunders. It's kind of Neu! esque as well. But I don't want to rip us apart. I'd rather people just said it sounds like Primal Scream.

23 May 2013 Thursday 08.10 BST - The Guardian Session, Guardian's studio
Notes: Video was released 23 May 2013 Thursday 08.10 BST theguardian.com.
"Bobby Gillespie and the band play an exclusive version of their single It's Alright, It's OK recorded live at the Guardian's studio. He also discusses the veteran rockers' 10th studio album, More Light, which is tonally in keeping with 2006's Riot City Blues and 1994's Give Out But Don't Give Up"

01 June 2013 - Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk, Liverpool
Notes: 24 April 2013 - Drowned In Sound web article by Dom Gourlay, Bobby Interview...We got asked to do the Fighting Talk one and it sounded like a great idea so we just thought let's do it. We'll get a lot of exposure and play to a different crowd. We're just trying to get our music across to as many different people as possible.

02 June 2013 Sunday - Forbidden Fruit Festival
Notes: Primal Scream headline the festival.

13 June 2013 - Echo Arena, Liverpool
2013 / Country Girl / Invisible City / Movin' On Up / River Of Pain / Goodbye Johnny / Swastika Eyes / It's Alright, It's OK / Loaded / Rocks / Come Together
Broadcast: Radio
Bootleg: FM Broadcast () 2013 / Country Girl / Invisible City / Movin' On Up / River Of Pain / Goodbye Johnny / Swastika Eyes / It's Alright, It's OK / Loaded / Rocks / Come Together (cut)

29 June 2013 Saturday - Glastonbury Festival, Pyramid Stage, Pilton Farm, Somerset * Doors Open: * Stage Time: 19:00
2013 / Country Girl / Invisible City / Movin' On Up / River Of Pain / Goodbye Johnny / Swastika Eyes / Loaded / It's Alright, It's OK (with Haim) / Rocks (with Haim) / Come Together (with Haim)
Notes: Bobby wore a bright neon pink suit. Haim guest on the last three tracks. Date also noted as 23 June 2013.
Broadcast: BBC Radio / TV / BBC iPlayer Webstream
Video Bootleg: TV/BBC iPlayer Movin' On Up / Swastika Eyes / Loaded / It's Alright, It's OK (with Haim) / Rocks (with Haim) / Come Together (with Haim)
Bootleg: FM/TV - Country Girl
Audience Recording: 2013 / Country Girl / Invisible City / Movin' On Up / River Of Pain / Goodbye Johnny / Swastika Eyes / Loaded / It's Alright, It's OK (with Haim) / Rocks (with Haim) / Come Together (with Haim)

Invisible City
Promo Video directed by Douglas Hart. Former Jesus And The Mary Chain bandmate.

Culturecide
Promo Video directed by Douglas Hart.

06 July 2013 - Isle Of Man Festival *Cancelled*
Notes: Organisers blamed lack of local support for the one-day bash, which was to host appearances by Johnny Marr, Paloma Faith and Primal Scream.
25 June 2013 Tuesday 11.20 BST - The Observer, Guardian, Sean Michaels article: Isle of Man festival cancelled after ticket sales fail to take off.
Cancellation of event featuring Primal Scream and Johnny Marr suggests Isle of Man is a destination too far for music fans. The Isle of Man Music festival has been cancelled. Organisers blamed lack of local support for the one-day bash, which was to host appearances by Johnny Marr, Paloma Faith and Primal Scream. "If tickets don't sell, they don't sell and artists can't get paid," the promoters wrote on Monday. That was a dramatic turnaround from the festival's earlier tweets. Even at eight that morning, organisers were counting down the days: "Just 12 … to go," they wrote. "IT'S YOUR ISLAND, IT'S YOUR FESTIVAL". But by 5pm, the July 6 festival had been called off. "Unfortunately it seems that the public on the island weren't quite ready to invest in [the] festival," event boss Chris Heyes told NME. "For those travelling from the mainland and Ireland the travel arrangements … [were] for some reason proving too much of an undertaking." Although Heyes claimed the £55 ticket price should have been a draw, he added: "I guess it's easier to just go somewhere that you can easily drive to without a ferry or a flight."
An official statement read: "The risk in pursuing the event would put businesses on and off the island in jeopardy." Fans' response to the cancellation ranged from sadness to "I told you so". "Gutted for everyone involved, hopefully in future locals will be more supportive #moody," wrote one Manx tweeter. Another writer questioned bookers' taste in "outdated bands". "You can't call acts like Paloma Faith, Wretch32 or Laura Mvula outdated," a spokesperson replied, "and Primal Scream and Johnny Marr are legends. #justsaying". This was to be the first Isle of Man Music festival, which billed itself as a northern alternative to Bestival or Isle of Wight festival. Around 15,000 people were expected to buy day tickets, with camping, glamping, and the island's largest-ever dance arena. Refunds are available at the point of purchase.

19 July 2013 - Benicassim Festival, FIB, Spain
2013 / Movin' On Up / Swastika Eyes / Hit Void / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / River Of Pain / Goodbye Johnny / Country Girl / Tenement Kid / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / It's Alright, It's OK / Jailbird / Rocks / Come Together
Notes: The band were interviewed at the show, which was broadcast too.
Broadcast: 13 September 2013 - Dan Hegerty Program Via E.B.U., RTE Radio 2FM 90.7
Bootleg: Radio Broadcast 2012-2013 (often tagged as Radio Broadcats) - 27 September 2012 - The Grand Social, Dublin Arthurs Day Concert Live Feed Cuts In. - Get Out Of Line (Cuts In) / Gloria (Them cover) - Loaded / Country Girl / I'm Gonna Cry My Self Blind / Rocks - 19 July 2013 - Benicassim Festival, Spain - Scream / Jailbird / Come Together / 2013 / Interview

02 August 2013 - That Music Show, TV * Broadcast: 02 August 2013
Rocks / Invisible City
Notes: UK Music Quiz TV Show.
Broadcast: TV Show
Bootleg: UK digital TV broadcast > Pioneer PDR609 > dbPoweramp > Flac

2013 Saturday - Bingley Festival, Bingley, Yorkshire
Notes: Headlining the main stage. 15,000 people attended the Saturday.
Shoot Speed, Kill Light was dedicated to, former Dr Feelgood, Wilko Johnson. Wilko supported and played the same day despite, eight months ago, being told he only had twelve months left after being diagnosed with cancer.

20 September 2013 - I-Tunes, iTunes Festival, Roundhouse, Camden, London
Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Relativity / Damaged / River Of Pain / Goodbye Johnny / It's Alright, It's OK / Swastika Eyes / Country Girl / Rocks /
(encore) Walking With The Beast / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / Movin' On Up
Notes: Photographs were published in The Guardian newspaper and website.
Bootleg: () Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Relativity / Damaged / River Of Pain / Goodbye Johnny / It's Alright, It's OK / Swastika Eyes / Country Girl / Rocks / (banter - encore break) / Walking with the Beast / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / Movin' On Up

13 October 2013 - Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2013 / Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Relativity / Damaged / River Of Pain / Goodbye Johnny / Autobahn 66 / It's Alright, It's OK / Swastika Eyes / Country Girl / Rocks
encore Higher Than The Sun / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / Movin' On Up
Bootleg: Audience Recording (*not to be confused with a broadcast.)

14 October 2013 - KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic Session, Santa Monica, U.S.A.
It's Alright, It's OK / River Of Pain / 2013 / Goodbye Johnny / Autobahn 66 / Movin' On Up
Notes: Session included an interview with the band too.
Broadcast: KCRW FM / Webstream
Bootleg: KCRW Player > Stream Transport .FLV > Switch Audio Converter .MP3 > Polderbits Sound Editor () (Intro) / It's Alright / River Of Pain / 2013 / (Interview) / Goodbye Johnny / Autobahn 66 / Movin' On Up

Japan Tour 2013
Bobby Gillespie
Andrew Innes : Guitar
Martin Duffy : Keyboards
Barrie Cadogan : Guitar
Darrin Mooney : Drums
Simone Butler : Bass

05 November 2013 Tuesday - Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan

06 November 2013 Wednesday - Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan
2013 / Hit Void / Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Accelerator / Relativity / Tenement Kid / Walking with the Beast / Goodbye Johnny / Turn Each Other Inside Out / Autobahn 66 / It's Alright, It's OK / Swastika Eyes / Country Girl / Rocks
encore: Loaded / Come Together / Movin' On Up
Bootleg: Burning Coast (Label: Sylph, Cat. No. SY1227) - Audience Recording - 2 CDR - CD1 (64:08) - Intor / 2013 / Hit Void / Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Accelerator / Relativity / Tenement Kid / Walking with the Beast / Goodbye Johnny / Turn Each Other Inside Out / Autobahn 66 - CD2 (55:18) - It's Alright, It's OK / Swastika Eyes / Country Girl / Rocks / -Encore- Loaded / Come Together / Movin' On Up / Outro

07 November 2013 Thursday - Zepp, Namba, Osaka, Japan

12 November 2015 Thursday - Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A * Supporting: The Cult * Doors Open: 19:30, Primal Scream: 20:00 * Ticket Price: $49.50 (Advance) $54.50 (On The Door)

20 November 2013 - Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
2013 / Hit Void / Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Accelerator / Culturecide / Tenement Kid / Walking With The Beast - Jesus / Goodbye Johnny (Jeffrey Lee Pierce cover) / Turn Each Other Inside Out / Autobahn 66 / It's Alright, It's OK - Oh Happy Day (Traditional cover) / Swastika Eyes / Country Girl / Rocks
Encore: Higher Than The Sun - Who Do You Love (Ellas McDaniel aka Bo Diddley cover) / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / Movin' On Up
Notes: Giuseppe Pastorelli Taper story: What about the show? It was my first Primal Scream show (a shame!) and they were in top form. The setlist is not properly a greatest hits but is focused on the very good last album (8 trks) with highlights mainly from Screamadelica (3), XTRMNTR (3) and Give Out But Don't Give Up (2). After a short "cold" beginning, Bobbie Gillespie offered his hands to the crowd throughout the show, distributing the printed setlists at the end.
Bootleg: Audience Recording (AUD (see location below) > Church Audio CA-14 Cardioids > Church Audio battery box > Edirol R-09 (24-bit/48.0 kHz, LINE-IN, rec. level 25/30) > SDHC Panasonic RP-SDM04G . 16-bit version. Location: 5m from the stage, 10m left, hat-mounted mic. Transfer: SDHC Panasonic RP-SDM04G > HD (via USB) > Audacity 2.0.5 (joint/cut/amplified[+2.0dB(L)/+3.0dB(R)]/faded-out) > CD Wave 1.98 (track splitting) > r8brain 1.9 (44.1 kHz resampling/very high quality 16-bit dithering) > TLH 2.7.0.172 (sector boundaries alignment/level 8 compression) > FLAC. Generation: master (no optical media extraction). Taper: Giuseppe Pastorelli [G.P.] (doublec).
(Taper story: The venue is a big club (the biggest in Milan for concerts), but due to the scarce pre-sale the stage was put on the side wall and a black curtain halved the available space. The show happened to be an intimate show, very good for enjoying and recording. I have located myself in front of the left stack, about 5 m from the stage. Many people were around me but they were completely into the show (some conversation only at the beginning of few tracks). No very noxius screamers and clappers so the recording is very good (also the stage mix is imo very good).)
- 2 CD-R - CD1 - 2013 / Hit Void / Jailbird / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Accelerator / Culturecide / Tenement Kid / Walking With The Beast + Jesus / Goodbye Johnny (Jeffrey Lee Pierce cover) / Turn Each Other Inside Out - CD2 - Autobahn 66 / It's Alright, It's OK - Oh Happy Day (Traditional cover) / Swastika Eyes / Country Girl / Rocks / Encore: Higher Than The Sun - Who Do You Love (Ellas McDaniel aka Bo Diddley cover) / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / Movin' On Up

December 2013 - Goodbye Johnny U.K. Release Date
Goodbye Johnny - Written by Jeffrey Lee Pierce. Produced by David Holmes.

11 December 2013 - Academy, 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London, SW9 9SL * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £26.50

14 December 2013 Saturday - SECC - Hall 3, Exhibithion Way, Finnieston, Glasgow, G3 8YW * Doors Open: 18:30 * Ticket Price: £29.50

2014

2014 - Martin Duffy - Assorted Promenades Release Date
Notes: Martin's solo LP, released on Tim Burgess's O Gensis record label.

09 September 2014 Tuesday - Robert "Throb" Young passes away
Notes: Robert died, aged 49, in his flat in Hove, Brighton. The police were called and they found him at his flat 3:30pm, his death was not treated as suspicious. Robert left behind two sons Brandon and Miles, their mother Jane and his wife Rachel. Friends and fans tweeted.
Primal Scream's statement included: "We have lost our comrade and brother Robert Young," "A beautiful and deeply soulful man. "He was an irreplaceable talent, much admired amongst his peers. "In the words of Johnny Marr: 'Throb with a gold top Les Paul –unbeatable.' He was a true rock and roller. "He walked the walk. He had "Heart & Soul" tattooed on his arm and I’m sure on his heart too. He once said to me 'when we go onstage it’s a war between us and the audience.' He never let go of that attitude. "Our love and thoughts are with his sons Brandon and Miles and their mother Jane, his wife Rachel, and his immediate family. "Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Primal Scream."

On the Primal Scream forum Mani "Mr Gary" wrote: “Robert young , AKA the throb, passed away this weekend in hove. Truly devastating news,”
Imelda Mountfield, Mani's wife, tweeted: “Beyond sadness today , RIP to the one and only Throb, over to the other side brother , we’ll love you forever . Melds n mani xx xx.”

Former Oasis guitarist Paul Arthurs tweeted: 11 September 2014 Thursday - Paul Arthurs @BoneheadsPage - RIP Throb. A true Rock n Roller. X
Liam Gallagher wrote: 11 September 2014 8:45 AM Liam Gallagher @liamgallagher tweeted: RIP Robert Young AKA 'Throb'. Live Forever LG x
Author Irvine Welsh: 11 September 2014 4:41 AM Irvine Welsh @IrvineWelsh tweeted: RIP Robert Young. One of the best, the most beautiful, who WAS rock n roll. Big love bro, give them it big time over the other side. #Throb
The Charlatans singer: 11 September 2014 7:01 AM Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess tweeted: So sad to hear of the death of Rob 'Throb' Young https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ZCZjhjguA A real good un
Former Ride and Oasis member, Andy Bell said: 11 September 2014 8:24 AM Andy Bell @Andybebop tweeted: Rest In Peace Robert Young of @ScreamOfficial. That big power chord in Loaded is ringing out on the other side now
From 10 October 2021 12.00 BST Sunday - The Observer, Guardian Newspaper Bobby Gillespie Interview by Barbara Ellen: BG: Me and Andrew Innes were expecting [Throb’s death] for a few years. But of course I was shocked. I remember where I was when I got the phone call. I was sitting in my car, I felt my body drop to the floor. It’s hard to talk about. It’s deep, personal stuff, I don’t want to upset his family. It was a long process … Throb was my brother, a co-songwriter, a big personality, an incredibly creative, talented man. When we were making Vanishing Point, he kind of stopped being present. He wasn’t there. He missed the whole record. When he was there, when he came up two or three times, he was on another planet, he was gone, he couldn’t play....
From Demodelica booklet: When Robert died in 2014 his family asked Andrew and I (Bobby) to choose music for his cremation and we chose Til I Die (by The Beach Boys).

U.S. Tour
19 May 2015 - Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Kill All Hippies
Bootleg: Audience Recording

20 May 2015 - New York, U.S.A.
2013 (2015 version) / Can't Go Back / Jailbird / Accelerator / Kill All Hippies / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Damaged / Higher Than The Sun / Autobahn 6 / Swastika Eyes / Country Girl / Movin' On Up
encore: I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / Rocks
Bootleg: Audience Recording

09 May 2015 Saturday - Levitation, Carson Creek Ranch, Austin, Texas, USA
Jailbird / Accelerator / Kill All Hippies / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / Higher Than The Sun / Country Girl / Loaded / Movin' On Up
Notes: Formerly known as Austin Psych Festival, rebranded Levitation after the 13th Floor Elevators track of the same name. Primal Scream covered the 13th Floor Elevators track 'Slip Inside Me Mind' on the Screamadelica LP. 13th Floor Elevators actually played the festival this year too. The Black Angels (festival organisers) retaught Roky Erickson (singer) his old songs and brought the band back together.
Carson Creek is set on the banks of the Colorado River and attracts 10,000 annually.
A limited edition 'Pyschedelic' poster was released and available to buy, the image was created by Adam "Pobiae".
The release was apparently pulled from the Levitation’s extensive archives.
The Jesus And Mary Chain are also due a release too. Priced at £19.99 released on several different coloured pressings. See 28 January 2022 for official release.
Official: 28 January 2022 - Live At Levitation - (The Reverberation Appreciation Society’s Live at Levitation series) - Vinyl / Download - SIDE A - Jailbird / Accelerator / Kill All Hippies / Burning Wheel / Shoot Speed, Kill Light - SIDE B - Higher Than The Sun / Country Girl / Loaded / Movin' On Up

2015 - Chaosmosis Sessions
Notes:
13 March 2016 Sunday 11.00 GMT The Observer, Guardian, Sean O'Hagan Interview: I approach making music as a job. Me and Andrew go to the rehearsal studio five days a week, midday to six. Some days nothing happens and we watch YouTube, or I go for a walk and he messes around on the drum machine. Some days it all comes together and you’re in the zone. A song can start from a fragment. It might start with a chorus or even a single line or a riff. Sometimes Andrew plays something and I write a whole song there and then. Other times a line comes to you on the bus or walking down the street. I think you need to have your consciousness switched on all the time, even when you’re relaxing. We’ve always been open to bringing people on board to help create what we hear in our heads.
July 2021 - Uncut Magazine/Website - 20 May 2021 - “Where does this rage come from, this suspicious nature , this anger , this cynicism ?”: You’ve been taking stock over the last couple of years – with The Original Memphis Recordings, the Maximum Rock’n’Roll compilation and now this deeper, reflective consideration of the band’s place. What’s prompted this?
When we made Chaosmosis, Innes had discovered these digital plug-ins. I was writing songs round these blocks of dense, electronic sound – it was great, but by the time the album was released I wasn’t so sure. Then Innes found the Memphis tapes and I was blown away by the musicianship in the band playing with the Muscle Shoals guys. So that was the beginning of me thinking, ‘This is what we should be doing, this is what we’re good at. We’ve become disconnected from who we are. We’re trying to second guess ourselves and always do something we’ve never done before – but at what cost?’

2015 - Bobby attends Yoko Ono’s Meltdown - Iggy Pop.
Notes: Bobby Gillespie sees Savages, with Jehnny Beth, for the first time.

2015 - Bobby and Jehnny guest at Suicide - Barbican, London
Notes: Bobby and Jehnny Beth shared the stage together at the final Suicide gig.

17 November 2015 - San Francisco, U.S.A.
2013 (2015 version) / Jailbird / Accelerator / Kill All Hippies / Shoot Speed, Kill Light / (I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind / Swastika Eyes / I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have / Loaded / Country Girl / Movin' On Up (attempt) / Movin' On Up / Rocks
Bootleg: Audience Recording