Scottish rock act Primal Scream have announced they’ll return to Australia in January 2025 for their first shows down under since 2018. They’ll be playing at The Forum in Melbourne on Friday 10 January.
Responsible for one of music’s most groundbreaking albums in 1991’s Mercury prize-winning Screamadelica, the legends behind a string of hits such as ‘Movin’ on Up’, ‘Rocks’, ‘Country Girl’, ‘Loaded’, ‘Kill All Hippies’, ‘Come Together’, ‘Swastika Eyes’ and many more will return this summer for headline shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth.
With their influence citied by Fontaines D.C. to Dua Lipa in 2024, Primal Scream return in celebration of Come Ahead – their new studio album, due for release via BMG on 8th November.
Frontman Bobby Gillespie said: “I’m very excited about this album in a way that you would be making your first record. If there was an overall theme to Come Ahead it might be one of conflict, whether inner or outer.”
“There is also a thread of compassion running through the album. The title is a Glaswegian term. If someone threatens to fight you, you say, ‘come ahead!’ It’s redolent of the indomitable spirit of the Glaswegian, and the album itself shares that aggressive attitude and confidence. They have a word for this up there, gallus. Come Ahead’s quite a cheeky title too,” he said.
In October Primal Scream will perform their first live shows of 2024 in UK arenas as special guest to Alice Cooper, plus a major festival performance at Mexico City’s Corona Capital in November.
PRIMAL SCREAM
AUSTRALIA
JANUARY 2025
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Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 18 September (1pm AEST)
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Begins: Friday 20 September (10am local time)
Friday 10 January
Forum Melbourne | Melbourne, VIC
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Saturday 11 January
Enmore Theatre | Sydney, NSW
Licensed. All Ages
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Monday 13 January
The Fortitude Music Hall | Brisbane, QLD
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Tuesday 14 January
Hindley Street Music Hall | Adelaide, SA
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