Twenty years after taking the sounds and spirit of the second summer of love and acid house and melding it into one of the greatest albums of the 1990s, British rockers PRIMAL SCREAM will remake history by performing their epoch-defining classic Screamadelica in full in Australia.
“Both of its time yet quintessentially timeless, Screamadelica still sounds like nothing else, yet all things at once. Digestible whether off your nut in a club, soundtracking a barbeque or even indie seduction… A solid gold classic” (BBC, March 2009).
Glasgow group PRIMAL SCREAM were more garage rock than rave at the end of the ’80s, before they hooked up with acid house DJ/producer Andy Weatherall to conceive Screamadelica. Released in 1991, the album broke the band out of the indie scene and forever changed the musical landscape. “Suddenly we had this chance to do something,” frontman Bobby Gillespie told the Sunday Mail. “We wanted to inspire kids in the way The Sex Pistols inspired us.”
Two decades on, these songs still sound like the future: Loaded, Movin’ On Up, Higher Than the Sun, Come Together, Don’t Fight it, Feel It. PRIMAL SCREAM have since gone on to create one of the most diverse and challenging discographies in modern music, their latest album being 2008's Beautiful Future.
Just how classic is Screamadelica? It was the first ever recipient of the Mercury Music Prize. It propelled PRIMAL SCREAM to Top of the Pops and Smash Hits cover-star status. And it was one of 10 album covers chosen by Britain’s Royal Mail to adorn postage stamps earlier this year.
“Screamadelica's music is iconic as its cover, marking the band’s transition from a straight-up indie guitar group to fully fledged gospel tinged acid house outfit” (Q, February 2010). Bobby Gillespie, guitarist Andrew Innes, keyboardist Martin Duffy, bassist Mani and drummer Darrin Mooney will be joined by gospel singers, horn section, and a house full of memories to recreate the magic of Screamadelica live on stage.
Come together to see PRIMAL SCREAM do Screamadelica. These are the ONLY Australian PRIMAL SCREAM side shows outside of the Big Day Out dates. Tickets go on sale for both dates at 9.00am local time on Monday, 22 November, 2010.
PRIMAL SCREAM
The Metro, Sydney
Saturday, 29 January, 2011
Tickets available from www.metrotheatre.com.au & 02 9550 3666 and www.ticketek.com.au & 132 849
The Forum, Melbourne
Wednesday, 2 February, 2011
Tickets via www.ticketmaster.com.au & 136 100
Also appearing at:
Big Day Out 2011 dates:
FRIDAY, 21 JANUARY - AUCKLAND MT SMART STADIUM
SUNDAY, 23 JANUARY - GOLD COAST PARKLANDS – SOLD OUT!!!!!
WEDNESDAY, 26 JANUARY - SYDNEY SHOWGROUND – SOLD OUT!!!!!
THURSDAY, 27 JANUARY - SYDNEY SHOWGROUND
SUNDAY, 30 JANUARY - MELBOURNE FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE – SOLD OUT!!!!!
FRIDAY, 4 FEBRUARY - ADELAIDE SHOWGROUND
SUNDAY, 6 FEBRUARY - PERTH CLAREMONT SHOWGROUND
www.primalscream.net www.bigdayout.com
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