Ahead of the release of their forthcoming new album Come Ahead, Primal Scream have announced a headline tour for March and April 2025, with 14 huge shows across the UK and Ireland. Tickets are on sale from 1st November here. Fans who pre-order Come Ahead from the official artist store here will receive access to an exclusive fan presale for the tour. The presale will run from 10am on Wednesday 30th October until the general sale which starts at 10am on Friday 1st November. Tickets on general sale on gigsandtours.com.
The Come Ahead Tour marks Primal Scream’s anticipated live return after 2022’s Screamadelica Live and 2023 headline summer shows were rapturously received. The band’s headline performance at Crystal Palace’s South Facing Festival was described as “a powerful, emotionally charged performance” by The Telegraph in a five star review.
The 2025 Come Ahead Tour will begin at Bristol’s Beacon on 31st March and Southampton’s O2 Guildhall on 1st April, before Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on 3rd April and two homecoming performances at Glasgow’s O2 Academy on 4th and 5th April.
The tour continues at Birmingham’s O2 Academy on 7th April, Liverpool’s Mountford Hall on 8th April and London’s Eventim Apollo on 10th April. The band will then perform at Manchester’s Academy 1 at Aviva Studios on 11th April, Nottingham’s Rock City on 12th April, Belfast’s Ulster Hall on 14th April and Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on 15th, before final shows at O2 Academy Leeds on 18th and Newcastle City Hall on 19th April.
Primal Scream will be supported by Baxter Dury at shows in Bristol, Southampton, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Nottingham, and by Fat White Family in London. More guests are soon to be announced.
Today Primal Scream have released a new remix in preview to Come Ahead, the band’s forthcoming 12th studio album. Cosmic first single ‘Love Insurrection’ has been reimagined by UK deep house pioneers Black Science Orchestra, now pulsing with deep bass amongst the track’s funk-driven guitars, soaring flutes and strings while Bobby Gillespie’s impassioned vocals deliver a powerful message of unity and hope. The remix has been adoringly received by fans at clubs over the last few months.
Come Ahead finds Primal Scream’s principal songwriter, vocalist and frontman Bobby Gillespie preparing to release some of the most personal songwriting of his band’s career. The songwriting process for Come Ahead began in 2022, at which point Bobby Gillespie had no idea if he would make another Primal Scream album again. For the first time in a long time, the lyrics came before the music. The story came first. Bobby wrote alone, using an acoustic guitar. Ideas flowed fast, in long bursts of inspiration. This process, in tandem with encouragement from producer David Holmes, provided a new way in. Working with Holmes and Primal Scream guitarist Andrew Innes, the Come Ahead sessions were completed between Belfast, London and Los Angeles.
UK and Ireland Headline Tour Dates 2025
31 March Bristol, Beacon *
1 April Southampton, O2 Guildhall *
3 April Edinburgh, Usher Hall *
4 April Glasgow, O2 Academy *
5 April Glasgow, O2 Academy *
7 April Birmingham, O2 Academy *
8 April Liverpool, Mountford Hall *
10 April London, Eventim Apollo +
11 April Manchester, Aviva Studios *
12 April Nottingham, Rock City *
14 April Belfast, Ulster Hall
15 April Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre
18 April Leeds, O2 Academy
19 April Newcastle, O2 City Hall
* = with support from Baxter Dury
+ = with support from Fat White Family