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News Archives - 2005Decemeber 15, 2005Bobby and Dot Allison duetDot Allison and Bobby have recorded a country song called "Up against the wall you red neck mother..." for an upcoming 'Agent Provocateur' LP. The album is currently being mixed. Agent Provocateur is a design company of risque underwear and slightly erotic extra bits. Source: Dot Allison. Decemeber 14, 2005On the new albumPrimal Scream were recently in Los Angeles mixing their new record with Dave Sardy. The bummer is, Dave Sardy is more into Jet than he is "The Scream". And you thought cancer was depressing. On the new record Primal Scream got rid of the techno and made a raw rock record in the vein of The Stones "Exile On Main St.", The Cramps & The Stooges... shit kills! Primal Scream also told Les that he does too many drugs, and then told Aaron that if Nine Inch Nails took them on tour, Primal Scream would, "Fackkkin buhlow yourrrr arse off the stedggge every naigght." Source: buddyhead.com. Screams' gig earlier this month Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall 6/12/2005. They played a bunch of new songs. 1. Country Girl 2. Cars 3. Jailbird 4. Shoot Speed Kill Light 5. Detroit 6. Nity gritty?? (Shake Some Action??) 7. Alright 8. Kill all Hippies 9.99th Floor?? (sally suicide??) 10. Bomb Drops? 11. (hole in my heart??,br> 12. Medication 13. Rocks 14. Kowalski 15. Swastika Eyes 16. Moving On Up encore: 17. Slip Inside this House 18. Skull X 19.Accelerator 20. Gimme Some Truth 21. Sick City Source: webadelica forum. November 11, 2005New Scream Album due in February 2006Andrew Innes posted on the Webadelica Forum that they just finished mixing the new album with Dave Sardy and it should be out in February Source: Andrew Innes on the Webadelica Forum. Bunnymen's Will Seargent plays on the forthcoming Scream album Apparently Mani spoke to the good people at the Echo and the Bunnymen website and says that Will Seargent plays on a track that sounds like The Bunnymen's classic 'Rescue' song. Source: Ajay on the Webadelica Forum. Scream announce one-off live show Scream announce one-off live show at Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone on December 6. Source: medication on the Webadelica Forum. October 27, 2005New Scream album in 2006According to a recent interview with Mani in Under The Boarwalk (FC United fanzine) the new album is due out in February of 2006. They will also tour at this time. Source: derekb on the Webadelica Forum. August 19, 2005Scream unhappy with Youth's productionApparently the Scream are unhappy with Youth's production on their forthcoming album. But on a good note, apparently the new tracks are "killer" Source: Email from fan who has close contact with the band July 6, 2005'Screamadelica' artwork creator commits suicidePaul Cannell, the artist responsible for Primal Scream's iconic Screamadelica artwork, has committed suicide. Cannell had been living and working in Cornwall until recently, after spending many years both making music and creating artwork for it. His other work included covers for the Manic Street Preachers' 'You Love Us' and the bird logo used on all Heavenly Records releases. The Screamadelica painting is actually a detail from a larger work, as were the covers for singles 'Higher Than The Sun' and 'Don't Fight It Feel It'. Cannell was also a member of the band Crawl, who released a single through Creation in 1996. Paul Cannell website An Aritcle about Paul Source: Drowned in Sound July 6, 2005Brian Eno to produce new Scream album?A new rumour on the Webadelica forum claims that the new album will be produced by ambient music pioneer Brian Eno. Whether or not Youth is involved as well are unclear. Source: Webadelica Forum June 23, 2005Youth to produce new Scream albumAn anonymous email I got today said that Youth (ex-Orb, Killing Joke) is set to produce the new Scream album. Source: A Webadelica Fan June 17, 2005Scream to Headline GlastonburySunday, June 26 - Glastonbury The Scream are replacing Kyle Minogue on Sunday June 26 on the Pyramid stage. They will be playing a greatest hits set but i suspect they may play new material as well. June 17, 2005The Follow-up to Evil heatPrimal Scream now have an albums worth of songs writte and are headed back to the studio in the next few weeks to to record the follow-up to 'Evil Heat' Source: Primalscream.net May 16, 2005ScreamixdeliaThe Scream's groundbreaking album, Screamadelica ha been remixed by the folks over at PrimalScreamRemixed.com. Here's what they have to say about it "There's no reason for this. How do you improve upon perfection? You don't. We don't pretend to think this comes close to the Scream's masterpiece, but then nothing else does. So what primalscreamremixed.com offers is a different spin, moving from chill through dub via glitch to drum & bass. Not a million miles away from the eclecticism of the source", different versions of all tracks are there, including 'screamadelica' as a bonus track. Source: Thanks to Belinda (ex-insect-royalty.co.uk) for getting off my butt and posting this May 13, 2005Hoping Foundation DVDI guess I fell asleep on this one. The Hoping Foundation released a DVD with footage from the Primal Scream and Spiritualized benefit concert for the children of Palestine at Brixton, October 16. All profits from the gig went to this charity, as will the proceeds from the forthcoming DVD. The Scream performed the following tracks:
You can also buy some photos from the show at The Hoping Foundation website. May 13, 2005New Scream album is a ScreamerAccording to an interview with Alan McGee in the may 8th issue of The Scottish Mail, the new Scream album is a Screamer: "Scot's rocker Bobby Gillespie's new album is an absolute screamer . . . acording to his old pal Alan McGee. The Scots mogul says the new Primal Scream demos are fantastic. He said 'It's definitely a return to form. There's one track that sounds like Moving On Up done up like Led Zeppelin's Ramble On, and another that sounds like Rocks without the glam rock beat. Screamadelica and XTRMNTR were genius but they 've still got hits in them."Source: Scottish Sunday Mail; May 8, 2005 May 10, 2005Primal Scream to appear on another DVDThe Scream appear on an upcoming DVD,"Glastonbury Anthems". . Primal Scream appear doing "Rocks' from 2003. May 10, 2005Kevin Shield's to quit working with Primal Scream?According to someone who talked to Kevin at the recent "All Tomorrow's Parties festival", Kevin said he doesn't want to work with The Scream any more because it's talking up too much of his time. it is unclear if he is working with The Scream on the new album, but I think he is from the sounds of it. See here for more info. March 31, 2005Scream to play Wireless Festival?According to a very good source (someone associated with The Wireless Festival), The Scream are playing the Wireless festival on June 30, with Kasabian. An official announemnet is due soon. Could this mean that new Scream album is just around the corner? Let's hope so! March 24, 2005Album News Update (Part Deux)According to a post on the Webadelica Forum, Sony employee is due to get a promo copy of the new album in a few weeks. Somehow i suspect this is not true since my info for the previous news item is probably more accurate, but let's hope they were wrong! March 14, 2005Album News UpdateThe Scream are apparently half way through the recording of the the album, a friend of the band has told me. No gigs are planned anytime soon. So I suspect the album will be out this year, fingers crossed! January 14, 2005Live DVD appearancesThe Scream have several live appearances coming out on various live DVDs. The first is Benicassim 04 which features live versions of 'Miss Lucifer', 'Shoot Speed' and 'Sick City'. The next is a best of Glastonbury which features a live version of 'Rocks' from 1993. This is released on March 31. [i need to update the dvd page of this site!] January 3, 2005Bob vs The CrampsBobby recently interviewed The Cramps in Under the Radar magazine (article not up yet).In it he says he named his new son Lux (probably about 3 months old now i gather), after Lux in The Cramps. At the end of the article there was a line saying a new primal Scream record would be released in 2005. Back to Current News News Archives2005 News2004 News 2003 News 2002 News 2001 News 2000 News 1999 News 1998 News 
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