Anniversary, Tour Dates — September 28, 2010 at 10:59 am

Primal Scream to perform ‘Screamadelica’ on 20th anniversary U.K., Australian tours

Primal Scream

One of the last C86 acts left standing, Primal Scream next year will perform its 1991 classic Screamadelica — the album that saw Bobbie Gillespie and Co. trade their indie-pop sound for house-influenced, druggy dance-rock — in its entirety during a series of live dates in Australia, New Zealand and the U.K.

Primal Scream earlier this year announced a pair of concerts Nov. 26 and 27 at London’s Olympia that would see the band running through the Andrew Weatherall-produced album — featuring the hits “Loaded,” “Come Together” and “Movin’ On Up” — backed by a gospel choir, a full horn section and original Screamadelica guest vocalist Denise Johnson.

Now those plans have expanded to include 20th anniversary performances on the traveling Big Day Out festival, which includes six stops between Jan. 21 and Feb. 6 in New Zealand and Australia, and seven more U.K. concerts beginning March 14 in Leeds and ending March 25 back in London once again (see full tour dates below).

The tour is somewhat ironic, given that Primal Scream bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield, formerly of The Stone Roses, recently berated ex-Freebass bandmate Peter Hook for “hawking his mate’s corpse around to get paid,” a dig at the former Joy Division bassist’s recent Ian Curtis tribute concerts, at which he’s performing Unknown Pleasures.

See Primal Scream’s ‘Screamadelica’ tour dates after the jump…

Primal Scream, 'Screamadelica'

Primal Scream Screamadelica Live tour dates:

UNITED KINGDOM
Nov. 26: Olympia, London, UK
Nov. 27: Olympia, London, UK

DOWN UNDER
Jan. 21: Big Day Out, Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Jan. 23: Big Day Out, Gold Coast Parklands, Southport, Australia
Jan. 26: Big Day Out, Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney, Australia
Jan. 30: Big Day Out: Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Feb. 4: Big Day Out: Adelaide Showground, Adelaide, Australia
Feb. 6: Big Day Out, Claremont Showground, Perth, Australia

UNITED KINGDOM
March 14: O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
March 15: O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK
March 16: O2 Academy, Newcastle, UK
March 18: SECC, Glasgow, UK
March 19: Apollo, Manchester, UK
March 22: Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
March 25: O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK

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