Tag: Primal Scream

The Cure to headline U.K.'s Bestival; billed as band's 'only European show of 2011'

The Cure to headline U.K.’s Bestival; billed as band’s ‘only European show of 2011’

Billed as its ‘only European show of 2011,’ organizers of the U.K.’s Bestival this morning announced The Cure will headline one of the festival’s four nights next September alongside Crystal Castles, the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, DJ Shadow and Primal Scream performing its 1991 album ‘Screamadelica.’

Video: Watch highlights of Primal Scream playing 'Screamadelica' in London

Video: Watch highlights of Primal Scream playing ‘Screamadelica’ in London

Last night, Primal Scream performed the first of two London gigs dedicated to the band’s seminal 1991 house-rock hybrid ‘Screamadelica,’ which will be commemorated in 2011 with a massive 20th anniversary box set and tours early next year of Australia and the group’s native U.K.

Primal Scream taps Kevin Shields to remaster 'Screamadelica' for 20th anniversary box set

Primal Scream taps Kevin Shields to remaster ‘Screamadelica’ for 20th anniversary box set

Primal Scream will celebrate the 20th anniversary of ‘Screamadelica’ next year with a lavish 4CD/1DVD/2LP box set highlighted by ‘a new cut of the album’ made with occasional collaborator Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine.

Milestones: Mani is 48 today; watch The Stone Roses get ‘Adored’ at the Hacienda in 1989

Today’s the birthday of The Stone Roses’ Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, and to mark the occasion, we present this Snub TV broadcast of the Roses playing ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ — featuring what’s arguably Mani’s single greatest bassline — and ‘Sugar Spun Sister’ at Manchester’s infamous Hacienda in 1989.

Milestones: Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid is 52 today; watch ‘Just Like Honey’

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid is 52 today, and to mark the occasion, we present this clip of Reid and his younger brother Jim bringing the noise on British television in 1985, performing ‘Just Like Honey’ and ‘Inside Me’ off of their debut ‘Psychocandy.’

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

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

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.

Freebass blows up, Mani accuses Peter Hook of ‘hawking his mate’s corpse around to get paid’

The long-planned triple-bass supergroup Freebass — which already lost Andy Rourke of The Smiths earlier this summer — has imploded on the eve of the belated CD release of its debut album, with Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield of The Stone Roses unloading on Peter Hook via Twitter.