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Primal Scream Add Second Screamadelica Date

• 26th Feb 2010

Due to phenomenal demand Primal Scream have added a SECOND date of Screamadelica at the Olympia. The second show will take place on Friday November 26th.

Primal Scream mark 20 years since the creation of their mind-blowing landmark Screamadelica by playing the album in its entirety for the first time with a pair of shows at London’s Olympia, November 26th and 27th.

Since its release in September, 1991, Screamadelica has been hailed as the defining musical statement of the 90s, often one of the greatest albums of all time. It scooped the first Mercury Music Prize in 1992 while the late Paul Cannell’s cover design was recently chosen as one of the Royal Mail’s ten classic rock album stamps.

Primal Scream have never performed some of the songs live before while many have not been played for years. To fully realise them the band will be expanding the lineup with gospel choir, brass section and singer Denise Johnson rejoining for the night.

Screamadelica was released to universal acclaim, which has remained and even risen ever since, following Select magazine’s lead of voting it the top album of the 90s.

‘We’ve actually made a classic record which people will be able to listen to in 40 years time and it will sound as relevant as it does now,’ said Bobby Gillespie at the time.

Having reached the halfway mark, Primal Scream are bringing Screamadelica into the 21st century for a whole new trip, which will only happen once.

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