Primal Scream live in concert.
ON TOUR

Primal Scream

129
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

79
%
Based on 
129
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
80
%
Based on 
5
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 129 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Primal Scream is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Primal Scream concert reviews describe live shows and performances as high-energy, uplifting, raucous, aggressive, magical, abrasive, and invigorating.

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Latest release

Reverberations (Travelling In Time) (September 29, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
rock
ORIGIN
Glasgow, United Kingdom (1982 - present)
BIO
Primal Scream are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, originally formed in 1982 by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie.
HAS PERFORMED with
The Delta Riggs

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Manchester Evening News (UK)

December 8, 2023
%
Chanel hosted the event at Victoria Baths following their show in the Northern Quarter

Backseat Mafia

August 9, 2023
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South Facing Festival Primal Scream / Jesus & Mary Chain / The Black Angels – Crystal Palace Bowl, London 04.08.2023

Music-News.com (UK)

August 7, 2023
80
%
Bobby Gillespie and co may have been slightly worried that some punters would choose to stay away from their recent headline show following recent reports that the band had ‘excluded’ Martin Duffy before his death.

The Telegraph (UK)

August 5, 2023
100
%
Primal Scream, South Facing Festival review: like a rallying of the troops in the face of cancellation

musicOMH (UK)

August 4, 2023
70
%
Primal Scream Live In Concert

Backseat Mafia

September 4, 2022
%
Once again there is a good crowd although perhaps not quite as big as some of the previous gigs I have attended here. Julie Ann Campbell AKA LoneLady begins the night with her own indelible style of post punk funk mixed with elements of electro pop and dance.

Buzz Magazine (UK)

July 25, 2022
80
%
PRIMAL SCREAM turn Cardiff Castle into uplifting 90s nostalgia fest.

Past critic reviews published in

The Upcoming (UK), Louder Than War (UK), The Scotsman (Scotland), The Skinny (UK), Nottingham Post (UK) and more

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