Primal Scream have announced The Come Ahead Tour, their first major headline tour since 2022, set to begin in spring 2025. The tour will see the band perform 14 dates across the UK and Ireland in support of their forthcoming album, Come Ahead, which is scheduled for release in November. The band will hit cities including Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, and Dublin, with tickets on sale from 1 November.
The tour will launch on 31 March at Bristol’s Beacon before continuing on to venues including Southampton’s O2 Guildhall, Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, and the O2 Academy in Glasgow, where Primal Scream will play two back-to-back nights on 4 and 5 April. The band will also perform at Liverpool’s Mountford Hall, Manchester’s Academy 1, and London’s Eventim Apollo. Support will come from Baxter Dury on select dates, with Fat White Family confirmed to support the London performance. An exclusive pre-sale will open on 30 October for those who pre-order the album via the band’s official store.
The Come Ahead Tour signals Primal Scream’s much-anticipated return to live performance, following the highly praised Screamadelica Live tour in 2022 and a series of summer headline shows in 2023, including a headline set at Crystal Palace’s South Facing Festival.
Ahead of the release of the group’s 12th album Come Ahead on November 8, Primal Scream have already released the album’s lead single ‘Love Insurrection’, which is in many ways the opposite of ‘Deep Dark Waters’, being characterised by Stereogum as a “utopian lead single, a funky, string-laden dance track.” The lead single does, however, allow peaks through to some dark undertones. Gillespie’s lyrics exhort the world for a “new direction” against an obliquely referenced backdrop of global crises.
To date, the album’s lead singles, Love Insurrection and Ready to Go Home, have already generated significant interest. Love Insurrection, remixed by UK house pioneers Black Science Orchestra, has made an impression with its deep bass and funk elements, overlaying Gillespie’s vocals with layered flutes and strings. Meanwhile, the ‘Ready to Go Home’ remix by Terry Farley and Wade Teo received praise from outlets such as DIY and Clash. In critical previews, Come Ahead has been positively received. Mojo remarked that the album ranks “up there with Primal Scream’s best,” while Classic Pop declared “Primal Scream just became important again”.
Come Ahead mark the band’s reunion with producer David Holmes in sessions that saw the band record across Belfast, London, and Los Angeles. The album will be available in several formats, including double vinyl, CD, and special limited editions. Tickets for The Come Ahead Tour will go on general sale on 1 November at 10am, while pre-sale tickets will be accessible to fans on 30 October at 10 am for those who pre-order the album.
