Bobby Gillespie with Primal Scream at the Brixton Academy, London (Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever)
Primal Scream have given their early favourite Velocity Girl a 7″ vinyl reissue following the release of their Maximum Rock’n’Roll singles compilation.
The single comes too with a brand new track entitled Broken, while Bobby Gillespie has recalled having ‘an Edie Sedgwick type character in mind’ when he wrote Velocity Girl:
“I read Jean Stein’s biography about her and I wanted to meet a girl like that. Hanging out with Warhol, The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, and shooting speed whilst looking absolutely fabulous. Super hip and beautiful. She was the muse. I love her.”
The Maximum Rock’n’Roll UK tour will commence in Oxford on November 19th after two dates at Princes Street Gardens in Edinbugh next month.
Tour dates:
August
10,11 – Edinburgh, Princes Street Gardens
November
19 – Oxford, O2 Academy
20 – Southampton, O2 Guildhall
21 – Brighton, Dome
23 – Cardiff, University Great Hall
24 – Liverpool, O2 Academy
26 – Manchester, Albert Hall
27 – Norwich, UEA
29 – London, O2 Forum
December
1 – Coventry, Empire
3 – Nottingham, Rock City
4 – Hull, University Asylum
6 – Leeds, O2 Academy
7 – Newcastle, Boiler Shop
13 – Inverness, Ironworks
14 – Aberdeen, Music Hall
15 – Perth, Concert Hall
17 – Glasgow, Barrowland
