The charity Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “The Nazi swastika represents the ideology that inspired people to industrially slaughter six million innocent Jewish men, women and children by bullet, gas and any other means available. “To visually combine that with the Star of David – the pre-eminent symbol of Judaism –…
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On 28 January 2026, Simone Butler announced her departure from Primal Scream.
Gary “Mani” Mounfield died in November 2025 at the age of 63. The band dedicated “I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have” to Mounfield during their Manchester gig on 22 November. This turned out to be Simone Butler’s last show with Primal Scream, as the band brought in Phil Mossman,…
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In September 2025, the band joined the ” No Music For Genocide ” boycott to geo-block their music from music streaming platforms in Israel in protest of the Gaza genocide .
In 2025, the band signed an open letter in support of the hip-hop trio Kneecap which opposed a “clear, concerted attempt to censor and ultimately deplatform” the group.
The band released the single “Love Insurrection” in July 2024 and simultaneously announced their twelfth studio album Come Ahead for release on 8 November 2024.
On 23 May 2023, Primal Scream announced that they would be performing as a 12-piece band for their upcoming tour dates, with the core line-up augmented by members of the House Gospel Choir on backing vocals, Alex White of Fat White Family on saxophone, and keyboards by former Go-Kart Mozart…
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Martin Duffy died in December 2022 at the age of 55. Following his death, Duffy’s son, Louie, made a statement at his father’s inquest. Louie claimed that despite playing with the band for over 30 years, he was paid only as a session musician.
In 2022 Primal Scream played at the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth . In April, the band sold song rights of fifty percent of their back catalogue to BMG . The deal involved Gillespie, Innes and the estate of Robert Young.
On 24 May 2019 the band released a third compilation album, Maximum Rock’n’Roll: The Singles . The album contains seventeen tracks spanning the period from 1986 till 2016.