On January 13, 2022, the band released the second single from the album entitled “Forgotten”.
On January 10, 2022, Against the Current collaborated with the League of Legends European Championship for a song called “Wildfire”, with casters Vedius and Drakos as guest vocalists, as part of a promotion for the 2022 Spring Season of its League of Legends esports regional league run.
After more than a decade of health issues, including an aortic aneurysm and Stickler syndrome , Shelley died on 10 January 2022, at the age of 71.
The tour’s new Grand Final shows were held at Saitama Super Arena on January 8 and 9, 2022
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.
The band celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2022 with an extensive tour, billed as 10,000 Maniacs featuring Mary Ramsey, to avoid any confusion as to the status of Natalie Merchant in the band. Ramsey acknowledged the legacy of the band, and the band with Merchant, stating “There are still times…
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Chris Bailey died on April 9, 2022, aged 65.
2022 saw the band back on the road promoting I solnedgången in the Nordics as well as releasing a string of EPs
A live album was recorded at the Whisky a Go Go on December 1, 2022, commemorating the band’s 30th anniversary. The album, Live at the Whisky a Go Go , was released on September 8, 2023 via Sunset Blvd Records. Shortly after the release, Alexakis noted that while was still…
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The death of founding member Alec John Such was announced by the band on June 5, 2022. It was later revealed that he had died of a heart attack.