Primal Scream’s Come Ahead remix project just got a shot of synth-pop class, courtesy of Pet Shop Boys, who have reworked ‘Innocent Money’ with their signature touch, plus a surprise guest vocal from Neil Tennant himself.
Bobby Gillespie had a hunch this would work. “When we were discussing possible remixers for the Come Ahead album with our producer David Holmes, I had a gut feeling that asking the Pet Shop Boys to remix ‘Innocent Money’ might be a good idea,” he said. “I felt that the song’s marriage of a socially conscious lyric sung over an ecstatic, discofied, string-laden stomping rhythm track might appeal to Neil and Chris’s sense of pop aesthetics.”
That instinct paid off, with Tennant not only reworking the track but adding his unmistakable voice alongside Gillespie’s. “An added and unexpected fabulous bonus was that Neil sang on it and I get to duet with him. Neil, of course, having one of THE iconic British pop voices. Truly honoured!”
Come Ahead keeps rolling
The remix follows a string of reworkings from Come Ahead, Primal Scream’s acclaimed 12th studio album, including Tim Goldsworthy’s take on ‘Ready To Go Home’ and Black Science Orchestra’s remix of ‘Love Insurrection’. Terry Farley and Wade Teo even dropped a white label remix of ‘Ready To Go Home’, 35 years after Farley helped shape Primal Scream’s sound with his classic ‘Loaded’ and ‘Come Together’ mixes.
Released in November 2024, Come Ahead was hailed as one of Primal Scream’s finest. MOJO declared it “up there with Primal Scream’s best,” while Record Collector called it “an album by a band which has been audibly reborn.”
Now, they’re taking that energy back on the road.
Come Ahead tour: 14 UK & Ireland shows incoming
Primal Scream’s Come Ahead Tour kicks off in the UK and Ireland on 31st March, following festival slots in Mexico City and Tokyo, plus a headline run through Australia. The band will hit 14 cities across April, with Baxter Dury supporting in Bristol, Southampton, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, and Nottingham. Fat White Family joins the bill for London’s Eventim Apollo date.
The tour runs through Belfast, Dublin, Leeds, and Newcastle before heading into an extensive European and North American leg through summer 2025.
And if the Come Ahead remix project has whetted your appetite, there’s more to come: Primal Scream have teased a full-length remix release, with details to be announced soon.
Primal Scream’s 2025 UK & Ireland headline dates
31st March – Bristol, Beacon *
1st April – Southampton, O2 Guildhall *
3rd April – Edinburgh, Usher Hall *
4th April – Glasgow, O2 Academy *
5th April – Glasgow, O2 Academy *
7th April – Birmingham, O2 Academy *
8th April – Liverpool, Mountford Hall *
10th April – London, Eventim Apollo +
11th April – Manchester, Aviva Studios *
12th April – Nottingham, Rock City *
14th April – Belfast, Ulster Hall
15th April – Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre
18th April – Leeds, O2 Academy
19th April – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
(Support from Baxter Dury / +Support from Fat White Family)
Tickets are on sale now.
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