Born into a working-class Glasgow family in the summer of 1961, Bobby Gillespie went on to front rock band Primal Scream - and told the tale in his memoir, Tenement Kid, last year.
He is now heading to the Royal Concert Hall to discuss his life. He’ll be reading from his memoir and taking questions from the audience, before signing copies of Tenement Kid.
The event was rescheduled from last year due to the pandemic, with organisers confirmed original tickets were refunded and are now unusable.
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Born in Springburn in the summer of 1961, Gillespie’s family were soon evacuated from the area during the slum clearances. After leaving school at 16 to become a printer’s apprentice, the singer went to his first gig at the Apollo and caught the rock bug.
With the arrival of the Sex Pistols and punk rock movement, he soon joined The Jesus and Mary Chain as a drummer before fronting Primal Scream. Tenement Kid details how all of this happened, including Gillespie’s fateful meeting with producer Andrew Weatherall in an East Sussex field.
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The memoir ends with the release of Screamadelica, an album that is often credited with ‘starting the ‘90s’. The book was met with critical acclaim, with the Irish Times branding it a ‘thrilling read’ - while The Times reviewed it is an ‘elegantly written tale’.
Tickets for the event are still available, and can be found here.
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