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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes

Martin Duffy: Primal Scream and Felt keyboardist dies in fall at home aged 55

Martin Duffy performing with Primal Scream at O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, in 2019.
Martin Duffy performing with Primal Scream at O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, in 2019. Photograph: Ollie Millington/Redferns

Martin Duffy, who played keyboards for Primal Scream and Felt, has died aged 55. The cause of death was a brain injury due to a fall at his home in Brighton, his bandmate Bobby Gillespie said.

“I’ve known Martin since he was a teenager in Felt,” Gillespie wrote on Instagram. “He played keyboards on every album of ours from the first to the last. Finally joining the band in 1991. Martin was a very special character. He had a love and understanding of music on a deep spiritual level. Music meant everything to him.”

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