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===''Maximum Rock'n'Roll: The Singles'' and ''Come Ahead'' (2019–present)=== 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/maximum-rock-n-roll-the-singles-mw0003265640|title=Maximum Rock 'n' Roll: The Singles - Primal Scream - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref> 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 Rights Management|BMG]]. The deal involved Gillespie, Innes and the estate of Robert Young.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2022-04-29 |title=Primal Scream members sell 50 per cent of their song rights |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/primal-scream-sell-50-per-cent-song-rights-3215747 |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Martin Duffy died in December 2022 at the age of 55.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Snapes |first1=Laura |title=Martin Duffy: Primal Scream and Felt keyboardist dies aged 55 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/20/martin-duffy-primal-scream-and-felt-keyboardist-dies-aged-55 |website=the Guardian |access-date=20 December 2022 |language=en |date=20 December 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web| title=This is the personal witness statement of LOUIE DUFFY (son, aged 19) submitted as evidence to the West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Coroner for the Inquest on 6th June 2023, into the death of MARTIN DUFFY (died 18 December 2022, aged 55) | url=http://www.dafts.co.uk/louieduffystatement.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607075516/http://www.dafts.co.uk/louieduffystatement.pdf | archive-date=2023-06-07}}</ref> 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 [[Mozart Estate (band)|Go-Kart Mozart]] member Terry Miles<ref>{{citetweet|author=Primal Scream|author-link=Primal Scream|user=ScreamOfficial|number=1661030712630210560|title=This summer we are going out with a 12-piece band...}}</ref> who had also previously played with the band in Martin Duffy's absence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts/primal-scream-alexandra-palace-park-review-ecstatic-life-affirming/|title=Primal Scream, Alexandra Palace Park, review: an ecstatic, life-affirming alfresco experience|first=Andrew|last=Perry|work=The Telegraph|date=17 July 2022|accessdate=30 May 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://diymag.com/news/primal-scream-come-ahead-love-insurrection|title=Primal Scream return with details of new album ''Come Ahead'' and share latest single 'Love Insurrection' {{!}} News|magazine=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|last=Carter|first=Daisy|date=18 July 2024|access-date=31 July 2024}}</ref> The band features in the book ''[[Postcards from Scotland]]'' detailing the 1980s and 1990s independent music scene in Scotland.<ref>{{cite book|title=Postcards from Scotland|first=Grant|last=McPhee|author-link=Grant McPhee|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|year=2024|isbn=9781913172473}}</ref> In 2025, the band signed an open letter in support of the hip-hop trio [[Kneecap (band)|Kneecap]] which opposed a "clear, concerted attempt to censor and ultimately deplatform" the group.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.sky.com/story/kneecap-row-paul-weller-and-primal-scream-lead-musicians-in-signing-open-letter-in-support-of-rap-trio-13358969 | title=Kneecap row: Paul Weller and Primal Scream lead musicians in signing open letter in support of rap trio | work=Sky News | date=1 May 2025 | access-date=16 May 2025}}</ref>
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