Riot City Blues Tour

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Riot City Blues Tour
Release dates
  • 6 August 2007 (2007-08-06)(UK)
  • 9 October 2007 (2007-10-09)(U.S.)
Running time
143 minutes
Country England
LanguageEnglish

Riot City Blues Tour is the first live DVD from Scottish band Primal Scream. The show was filmed in high-definition at the Hammersmith Apollo in London during the tour in support of their latest album, Riot City Blues . The sold-out concert occurred soon after the band received the Godlike Geniuses award from British music publication NME.

The DVD serves as a career retrospective, showcasing the band's history of over twenty years since it was formed in 1984. In addition to a set of 17 songs, including "Loaded" and "Kick Out the Jams" (which is exclusive to this DVD), all of the band's 13 music videos are included, as is a recent interview with band vocalist and founder Bobby Gillespie and frequent collaborator and bassist, Mani.

Track list

  1. "Accelerator" (from XTRMNTR )
  2. "Dolls" (from Riot City Blues )
  3. "Jailbird" (from Give Out But Don't Give Up )
  4. "Shoot Speed/Kill Light" (from XTRMNTR )
  5. "Suicide Sally & Johnny Guitar" (from Riot City Blues )
  6. "Burning Wheel" (from Vanishing Point )
  7. "When the Bomb Drops" (from Riot City Blues )
  8. "The 99th Floor" (from Riot City Blues )
  9. "Medication" (from Vanishing Point )
  10. "Rise" (from Evil Heat )
  11. "Swastika Eyes" (from XTRMNTR )
  12. "Country Girl" (from Riot City Blues )
  13. "Rocks" (from Give Out But Don't Give Up )
  14. "Damaged" (from Screamadelica )
  15. "Loaded" (from Screamadelica )
  16. "Movin' On Up" (from Screamadelica )
  17. "Kick Out the Jams"

Extras

13 Promo Videos

  1. "Loaded" (from Screamadelica )
  2. "Come Together" (from Screamadelica )
  3. "Movin' On Up" (from Screamadelica )
  4. "Rocks" (from Give Out But Don't Give Up )
  5. "Jailbird" (from Give Out But Don't Give Up )
  6. "Swastika Eyes" (from XTRMNTR )
  7. "Kill All Hippies" (from XTRMNTR )
  8. "Accelerator" (from XTRMNTR )
  9. "Miss Lucifer" (from Evil Heat )
  10. "Autobahn 66" (from Evil Heat )
  11. "Some Velvet Morning" (from Evil Heat )
  12. "Country Girl" (from Riot City Blues )
  13. "Dolls" (from Riot City Blues )

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