Martin Duffy: Last News

Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth have shared their second collaborative single, ‘Chase It Down’ – you can hear the new track below.The song is taken from the duo’s upcoming joint album ‘Utopian Ashes’, which is set for release on July 2.‘Chase It Down’ serves as the opening track on the new album and introduces the record’s narrative about “a withering marriage”.The song features the work of Primal Scream’s Andrew Innes (guitar), Martin Duffy (piano) and Darrin Mooney (drums), as well as Beth’s music partner Johnny Hostile (bass).The Thomas James-directed video for ‘Chase It Down’ has also been released today (May 6), and you can hear the new song in the below clip.“In the same way you create characters for a novel, we’ve created characters

Primal Scream keyboardist Martin Duffy have paid tribute to the musician, and suggested that his death followed suffering from a lack of finances after parting ways with the band.It was announced in December that the musician had died aged 55 after suffering multiple skull fractures.Now, six months on, an inquest in Brighton on Tuesday (June 6) heard that the keyboardist — who was a member of Primal Scream for over three decades — was struggling financially at the time before his death, with his family have suggesting that this was partly due to the lack of financial support.“Dad had played on every Primal Scream album – had songwriting on at least two – but still the band chose not to offer him the opportunity to get his share, at a time they knew he really needed financial help,” read a statement from his 19-year old son Louie, who also alleged that his father was cut out of a £5million deal to sell part of the band’s back catalogue (via The Argus).“He wasn’t consulted or even told about it,” he added. “I remember dad telling [frontman] Bobby Gillespie on the phone that he was having to sign on for benefits to get by as he had no savings but the band offered no support either emotional or financial.”The inquest also heard that Duffy was diagnosed with prostate cancer during lockdown and was battling an alcohol addiction.

Primal Scream have paid tribute to their keyboardist Martin Duffy who has died at the age of 55 after suffering a brain injury.

Primal Scream keyboardist Martin Duffy has sadly passed away at the age of 55.