Kevin Shields Joins Primal Scream On Stage at Beyond The Pale Festival
Kevin Shields reunited with Primal Scream for a 12-song set at Ireland's Beyond The Pale festival. This performance follows Shields' first My Bloody Valentine show in seven years last November.
2:56 PM EDT on June 16, 2026
Over the weekend, Primal Scream headlined Ireland's Beyond The Pale festival. For their 12 song set, the band reunited with former member Kevin Shields, who played the first My Bloody Valentine show in seven years last November.
Shields, who was in Primal Scream between 1998 and 2006, joined for the XTRMNTR tracks "Accelerator" and "Shoot Speed/Kill Light," in addition to the Give Out But Don't Give Up song "Rocks." It's the first time Shields played with the band in 18 years. In the interim, he also featured on the 10th Primal Scream album More Light in 2013. Watch footage from Saturday (June 13) below.
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