Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie hits out at Blur’s Alex James for ‘hanging out with David Cameron’

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bobby Gillespie, the vocalist of Scottish rock band Primal Scream, has hit out at Blur bassist Alex James for his association with figures such as David Cameron and Jeremy Clarkson. “It’s not like you’re trying to be like the guy from Blur hanging out with David Cameron and what’s his name, the guy that does the driving?.” “That’s obviously social climbing going on there, right? And you think, ‘Well, not everyone else is doing alright.’” Alex James of Blur and Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream In 2015, James made headlines when former Tory PM Cameron was seen attending his New Year’s Eve party. My dad always said to me, ‘While the money’s there, you’ve got to take it, because you’re not promised tomorrow.’” In a four-star review of the new album, The Independent’s Helen Brown described it as “a ridiculously funky stew of a record that all but laces your Gazelles, flops your fringe over your eyes and drags you onto the dance floor for a baggy-limbed boogie”.