My Bloody Valentine reform and tour
It's hard to believe, but My Bloody Valentine have reformed. The Irish godfathers of the shoe-gazing genre imploded after the success of their album Loveless (1992), spent a fortune on the follow up, but never finished it. They quietly disbanded, although frontman Kevin Shields insisted there would be a new MBV album 'eventually...'
For years things were very quiet around the members of the band. Rumour had it Shields was making a living as a taxi driver, but he was active musically and collaborated with bands like Curbe, Dinosaur Jr. He even went on tour with Primal Scream. A few years back Shields was back in the picture so to say, overseeing the recording of the soundtrack to Sofia Coppola's Lost in translation. Rumours of a band reunion surfaced quickly.
In November 2007, three British shows were announced which sold out quickly. And now we have a handful of dates for a European tour: Roskilde, Paris, Madrid and the Oya festival in Norway have been announced. Whether the band will play in the Netherlands, I don't know. I bought a ticket for the Paris show just in case.
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