Clockenflap is around the corner, and I’m ready to scream “sweet love illumination” as Franz Ferdinand take the festival stage again. The surprise addition of My Bloody Valentine to the line-up ...

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The last time your correspondent clapped eyes on My Bloody Valentine mainman Kevin Shields was at a Dinosaur Jr show at London’s Garage venue in November 2023. This was already an unusually loud gig – ...

The newly-reunited My Bloody Valentine are the latest artist to join the “No Music For Genocide” boycott. The band is geo-blocking their music from streaming platforms in Israel, joining the likes of ...

Last night, shoegaze pioneers My Bloody Valentine returned to London for a show at OVO Arena Wembley — continuing their first UK tour in over a decade. This followed performances at Manchester’s Aviva ...

On a cold Monday evening at Manchester’s Aviva Studios, the room fills with pink. It’s a colour so synonymous with My Bloody Valentine, they could sell it as a Dulux paint shade. Mention the candied ...

I’m at the biggest shoegaze show of all time, and the vibe is a parody of the genre’s stereotypically coy character. All 9,500 fans shuffle politely to their seats in Dublin’s 3Arena, nestling gently ...

The seismic needles twitching in Chinese military bunkers can only mean one of two things. Either the UK has resumed nuclear testing or My Bloody Valentine are touring again. The Irish-English ...

My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields and Denzel Curry. Credits: Marc Broussely/Redferns and Matt Jelonek/Getty Images My Bloody Valentine, Denzel Curry and other musicians have thrown their support ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Perfection is the enemy of good, so perhaps we should welcome the awkward pauses between songs and botched ...

Evidently the legend is such that 40 years into a mercurial career, My Bloody Valentine are capable of filling arenas. But are arenas necessarily the best place for this most chimerical of bands and ...

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