Thursday, December 6, 2012

My Bloody Valentine - Interview + new dates added

My Bloody Valentine's Debbie Googe was interviewed by Drowned In Sound a few months back while she was on the road playing with Primal Scream. DIS published the full interview today and it's a great read - she discussed playing with Primal Scream, confirmed a new MBV record was recorded (at the time of the interview Googe revealed Kevin Shields was "finishing it up") and talked about MBV's legacy:

"It's brilliant, yet also quite weird in a way that we became seminal for doing nothing. We never got that much press at the time. We never got many front covers. Loveless had the misfortune of coming out the same week as Nevermind which meant we didn't really get a lot of first-hand press, but we got loads afterwards as more and more bands cited us so we became seminal. Which in a way, probably gives you a longer lifespan than actually being popular."

Read the full interview at Drowned In Sound.

My Bloody Valentine are hitting the road next year for some live shows - today three four new U.K. dates were announced. Fans in the U.S. will have to just sit back and drool for now, but according to Googe there are plans to tour America at some point - "America too...I just don't know when."

The full tour itinerary for My Bloody Valentine is posted below (click links for ticket info for the newly added shows).

Update: a second London show has now been added

2/05 - Osaka Namba Hatch, Osaka
2/06 - Osaka Namba Hatch, Osaka
2/07 - Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo
2/08 - Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo
2/10 - Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo
2/16 - ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror, Altona
2/18 - Enmore Theater, Sydney
2/20 - Tivoli Theater, Brisbane
2/22 - Palace Theatre, Melbourne
3/09 – Glasgow - Barrowlands
3/10 – Manchester - Apollo
3/12 – London - Hammersmith Apollo
3/13 - London - Hammersmith Apollo

Additionally, My Bloody Valentine will play Tokyo Rocks Festival in May.

Last month Kevin Shields revealed to NME that a new My Bloody Valentine album will be released before the end of the year and will follow that up with another new ep in 2013.  The year is winding down, Kevin...