From 24-28 November, Greg James challenged himself to fulfil all the promises he's made to Radio 1 listeners over the years. Recently on Radio 1 Breakfast, the listeners have been reminding Greg of ...

“Louder?” Kevin Shields wryly asks the audience on Saturday night as he, Colm Ó Cíosóig, Debbie Googe and Bilinda Butcher lay waste to whatever expectations anyone might have had about My Bloody ...

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The lasting impact of My Bloody Valentine on contemporary music is widely disproportionate to their popularity. Album sales have been modest, but they pioneered shoegaze and had a massive influence on ...

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 ...

Let’s get the clichés out of the way on My Bloody Valentine’s gig in Dublin: a sonic cathedral of glorious dreamlike otherworldliness, ethereal white noise, heavenly-sounding walls of textured effects ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Happy Valentine’s Day—you’re my happily-ever-after. There are so many wonderful reasons I love calling you Valentine. At the ...

The stakes — and the action — have never been bigger in Stranger Things’ fifth and final season. While a single Demogorgon was a terrifying threat in season 1, there’s now a whole army of ...