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June 13, 2008

My Bloody Valentine's First Show In 16 Years

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"Welcome to our rehearsal. The real gigs start next week," Kevin Shields told a 350-strong sold-out crowd at London's ICA tonight. Little consolation to folks who bought tickets to next Friday's Roundhouse show thinking it would be the shoegaze heroes' very first performance in 16 years. C'est la vie. By all accounts (okay, one account) tonight's warm-up show left concertgoers "ecstatic." The setlist included six cuts from Loveless, four from Isn't Anything, and a 20-minute "You Made Me Realise" as a closer. There were strobelights! Guess I will start refreshing YouTube now. MBV has a number of festival stops before visiting the States this fall. Check out the itinerary here. Tonight's setlist photo via Kubacheck. Click here to enlarge.

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I'd get recircumcised to go to this show. takers?

Posted by: ambient punk at 06/13/08 8:29 PM | Reply
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Where the hell is Sometimes?

Posted by: Allah at 06/13/08 9:14 PM | Reply
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greatest. band. ever.
i'll one-up ambient punk and offer my left testicle for a ticket.

Posted by: ben profile link at 06/13/08 11:06 PM | Reply
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Weird. You'd think that they'd play at LEAST one tune they hadn't played live before. Same as the La's: 17 years later and they have the exact same set list :)

Still, great to see these guys back. I look forward to the bootlegs of these shows to start rolling in.

Posted by: Mo at 06/14/08 12:48 AM | Reply
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Hot damn that's pretty much a perfect set-list, minus the exclusion of "Sometimes". and "Loomer" would've been rad too. oh well, I ain't gonna tell Lil' Kevvy Shields how to do his job. Can't wait for September 23rd!!!

Posted by: Liam at 06/14/08 2:26 AM | Reply
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i posted an extremely short and inaudible clip here from the show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sRfsAJ1xU4

Posted by: stevelam profile link at 06/14/08 5:15 AM | Reply
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what's written next to the songs?

Posted by: scary profile link at 06/14/08 3:05 PM | Reply
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B/TRACK = backing track, as in a melodic or even percussive loop playing behjnd the performance, serving as a click track, keeping the song on course.

TRIGG = drum trigger, probably if the drummer is playing a different instrument and needs a way to start the beat to a particular song.

REV = Mercury Rev ripped this song off, but fuck it, we still want to play it.

Posted by: MBV's Roadie, Kev Beef at 06/14/08 4:05 PM | Reply
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Fucking awesome set list, I can't wait for ATP. There are a few rather crappy-shaky vids already up on Youtube.

Posted by: scott at 06/14/08 7:47 PM | Reply
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the absence of sometimes makes me cry. not that they would stoop to touring australia.

Posted by: tim at 06/15/08 4:23 AM | Reply
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I am sooooo there!!

Posted by: young at 06/15/08 7:07 AM | Reply
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http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=201065

Just showed up on dimeadozen for those people who couldn't make the show.

Posted by: Loomer at 06/15/08 12:38 PM | Reply
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i hope they start adding map ref 41 n 93 w. to the setlists...

Posted by: truck at 06/16/08 11:19 AM | Reply
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