News Ville Valo to bring Neon Noir cycle to an end with massive world tourHIM’s legendary Ville Valo is saying goodbye to VV with a huge 2024 tour, which finishes up at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall in May.
Features Mashed potatoes, minimalism and supporting Metallica: Life on the road with Ville ValoWhether it’s stealing “weird plastic ravens” with HIM or talking about his underwear onstage, touring with Ville Valo is never dull…
News Here’s the setlist from Ville Valo’s first-ever VV solo showVille Valo offered up an awesome 50/50 split between his VV solo stuff and HIM classics at Helsinki’s Tavastia club on Friday night…
Features The rise of Ville Valo, as told through HIM’s most important gigsWhether it’s playing to “20 people, plus a guy with a dog” in Nottingham or catching Tony Iommi side-stage while performing at Download Festival, Ville Valo has got a live story for pretty much every occasion…
Reviews Album review: VV – Neon NoirStraight-to-the-heart solo return from Ville Valo, frontman of dearly departed Finnish stars HIM…
News Listen to Ville Valo’s new VV single, The ForeverlostVV drops the next single from his upcoming debut solo album Neon Noir, which Ville Valo calls a “neat little Gordian knot of the gothic variety”.
News Ville Valo confirms Neon Noir tracklist, cover and release dateVille Valo has officially confirmed details of his debut album as VV, Neon Noir, which he describes as a “sonic step-by-step guide on how to survive”.
The Cover Story Ville Valo: “It’s a continuation of what I’ve done in the past and what might happen next”Half a decade on from the end of gothic rock heroes HIM, frontman Ville Valo is gearing up to release his debut solo album. And in Neon Noir, not only did the Finnish icon find a reason to keep going during the pandemic, it also sees Ville still very much enjoying his dreamy journey into the dark side…
News Ville Valo unveils new single, Echolocate Your LoveListen to the new VV single Echolocate Your Love, which Ville Valo describes as “a teary mascara marathon between Robert Smith and Ozzy, with a dash of hope”.
News Watch the video for VV’s (Ville Valo) new single LovelettingVille Valo has unveiled Loveletting, the first single and video from VV’s upcoming album Neon Noir (spoiler: contains sheep).
News Ville Valo announces solo album Neon Noir, plus Europe, UK and U.S. tour datesUnder the banner VV, HIM’s Ville Valo will be releasing debut album Neon Noir in 2023, and then hitting the road for a headline tour…
News HIM’s Ville Valo confirms he’s releasing new music this FridayNew music from HIM’s Ville Valo is arriving in just a couple of days’ time!
Features The 20 greatest HIM songs – rankedFrom Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 to Tears On Tape, we rank HIM’s darkest, most delicious offerings…
Features The 29 greatest songs about vampiresIn honour of World Dracula Day, we count down the 29 vampiric songs that suck the hardest
News Crobar launches online pub and new crowdfunding raffle prizesAs legendary London establishment Crobar's crowdfunder hits £70k, a new online pub and more raffle prices have been announced in a bid to raise a further £25k.
Features HIM’s Ville Valo: “Love and sex is at the core of everything”HIM’s breakthrough fourth album Love Metal not only changed the lives of a generation of fans, it also turned their enigmatic frontman Ville Valo into a star…
News HIM’s Ville Valo releases new EP, Gothica Fennica Vol. 1HIM vocalist Ville Valo has just dropped a new three-track EP, Gothica Fennica Vol. 1.