Nine months on from the release of his ‘Neon Noir’ album, Ville Valo has announced a world tour – which will see him play London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall.
The tour that’s set to close a chapter on VV’s ‘Neon Noir’ era will also see the return of the Valo-curated Helldone Festival, taking place on December 31 to see out there year.
From there, the huge run of dates will see the former HIM frontman play shows across the globe in 2024, following nights in South America and Mexico later this year.
News of the tour doesn’t just follow the release of ‘Neon Noir’, of course, but comes amid the start of another major VV tour, with his co-headline tour of North America alongside Black Veil Brides now in motion.
Likewise, VV recently featured on the front cover of Rock Sound, with an 18-page feature providing insight into not only the making of ‘Neon Noir’ but a career-spanning delve into Ville Valo’s entire journey.
Plus, we’ve teamed up with VV to create this exclusive heartagram t-shirt, delivered worldwide and only available at SHOP.ROCKSOUND.TV.
Whilst the recent Rock Sound feature explores VV’s entire artistic history, the former HIM singer has added that the forthcoming world tour will mark both the conclusion of his ‘Neon Noir’ cycle and end of his latest reincarnation, saying:
“The idea behind VV and 'Neon Noir’ was to symbolically finish what HIM started, and after the bangs and whimpers at the Royal Albert Hall it’s time to reshuffle the pieces of the puzzle once again and give Herbert West a shout.
“I had no expectations whatsoever when releasing music under the banner of VV, so I’ve been quite shocked to see people still find my kind of racket enjoyable, warts and all.
“Touring has been way less painful than I dared to hope, and as we say in Finland, it fits my arse like a glove. A mourning glove from a bygone era.”
See the full tour dates below and visit here to buy tickets, which go on general sale at 10am on Friday, September 15.
With special guest Eivør and support from Zetra.
31.12.2023 Helldone Festival, Helsinki (Tavastia Club)
13.03.2024 Auckland, New Zealand (The Powerstation)
15.03.2024 Melbourne, Australia (Northcote Theatre)
16.03.2024 Sydney, Australia (Metro)
17.03.2024 Brisbane, Australia (Tivoli)
04.04.2024 Athens, Greece (Fuzz Club)
05.04.2024 Thessaloniki, Greece (Principal Club Theater)
06.04.2024 Sofia, Bulgaria (Joy Station)
08.04.2024 Bucharest, Romania (Sala Palatului)
09.04.2024 Belgrade, Serbia (Dom Omladine)
11.04.2024 Ljubljana, Slovenia (Cvetlicarna)
12.04.2024 Bratislava, Slovakia (MMC)
13.04.2024 Katowice, Poland (MCK)
15.04.2024 Vilnius, Lithuania (Compensa)
16.04.2024 Riga, Latvia (Palladium)
17.04.2024 Tallinn, Estonia (Helitehas)
19.04.2024 Oulu, Finland (Tullisali)
20.04.2024 Seinäjoki, Finland (Rytmikorjaamo)
21.04.2024 Jyväskylä, Finland (Lutakko)
23.04.2024 Tampere, Finland (Pakkahuone)
24.04.2024 Turku, Finland (Logomo)
25.04.2024 Turku-Stockholm, Finland (M/S Viking Grace)
26.04.2024 Gothenburg, Sweden (Pustervik)
28.04.2024 Oslo, Norway (Rockefeller)
29.04.2024 Stockholm, Sweden (Berns)
30.04.2024 Copenhagen, Denmark (Amager Bio)
02.05.2024 Bremen, Germany (Aladin)
03.05.2024 Leipzig, Germany (Haus Auensee)
04.05.2024 Wiesbaden, Germany (Schlachthof)
05.05.2024 Brussels, Belgium (A.B.)
07.05.2024 Tilburg, The Netherlands (013)
10.05.2024 London, UK (Royal Albert Hall)
