My Bloody Valentine’s first stadium performance in seven years – A gig so sensorial that it verged on sensory deprivation

Saturday, 22 November 2025 Traces of excitement around Dublin in the days before My Bloody Valentine’s tour kickoff were small but palpable, resembling something like the clues for a scavenger hunt. A paper sign next to a busker on Grafton Street appeared with the scrawled words ‘Shoegaze started here in 1983’. Rogue flashes of ‘Loveless’ merchandise … Continue reading My Bloody Valentine’s first stadium performance in seven years – A gig so sensorial that it verged on sensory deprivation