My Bloody Valentine closed out its 7 date U.S. reunion tour last night in Santa Monica, CA, which generated more than $1 million dollars in gross.

Billboard has an excellent piece on the band, detailing the specifics of the tour and showing how much of an ordeal it really is to plan and execute a successful tour. The tour was in the works for a long time and the band were heavily rumored to be reuniting for last year’s Coachella Festival, but they weren’t ready just yet.

“Tollett came in with an enormous offer for the band to play the 2008 festival, which would have made it financially feasible for Shields to re-form and properly equip MBV. But the band wasn’t ready to take the stage by late April, so Shields opted instead to team with All Tomorrow’s Parties co-founder Barry Hogan for an opening salvo of U.K. dates starting in June, followed by some international festival appearances. MBV also agreed to headline the New York ATP show and then build a short North American tour around it.”

“Playing for a guarantee sources say was six figures not counting sizable merch sales, MBV laid waste to audiences with crushingly loud 90-minute sets, each of which ended with the wall-rattling feedback barrage “You Made Me Realise.”

It’s great to see that the band has set the stage for another tour and that they will most likely continue on with new album plans. A lot of people are going to be happy about this.

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