My Bloody Valentine Tickets

Brilliant performance! I would love to see them again.

Could have been louder, but regardless the show was a banger.

Like many, I had waited a long time (20 years) to get to see MBV in my city. I was fully prepared to be disappointed - how could this show live up to the expectation created by the wait and endless reviews of "loudest band in the world" blah blah blah? Well, I'm not sure if MBV are the loudest and I really don't care if they are - this show was absolutely one of the best gigs I have ever been to. I had formed expectations of an uncontrolled wall of shrill feedback. The SOUND itself is so rich and dense, layers and layers of processed sounds swirling and drilling into your cranium. The ultimate Psychedelia. Every song sounds incredible, you can tell a lot if work went into giving these songs another dimension in a live setting. In fact, I found that every song sounds completely different and revitalized. Well done, Kevin and company, please bring it back to philly!

I knew something was up when they weren't handing out earplugs at the door. All in all, still a very enjoyable concert, but it wasn't the same room-vibratingly loud show that I experienced in '08 at Roseland Ballroom.

It's My Bloody Valentine. That's all you need to know. An emotional AND physical experience. I'll never forget it.

Amazing, Once in a Lifetime Experience! Louder than and earthquake in your skull. Sound and lights that make your mind go wobbly. Sounds never before created by guitar drums and bass. Worth every penny.

In fact it was VERY loud! They gave us earplugs on the way in (and bless them for it). I would say that if you were not familiar with their music, you would not be able to tell which song was which. If I were 20 something again, I might have thought that was fun (I did when I left a Ted Nugent concert unable to hear anything, but that was 30 years ago). So use your earplugs and enjoy the show.

Show was great, glad I got to catch this awesome band!

great show. Finally got a chance to see them. Loud!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Bloody Valentine produced a full sonic environment, very much living up to the standards of Loveless and the new M B V albums. Good sound - it was loud of course as it had to be, but not unbearable. A unique experience.

MBV was/is one of the most innovative bands out there. Unfortunately their live show was an exercise in frustration. There were glimmers of the euphoric, numinous, mind-splitting waves of sound found in the studio. But most of that was plastered over by the shrill cophony of ultrasonic distortion and unrecognizable tremolo. Too many songs on Loveless and Isn't Anything were reduced to mostly feedback and reverb. Vocals were unhearable instead of blending into the rhythm and bass as a mysterious living instrument. The show sounded as if this was the brainchild of a 12 yr old in their basement covering MBV with the amp cranked to 11. Almost all the subtlety and nuance was lost in ear-deafening pink noise madness. We moved all around the space to see if there was a sweet spot to no avail. A few songs (mostly from the new album) pierced the fog of insanity during the first half of the set, but the scene seemed to get worse as time went on. Perhaps it was a problem with the sound engineer or the mixing, but there was no encore and I don't think anyone cared after hearing over 10 minutes of unrelenting droning for their swan song.

Earplugs are for wimps! Second row right by the speakers, in front of Kevin, a wall of sound, sheer awesomeness, walls of amps and speakers stacked and they blew out some. omg, mbv!

This was one of the greatest shows ever. The sonic wall was everything, and the band sounded amazing. I yearned for more vocals but in the end, thats their style.

It was hard to see no matter here you were (due to the stage set up). You couldn't hear any vocals. The band just plowed though songs with minimal audience interaction, and without any dancing.

Waited 23 years for this one, it was way worth it! The sheer enormity of MBV's live sound is something that can't be put into words, you read about how they are considered one of the loudest live acts to ever grace a stage & yes, this is probably true. But what you don't get until you see them live is how this insane wall of sound actually works. Their show is a full-body/mind experience, I had huge expectations & was still floored beyond words 3 days later. The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium worked really well with MBV's sound, acoustics were very impressive, very clean, no bouncing sound... great overall experience! My Bloody Valentine... If you ever have a chance to see them live, go!!!!

if you like the albums, you'll love the show. be prepared for the fabled volume.

They blew the audience away (quite literally at times), and I couldn't be happier.

My Bloody Valentine was a bucket list band for me. They did not disappoint! Great lights & set list. Only quibble is the vocals were buried in the mix but then again the records are like that. I have been to 100's of shows over the years & the last 15 minutes of the show was the loudest music I've ever heard. The song "You Made Me Realize" is the band's traditional set closer. I would compare it to standing next to a running jet engine during an earthquake. People were stunned. I wore plugs & my ears are still ringing. The song is oddly beautiful though. There was no encore but after "Realize" anything else would've been pointless. Note: as usual, the Showbox staff were very good about accomodating patrons with special needs. I've got mobility issues & the Showbox (both venues) are the best about making sure that my experience is a good one. They are both excellent clubs & the best run music clubs I've experienced.

Finally getting to hear new material played live by this group was going to be good enough, the last minute venue change to the Showbox SODO changed this into a legendary gig. The sound system (Provided by Monster) has finally made that venue a good place to see a show. They has ample opportunity to show off how loud that new system could go as Kevin seemed hell bent to wrench even more elastic sounds from his guitar on stage than he had over the last couple of decades in his studio. The new material was AMAZING sounding. Actually much closer in live performance than a lot of the Loveless material ends up being. Wonder 2 had Colm joining Kevin and Belinda on guitars at the front as well as new guitar/keyboardist Jen bringing up the rear. The holocaust was present and correct as ever. Like lighting your cigarette with the engine from a star destroyer: just TOO loud.