IN FOCUS// Ville Valo at The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland

IN FOCUS// Ville Valo at The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

Ville Valo is one of the most well-known Finnish musicians, who gained most of his success as a frontman and songwriter of the band named HIM that disbanded in 2017.

In 2023, Ville released his solo album Neon Noir and announced a new tour. On the 13th of March, Valo visited Glasgow, Scotland and played fan-favourite HIM songs and his new material. The show was completely sold-out.

IN FOCUS// Ville Valo at The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

The venue was full of people wearing Heartagram symbols that are Ville Valo and HIM’s signature. The same stylised symbol was decorating the stage. A post-punk band from Iceland Kælan Mikla is supporting VV during the tour. Their Stevie Nicks/The Cure/Depeche Mode/Chelsea Wolfe-style performance set the tone for the night perfectly.

IN FOCUS// Ville Valo at The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

After that, Ville Valo came on stage and gave an outstanding performance. During all of the HIM songs, there was the loudest sing-along imaginable. At times Ville stopped singing and looked at the crowd in awe. The support for his new record was also huge and the singer thanked everyone for such a warm welcome.

IN FOCUS// Ville Valo at The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

 

IN FOCUS// Ville Valo at The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

Setlist:
Echolocate Your Love
The Funeral of Hearts (HIM)
Neon Noir
Right Here in My Arms (HIM)
Loveletting
Buried Alive by Love (HIM)
In Trenodia
Wings of a Butterfly (HIM)
Heartful of Ghosts
Join Me in Death (HIM)
The Foreverlost
The Kiss of Dawn (HIM)
Run Away From the Sun
When Love and Death Embrace (HIM)
Encore:
Soul on Fire (HIM)
Salute the Sanguine
Poison Girl (HIM)
Saturnine Saturnalia

 

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Alina Salihbekova 70 Articles
Alina is a professional journalist and linguist who loves attending gigs. She's been taking pictures and reviewing live music since 2015 for a variety of different websites. Alina is a big music enthusiast and enjoys all sorts of different genres from nu-metal, industrial and hard rock to jazz, electronic and ambient music.

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