On Augst 4th, former HIM frontman Ville valo performed at Wacken Open Air 2023. Pro-shot vidfeo of his entire show can be viewed below.
The setlist was as follows:
"Echolocate Your Love"
"Poison Girl"
"The Foreverlost"
"Right Here In My Arms"
"Run Away From The Sun"
"Buried Alive By Love"
"Heartful Of Ghosts"
"Join Me In Death"
"Neon Noir"
"The Kiss Of Dawn"
"Loveletting"
"Wings Of A Butterfly"
"Salute The Sanguine"
"The Funeral Of Hearts"
"Saturnine Saturnalia"
This fall, the classic season for dark and romantic music, Black Veil Brides and VV (Ville Valo) will co-headline a massive tour in select cities across North America. Presented by Hot Topic, the BVB & VV 2023 Tour (featuring special guests Dark Divine) combines three unique bands who champion the heavy-hearted, hopeless, and broken with mixtures of high intensity and melody.
Produced by Live Nation, tickets to the tour will be available starting Tuesday, May 30 at 12 PM, ET via pre-sales with additional pre-sales running throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, June 2 at 10 AM, local time on LiveNation.com. For more information on the pre-sales visit BlackVeilBrides.net.
“We cannot wait to join forces with Ville Valo and give both of our audiences in North America an unforgettable experience each night,” says Black Veil Brides frontman Andy Biersack. “This run has been in the works for quite a while. We couldn't be happier now that we can finally share the news. Ville is an icon. We have all been fans of his, not only for his work in the hugely influential band HIM but as a torchbearer for an entire generation of rock fans and musicians.”
“There's something tinnitus-inducingly romantic about the idea of being sandwiched nightly between Black Veil Brides and Dark Divine on this autumnal trek across North America,” muses Valo. “And imagining us explore the architecture of doom and gloom from three distinctly different musical perspectives has already made the bats in my belfry suitably ravenous.”
Andy adds, “This tour is a dream come true and will be something special. Dark Divine is new to the scene but garnering a lot of attention quickly and rightfully so. They are hands down one of the best young bands out there, and we are certain the BVB Army and VV fans will love them.”
Committed to uncompromising expression, with a foundation in hard rock tradition and rule-breaking iconoclasm, Black Veil Brides is a transcendent celebration of life-affirming power and anthemic catharsis. A gothic vision first summoned in a small town by an isolated kid fascinated with death, rock, theatricality, and monsters (both real and imagined), Black Veil Brides is now a postmodern heavy metal institution with a legion of like-minded fans and supporters worldwide.
2021’s The Phantom Tomorrow produced BVB’s first Top 10 single, “Scarlet Cross.” Last year’s The Mourning EP offered similar success with “Saviour II,” joining a rich catalog that includes “Knives and Pens” (over 160 million views on YouTube), the certified gold “Fallen Angels,” and the recently certified platinum “In the End.” (It’s possible Black Veil Brides may even release another brand-new song in the not-too-distant future…)
HIM, renowned as one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time, has sold over ten million records. Ville Valo, the band's frontman, released a series of beloved albums with HIM from 1997 through 2013, boasting influential modern goth-rock anthems like “Right Here in My Arms,” “Join Me in Death,” “Buried Alive by Love,” and “Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly.”
Tour dates:
September
10 - Louisville, KY - Paristown Hall
11 - Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing Company
12 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live
14 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
15 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!*
16 - Niagara Falls, NY - The Rapids Theater*
17 - Toronto, ON - History
19 - Montreal, QC - MTelus
20 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
22 - Wallingford, CT - Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theater
23 - Bethlehem, PA - Wind Creek Event Center
24 - Montclair, NJ - The Wellmont Theater
25 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount
27 - Grand Rapids, MI - GLC Live at 20 Monroe
28 - Gary, IN - Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana*
29 - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live!*
30 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
October
1 - Chesterfield, MO - The Factory
3 - Austin, TX - ACL Live
5 - Tulsa, OK - Tulsa Theater*
6 - Omaha, NE - Steelhouse Omaha
7 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee
9 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
11 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Convention Centre
12 - Calgary, AB - Grey Eagle Event Centre
14 - Vancouver, BC - Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
15 - Spokane, WA - The Podium
16 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
18 - Garden City, ID - Revolution Concert House
19 - Wheatland, CA - Hard Rock Live
20 - Riverside, CA - Riverside Municipal Auditorium
* Not A Live Nation Date
