HIM's Ville Valo Returns With 'Loveletting'

04-10-2022

Photo courtesy Atom Splitter

(Atom Splitter) Ville Valo has returned with his next chapter following HIM. He just released a new single, called "Loveletting," under the VV banner, which comes from VV's forthcoming debut album Neon Noir.

He explains, "As fun as the funeral rites for HIM were, it took me more than a few moons to lick my wounds in the shadow of the Heartagram and come up with an excuse to strum and hum again.

"Eventually, I decided to put a leash on my beloved black dog and we started howling together instead of barking at each other. That's how 'Loveletting' was born."

VV's debut album Neon Noir is scheduled for release in early 2023; belonging to the same forlorn world of woe and whimsy once conceived and governed by Valo in HIM, VV arrives with additional nuanced notes of a fine aged Cabernet.

Valo adds, "Artistically speaking, the main difference between HIM and VV is the extra line in the Heartagram, but what an exquisite line it is! It's the Mamas and the Papas dressed up as Metallica on their way to a Halloween bash at the Studio 54, and now who wouldn't want to witness that?"

Further details around Neon Noir will be released in due course. In the meantime, fans are invited to any number of VV's headline tour dates taking place next year across Europe, the UK, and North America. Naturally starting in Helsinki, Finland, the 2023 extensive run reaches the UK in March, before heading toAmerica come April.

U.S. tickets will be available for purchase from Friday, April 15 at 10am local time.

NORTH AMERICAN 2023 TOUR DATES:
4/1-Philadelphia, PA-Theatre of Living Arts
4/2-Boston, MA-Big Night Live
4/4-Pittsburgh, PA-Roxian Theatre
4/5-Cleveland, OH-House of Blues
4/6-Detroit, MI-St Andrews Hall
4/8-Cincinnati, OH-Bogarts
4/9-Chicago, IL-House of Blues
4/11-Minneapolis, MN-Varsity Theater
4/13-Denver, CO-Summit
4/14-Salt Lake City, UT-The Depot
4/16-Sacramento, CA-Ace of Spades
4/17-San Francisco, CA-The Fillmore
4/18-Los Angeles, CA-The Belasco
4/21-Las Vegas, NV-House of Blues
4/22-San Diego, CA-House of Blues
4/23-Phoenix, AZ-The Van Buren
4/25-Dallas, TX-House of Blues
4/26-San Antonio, TX-Aztec Theater
4/27-Houston, TX-House of Blues
4/28-New Orleans, LA-House of Blues
4/30-Orlando, FL-House of Blues
5/1-Ft Lauderdale, FL-Revolution
5/3-Atlanta, GA-Buckhead Theatre
5/4-Nashville, TN-Brooklyn Bowl
5/5-Charlotte, NC-Underground
5/7-Silver Spring, MD-The Fillmore
5/8-New York, NY-Irving Plaza