“If everything goes according to plan, I should feel like a shell of a man after this tour,” Ville Valo smiles. The Finnish goth metal star is in chipper spirits ahead of another band break-up.
After closing the curtain on the venerated Him in 2017, Ville picked up the pieces with the VV solo project, releasing its debut album Neon Noir last year. The act was intended to be a victory lap for the Him style of music: one last serving of gloomy yet irresistible love songs to wrap up that 30-year chapter of the frontman’s career. VV is currently on its last-ever tour, which will crescendo with its last-ever concert this Friday (May 10) at London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall. After that, once again, its lynchpin will be an iconic musician without a band to call home.
