Their follow up to 1990’s seminal ‘Loveless’ may have been a long time coming (approximately twenty three years, in fact), but not only do My Bloody Valentine’s fans have a new album to enjoy, there’s also an opportunity to catch Kevin Shields and co live.

In support of that long-awaited disc, ‘mbv’, the band are playing venues across the globe. The tour began last week, but here are the remaining shows:

February 7, 2013 Tokyo, Japan Studio Coast
February 10, 2013 Tokyo, Japan Studio Coast
February 13, 2013 Taipei, Taiwan Ntu Sports Center
February 16, 2013 Melbourne, Australia ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror Melbourne
February 18, 2013 Sydney, Australia Enmore Theatre
February 20, 2013 Queensland, Australia The Tivoli
February 22, 2013 Melbourne, Australia Palace Theatre
March 8, 2013 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy
March 9, 2013 Glasgow, UK Barrowlands
March 10, 2013 Manchester, UK Apollo
March 12, 2013 London, UK Hammersmith Apollo
March 13, 2013 London, UK Hammersmith Apollo
May 11, 2013 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Rocks Music Festival
May 12, 2013 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Rocks Music Festival
May 23, 2013 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound

As yet, no North American shows have been confirmed, although the band have not ruled out the possibility of a trip later.

‘mbv’ was released via the band’s website on February 2nd. It is on general release everywhere else from 22nd February.