Alan McGee Attacks My Bloody Valentine's Comeback Tour

He calls them a cabaret act...

by Daniel Melia
Friday, August 15, 2008
Photo by: Oscar L Tejada
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Alan McGee Attacks My Bloody Valentine's Comeback Tour

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Alan McGee has launched a scathing attack on My Bloody Valentine's 2008 comeback tour calling it “nostalgic cabaret”.

Writing on his Myspace blog McGee, who signed MBV to Creation, attacked Kevin Shields saying his only trick was the infamous noise levels of the band.

He wrote: “Their is a beautiful irony that the ''nostalgic cabaret'' that is my bloody valentine are throwing at people in 2008 gets critical acclaim in the easily pleased UK press with MBV still playing the exact same set they did 20 years ago and the only trick Kevin Shields has anymore in 2008 is actual volume and double extra pa to numb you and zero new songs.”

The man's not bitter, honestly.

Elsewhere in the blog McGee praised the new Mogwai album, 'The Hawk Is Howling', saying it is better than 'Mr Beast' and 'Happy Songs For Happy People'.

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since when did anyone care what McGee thought, hey granddad go back to signing Oasis tribute acts, wetting your bed and thinking about the good ole days.
~ by BG, Jersey 8/15/2008
He really should think about shutting his mouth. He’s just bitter his labels always flop.
~ by DaleMassey 8/16/2008
Jersey Boy, give McGee a break, he’s a genius he gave us Mishka, three colours red, cosmic rough riders and he’’s also signed the only person in glasgow weaker than him: Bobby Gillespe
~ by Dorset Fried Chicken 8/16/2008
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wtf?? is he your messiah? that man signed nowt but shit. look at your list closely... jesus, add to that; hurricane #1, 18 wheeler, the times, sugar, heavy stereo... it’s a long list. the only thing he ever got right was mbv.
~ by toastersgalore 8/17/2008

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