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VV KÆLAN MIKLA

decade since final Him album and six years since their farewell tour, so tonight is a big deal. Not only for fans who’ve been pining for romantic gothic frontman Ville Valo, but for Ville himself. As he told this very magazine in January, striking out on his own for his first solo album, under the name VV, required a process of soul-searching, and of digging deep to find courage and confidence. Testing this courage and confidence onstage is his next step. Will he be able to recapture

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