What with all the prognosticating and the mud-slinging, My Bloody Valentine have been fairly regular fixtures around these parts in the last month or so.

The band have now announced their first dates for 2013. According to Pitchfork, MBV will hit Japan for three dates in February. One will be in Osaka, and two will take place in Tokyo. The shows will be their first in the country in over 20 years.

The band’s last major tour was in 2008, a jaunt that give rise to one of this writer’s favourite ever photographs.

Dates:
Feb 6 2013: Osaka, Japan – The Hatch
Feb 7 2013: Tokyo, Japan – Studio Coast
Feb 8 2013: Tokyo, Japan – Studio Coast