Watch My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields join Dinosaur Jr. to cover The Cure in London
nme.comDinosaur Jr. were joined on stage in London by My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields on Tuesday (November 14).During the show at The Garage, Shields and Dinosaur Jr.
played three songs together, including one from each of their back catalogues, as well as a cover of The Cure’s 1987 classic single ‘Just Like Heaven’.In addition, Shields jumped on a rendition of ‘Tarpit’, originally released on Dinosaur Jr.’s second album, 1987’s ‘You’re Living All Over Me’, before they went on to perform a version of My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Thorn’, from their 1988 EP ‘You Made Me Realise’.Watch live footage of the performances below:Dinosaur Jr.
and My Bloody Valentine have a long history together, dating back to the 1992 Rollercoaster Tour, which saw them sharing bills with each other, as well as The Jesus and Mary Chain and Blur.
The tour was an offshoot of the successful Lollapalooza Festival.Shields is not the first guest Dinosaur Jr. have welcomed on stage recently, after Richard Ayoade also joined them on stage in London on November 13, playing guitar during a version of ‘The Lung’.
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