January 14
Erlangen
January 16
Vienna
January 17
Prague
January 18
Chemnitz
January 20
Berlin
January 21
Herford
January 22
Duesseldorf
January 24
Munich
January 25
Hamburg
January 26
Brussels
January 30
New York
January 31
Washington (cancelled)
February 1
Toronto
February 3
Chicago
February 5
San Francisco
February 6
San Francisco
February 7
Los Angeles
February 12
London
February 13
London
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The last German show in Andrew's home city was the longest German show -- 21 songs total. Same as in some previous German gigs of the tour, major problems were had with photographers who just couldn't stop photographing.
In the pre-tour Visions interview Andrew Eldritch noted: "Just like any other band, we do find the Hamburg audience a bit difficult, but like any other audience they do want to have a good time." Same as nearly everywhere else, Hamburg audience kept straight face until Dominion/Mother Russia signaled the start of oldies-goldies half of the show, and went completely crazy afterwards.
Support acts: Think About Mutation, Scoda Blush.
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Setlist
Soundcheck
Thanks to Jochen Upheber (MERCYMAN@t-online.de) for main setlist and Tobias Dorf (heartwork@wtal.de) for soundcheck. |
Written by Jochen Upheber (MERCYMAN@t-online.de)
for Dominion mailing list
My weekend in Hamburg has just finished. It was totally different gig
from those in Herford and
Düsseldorf. Andrew was really right to say
in the Visions interview that the
audience in Hamburg is always difficult,
and very reserved. No comparison with the atmosphere in Hamburg and
Herford.
At the beginning, I really doubted if Andrew would continue with the
show. There were many photographers who didn't stop taking photos. Andrew
got very angry about this, left out some verses of Ribbons and always said
"Go away". But these idiots from the press didn't get the point.
They had their time to take photos but they couldn't find an end. Even
when Andrew hit the microphone stand or pillar or something similar in
the direction of the men from the press, they didn't turn away. Oh Man,
he seemed very angry. We told a man from the security to throw these idiots
out of the hall and he did. Good man!
The surprise of the evening was the song Will I Dream. Mike
told me that they had played it the first time the evening before in
Munich.
The song is faster than Romeo Down or Suzanne.
I liked it very much.
Written by Johan from Sweden (floorshow@hotmail.com)
for The Sisters of Mercy Tours site
The band blasted onto the stage with a totally awesome First and
Last and Always, and Andrew seemed to be in quite a good mood (apart
from those bloody photographers, that is). Unfortunately the Hamburg audience
was very lame, and apart from a few human pyramids and some
occasional sing-along, the response was very bad. This didn't change until
the deafening beats of Dominion/Mother Russia blasted from
the PA. Then people went totally crazy, and luckily they stayed that way
until the end of the concert.
One quite remarkable thing happened during Jolene, which
came up last; Andrew had been kind of flirting with a girl
at the front row since This Corrosion, and during a chorus
of Jolene, he actually leaned towards her, and pulled his shades
up for a few seconds to wave his eyebrows at her!! I stood right behind
this girl, and was totally shocked to suddenly almost stare into the eyes
of Andrew Eldritch! That's Andy, always a ladies man...
Of the new songs, I'd say I like Summer the best, as it
sort of combines the sound of, say, Nine While Nine and maybe
When You Don't See Me. At least in my ears it did. However,
Suzanne and Romeo Down was pretty bloody terrific
as well. I'd say things are looking good for the new album!
Ticket scanned by Christer Andersson (christe@nada.kth.se).
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