2005
Europe 2005
2003
Smoke and Mirrors
2002
Summer 2002 Europe
2001
Summer * Europe
2001
Exxile on Euphoria
1999
To the Planet Edge
1998
Summer
1998
Event Horizon
1997
Distance Over Time
1996
Roadkill/ Goldkill
July 8-9
Wiesen
August 2
Leeds
August 6
Tilburg
August 8
Lokeren
August 10
Zürich
August 11
Wien
August 12
Tábor
August 14
Hildesheim
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2005/08/08 LOKEREN - Review/Setlist are here Send reviews and/or pictures to tours@xxx.lt.
News
New song
The surprise song was premierred in Lokeren and
was identified by Paul and Donan as cover of
reagae song "Uptown Top Ranking", writtten and performed by Althea Forrest and Donna Reid
in 1978.
Slept (new song from 2003) has also returned starting with Lokeren.
Media files
Everybody and their uncle has phones with digital cameras/sound recorders
these days, so pictures and sound recordings are in abundance (too bad they're mostly crappy).
Here's a list of what we feature:
Wien venue changed
(updated - tickets are not on internet sale anymore)
Sharp-eyed Johan Aman reports that Sisters venue in Wien has been changed from
Arena Wien's Open Air hall to Arena Wien's Große Halle, as can be seen here
(at the very bottom).
Also, tickets are not on internet sale anymore. It's not clear whether it means
a sold-out show or that the time for internet sales has finished.
Open Air venue holds 3000 viewers, while Große Halle - just 490 (as seen
here).
Shame, really. They are as good as they were 10 years ago, but much less punters care about it.
This probably means that:
For those 490 people it will probably be interesting to see Sisters play in tiny venue.
On the other hand, the band usually benefits a lot from a large, go-for-it crowd
in front of them - so added intimacy might be for worse than for the better.
(note that some people seem to contest this, with fair argument that there were
precedents of strang smallish gigs such as this year's concert in Leeds).
(thanks to "the-happening")
Personnel changes
This update on the
official website finally gave information for who's who in the band. By
the looks of it, The Sisters of Mercy is now exclusively Andrew Eldritch's
domain - the second band member in order of significance is the drum machine.
According to Andrew Eldritch, The Sisters of Mercy are:
The biggest news are that yes, the rumours were true - guitarist Adam Pearson decided
to call it quits after more than 10 years of being Andrew's main sidekick (he still agreed to go through motions in this tour).
Adam's only recorded contribution to Sisters was guitar on Under the Gun, the last single of the band. Later he also authored
music to several songs which the band plays live (Summer, Romeo Down, Will I Dream,
Top Nite
Out, and possibly more), but these are unlikely to be relased.
In 1998 Adam personally blocked plans to issue
an independent Sisters single and thus try to restart their career, and he
forbid to put any of his songs for free download.
And these were quite unproductive 10 years -
although to be
fair to Adam, this could not have been foreseen when he joined in 1993.
For more on Chris May, the the new guitarist for this year click here for more
information about him.
Songs
The only gig so far Leeds gig didn't have any surpise songs.
The songs were mostly the same as in previous tours, and all the new and
resurrected songs of the Smoke and Mirrors
tour (2003) were out. This regression might or might not be reversed in upcoming gigs.
Some songs were played differenty this time around: Giving Ground and
Ribbons (and possibly some other songs) feature new guitar riffs, probably due
to the new guitarist; First and Last and Always are played with old, pre-1996
guitar riff. Lucretia seems to have exchanged the bass line for synth, and sounds
fresh and raw.
On the other hand, most other songs such as Top Nite Out, is just the same as it was before.
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