Sisters in 2006

Obviousman · 29 Dec 2005, 23:45

If it were only Vegas, it could've been just one crazy fanatic, but as there's another gig planned (Phoenix) isn't it more likely someone's behind it?

/conspiracy theory

Scardwel · 30 Dec 2005, 00:34

From the Warlocks' homepage:

Interesting, looks like The Warlocks are opening up for The Sisters Of Mercy in February/March, we just love The Sisters Of Mercy, they rule! Thank you! Mr. Eldritch. We promise only to use HAZERS and not have a fog machine war! Check back soon for more details.

Francis · 30 Dec 2005, 00:36

I don't care why he's doing it. I'm just glad he is.

Ozpat · 30 Dec 2005, 00:53

Scardwel wrote:From the Warlocks' homepage:

Interesting, looks like The Warlocks are opening up for The Sisters Of Mercy in February/March, we just love The Sisters Of Mercy, they rule! Thank you! Mr. Eldritch. We promise only to use HAZERS and not have a fog machine war! Check back soon for more details.

February/March? So March dates as well

DeWinter · 30 Dec 2005, 01:17

Ozpat wrote:
DeWinter wrote: but I stick to my policy of not shelling out for tickets,travel,and accomodation untill he has something worth listening to,rather than the same old songs..
IMHO the Sisters are always worth listening to. I love the same old songs....but I also hope for new ones and a studio thingy....

Oh,I love them too,but not enough to want to pay money to hear them live anymore.I had a friend who was willing to put me up for the free gig in Leeds a while back,but I didn't think it worth the hassle even then.I'm not an obsessive fan,if theres nothing new for me to see/hear,I won't bother going.
I can't get excited over a handful of small gigs,I'm afraid.

paint it black · 30 Dec 2005, 01:26

the Lord giveth and then the bastard taketh away again

Ozpat · 30 Dec 2005, 01:45

paint it black wrote:
Scardwel wrote:From the Warlocks' homepage:

Interesting, looks like The Warlocks are opening up for The Sisters Of Mercy in February/March, we just love The Sisters Of Mercy, they rule! Thank you! Mr. Eldritch. We promise only to use HAZERS and not have a fog machine war! Check back soon for more details.
don't know if it matters, but it appears they're on the Mute label

I hope it does!!! Gives me hope again

Mute is also mentioned in the FAQ section (off the slightly less boring kind).

30 Dec 2005, 14:46

given von's well documented dependence on cigarettes, and the fact that very few airlines offer smoking flighst any more, one can only assume he will be taking a somewhat circuitous route to vegas...?

you could probably find see him lurking about the airport sometime over the next couple of days

leeds/bradford --> spain
[fag break]
spain --> chicago (not new york as its a no smoking city...)
[fag break]
chicago --> vegas via some creeky old domestic airline that permits smoking

see? thats why he rarely plays the states! he cant actually get there without going 8 hours without a smoke

eastmidswhizzkid · 01 Jan 2006, 07:40

so quiffmeister -when are you planning to change your avatar/sig/location next?

dare i say it, but no-one seems to have thought about where they will be warming-up the new guitarist ...(which they will inevitably want to -even if it is mr. marx [/wishful thinking])

robertzombie · 01 Jan 2006, 15:43

i went away for a few days hoping to come back to a list of UK dates. oh well...

James Blast · 01 Jan 2006, 19:00

well I'm boycotting it, simple because my tour itenery would equal:
Glasgow --> Leeds/Bradford
[fag break]
Leeds/Bradford --> Spain
[fag break]
Spain --> Chicago (not new york as its a no smoking city...)
[fag break]
Chicago --> Vegas via some creeky old domestic airline that permits smoking and then the same on the way back, Bollocks tae that!

Barracuda · 01 Jan 2006, 21:14

dtsom wrote:IÂ´ve seen that the sisters will play in the MARQUEE THEATRE ON 18-FEBRUARY-06(Tempe, AZ 85281)

http://www.luckymanonline.com/EventDeta ... ventID=759

Or maybe not - "One of England's leading "goth" bands of the 1980s"

Dark · 01 Jan 2006, 21:38

Barracuda wrote:
dtsom wrote:IÂ´ve seen that the sisters will play in the MARQUEE THEATRE ON 18-FEBRUARY-06(Tempe, AZ 85281)

http://www.luckymanonline.com/EventDeta ... ventID=759
Or maybe not - "One of England's leading "goth" bands of the 1980s"

Well, that's the same description found on Winamp, WMP, and most other sites that are too lazy to write their own Sisters bio.

christophe · 02 Jan 2006, 13:52

I didn't think this was official yet.
taken from the Robochrist guestbook.

Robochrist wrote: And whoever was on about Las Vegas... I might see you there, yes.

seems like Chris is on board for another tour

Bartek · 02 Jan 2006, 14:15

but first mr. Catalyst have tourne in my country (and my hometown)

_emma_ · 02 Jan 2006, 15:58

I have a close friend in Nevada. For ages, he'd kept trying to convince me to come to visit him there for a couple of months, and I'd said no because my favourite band would never play there. He'd been ready to pay for my plane tickets. But I'd kept saying no until he gave up. He sold his place in Nevada and moved to Lithuania a few weeks ago.
And I have an uncle in Phoenix, who kept trying to convince me to visit him there for a couple of months, or maybe to stay forever, and he was ready to pay for my plane tickets too, but I said no dear uncle, how could I go that far if my favourite band are playing gigs in Europe so often. Now I guess the offer is still valid, but it's much too late to get the visa.
Conclusion: THERE MUST BE SOME DATES LATER HERE IN EUROPE. Thank you.

eastmidswhizzkid · 02 Jan 2006, 16:42

26th june hamburg apparently...

shivarising · 02 Jan 2006, 22:18

_emma_ wrote: Now I guess the offer is still valid, but it's much too late to get the visa.

Now, I know US security has been heightened by the shadow war on terror and all, but you don't need a visa to visit Arizona.

Andrew S · 03 Jan 2006, 02:19

shivarising wrote:
_emma_ wrote: Now I guess the offer is still valid, but it's much too late to get the visa.
Now, I know US security has been heightened by the shadow war on terror and all, but you don't need a visa to visit Arizona.

Well you do under certain conditions i.e. if you have a criminal record, are HIV+, don't have citizenship of countries covered by the Visa Waiver Program (UK being one of them) etc. Otherwise, there's no need for one.
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/rctour.html

James Blast · 03 Jan 2006, 02:42

Andrew S wrote:Well you do under certain conditions i.e. if you have a criminal record, are HIV+, don't have citizenship of countries covered by the Visa Waiver Program (UK being one of them) etc. Otherwise, there's no need for one.
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/rctour.html

or a Bin Laden beard

eastmidswhizzkid · 03 Jan 2006, 02:58

i got to laugh at that one twice when i twigged that andrew has indeed got a bin-laden beard you could hide a badger (or bin laden) in.

Norman Hunter · 03 Jan 2006, 08:57

It's all in the name. As Planet Dave will undoubtably know, in these parts Castleford and Pontefract are known as Cas Vegas and Ponte Carlo. Forget the visas and get the 163 from Boar Lane on a Day Rider

paint it black · 03 Jan 2006, 09:47

the Lord giveth and then the bastard taketh away again

03 Jan 2006, 12:26

robertzombie wrote: i went away for a few days hoping to come back to a list of UK dates. oh well...

Aye.

Good for all our friends west of the Atlantic. I'm not going to gripe about the gigs not being in Europe; we've had our share.

I very much doubt I'll be able to afford to get across though.

So the "surprise" is that the Sisters are playing the USA?

aims · 03 Jan 2006, 12:58

And that it's a full blown tour, funded by Mute, who they're releasing an album on and that we're getting UK dates

Pretty please?