The sisters of mercy to Stockholm 09-03-21!

Andrew S · 23 Mar 2009, 19:44

Well, this show seems to be another opinion divider. I didn't expect much from the Stockholm gig - a rushed weekend visit to somewhere even colder than Scotland, turning up early and still finding quite a few people already in the queue, the bootleggers patrolling the queue trying to peddle their crap... But then the gig started!!! And despite my reservations about the sound, I left that basketball hall with a big smile on my face that's been there ever since

TheBoyNextDoor · 23 Mar 2009, 20:33

A quite positive review of the gig.. in swedish:
http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/musik/artikel_2629137.svd

- but if you read the comments for the review I would say it says more about how the gig felt for the general public.

Nic · 23 Mar 2009, 22:34

And here's a review from the Swedish "Daily News", run through Google translate.

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And if you wonder what "Ã¶lmage" means, it's beer belly.

rian · 24 Mar 2009, 00:13

Hmm, how many of you really traveled to Stockholm ,m to see it?

Must be some hard core fans here, yeah!

_emma_ · 24 Mar 2009, 01:21

Nic wrote:I'm with TheBoyNextDoor & xfloorshowx.
The sound was under all critique and it would have been nice to actually hear Andrew sing.

Where I was standing at the front, he could be heard very loud and clear and the voice itself was much better than it's been since a long time ago.

And this is not a personal opinion of the mad _emma_ who's always in love despite the circumstances, it's a fact.

Scardwel · 24 Mar 2009, 02:08

I don't really want to comment too much, but this gig = a reminder of what pisses me off sometimes when following The Sisters (for reasons already described by others in this thread).
The gig in Helsinki last night was really good though, and certainly made up for it!

Nic · 24 Mar 2009, 08:25

_emma_ wrote:
Nic wrote:I'm with TheBoyNextDoor & xfloorshowx.
The sound was under all critique and it would have been nice to actually hear Andrew sing.
Where I was standing at the front, he could be heard very loud and clear and the voice itself was much better than it's been since a long time ago. And this is not a personal opinion of the mad _emma_ who's always in love despite the circumstances, it's a fact.

If you could hear him sing emma, good for you.

FMAMMY · 24 Mar 2009, 10:23

emma or _emma_, that is the question, boss

i've been waiting almost 20 years to see them so it was a hallelujah-moment all night long. Especially from Dominion who took the energy up to max. Sound started really bad but we moved slowly to the center of the hall so it got better and better.

Nic · 24 Mar 2009, 16:45

FMAMMY wrote:emma or _emma_, that is the question, boss

Right you are mate, right you are.

Orbina · 01 Apr 2009, 14:45

Me and my friend went to fryshuset really early, around 12.
And when we walked in to the cafÃ© we heard some music, and
when we realized they was soundchecking marian we
freaked out, mostly because the door in to the Arena was open!
So we sneaked in and at first we only saw
Ben but after a while mr. E also went up on stage, without
his precious glasses.
I can say we felt veeery satisfied afterwards.

01 Apr 2009, 14:53

Orbina wrote:Me and my friend went to fryshuset really early, around 12.
And when we walked in to the cafÃ© we heard some music, and
when we realized they was soundchecking marian we
freaked out, mostly because the door in to the Arena was open!
So we sneaked in and at first we only saw
Ben but after a while mr. E also went up on stage, without
his precious glasses.
I can say we felt veeery satisfied afterwards.

Nice story

and welcome to Heartland.

Orbina · 01 Apr 2009, 15:09

Hom_Corleone wrote:
Orbina wrote:Me and my friend went to fryshuset really early, around 12.
And when we walked in to the cafÃ© we heard some music, and
when we realized they was soundchecking marian we
freaked out, mostly because the door in to the Arena was open!
So we sneaked in and at first we only saw
Ben but after a while mr. E also went up on stage, without
his precious glasses.
I can say we felt veeery satisfied afterwards.
Nice story and welcome to Heartland.

I know, thank you!

Nic · 01 Apr 2009, 16:17

Nice one!

Welcome to HL.

7anthea7 · 01 Apr 2009, 23:45

Orbina wrote:I can say we felt veeery satisfied afterwards.

...And welcome!

Orbina · 03 Apr 2009, 22:59

Thanks.
And I must say that the way Andrew soundchecked
was the funniest ever. First he sang Maaaariaaan and
then started screaming chackachackachacka.
And if that wasn't
enough he sang a little string of words
in the middle of marian sounding:
Is it monday no its tuesday, is it wednsday no its thursday etc
He was a bit cute i think...