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and again 1993, one gig on December 13th at Bremen, Stadthalle, Germany

... and a failed XMas party at the F-Club in 1981
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We missed the 14th!
1993, Hamburg on the Overbombing Tour - https://sisterswiki.org/Tue,_14-Dec-1993

No (known) gigs in Sisters history on the 15th December, but the Overbombing Tour did resume On This Day (16th December) in Bremen - https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_16-Dec-1993
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Righto, on the 17th we have
Eissporthalle, Halle (Saale) 1993
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Let's see. 21st December & we have,,, Brixton Academy 1993
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I know there was one more show but these 2 Brixton gigs brought the curtain down on The Sisters as a fully functioning band. Both nights were awesome for so many reasons :)
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czuczu wrote:I know there was one more show but these 2 Brixton gigs brought the curtain down on The Sisters as a fully functioning band. Both nights were awesome for so many reasons :)
I was at these nights & they were indeed fantastic, but the 97 shows there I thought were great too.
Even the Kylie encores :lol:
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'97 was Brixton and Manca for me, if memory serves, not great in my book. '93 was only Leeds (for us) and that wasn't a proper gig so can't honestly comment. We live in hope for '19.
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czuczu wrote:I know there was one more show but these 2 Brixton gigs brought the curtain down on The Sisters as a fully functioning band. Both nights were awesome for so many reasons :)
And that one more show was on 22nd December, at the Birmingham NEC - https://sisterswiki.org/Wed,_22-Dec-1993. The last time the Sisters played an arena (in the UK at least), the venues have got smaller since, the Birmingham show I saw in 2016 probably held around 10% of the NEC's capacity (still full though :von: ).

We also have a mystery show from 1982 - https://sisterswiki.org/Wed,_22-Dec-1982
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One show only has taken place on 23rd December, at the Hammersmith Klub Foot in 1982 - https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_23-Dec-1982.

Next show is on 26th December, I suspect spending time on Heartland on Boxing Day might be frowned upon by wife & kids, so I'll say now it was also in London, also in 1982...
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December 26th .... The Sisters played the Lyceum in London in 1982 ...

there is a lovely read about this gig here, @Christmas on Earth
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The Sisters get the new year going with
The Manhattan, Bradford 1983
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Event Horizon begins
Stadthalle, Erlangen 1998

1st outings for We Are The Same, Susanne & Romeo Down
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1998: Libro Music Hall, Vienna, Austria
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More Event Horizon on 17th at Mala Sportovni Hala, Prague
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Likely the worst gig i ever saw.
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jost 7 wrote:
Likely the worst gig i ever saw.
So another disappointment.
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& on the 18th January Kraftwerk, Chemnitz 1998
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These dates have me pining for tours.tsom.org :(

Anyone still in touch with Andrius?
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20th January.

Brilliant Leeds show back in 1983 - https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_20-Jan-1983

And one in 1998, that is one of the many from that year that I have never heard - https://sisterswiki.org/Tue,_20-Jan-1998
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It's the 21st, so ....
Fighting Cocks, Birmingham 1983

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Kick, Herford 1998
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On this day it was Stahlwerk, Düsseldorf 1998
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Pista wrote:On this day it was Stahlwerk, Düsseldorf 1998
Trying to listen to this now. The recording is absolutely abysmal. Too slow and a horrible muddy sludge. Does anyone know of better recordings?
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Pista wrote:On this day it was Stahlwerk, Düsseldorf 1998
Trying to listen to this now. The recording is absolutely abysmal. Too slow and a horrible muddy sludge. Does anyone know of better recordings?
Most of the shows and soundchecks were all recorded by the same guy, none of them were great - the UK and US stuff came out much better.
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On this day some twenty years ago, The Sisters played at the Colosseum, Munich, Germany, another Event Horizon gig.
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And again Event Horizon, this day in Hamburg, Germany at the Gaswerk

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