2019-07-31, Wacken Open-Air Festival. Germany

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It might have been posted on here before.. but are any of you guys going to Wacken Open Air? The boys will be playing there. It seems like they are being booked for one additional metal festival per year.

https://www.wacken.com/de/programm/band ... -of-mercy/
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It howls.

It's grindingly beautiful.

It's dangerously sentient.

And it's heading your way.

The Sisters' fun juggernaut drives on through 2019, with a little new chrome and a lot of vintage attitude.

It still comes from northern England.

It still sounds like supercharged industrial psychedelia.

We have some old songs, some new songs, a few blinding lights and very many smoke machines.

People seem to like the colours. Or the energy. Or something.

Metal Hammer says, "The Sisters Of Mercy are ... a lean glittering groove machine for the New Millennium."

That's not going to stop us.

The Sisters Of Mercy are:

Chris Catalyst - guitars
Ben Christo - guitars
Andrew Eldritch - vocals
Nurse - nurse to the Doktor
Doktor Avalanche - drum and bass

Chris Catalyst eats daleks, so he plays the guitar.
Ben Christo loves you, so he plays the guitar.
Andrew Eldritch would like to believe in redemption, so he sings the songs very quietly.
Nurse is the right hand Of God.
Doktor Avalanche is God.
Tickets !!SOLD OUT!!

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Ribbons
Crash & Burn
Doctor Jeep / Detonation Boulevard
When you don't see me
(We are the same) Susanne
No time to cry
Marian
Alice
Arms
First & Last & Always
Dominion / Mother Russia
Vision Thing
This Corrosion
Temple of love
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Another one where all the tickets are already sold out
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this is pissing me off to no end
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And still nothing on the official site or twitter. And no, im not surprised. Their antique policy to not announce any gigs before all the gigs are booked...or "confirmed", or whatever, are just looking more and more stupid each year. Now we have a sold out (except Hamburg...still) heavy-metal summer festival tour with no point to even mention on the official site anymore.

Edit: Theres aparently still some hope to see The Sisters att Hellfest though! But don't expect to find that information om any official Sisters-sources! You know, it has to "confirmed" first!

"The 3 days pass sale is now over, the next date for 1 day pass sale will be released during 2019"

https://www.hellfest.fr/en/infospratique/ticketing/

So what's next? The soon to be sold out Sweden Rock festival?
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Depprocksfarfar wrote:And still nothing on the official site or twitter. And no, im not surprised. Their antique policy to not announce any gigs before all the gigs are booked...or "confirmed", or whatever, are just looking more and more stupid each year. Now we have a sold out (except Hamburg...still) heavy-metal summer festival tour with no point to even mention on the official site anymore.

Edit: Theres aparently still some hope to see The Sisters att Hellfest though! But don't expect to find that information om any official Sisters-sources! You know, it has to "confirmed" first!

"The 3 days pass sale is now over, the next date for 1 day pass sale will be released during 2019"

https://www.hellfest.fr/en/infospratique/ticketing/

So what's next? The soon to be sold out Sweden Rock festival?
No, probably Graspop or a similar festival..Knebworth or the like....
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Pista wrote:Another one where all the tickets are already sold out
Really? - No.

:bat: https://www.wacken.com/en/all-informati ... -partners/ :bat:


Anyway, it is listed here now, too (including some basic information) ...
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Andrew Eldritch would like to believe in redemption, so he sings the songs very quietly.
Embracing that as a thing now, are we?
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DasPerltAber wrote:It might have been posted on here before.. but are any of you guys going to Wacken Open Air? The boys will be playing there. *
you mean the Girls. :von:
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I think I'll wait for the caravan unloading along the M62 corridor.
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czuczu wrote:
Andrew Eldritch would like to believe in redemption, so he sings the songs very quietly.
Embracing that as a thing now, are we?
Ha ha, I had the same thought.

May as well make a virtue of a liability.
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First Hellfest, now Wacken? What's going on :lol: is the only way to see The Sisters in 2019 to go to a hugely overrated, overpriced mainstream Euro metal fest?
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AdrenaChris wrote:First Hellfest, now Wacken? What's going on :lol: is the only way to see The Sisters in 2019 to go to a hugely overrated, overpriced mainstream Euro metal fest?
We are a rock'n'roll band. And a pop band. And an industrial groove machine. But not goth. No, we are not.
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Bartek wrote:
AdrenaChris wrote:First Hellfest, now Wacken? What's going on :lol: is the only way to see The Sisters in 2019 to go to a hugely overrated, overpriced mainstream Euro metal fest?
We are a rock'n'roll band. And a pop band. And an industrial groove machine. But not goth. No, we are not.
:lol: :bat:
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Hello, first time poster.

As both a Sisters fan and a metal fan, I wonder if I might offer a silver lining.

Wacken often stream and film at least one tune from their acts, sometimes two (one to put on Youtube as a promo for the yearly Wacken DVD, and another that you have to buy the disc to watch).

So it could, if nothing else, be the case that these instantly sold-out metal festivals they're playing at will result in some pro-shot footage of the band for once.
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Fallon wrote:Hello, first time poster.
Hello there & welcome to Heartland :)
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While the festival officially lasts from Aug 1-3, the live news page gives 31 July as date for The Sisters' appearance.

So they might possibly do one of the special events, in particular Wednesday ...

https://www.wacken.com/de/programm/specials/ (scroll)

Anyway, there's no other news available even on the Wacken site...
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Sisters are playing tomorrow night at 10:45 PM - after UFO and Sweet. Nice running order :lol:

The livestream starts only on Thursday, though :(
14.30-15.30 Uhr SKYLINE
15.45-16.45 Uhr BEYOND THE BLACK
17.00-18.15 Uhr KROKUS
18.30-19.45 Uhr HAMMERFALL
22.00-00.00 Uhr SABATON
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From what I gathered from Instagram, so far we have confirmed for the set list:

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Marian
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First two vids (clips) i could find, but with very bad sound. Hopefully there will better ones later.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0nYfDmI7Dz/?hl=sv
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There's quite a few pictures of nuns there too :lol:
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Looks like both Adam and Dylan likes the firebird guitars :D
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I really like how Dylan has switched on full Sisters mode and already looks like he's always been there, or at least cloned Bruhn :von:
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A touch Scott Gorham too
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