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02 August 2005 saw the preparatory gig of Near Meth Experience for the Twothousandfive Tour at the Joseph's Well, Leeds ... :D ... the very first gig with Chris Catalyst ...

Loads of great photos from the soundcheck and the show are here ... ... :D ... * thanks to long-time HL forum member Scardwel ... :D ...
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Being645 wrote: as to yesterday's gigs, they were all wonderful. Suikerrock 2008 is famous for its extraordinary setlist that included among others Capricorn ....
awww...i remember that one! was a full moon too, i wore a white blouse and stood right up front at the security barrier. in a square where people living there were watching from their balconies and even children on their parent's necks in the crowd! what an awesome gig that was! the whole memory of the night until early hours still fresh in my mind.
also my first, i think, sister spotting Si and the merch guy lounging in the foyer of the place i/we had booked for the night. i was checking in, leaving a note for another HL'er at reception when my phone went off, a text message and had More i think as that ringtone when Si passed a remark "good song" i looked up, saw them all chilling there, smiled and got very shy!
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Being645 wrote:02 August 2005 saw the preparatory gig of Near Meth Experience...
Blimey. 13 years ago!
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3rd August is a day of more recent concerts

- Leamington Spa in 2010 was definitely a great one and saw the first live performance ever of Rain From Heaven ... ;D ;D ;D ...

- and the concert at the Riga Palladium in 2016 even made it onto one of the newer bootlegs...
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Being645 wrote:3rd August is a day of more recent concerts

- Leamington Spa in 2010 was definitely a great one and saw the first live performance ever of Rain From Heaven ... ;D ;D ;D ...

- and the concert at the Riga Palladium in 2016 even made it onto one of the newer bootlegs...
I went to both of these and they were both brilliantly gigs. ;D
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This Leamington Spa seems like a good looking venue. There are too little of such concerthalls these days.
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Seems Chris had a good night at Leamington Spa
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Yep, the Leamington gig was all killer, no filler :) :von: :notworthy:

If someone were to share a Image recording of that I would be most grateful!
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czuczu wrote:Yep, the Leamington gig was all killer, no filler :) :von: :notworthy:

If someone were to share a Image recording of that I would be most grateful!
Like this one? https://sisterswiki.org/Manna_From_Heaven
or the SISTERS TUBE SPA vid?
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Being645 wrote:
czuczu wrote:Yep, the Leamington gig was all killer, no filler :) :von: :notworthy:

If someone were to share a Image recording of that I would be most grateful!
Like this one? https://sisterswiki.org/Manna_From_Heaven
or the SISTERS TUBE SPA vid?
I think, and my memory may be dodgy, that bananacamel shared their source here but it has a fairly lengthy romantic interlude/loads of chatty crowd nonsense that kind of breaks the spell!

So, a different source to that one ;)
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https://youtu.be/qfG-Q7jNT1M

^ that moment when you realise something special is happening in front of you :)
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czuczu wrote:I think, and my memory may be dodgy, that bananacamel shared their source here but it has a fairly lengthy romantic interlude/loads of chatty crowd nonsense that kind of breaks the spell!

So, a different source to that one ;)
OK. Manny From Heaven is no problem.
And video? I've got the above mentioned ~4GB or some way smaller MP4 vid of the complete show, if you want one.

czuczu wrote:https://youtu.be/qfG-Q7jNT1M

^ that moment when you realise something special is happening in front of you :)
Oh hell, yes... that was absolutely goosebumps ... I'm still happy that I've been there ... :notworthy: :notworthy: ... also fully enjoyed the slow Body Electric ... ;D ...
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I'm back after a few days on holiday, lovely to see this thread still bubbling away, gives me something to read over breakfast 8)

5th August
Mallemunt Festival, Muntplein, Brussels, Belgium 1983 (https://sisterswiki.org/Fri,_05-Aug-1983)

Lokerse Festival 2010 (https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_05-Aug-2010)

& in 2016, the tenth Festival Legend Rocka, Dolina Charlotty, Słupsk, Poland (https://sisterswiki.org/Fri,_05-Aug-2016)

We also know what the Sisters were not doing on this day in 2000, which was playing the Eurorock Festival (https://sisterswiki.org/Sat,_05-Aug-2000)
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ROBBIE wrote:
Being645 wrote:3rd August is a day of more recent concerts

- Leamington Spa in 2010 was definitely a great one and saw the first live performance ever of Rain From Heaven ... ;D ;D ;D ...

- and the concert at the Riga Palladium in 2016 even made it onto one of the newer bootlegs...
I went to both of these and they were both brilliantly gigs. ;D
I was at Leamington and you are right, it was a brilliant gig. A real turning point after some so-so years/tours. Hadn't realised it was 8 years ago though. Strange feeling that the gigs that seem relative recent in my head span a timescale that is longer than it took the band to get from releasing The Damage Done to putting out Floodland (and all that happened in between)
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Mothra wrote: Lokerse Festival 2010 (https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_05-Aug-2010)
The follow-up gig of Leamington ... and also an absolutely great performance again and open air ... ;D ;D ;D ...
also playing were Gang of Four, cool. I had never seen them live before, so that was a lovely addition ... :D ...
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for today, there were again several concerts

1 Irving Plaza, New York City, USA 1984, more about it has been researched in this well-known blog ... :wink: ...

2 013, Tilburg, The Netherlands the first official gig of the Twothousandfive Tour in ... 2005 ...
a lovely concert ... and from my view with lots of humour ... :lol: :lol: ... also the first official concert with Chris Catalyst ...

(3) Sacramento in 1991 got cancelled ...
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Being645 wrote:
2 013, Tilburg, The Netherlands the first official gig of the Twothousandfive Tour in ... 2005 ...
a lovely concert ... and from my view with lots of humour ... :lol: :lol: ... also the first official concert with Chris Catalyst ...
wow! the memories of this gig! our beloved doc P RIP and meeting you awesome people for the first time! 13 years ago ... we have definately left a footprint in TSOM history, together. always a party with you HL ers!
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MadameButterfly wrote:
Being645 wrote:
2 013, Tilburg, The Netherlands the first official gig of the Twothousandfive Tour in ... 2005 ...
a lovely concert ... and from my view with lots of humour ... :lol: :lol: ... also the first official concert with Chris Catalyst ...
wow! the memories of this gig! our beloved doc P RIP and meeting you awesome people for the first time! 13 years ago ... we have definately left a footprint in TSOM history, together. always a party with you HL ers!
Any memories of how Chris was at the show? Any signs of 'first night' nerves? He seems so confident in his role (borderline frontman at times) all these years later, but as the new boy back then, was a deer caught in the headlights?

The 7th August has in the past seen a 1984 gig the Exit Club in Chicago (https://sisterswiki.org/Tue,_07-Aug-1984), and a big show at the 2010 Mera Luna festival (https://sisterswiki.org/Sat,_07-Aug-2010). Much is known about one of them, next to nothing about the other!
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Mothra wrote:Any memories of how Chris was at the show? Any signs of 'first night' nerves? He seems so confident in his role (borderline frontman at times) all these years later, but as the new boy back then, was a deer caught in the headlights?
:lol: :lol: Chris was brilliant! No signs of nerves or being a deer caught in the headlights...one thing Chris does on stage is just play his role which i have found to be very professional. TSOM delievered such an awesome gig that night i can bet anyone who was there will agree with. Chris is just a very kind open bloke that helped many of us in those days get signed tickets from the band members. i love Chris...he is awesome.
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I completely agree! Have had the pleasure of meeting him a few times over the years, and seeing him playing a tiny sweatbox of a venue with the Eureka Machines within walking distance of my flat, as well on bigger stages with The Sisters, EM and with Ginger Wildheart. I think most on here agree that he breathed life into The Sisters when he joined up.

There's some great photos from the Near Meth Experience gig on the Wiki (https://sisterswiki.org/Near_Meth_Exper ... e_gig_2005), maybe it's the lack of sunglasses and full gig production, but I think he looks more concentrated than he does when rushing around the huge stages. I know if I was in his position*, my legs would be jelly, and the entire gig would be carried out to a mantra of 'Don't f**k This Up. Don't f**k This Up' :lol:


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Mothra wrote: I cannot play an instrument, work a drum machine/MacBook, sing in tune or keep in time
You're in! :twisted:
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Just listening to Mera Luna now. Lovely clanger from Von in NTTC. Seems I'm not the only one without timing.
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8th August:

1998 Neerpelt Eurorock Festival (https://sisterswiki.org/Sat,_08-Aug-1998)

2005 Lokerse Festival (https://sisterswiki.org/Mon,_08-Aug-2005)

& honourary mentions to not one, but two cancelled gigs on the same date on the doomed Tune In tour!
https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_08-Aug-1991
This one was first due to take place at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and then moved to the Mammoth Events Centre.
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Only one known Sisters gig on the 9th August, way back in 1984. This one is missing from my collection if anyone is willing to share it

New York Ritz, supporting Black Flag. Scary stuff! Henry Rollins refers to the show in his book 'Back in the Van'. He doesn't like the band, but gives them credit for standing up to a Black Flag audience.

https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_09-Aug-1984
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10th August

One cancelled show on the tour that I'm bored of referring to (1991!)

Gigs that did take place in

2002: Mera Luna Festival (https://sisterswiki.org/Sat,_10-Aug-2002)

2005: X-Tra, Limmathaus, Zurich (https://sisterswiki.org/Wed,_10-Aug-2005)

2017: Rock Oz'Arènes Festival 2017, Avenches, Vaud, Switzerland (https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_10-Aug-2017)
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Sat, 10-Aug-1991: Berkeley - USA - Greek Theatre (cancelled)
Sat, 10-Aug-2002: Hildesheim - Germany - M'era Luna Festival (Headliner)
Wed, 10-Aug-2005: Zurich - Switzerland - X-Tra
Thu, 10-Aug-2017: Rock Oz'Arènes Festival - Avenches - Switzerland

They do like a bit of sunshine!

..and there was very little of that at Mera Luna in 2002. Fond memories of all our tent pegs being confiscated by airport security and it then absolutely belting down with rain. That aside, not as good as the previous Mera Luna and starting with Flood II is
a) wrong.
b) tempting fate.
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