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I've been to Five SISTERS gigs:

Wembley 90 x2 = OK

Glasgow '03 = Pish

Leeds '06 = OK

Glasgow '06 = OK

Our Taylor is Rich wrote:24.11.90 london wembley arena
26.11.90 london wembley arena

bad voice, bad concerts, bad guys, that was enough for me : I decided that I will never see the Andrew Eldritch Gangswar on stage anymore...

yet seventeen years later you post on a fan forum, couldn't have been that bad.

scotty wrote:I've been to Five SISTERS gigs:

Wembley 90 x2 = OK

Glasgow '03 = Pish

Leeds '06 = OK

Glasgow '06 = OK

Better gigs on the mainland?

@ the rich Taylor: what is it you like about the band? Records only or maybe even HL only?

Been a fan since '85, bought all the records, wore the t-shirts yet never saw them live I know I will. Someday...

5 times:

Deinze 1991 - Fantastic
Pukkelpop 1992 - pfff
Koln 2001 - ok
Amsterdam 2003 - pffffffffffff
Amsterdam 2006 - really, really, I mean REALLY bad

Psy wrote:Been a fan since '85, bought all the records, wore the t-shirts yet never saw them live I know I will. Someday...

After reading this statement, celibacy sounds like a lovely night out!


IZ.

seven (such a very pitiful amount yet i wouldn't swap them for anything):
wembley 2nd night 1990
reading 1991
(followed by a decade of living on the road when -from '93 onwards- i was painfully unaware of the band's live existence)
nottingham 2001
leeds (2nd night) 2003
leeds 2006
norwich 2006
nottingham 2006

each and every gig was FUCKING BRILLIANT!.

27.06.92 Birmingham NEC - possibly best Sisters gig ever
21.12.93 Birmingham NEC - poor, tired Sisters at the end of a tour
28.03.97 Birmingham NEC - cancelled
03.09.00 Nottingham Rock City - pretty good but not amazing
18.02.01 Nottingham Rock City - better than the last time they played Nottingham
22.02.01 London Astoria - stonking
23.02.01 London Astoria - I didn't know I loved you til I saw you rock'n'roll
18.04.03 London Forum - average
19.04.03 London Forum - gonzoid amphetamine filth in full effect
02.05.06 London Astoria - possibly worst Sisters show of all time
08.05.06 Nottingham Rock City - tighter than a Nun's mimsy
09.05.06 Glasgow ABC - bad security, great band

PipoTheClown wrote: Amsterdam 2003 - pffffffffffff
Amsterdam 2006 - really, really, I mean REALLY bad

I thought the 2006 was the better of the 2 - the 2003 is one of the worst I've ever seen.. Guess it all depends on where you are watching from

Paris & Luxembourg '06. Both were very good.
Many more in my dreams.

czuczu wrote:

PipoTheClown wrote: Amsterdam 2003 - pffffffffffff
Amsterdam 2006 - really, really, I mean REALLY bad

I thought the 2006 was the better of the 2 - the 2003 is one of the worst I've ever seen.. Guess it all depends on where you are watching from

Absolutely - I thought 03 was bloody ace. How much of that had to do with it coming after a weekend in town is debatable. However, everyone in our group loved it, and simillarly the same folk present at Leeds 06 thought it sucked a big one. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or something.

Lyceum 1985 - A++
Wembley 1990 - Average
Astoria 2006 - Awful

three. but i was in my moms tum and unborn. does that count?

Wish wrote:three. but i was in my moms tum and unborn. does that count?

Damn right it does!

How was the sound from in there? Bit muffled maybe? (don't say it Dave)

Wembley 1990
Reading 1991
Rock City 2000
Rock City 2001
London 2006
Leeds 2006

SINsister wrote:

pikkrong wrote:only 21 Sisters gigs before this summer. the best moments for me - Austin 2006 and Hamburg 2006 (Robochrist as the support act ). San Diego, Krakow and Budapest 2006 come close.

You were in the U.S. last year and you didn't stop by Chicago? WTF?

I had booked my flight to the UK more than half a year before Feb 12 because I was sure there would be the anniversary gig... somewhere in England. I was quite p!ssed off when I knew that Las Vegas (about what they announced meanwhile) means really Las Vegas
Fortunately I managed to get tickets from London to Las Vegas and back but my flight from London started before Chicago etc.
By the way, I had to buy my American flight tickets before I got American visa because their delay - so I was in a quite "interesting" situation in the meantime...

I was really just taking the p1ss, man - but it would've been cool to meet you, I'm sure. Sorry to hear that you went through hell to attend those shows! Damn.

Planet Dave wrote:

czuczu wrote:

PipoTheClown wrote: Amsterdam 2003 - pffffffffffff
Amsterdam 2006 - really, really, I mean REALLY bad

I thought the 2006 was the better of the 2 - the 2003 is one of the worst I've ever seen.. Guess it all depends on where you are watching from

Absolutely - I thought 03 was bloody ace. How much of that had to do with it coming after a weekend in town is debatable. However, everyone in our group loved it, and simillarly the same folk present at Leeds 06 thought it sucked a big one. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or something.

The 2003 gig was f**king great to me! When I listen to this very good recording I relive it. It was great with a legendary version of Burn.

pikkrong wrote:I was sure there would be the anniversary gig... somewhere in England. I was quite p!ssed off when I knew that Las Vegas (about what they announced meanwhile) means really Las Vegas

This is why you don't believe what people who "know more" know, and realise that the announced tour date is not a hidden message or lyric to be dissected, it really is a venue.

But at least you won't be doing that again.

Dark wrote:

pikkrong wrote:I was sure there would be the anniversary gig... somewhere in England. I was quite p!ssed off when I knew that Las Vegas (about what they announced meanwhile) means really Las Vegas

This is why you don't believe what people who "know more" know, and realise that the announced tour date is not a hidden message or lyric to be dissected, it really is a venue.

But at least you won't be doing that again.

this is where you're wrong you see. 'we' knew about celebrity plane crash over a week in advance 'we' spread the word to people 'we' thought should know

the silver bullet tour was due to start in the UK but the 'band' didn't get together in time, so they decided the American's would just be glad to see the sisters, even if they were crap [and still rehearsing as they went] the venue was booked in york, it just never happened is all

me, too many times, never learn, never sober [which helps]

manc 97 was a stormer

Anyway, I've been trying to count up...

24 Nov 1990 London, England, Wembley Arena
16 Feb 1991 Leeds, England, Leeds University
27 June 1992 Birmingham, England, NEC
One of either 9 or 10 June 1997 London, England, Brixton Academy
13 Feb 1998 London, England, Forum
06 Sep 2000 London, England, Forum
17 Feb 2001 Leeds, England, University
23 Feb 2001 London, England, Astoria
10 Aug 2002 Hildesheim, Germany, M'Era Luna Festival
One of either 18 or 19 Apr 2003 London, England, Forum
26 Apr 2003 Leeds, England, Blank Canvas
27 Apr 2003 Leeds, England, Blank Canvas
02 Aug 2005 Leeds, England, Joseph's Well (Near Meth Experience)
03 May 2006 Leeds, England, University

Five here!

Tilburg and Lokeren '05, both of which were stunning!
Brussels, Paris and Brussels '06, and especially the last two of these were great!

Eva wrote:Should I list my 101 gigs in order not to be underestimated in comparison to Andrew and Eggi?

Oh go on You know you want to...

21 Aug 1993 Leeds, England, Town & Country Club (Andrew Eldritch with The Utah Saints) (a great day out)

1 Sept 1999 Manchester, England, Academy (bloody dreadful)

16 Feb 2001 York, England, University (wicked!)
17 Feb 2001 Leeds, England, University (nearly as wicked as york)

23 Apr 2003 Manchester, England, Academy (average)
26 Apr 2003 Leeds, England, Blank Canvas (nearly the worst ever)
27 Apr 2003 Leeds, England, Blank Canvas (average)

02 Aug 2005 Leeds, England, Joseph's Well (as Near Meth Experience) (a top laugh)
06 Aug 2005 Tilburg, Netherlands (great)
?? Sep 2005 - Leeds, England, The Warehouse (Adam P & Chris C performing with The Elvis Presleys From Hell at a private party, with Von & The Nurse amongst the audience)

14 Apr 2006 Paris, France, Le Zenith (very cool, and me & jo got engaged afterwards )
02 May 2006 London, England, Astoria (gastly!! definitely the worst ever)
03 May 2006 Leeds, England, University (ace)
04 May 2006 Manchester, England, Academy (better than average)
23 Jun 2006 Budapest, Hungary, Petofi Csarnok (best i've ever seen them)

they're just so hit & miss... and yet still i go

Ozpat wrote:The 2003 gig was f**king great to me! When I listen to this very good recording I relive it. It was great with a legendary version of Burn.

why such loud mumbles?
just listened to it for the first time ever