Heartland

Having stalked the forum for a few weeks to see what's what and who's who I thought I'd take the plunge and join. Loved the Sisters since the mid-1980s but as I now have family commitments, i don't get to see them live these days and you are more likely to find Now That's What I Call Sh*te 769 on my car stereo than Some Girls Wander. So I've been reliving my gigging days vicariously through the postings on here and Youtube. Thank you one and all.

Just a couple of questions - what is the real reason the Sisters stay away from the UK and where are they actually based these days? Also, Andrew, if you read this, please grow your hair again. It looks so much better longer and darker.

For what it's worth, my personal favourites are Susanne, Alice, Lucretia, Heartland and No Time to Cry.

I don't think the hair is coming back.

Hi sistereurope, the hair is not a fashion statement but a necessary evil

They stay away as each tour has a down turn in attendance-see Leeds 2009 my back garden

Chris lives inh Leeds! Ben is a London boy and Andy lives in Neverland.

sultan2075 wrote:I don't think the hair is coming back.

With comments like that its no wonder 'Andy' is staying away from the UK

You think he's ashamed of male-pattern baldness? At least he's dealing with it gracefully, unlike, say... Nick Cave.

sultan2075 wrote:You think he's ashamed of male-pattern baldness? At least he's dealing with it gracefully, unlike, say... Nick Cave.

Aye, Nick Cave-70's Pron Star

The mustache makes all the difference.

For what it's worth, Chris is a regular at the same curry house as me. (Bengal Brasserie, Haddon Road, Leeds.

Well worth a visit if you're ever around Leeds; say 'hi' to Ikky and Sham from me. (and no, they didn't pay me ))

markfiend wrote:say 'hi' to Ikky and Sham from me. (and no, they didn't pay me ))

the contrary...last time you left the dinner to pay

markfiend wrote:For what it's worth, Chris is a regular at the same curry house as me. (Bengal Brasserie, Haddon Road, Leeds.

Well worth a visit if you're ever around Leeds; say 'hi' to Ikky and Sham from me. (and no, they didn't pay me ))

Any chance you could get them to freeze-dry a chicken balti and mail it to me? The local indian food around here is pretty good but seems to be predominantly southern Indian as opposed to the Pakistani/Bangladeshi influences that England has a lot of. Thus, baltis are thin on the ground, and I am jonesing. Better yet, if anyone lives in London and can stop by Rajdoots on Paddington Street and pick up one of their baltis, have it freeze-dried, and shipped with the brass bucket and some naans, I will gladly give that person my first-born child.

Sorry, just have a hankering for a curry right now.

To be fair, they're only staying away from the UK this time. They were here last time (2006) and for most of the previous tours. I think only the European summer tours and a couple of American tours have skipped us in the past (except for the real "us" north of the border, who are only deigned with the great one's presence once in a millennium, when the planets align correctly and he can, to use the mystical parlance, be arsed).

So why he's snubbing his nose (d'you see what I did there?) at the UK this time remains to be satisfactorily explained. Perhaps we're not offering him the necessary millions per song.

I am sure a few UK dates will be added shortly hopefully around June when I will be visiting from the USA.

Welcome Sister!

Expecting some UK dates as well.

Me too, I'd go for the middle of may just before the Latin America tour!

So many replies, so exciting!!! I must come here more often.

You know, I never even thougth of male pattern baldness. I thought it only affected mortals, not, you know, Him. I shall have to check it out for real when they tour next year. D'you think they're likely to play in Weymouth??? (Ironic snort)

Curry. Oh God. Yes. And it's only 8.45am.

sistereurope wrote:So many replies, so exciting!!! I must come here more often.

Please do We like new folk round here.
Welcome aboard

Hopefully they'll come in the summer so I can follow them round the country

I like this forum. So sisterly and friendly! Maybe next year I'll get to a gig or two to meet some of you.

Still in a curry frame of mind, though.

sistereurope wrote:You know, I never even thougth of male pattern baldness

Neither had I until my late twenties

Anyway if you want to start a Leeds Curry War, I've told you lot - Sheesh Mahal on Kirkstall Road rules. Tariq's used to be okay but now they don't have a licence

...Oh, welcome by the way!

We had a bit of a falling out with the Sheesh Mahal when they took over an hour to bring our food. Not been back since.

Thanks one and all for your welcomes. And for the first time in my life, I'm wishing I lived in leeds! Mind you, we do have more than passable curries down here in the deep south though

Where in the South are you?

Don't tell him Pike.

Between Devon and Hampshire, south of Somerset and north of the Channel Islands

Stupid boy Pike

The only South I know is Bournemouth