The Sisters On This Day

THE place for your Sisters-related comments, questions and snippets of Sisters information. For those who do not know, The Sisters of Mercy are a rock'n'roll band. And a pop band. And an industrial groove machine. Or so they say. They make records. Lots of records, apparently. But not in your galaxy. They play concerts. Lots of concerts, actually. But you still cannot see them. So what's it all about, Alfie? This is one of the few tightly-moderated forums on Heartland, so please keep on-topic. All off-topic posts will either be moved or deleted. Chairman Bux is the editor and the editor's decision is final. Danke.
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3 from today (25th October)

(Allegedly), 1982, the Hacienda, Manchester - https://sisterswiki.org/Mon,_25-Oct-1982. Annoyingly, I got rid of my copy of Peter Hook's book 'How Not to Run a Club'. Pretty sure it had the complete listings of every show that went on there.

Definitely 1984, Hanley (one of the five towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent, and where - many years later - I got my Sisters album) - https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_25-Oct-1984. The Wiki says this was not recorded, but Dark Circle Room (http://darkcircleroom4.blogspot.com/201 ... -hall.html) did have a copy available for download some years back. Grateful for any into on which is correct!

And finally, 1990, Brasilia - https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_25-Oct-1990
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On 26th October, another 3 shows

Electric Garden, Stockholm 1983

Leeds University 1984

Projecto SP, Sao Paolo 1990
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27th October saw three more shows.

Sheffield University 1984

A second night at Projecto SP Sao Paolo 1990

& Town Ballroom, Buffalo 2008
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One show on 28th October:

Phoenix Concert Theater, Toronto, Canada ...



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Release the bats!

There have been 5 gigs on the 29th October over the years, my one handed typing means that hyperlinking them will take me until tomorrow (defeating the purpose of this), but what we have is:

Imperial College, London 1982
LA 1983
Plymouth 1984
Rio 1990
Montreal 2008
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Mothra wrote:Release the bats!

my one handed typing means that hyperlinking them will take me until tomorrow
Got you covered ;)
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Best wishes from here for a soon recovery, Mothra ... :wink: :kiss: ...

Sisters On This Day - two gigs:

St. George's Hall, Exeter in 1984 during the Black October Tour

Canecão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1990, the second gig in Rio of Tour Thing I
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Just the three hallowe'en gigs

I Beam, San Fransisco 1983

Lyceum, London 1984

The Trocadero, Philadephia 2008

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A new month & 2 more shows

Civic Hall, Guildford 1984

The Palladium, Worcester 2008
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Pista wrote:A new month & 2 more shows

Civic Hall, Guildford 1984

The Palladium, Worcester 2008
My copy of Guildford is only the first 45 minutes (presumably one side of a C90 cassette from 'back in the day'). Is this all that survives?

One show only falling on 2nd November, Aylesbury Friars back in 1984
https://sisterswiki.org/Fri,_02-Nov-1984
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Mothra wrote:One show only falling on 2nd November, Aylesbury Friars back in 1984
https://sisterswiki.org/Fri,_02-Nov-1984
The only time they've played my hometown. Unfortunately I was 11 and more concerned about whether my mother would be getting me Arena by Duran Duran for Xmas :lol:
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On this day in 2008 - the Ocean To Ocean Tour to North America arrived at The Filmore, Irving Plaza in New York City
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A sole show for 4th November.

Toad's Place, Newhaven 2008
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Another solitary show on the 5th November

9:30 Club, Washington 2008
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1984, November 6 - The Sisters of Mercy at the Tivoli in Utrecht, NL ... a wonderful read about that gig is also here ...
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I'll squeeze in the 7th Nov a day late!

2 shows, one in 1984 in Detmold (https://sisterswiki.org/Wed,_07-Nov-1984), and one (short!) one in 2008 (https://sisterswiki.org/Fri,_07-Nov-2008).

But on this day (8th November), there were shows in Bremen (https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_08-Nov-1984) in '84, and then in Zagreb, 1990 (https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_08-Nov-1990)
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No fewer than 4 shows on the 9th of November

Leeds University 1981

The Point One, Hemer 1984

Hala Sportova, Belgrade 1990

House of Blues, Orlando 2008
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One cancelled gig on November 10th at Hála Tívoli, Ljubljana in former Yugoslavia in 1990.

2008 saw The Sisters of Mercy play at Jannus Landing in St. Petersburg, USA on this day.
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3 shows in years gone by on 11th November:

1984, Munchen Alabamahalle - https://sisterswiki.org/Sun,_11-Nov-1984. Nice looking bootleg of it on Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/The-Sisters-Of- ... se/8695957)

2008, Atlanta Playhouse - https://sisterswiki.org/Tue,_11-Nov-2008

2011, Olympia Theatre, Dublin - https://sisterswiki.org/Fri,_11-Nov-2011
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Only one show has actually happened in Sisters history on 12th November:

1984, Maxim Gorki in Stuttgart - https://sisterswiki.org/Mon,_12-Nov-1984. The bootleg looks good too, if you can ignore the missing 'The' and the ever-so-slightly wrong font. The show is a good one.

In 1990, the show at the Forum, Ludwigsburg was cancelled due to illness.
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Bumper crop from the 13th November

1984, Cologne - https://sisterswiki.org/Tue,_13-Nov-1984

1990, Lausanne (cancelled) - https://sisterswiki.org/Tue,_13-Nov-1990

2008, Cleveland - https://sisterswiki.org/Thu,_13-Nov-2008

2011, Camden - https://sisterswiki.org/Sun,_13-Nov-2011
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& on the 14th of November
Bogart's Cincinnati 2008
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Four gigs on November 15th, one of them cancelled ...

1984: Hyde Park Circus, Osnabrück, West Germany during the Black October Tour

1990: Brielpoort, Deinze, Belgium - cancelled, but tickets were valid for the concert at Sportpaleis, Gent half a year later

2008: Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit, USA - part of the Ocean To Ocean Tour

2011: USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway - SISTERS XXX ... had loved to see this gig in that wonderful seaport city far up north ... but, there's no recording even ...
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3 up for the 16th November

Markthalle, Hamburg 1984

Docks, Hamburg 1990

Rockefeller, Oslo 2011
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And three from the 17th November

Munich, 1984 - https://sisterswiki.org/Sat,_17-Nov-1984 - as Black October rolls on through November. Some very nice Tom Riddler artwork too: https://sisterswiki.org/File:Knocking_O ... _Front.jpg

Second of three nights in Hamburg, 1990 - https://sisterswiki.org/Sat,_17-Nov-1990

And Chicago in 2008 - https://sisterswiki.org/Mon,_17-Nov-2008
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