40th Stage Anniversary Special Gigs 2021
10-12 September 2021 - Roundhouse, London, UK
Unfortunately, the second year of the corona pandemic again shattered all plans for a worldwide tour on the occasion of The Sisters of Mercy's 40th Stage Anniversary in 2021. On March 9th, 2021, eventually, some belated anniversary festivities were announced in the form of an extended three-gig weekend in London at the Roundhouse later on that year.
Some interviews with Andrew Eldritch and Ben Christo were conducted in the days before the gigs by Mark Andrews, who in this respect represented the online music mag Louder.
For each of the three days The Sisters of Mercy would bring a different support act with them.
The formerly introduced new songs of 2019 and 2020 were played every evening. Further details on setlists and the distribution of songs are here in the statistics section.
Last but not least, the merchandise front also held quite some surprises arriving with fully new designs.
Band / Line-up
- Andrew Eldritch - vocals
- Ben Christo - guitars, backing vocals
- Dylan Smith - guitars, backing vocals
- Doktor Avalanche - drums, bass, keyboards
- Ravey Davey - nurse to The Doktor
Tour Schedule
UK only
... which might sound disappointing at first sight, but these were the first gigs of that size allowed in the UK (or Europe, actually) after more than a year of on/off-lockdowns, contact restrictions under homeschooling and home office conditions, travel bans, regular testing, vaccinations, meticulously monitored death rates and uncounted ruined existences all over the culture industy (and not only there). Accordingly, the venue welcomed its visitors with large displays hanging from the ceiling in the foyer like the one here on the right side. And the audiences were likewise grateful and enthralled.
- Fri, 10-Sep-2021: London - UK - Roundhouse
- Support act on Day One: Jesus Jones
- Sat, 11-Sep-2021: London - UK - Roundhouse
- Support act on Day Two: A.A.WILLIAMS
- Sun, 12-Sep-2021: London - UK - Roundhouse
- Support act on Day Three: I Like Trains
Some Statistics
Still no sign of further elaborations on Kickline and also omitting Better Reptile. Something Fast remains put at rest since 2020. BUT Never Land (a fragment) is back in the setlist and definitely more welcome in these days than any of the other songs missed just a minute before...
| Song | Total (Encore) |
Song | Total (Encore) |
Song | Total (Encore) | |||
| But Genevieve | 3 (1) | I Will Call You | 3 (--) | First And Last And Always | 2 (1) | |||
| Lucretia, My Reflection | 3 (2) | Alice | 3 (--) | Black Sail | 2 (--) | |||
| More | 3 (2) | Dominion / Mother Russia | 3 (--) | I Was Wrong | 3 (--) | |||
| Ribbons | 3 (--) | Show Me | 2 (--) | Flood II | 3 (--) | |||
| Crash And Burn | 2 (--) | Summer | 2 (--) | Never Land (a fragment) | 3 (3) | |||
| Doctor Jeep / Detonation Boulevard | 1 (--) | Instrumental 86 | 3 (--) | Temple Of Love | 3 (3) | |||
| No Time To Cry | 2 (--) | Marian | 3 (--) | This Corrosion | 3 (3) |
Merchandise
| This page is Work in Progress and going to be extended as soon as ever possible |
