Sisters To The Planet Edge 1999
1999 was a year of touring the US, Canada and Mexico with only one gig
in Europe at a festival in Portugal for the warm-up.
Support act for the US-leg of the tour was DJ Tube.
During this tour, Flood I was performed live for the very first time.
Additionally, The Sisters of Mercy covered Bei Mir Bist Du Schön, a popular Yiddish song
first performed with re-written English lyrics and swing type music by The Andrews Sisters.
Band / Line-Up
- Andrew Eldritch - vocals
- Adam Pearson - guitars, bass, backing vocals
- Mike Varjak - guitars
- Doktor Avalanche - drums, bass, keyboards
- Simon Denbigh - Nurse to The Doktor
For further details around this tour we recommend the according page @SistersTours/Sisters To The Planet Edge,
which offers among other information an overview of the Tour Mercandise and a Tour Poem...
Some statistics on this tour can also be found at The Sisters of Mercy Database v0.5 Beta/To The Planet Edge.
The photo on the right is by Elizabeth V. Bouras;
for more photos from that gig see http://www.psychotica.net/evb/sisters/930-1999.html
Pre-Tour Warm-Up Gig
- Sun, 18-Jul-1999: Vieira Do Minho - Portugal - Festival Ilha Do Ermal (Headliner)
Tour Schedule
- Thu, 23-Sep-1999: Washington DC - USA - 9:30 Club
- Fri, 24-Sep-1999: New York City - USA - Roseland Ballroom
- Sat, 25-Sep-1999: Philadelphia - USA - Electric Factory
- Mon, 27-Sep-1999: Boston - USA - Avalon Ballroom
- Tue, 28-Sep-1999: Toronto - Canada - The Docks
- Thu, 30-Sep-1999: Detroit - USA - State Theatre
- Fri, 01-Oct-1999: Chicago - USA - Riviera Theatre
- Sat, 02-Oct-1999: Minneapolis - USA - First Avenue
- Mon, 04-Oct-1999: Denver - USA - Fillmore Auditorium
- Wed, 06-Oct-1999: San Francisco - USA - Warfield Theatre
- Fri, 08-Oct-1999: Los Angeles - USA - Wiltern Theatre
- Sat, 09-Oct-1999: Anaheim - USA - Sun Theatre
- Mon, 11-Oct-1999: Las Vegas - USA - House Of Blues
- Wed, 13-Oct-1999: Atlanta - USA - The Tabernacle
- Thu, 14-Oct-1999: Fort Lauderdale - USA - The Chili Pepper
- Fri, 15-Oct-1999: Orlando - USA - House Of Blues
- Thu, 21-Oct-1999: Mexico City - Mexico - Pabellon Este Palacio de los Deportes
Shirts
Various shirts showing the tour logo were on sale including the longsleeve version here.
