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The Sisters of Mercy are a rock band that came out of the British post punk scene in 1980-1981.  
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The Sisters of Mercy are a rock band that came out of the British post punk scene in 1980-1981. They are one of the most popular and influential bands among the gothic rock scene, although since the late 1980s Eldritch disassociated both himself and the band from that scene.<br/>
  
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The band cited Leonard Cohen, The Stooges, Suicide and Motörhead as among their influences. The group has made three original studio albums, of which the last was released in 1990.  
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The band cited [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen Leonard Cohen], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stooges The Stooges], [[Alan Vega|Suicide]] and [[Lemmy Kilmister|Motörhead]] as among their influences. The group has made three original studio albums, of which the last was released in 1990. In 1992 followed, however, a compilation album featuring the early singles, and in 1993 their Greatest Hits Vol. 1 album was launched, which included their last track ever released under an official record company contract [[Under The Gun (song)|Under The Gun]].  
  
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Currently, the band is kept alive as a touring outfit. The only original member to survive the band's numerous lineup changes is singer and songwriter [[Andrew Eldritch]] (even [[Doktor Avalanche]], the drum-machine, is not an original member). All of the other original members had left the group by 1985, the same year as their first studio album, [[First and Last and Always]], was released. At the time of the second Sisters album, the majestic [[Floodland]] (1987), The Sisters were essentially a studio-bound outfit, although by the time of [[Vision Thing]] (1990) Eldritch had again formed a fully-working band to take the album on the road. This incarnation was short-lived, and the band have toured irregularly with a variety of personnel since.  
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Since then, the band is kept alive as a touring outfit. The only original member to survive the band's lineup changes is singer and songwriter [[Andrew Eldritch]] (even [[Doktor Avalanche]], the drum-machine, is not an original member). All of the other original members had left the group by 1985, the same year as their first studio album, [[First And Last And Always]], was released. At the time of the second Sisters album, the majestic [[Floodland]] (1987), The Sisters were essentially a studio-bound outfit, although by the time of [[Vision Thing]] (1990) Eldritch had again formed a fully-working band to take the album on the road. That incarnation was relatively short-lived. However, the band have been touring regularly with stable long-time varieties of personnel ever since. Another album release? One never [https://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28420 knows]; at least quite a lot of new songs are being played at the gigs ...;-)) ...<br/>
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[[File:Tour Logo Europe 2023.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''The Sisters of Mercy'' - Tour Logo Europe 2023]]
  
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The band is one of the most popular and influential among the gothic rock scene, although since the late 1980s Eldritch has tried to disassociate both himself and the band from that scene.<br/>
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[[File:2024 North American Tour Logo.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''The Sisters of Mercy'' - '''North America Tour 2024''']]
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''<font size="4">Recent Events''</font><br/>
 
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In February, March, April and May '''2006''', The Sisters did a major tour of the USA, Europe and Brazil. <br/>
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In '''2011''', The Sisters embarked on their [[SISTERS XXX|<span style="color:#FF6600;">'''''SISTERS XXX 30th Stage Anniversary Tour'''''</span>]] all over Europe, including a long-due gig at [[Fri, 29-Jul-2011|Fuji Rock Festival, Japan]] and an additional series of first performances in New Zealand and Australia.  
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Some more dates took place in summer and autum.  The tour was named [[Gigography#Sisters_Bite_The_Silver_Bullet|'''''<span style="color:darkgrey;">Sisters Bite The Silver Bullet</span>''''']].
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The latter were postponed, however, to [[Gigography#2012|February/March 2012]] and then followed by a further three gigs in [[Gigography#Latin_America|Latin America]] (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico) which ended the [[SISTERS_XXX#SISTERS_XXX_-_Part_III_-_2011|SISTERS XXX 30th Stage Anniversary festivities]]. <br/>
  
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Summer '''2007''' and '''2008''' saw a series of festival appearances in [[Gigography#Europe_2007|'''''<span style="color:mediumblue;">Europe</span>''''']].
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'''[[Summer 2012|<span style="color:black;">Summer 2012</span>]]''' saw two festival appearances in [[Fri, 29-Jun-2012|Belgrade, Serbia]] and [[Sat, 21-Jul-2012|Cologne, Germany]], while '''2013''' remained a year of early announced and happy silence.<br/>
  
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Under the title of [[Gigography#Ocean_to_Ocean|'''''<span style="color:mediumblue;">Ocean To Ocean</span>''''']] the latest world-wide tour started in Autumn '''2008''' with 26 concerts in the USA <br/>
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On January 21st, [[Sisters 2014 - Ever Forward|<span style="color:black;">'''2014'''</span>]], The Sisters of Mercy notified the world of their gig at [[Sat, 05-Jul-2014|Sonisphere Festival 2014 at Knebworth Park]]. What follwed was a tour of 17 gigs to [[Sisters 2014 - Ever Forward|Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe, Benelux in May, and to England, Scotland and Ireland in July, ending in a festival performance at Zottegem, Belgium]].<br/>
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and continued from February '''2009''' on as [[Gigography#Mechanised_Europe|'''''<span style="color:seagreen;">Mechanised Europe</span>''''']]  
 
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with a further 40 gigs all over Europe, <br/>
 
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including Russia, the Middle East (Lebanon, Israel) and [[Gigography#South_America|'''''<span style="color:orange;">South America</span>''''']] (Argentina, Brazil, Peru) ...
 
  
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On August 13th, 2010 The Sisters of Mercy finished their '''Europe 2010''' Tour of '''''[[Tue, 03-Aug-2010|England]], [[Thu, 05-Aug-2010|<span style="color:seagreen;">Belgium</span>]]''',<br/>
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In [[UK&Europe October Tour 2015|<span style="color:black;">'''2015'''</span>]], The Sisters of Mercy played a festival gig on [[Sat, 01-Aug-2015|August 1st at Suikerrock Festival, Tienen, Belgium]] and went on a short, but brilliant tour scheduled for Scotland, England, Belgium, Germany and Greece in [[UK&Europe October Tour 2015|October (and December) 2015]]. The year '''2016''' was marked by the [[Europe Spring Tour 2016|Europe Spring Tour]] in March, some [[Summer_2016|Summer gigs]] in August and Septempber, and another short tour of the UK and Beligium in [[November_2016|November]], which ended in a [[Near Meth Experience]] performance at the [[Sun, 27-Nov-2016|fundraising event]] for former [[doktor Avalanche|Doktor's]] nurse [[Simon Denbigh|Si Denbigh]]. <br/>
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and '''''[[Sat, 07-Aug-2010|<span style="color:darkgrey;">Germany</span>]]''''' with a concert '''''[[Fri, 13-Aug-2010|<span style="color:orange;">in Sibiu (Hermannstadt), Romania</span>]]''''' .<br/>
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'''''2017''''' saw The Sisters of Mercy travel all over Europe again, including Switzerland, Britain, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Austria, Luxembourg and three highly appreciated concerts in Sweden. A gig @Barby Club, Tel Aviv marked the end of that [[Sisters 2017|tour]]. '''2018''' passed without any Sisters' gig.<br/>
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The [[Current_events#European_Summer_Festivals|European Summer Festival Tour]] in '''2019''' welcomed The Sisters' new guitarist [[Dylan Smith]]. These festival appearances were followed by two gigs in [[Current_events#Greece|Greece]] and a surprise concert of [[Near Meth Experience]] in Antwerp on [[Mon, 16-Sep-2019|September 16th]] in preparation for the worldwide [[National_Treasure_Tour_2019|National Treasure Tour in '''2019''']]. Towards the end of this, quite a few tour dates were announced for '''[[2020 Europe Spring And Festival Tour|2020]]''' already, but the worldwide spread of the coronavirus prematurely ended The Sisters touring acitivties after a row of only four gigs in the UK. '''2022''' eventually was a good year for concerts again, and for summer festivals, too! And <span style="color:#FF6600;">'''2023'''</span> saw the [[Current_events#2023:_The_first_US-gig_announced_in_14_years_.21.21.21|'''first US-Tour in 14 years''']], visits to [[Current_events#A_VISIT_to_European_Festival_sites...|Latin America and European festival sites]] as well as a '''full tour of Europe''' [[Current_events#A_large_tour_of_Europe_in_autumn_2023|later in the year]]. At the start of the latter The Sisters second guitarist [[Dylan Smith]] abruptly left the band. It took a few gigs but soon he was replaced by [[Kai]], who's been doing a perfect job  since and become a full member of the band.<br/>
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'''For yes, they are [[Current events|touring]] ever forward''' with another [[Current_events#NORTH_AMERICAN_TOUR_2024|'''North America Tour in 2024''']] currently on.. : - ))))) ...'''<br/>
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* [[Band History]]
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* [[Discography]]
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| '''''[http://sisterswiki.org/Category:Sisters_Tours Tours]'''''
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| '''''[http://www.ultimatesistersguide.org/documents/tv.htm TV] & [http://www.ultimatesistersguide.org/documents/radio.htm Radio Sessions]'''''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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| '''''[https://the-sisters-of-mercy-uk.myshopify.com/ Merchandise]'''''
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* [http://www.thesistersofmercy.com/ The Sisters of Mercy official homepage]
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'''NOTE:''' The SistersWiki is not on ''facebook'', ''Twitter'' or any other social media forums. Insofar, references to external pages on any such forums are only made, <br/>if these are available to the general public. This is in no way an evaluation or quality assessment of any such page, but based on the logical conclusion that<br/>we cannot trustfully link to what we ourselves cannot see!<br/>
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'''''Official Pages'''''
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* [https://www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com/ The Sisters of Mercy official homepage]
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* [http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dominion Dominion - The Sisters Of Mercy mailing list]
 
* [http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dominion Dominion - The Sisters Of Mercy mailing list]
  
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130624112543/http://www.thesistersofmercy.com/error404page.html The Sisters' 2002 Above The Chemist 404 page]
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* [http://www.myheartland.co.uk/404.php The Heartland Forum's 404 Page]
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'''''Sisters Forums'''''
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* [http://www.myheartland.co.uk Heartland - The Sisters Of Mercy discussion forum]<br/>- [https://www.facebook.com/groups/myheartland/ The Heartland Forums' Facebook Group]
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* [https://www.poison-door.net/phpbb32/index.php?sid=2920d3cfb6ab92f8b9b1c920e49e5ca0 Poison  Door - A popular German-language Sisters forum]<br/>
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* [http://www.mydominionnl.com/ My Dominion NL - The Sisters Of Mercy fan site] (and Dutch-speaking forum) - the forum is closed, but the fan site is still actiive
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'''''Other Sisters (Fan) Sites'''''
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* [https://www.myheartland.co.uk/gallery/ The Sisters Of Mercy Image Gallery] - (part of the Heartland forums, thanks to the new forum software currently unavailable)
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20221209101654/http://gps.tsom.org/ Glasperlenspiel] - the most recent officially endorsed Sisters fanzine, last issue 2003
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* [https://sistersfan.blogspot.co.uk/ I Was A Teenage Sisters of Mercy Fan] - a very lovely and interesting blog
  
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* [https://dravalanchesvaults.blogspot.com/ Dr. Avalanche's Vault] - a relatively new but rather informing site for Sisters stuff collectors or those who just want to know what it is about
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* [http://www.myheartland.co.uk Heartland - The Sisters Of Mercy discussion forum]
 
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* [http://forum.poison-door.net Poison  Door - A popular German-language Sisters forum]
 
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* [http://thesistersofmercy.zikforum.com/forum.htm Thesistersofmercy.zikforum - The first French-language Sisters forum]
 
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* [http://www.mydominionnl.com/ My Dominion NL - The Sisters Of Mercy fan site and Dutch-speaking forum]
 
  
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20210210220842/http://tours.tsom.org/ Sisters Tours] - extensive setlists, reviews, overviews and interviews from Sisters concerts
  
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'''Other Sisters fan sites'''
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20220706202606/http://db.tsom.org/ The Sisters of Mercy Database v0.5 Beta] - an extensive database on tours, setlists, venues, the band ... updated until 2003
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* [http://www.myheartland.co.uk/galllery/ The Sisters Of Mercy Image Gallery (part of the Heartland forums)]
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* [http://gps.tsom.org Glasperlenspiel - Officially endorsed Sisters fanzine]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/19970628142058/http://www.mixi.net/Sisters.Of.Mercy/ http://www.mixi.net/Sisters.Of.Mercy/] - a glimpse from 1997 thanks to wayback machine, click on the according logos there ...
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* [http://tours.tsom.org/ Sisters Tours - extensive setlists, reviews, overviews and interviews from Sisters concerts]
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* [http://tsom.org tsom.org - Assorted Sisters fan pages]
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* [http://joshpassmore.atspace.com/reptile.htm THE REPTILE HOUSE EP LYRICS] - exactly what it says, no more and no less
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* [http://www.sistersbootlegs.de/index.html sistersbootlegs - information on all kinds of bootlegs, videos, books, etc.]
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* [http://www.ultimatesistersguide.org The Sisters of Mercy Ultimate Resource Guide]
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* [http://www.lak.co.za/pib/ PiB Sisters Reference Site] - an informative site about existing Sisters recordings up to 2009
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* [http://www.sistersbootlegs.de/index.html sistersbootlegs] - information on all kinds of bootlegs, videos, books, etc.
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* [http://www.ultimatesistersguide.org The Sisters of Mercy Ultimate Resource Guide] - the one and only ... updated to 2009
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* [http://thesistersofmercy.free.fr/index.php The Sisters of Mercy France - A French-language Sisters page] - some pretty stuff 2006-2011
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* a lovely comprehensive Polish language Sisters site - gone ...''': - (''' ... however [https://web.archive.org/web/20190313170339/http://www.geocities.ws/lachert108/index-2.html HERE COME THE GOLDEN OLDIES] ...''': - ))'''...
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* [http://firstandlastandarchive.tumblr.com/ First And Last Archive] - recently invented, still growing press archive on the early days of The Sisters of Mercy
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* [https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/83146-The-Sisters-Of-Mercy The Sisters of Mercy Discography @discogs] - very extensive information about official and non-official releases
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Latest revision as of 09:29, 16 September 2024

The latest version of the "Head and Star" logo

A Brief Overview

The Sisters of Mercy are a rock band that came out of the British post punk scene in 1980-1981. They are one of the most popular and influential bands among the gothic rock scene, although since the late 1980s Eldritch disassociated both himself and the band from that scene.

The band cited Leonard Cohen, The Stooges, Suicide and Motörhead as among their influences. The group has made three original studio albums, of which the last was released in 1990. In 1992 followed, however, a compilation album featuring the early singles, and in 1993 their Greatest Hits Vol. 1 album was launched, which included their last track ever released under an official record company contract Under The Gun.

Since then, the band is kept alive as a touring outfit. The only original member to survive the band's lineup changes is singer and songwriter Andrew Eldritch (even Doktor Avalanche, the drum-machine, is not an original member). All of the other original members had left the group by 1985, the same year as their first studio album, First And Last And Always, was released. At the time of the second Sisters album, the majestic Floodland (1987), The Sisters were essentially a studio-bound outfit, although by the time of Vision Thing (1990) Eldritch had again formed a fully-working band to take the album on the road. That incarnation was relatively short-lived. However, the band have been touring regularly with stable long-time varieties of personnel ever since. Another album release? One never knows; at least quite a lot of new songs are being played at the gigs ...;-)) ...


The Sisters of Mercy - Tour Logo Europe 2023
The Sisters of Mercy - North America Tour 2024

Recent Events

In 2011, The Sisters embarked on their SISTERS XXX 30th Stage Anniversary Tour all over Europe, including a long-due gig at Fuji Rock Festival, Japan and an additional series of first performances in New Zealand and Australia. The latter were postponed, however, to February/March 2012 and then followed by a further three gigs in Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico) which ended the SISTERS XXX 30th Stage Anniversary festivities.

Summer 2012 saw two festival appearances in Belgrade, Serbia and Cologne, Germany, while 2013 remained a year of early announced and happy silence.

On January 21st, 2014, The Sisters of Mercy notified the world of their gig at Sonisphere Festival 2014 at Knebworth Park. What follwed was a tour of 17 gigs to Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe, Benelux in May, and to England, Scotland and Ireland in July, ending in a festival performance at Zottegem, Belgium.

In 2015, The Sisters of Mercy played a festival gig on August 1st at Suikerrock Festival, Tienen, Belgium and went on a short, but brilliant tour scheduled for Scotland, England, Belgium, Germany and Greece in October (and December) 2015. The year 2016 was marked by the Europe Spring Tour in March, some Summer gigs in August and Septempber, and another short tour of the UK and Beligium in November, which ended in a Near Meth Experience performance at the fundraising event for former Doktor's nurse Si Denbigh.

2017 saw The Sisters of Mercy travel all over Europe again, including Switzerland, Britain, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Austria, Luxembourg and three highly appreciated concerts in Sweden. A gig @Barby Club, Tel Aviv marked the end of that tour. 2018 passed without any Sisters' gig.

The European Summer Festival Tour in 2019 welcomed The Sisters' new guitarist Dylan Smith. These festival appearances were followed by two gigs in Greece and a surprise concert of Near Meth Experience in Antwerp on September 16th in preparation for the worldwide National Treasure Tour in 2019. Towards the end of this, quite a few tour dates were announced for 2020 already, but the worldwide spread of the coronavirus prematurely ended The Sisters touring acitivties after a row of only four gigs in the UK. 2022 eventually was a good year for concerts again, and for summer festivals, too! And 2023 saw the first US-Tour in 14 years, visits to Latin America and European festival sites as well as a full tour of Europe later in the year. At the start of the latter The Sisters second guitarist Dylan Smith abruptly left the band. It took a few gigs but soon he was replaced by Kai, who's been doing a perfect job since and become a full member of the band.

For yes, they are touring ever forward with another North America Tour in 2024 currently on.. : - ))))) ...


Further Information

Band History                   Members (past and present)                   Lyrics Heartland Gallery
Gigography Discography Videography Recording Sessions
Tours Bootlegs TV & Radio Sessions                 Tablatures
T-shirts Fanzines And Books Interviews Ringtones
Merchandise



External Links

NOTE: The SistersWiki is not on facebook, Twitter or any other social media forums. Insofar, references to external pages on any such forums are only made,
if these are available to the general public. This is in no way an evaluation or quality assessment of any such page, but based on the logical conclusion that
we cannot trustfully link to what we ourselves cannot see!

Official Pages


Sisters Forums


Other Sisters (Fan) Sites

  • Glasperlenspiel - the most recent officially endorsed Sisters fanzine, last issue 2003
  • Dr. Avalanche's Vault - a relatively new but rather informing site for Sisters stuff collectors or those who just want to know what it is about
  • Sisters Tours - extensive setlists, reviews, overviews and interviews from Sisters concerts
  • sistersbootlegs - information on all kinds of bootlegs, videos, books, etc.
  • First And Last Archive - recently invented, still growing press archive on the early days of The Sisters of Mercy


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