National Treasure Tour 2019
Following the 2019 European Summer Festival Tour of six concerts between June and August introducing their new guitarist Dylan Smith, The Sisters of Mercy prepared for a worldwide autumn club tour to start in September.
While most of the dates for this tour had already been announced at the beginning of the year, two pre-tour concerts in Greece were added in April ... and only one day before the first of these Greek events, some mysterious hints at a so far unknown of performance at some strangely unavailable venue in Antwerp appeared on The Sisters' Live News Page.
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Band/Line-Up
- Andrew Eldritch - vocals
- Ben Christo - guitars, backing vocals
- Dylan Smith - guitars, backing vocals
- Doktor Avalanche - drums, bass, keyboared
- Ravey Davey - The Nurse
Support Acts
- A.A.WILLIAMS - Greece and all other European gigs, except:
- 20/21 September 2019, England, London, Roundhouse, opening act: Amenra
- 23/24 September 2019, Belgium, Brussels, Ancienne Belgique, opening act: My Diligence
Pre-tour gigs in Greece
After The Sisters' last concert in Thessaloniki 10 years ago had ended in a glorious but not all that orderly way, and the one in Athens that year had to be postponed, some years were to pass before The Sisters of Mercy found a way to visit Greece again. But in the wake of their summer festival activities, two concerts perfectly fitted in and The Sisters of Mercy presented the Greek crowds with their new guitarist Dylan Smith and the introduction of a new instrumental. As support act for both gigs they brought with them the London-based band A.A.WILLIAMS.
Thursday, 12 September 2019 - Fix Factory Of Sound - Thessaloniki
Friday, 13 September 2019 - Gazi Music Hall - Athens
Full-show audience video recordings of both concerts by The Sisters of Mercy as well as by A.A.WILLIAMS are available under the links above.
Near Meth Experience, Belgium
Monday, 16 September 2019 - TRIX Club - Antwerp - Belgium
One day before the gigs in Greece, The Sisters of Mercy announced a further concert in Antwerp.
Below the tour schedule words were mentioned like
KICKLINE (Christo/Eldritch/Smith)
ARE WE GOING TO BE BAD? (Christo/Eldritch/Smith/Varjak)
BETTER REPTILE (Christo/Eldritch/Smith)
SHOW ME (Christo/Eldritch/Smith)
JUST ACHING (Christo/Eldritch/Smith)
etc
This turned out to be one of the rare Near Meth Experience gigs in preparation for the oncoming tour,
Check this thread @The Heartland Forums for more.
Tour Schedule
Europe
DATE / EVENT / LOCATION | REMARKS | RECORDED |
England
Friday, 20 September 2019 - The Roundhouse - London - Sold Out -
Saturday, 21 September 2019 - The Roundhouse - London - Sold Out -
Belgium
Monday, 23 September 2019 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels - Sold Out -
Tuesday, 24 September 2019 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels
Denmark
Thursday, 26 September 2019 - Amager Bio - Copenhagen - Sold Out -
Norway
Saturday, 28 September 2019 - Rockefeller - Oslo - Sold Out -
Sweden
Sunday, 29 September 2019 - Münchenbryggeriet - Stockholm - Sold Out -
Tuesday, 01 October 2019 - Trädgar'n - Gothenburg - Sold Out -
Wednesday, 02 October 2019 - KB (Kulturbolaget) - Malmö - Sold Out -
Germany
Friday, 04 October 2019 - Columbiahalle - Berlin - Sold Out -
Poland
Sunday, 06 October 2019 - A2 - Wrocław - Sold Out -
Monday, 07 October 2019 - Klub Studio - Krakow
Germany
Thursday, 10 October 2019 - Alter Schlachthof - Dresden - Sold Out -
Friday, 11 October 2019 - TonHalle - Munich - Sold Out -
Sunday, 13 October 2019 - LKA Langhorn - Stuttgart - Sold Out -
Monday, 14 October 2019 - E-Werk - Cologne - Sold Out -
Luxembourg
Wednesday, 16 October 2019 - Den Atelier - Luxembourg-City - Sold Out -
Germany
Thursday, 17 October 2019 - Schlachthof - Wiesbaden - Sold Out -
France
Saturday, 19 October 2019 - Le Bataclan - Paris - Sold Out -
The Netherlands
Sunday, 20 October 2019 - TivoliVredenburg - Utrecht
Australia / New Zealand
DATE / EVENT / LOCATION | REMARKS | RECORDED |
Australia
Friday, 25 October 2019 - Astor Theatre - Perth - Australia
Support act: Nerve Quakes
Sunday, 27 October 2019 - The Gov - Adelaide - Australia
Support act here were SUBSTRACT S.
Wednesday, 30 October 2019 - Forum Theatre - Melbourne - Australia - Sold Out -
Support act here were Cash
Thursday, 31 October 2019 - Enmore Theatre - Sydney - Australia
Support act: The Pinheads
Saturday, 02 November 2019 - The Tivoli - Brisbane - Australia - Sold Out -
Support act here were Smoking Martha.
New Zealand
Sunday, 3 November 2019 - Powerstation - Auckland - New Zealand
From Australia to New Zealand - The Sisters of Mercy brought their show over to Auckland. Support act: The Sacrificials
Latin America
DATE / EVENT / LOCATION | REMARKS | RECORDED |
Brazil
Wednesday, 6 November 2019 - Arena do Toinha Brasil Show - Brasila - Brazil - moved date -
This year, the first concert in Brazil took place in Brasilia, a city The Sisters had never visited before ....
Friday, 8 November 2019 - Opera de Arame - Curitiba - Brazil
After 2016, the second concert at the wonderful Opera de Arame also called the Wire Opera House
Saturday, 9 November 2019 - Tom Brasil - São Paulo - Brazil
Tom Brasil, too, had welcomed The Sisters in 2016 before and were pleased to have them play here again.
Sunday, 10 November 2019 - Vivo Rio - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Support act during all Latin America gigs were The Secret Society.
Tuesday, 12 November 2019 - Espaço Patrick Ribeiro Aeroporto - Vitória - Brazil - cancelled -
This concert had been moved from Montevideo, Uruguay but was then cancelled completely.
Uruguay
Tuesday, 12 November 2019 - Montevideo Music Box - Montevideo - Uruguay - moved to Espaço Patrick Ribeiro, Vitória, Brazil -
This year, The Sisters' South America travels reached further than they've ever been .... or could have ...
Chile
Thursday, 14 November 2019 - Blondie - Santiago de Chile - Chile - cancelled -
According to The Sisters' Live News Page, the band had to cancel the gig because the safety
of the audience, crew or band could not be guaranteed under the circumstances given.
Mexico
Saturday, 16 November 2019 - Circo Volador - Mexico City - Mexico
Five years on from their last visit, The Sisters of Mercy played the final gig of their National Treasure Tour in Mexico City
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