Event Horizon 1998
January and February 1998 saw The Sisters of Mercy touring 18 venues from Europe to the US and Canada and back to the UK. The European leg of this tour ended with a free concert at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium. From there and after a first check at Dark Harvest Festival in Philadelphia the year before, the band returned to the US for their first tour after 1991, including a double-gig at San Francisco Maritime Hall on February 5th and 6th.
Unfortunately, Andrew caught an ear infection during concerts in Europe, which worsened through the flight, so that the second US-gig
at Capitol Ballroom in Washington had to be cancelled. The entire tour was finalised with two sequent nights at The Forum in London, UK.
However on the good side, three new songs were given their first performance in Erlangen and Munich, respectively:
We Are The Same, Susanne, Romeo Down and Will I Dream?.
Support acts during the European and UK gigs were Think About Mutation (not in Belgium and the UK) and Scoda Blush,
while most US and Canada gigs went without a support.
For details on setlists, audience recordings and stuff, please see the links to the according pages for each gig in the Tour Schedule below. For more information about the tour as a whole, and about the various circumstances around individual gigs, we recommend you check the wonderful Sisters Tours/Event Horizon 1998 pages. Some interesting statistical data of this tour are also available at The Sisters of Mercy Database v0.5 Beta/Event Horizon.
A further few entertaining facts can also be retrieved from the excerpts from The Sisters Event Horizon Tour Book 1998 down below.
Contents
Band / Line-up
- Andrew Eldritch - Vocals
- Adam Pearson - Guitars, Bass, Backing Vocals
- Mike Varjak - Guitars, Backing Vocals
- Doktor Avalanche - Drums, Bass
- Possibly, nursing duties during this tour were shared between Mike Hall and Simon Denbigh.
- While, according to the Tour Personnel list on Page 2 of The Sisters Tour Book 1998 (see on the right),
- Mike Hall was officially booked as computer technician, there are rumours that Si Denbigh stepped in
- for the American leg of the tour. This is not 100% clearified, tough, and could just be wrong.
- Anyway, Si Denbigh was back on nursing duties for the following summer gigs
- and from that time remained The Doktor's one and only Nurse until 2012.
Tour Schedule
Europe Capacity
- Wed, 14-Jan-1998: Erlangen - Germany - Stadthalle 2,500
- Fri, 16-Jan-1998: Vienna - Austria - Libro Music Hall 4,300
- Sat, 17-Jan-1998: Prague - Czech Republic - Mala Sportovni Hala 16,000
- Sun, 18-Jan-1998: Chemnitz - Germany - Kraftwerk 1,700
- Tue, 20-Jan-1998: Berlin - Germany - Huxleys Neue Welt 2,200
- Wed, 21-Jan-1998: Herford - Germany - Kick 1,800
- Thu, 22-Jan-1998: Düsseldorf - Germany - Stahlwerk 2,500
- Sat, 24-Jan-1998: Munich - Germany - Colosseum 2,200
- Sun, 25-Jan-1998: Hamburg - Germany - Gaswerk G1 2,900
- Mon, 26-Jan-1998: Brussels - Belgium - Ancienne Belgique (FREE GIG) 2,000
US & Canada Capacity
- Fri, 30-Jan-1998: New York City - USA - Roseland Ballroom 3,200
- Sat, 31-Jan-1998: Washington D.C. - USA - The Capitol Ballroom (cancelled) 2,000
- Sun, 01-Feb-1998: Toronto - Canada - Warehouse 2,275
- Tue, 03-Feb-1998: Chicago - USA - Riviera Theatre 2,500
- Thu, 05-Feb-1998: San Francisco - USA - Maritime Hall 1,800
- Fri, 06-Feb-1998: San Francisco - USA - Maritime Hall 1,800
- Sat, 07-Feb-1998: Los Angeles - USA - Hollywood Palladium 3,400
UK Capacity
- Thu, 12-Feb-1998: London - England - Forum 2,100 (then)
- Fri, 13-Feb-1998: London - England - Forum now 2,300
Tour Shirts
Our thanks for these pictures go to Heartland Forums member ribbons69.
