National Treasure Tour 2019

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A new two-fold tour logo was introduced for this tour

After the European Summer Festival Tour with six concerts between June
and August 2019, where they introduced their new guitarist Dylan Smith
to the curious and excited crowds, The Sisters of Mercy prepared for a
worldwide autumn club tour. This so-named National Treasure Tour
started with two double-gigs in London and Brussels mid-September
and a further 16 concerts in Western and Northern Europe seeing the
band return to Denmark, Norway, Sweden (3), Poland (2), Germany (6),
Luxembourg, France and The Netherlands - 20 concerts in total of which
only three did not sell out.

The new tour logo as on front of the tour-shirts

While most of the tourdates had been confirmed already at the beginning
of the year, two pre-tour concerts in Greece were added in April. And what
surely was more exciting for the majority of the fanbase: on the day before
the first of these Greek events, a mysterious hint at a so far unknown of
performance at some strangely unavailable  venue in Antwerp appeared
on The Sisters' Live News Page. Apparently, one of the rare and exciting
Near Meth Experience trials that regularly occur before larger tours when
new members join the band. In addition, the folllowing words were mentioned
below the tour schedule 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

apparently indicating song titles and immediately raising hopes that to the pleasure of everyone a whole range
of new songs was to be presented during this tour. And so it was. Although not all of these new tracks did see
the light of day, Show Me and Better Reptile became a regular part of this tour's setlists as well as a new and
to-day untitled instrumental track that was introduced to the audience in Greece.

The last concert in Europe for this round part took place in Utrecht, NL on October 20th, 2019. Five days later,
The Sisters of Mercy embarked to Australia and Auckland, New Zealand for another six gigs. There the concerts
in Melbourne and Brisbane were sold out.

This years Latin America trip came with quite a few re-arrangements and cancellations. So that of initially six gigs only four in Brazil and the finishing concert in Mexico remained. Another visit of Chile had to be given up upon the political situation and a first envisaged concert in Uruguay could not draw enough interest to pay organisers' expenses. The final concert in Mexico City at Circo Volador was fully recorded in audio and video formats from the audience.

The new tour logo as on the back of the tour-shirts

Band/Line-Up


Support Acts

  • 20/21 September 2019, England, London, Roundhouse, opening act: Amenra
  • 23/24 September 2019, Belgium, Brussels, Ancienne Belgique, opening act: My Diligence
please check the according sections.



The Sisters of Mercy - a new instrumental   * video by Vangelis Anastasiou
- Fix Factory of Sound, Thessaloniki, Greece, 12.09.2019 -

 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. To open both concerts they brought with them the remarkable London-based
A.A.WILLIAMS, who would accompany almost all of the following European tour gigs.

 For extended details and more information about both concerts see:
   ●  Thursday, 12 September 2019 - Fix Factory Of Sound - Thessaloniki
   ●  Friday, 13 September 2019 - Gazi Music Hall - Athens

Full-show audience video recordings from both gigs of The Sisters's performances as well as of A.A.WILLIAMS' acts are available under the links above.

Near Meth Experience, Belgium

One day before the gigs in Greece, The Sisters of Mercy announced a further performance in Antwerp.
This turned out to be one of the rare, free and famous Near Meth Experience shows in preparation for
the oncoming tour.

Antwerp Secret Show Announcement


On the official Live News page below the tour schedule the titles of some new songs
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


and indeed, Kickline, Better Reptile and Show Me were performed during this concert for the first time in their then still rawer versions. Thankfully, some high-quality video
recordings of these three songs (and a few more) are available on the page for this event and here below. Check also this thread @The Heartland Forums to follow the
developments as they emerged.

Near Meth Experience @TRIX Club - Kickline
Near Meth Experience @TRIX Club - Better Reptile
Near Meth Experience @TRIX Club - Show Me (On The Doll)


This page is Work in Progress and going to be extended as soon as ever possible

Tour Schedule

Europe


DATE / EVENT / LOCATION SUPPORT ACT     REMARKS    RECORDED
England
Friday, 20 September 2019 - The Roundhouse - London Amenra     Sold Out         ---
Saturday, 21 September 2019 - The Roundhouse - London Amenra     Sold Out       YES
Belgium
Monday, 23 September 2019 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels My Diligence     Sold Out         ---
Tuesday, 24 September 2019 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels My Diligence        -----         ---
Denmark
Thursday, 26 September 2019 - Amager Bio - Copenhagen A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out         ---
Norway
Saturday, 28 September 2019 - Rockefeller - Oslo A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out       YES
Sweden
Sunday, 29 September 2019 - Münchenbryggeriet - Stockholm A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out       YES
Tuesday, 01 October 2019 - Trädgar'n - Gothenburg A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out       YES
Wednesday, 02 October 2019 - KB (Kulturbolaget) - Malmö A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out         ---
Germany
Friday, 04 October 2019 - Columbiahalle - Berlin A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out         ---
Poland
Sunday, 06 October 2019 - A2 - Wrocław A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out         ---
Monday, 07 October 2019 - Klub Studio - Krakow A.A.WILLIAMS        -----         ---
Germany
Thursday, 10 October 2019 - Alter Schlachthof - Dresden A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out         ---
Friday, 11 October 2019 - TonHalle - Munich A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out         ---
Sunday, 13 October 2019 - LKA Langhorn - Stuttgart A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out       YES
Monday, 14 October 2019 - E-Werk - Cologne A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out     FULL SHOW VIDEO
Luxembourg
Wednesday, 16 October 2019 - Den Atelier - Luxembourg-City       A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out         ---
Germany
Thursday, 17 October 2019 - Schlachthof - Wiesbaden A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out       YES
France
Saturday, 19 October 2019 - Le Bataclan - Paris A.A.WILLIAMS     Sold Out       YES
The Netherlands
Sunday, 20 October 2019 - TivoliVredenburg - Utrecht A.A.WILLIAMS        -----       YES


Australia / New Zealand


DATE / EVENT / LOCATION SUPPORT ACT     REMARKS    RECORDED
Australia
Friday, 25 October 2019 - Astor Theatre - Perth - Australia         Nerve Quakes        -----         ---
Sunday, 27 October 2019 - The Gov - Adelaide - Australia SUBSTRACT S        -----         ---
Wednesday, 30 October 2019 - Forum Theatre - Melbourne Cash     Sold Out       YES
Thursday, 31 October 2019 - Enmore Theatre - Sydney The Pinheads        -----         ---
Saturday, 02 November 2019 - The Tivoli - Brisbane Smoking Martha     Sold Out         ---
New Zealand
Sunday, 3 November 2019 - Powerstation - Auckland The Sacrificials        -----         ---


Latin America


This year, The Sisters' South America travels reached further than ever been .... or could have ...

DATE / EVENT / LOCATION SUPPORT ACT     REMARKS
Brazil
Wednesday, 6 November 2019 - Arena do Toinha Brasil Show - Brasila    The Secret Society     moved date to one day earlier
Friday, 8 November 2019 - Opera de Arame - Curitiba The Secret Society        -----  
Saturday, 9 November 2019 - Tom Brasil - São Paulo The Secret Society        -----  
Sunday, 10 November 2019 - Vivo Rio - Rio de Janeiro The Secret Society        -----  
Tue, 12-Nov-2019 - Espaço Patrick Ribeiro - Aeroporto Vitória - Brazil    The Secret Society     moved from Montevideo, Uruguay then cancelled completely
Uruguay
Tuesday, 12 November 2019 - Montevideo Music Box - Montevideo The Secret Society     moved to Espaço Patrick Ribeiro, Vitória, Brazil
Chile
'Thursday, 14 November 2019 - Blondie - Santiago de Chile The Secret Society     cancelled as safety could not be guaranteed
Mexico
Saturday, 16 November 2019 - Circo Volador - Mexico City - Mexico The Secret Society     This concert was RECORDED from the fanbase.



Shirts and Merchandise


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Merchandise stall (Roundhouse)
Lot of new merchandise was presented in London.
2019 National Treasure Tour-shirt 2019 (front)
2019 National Treasure Tour-shirt 2019 (front)

- Thanks to the uploadeder of these pictures. For larger views, please click into the files. -

Some Statistics



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