Sisters 2017

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The Sisters' touring activities in 2017 began with two warm-up festival gigs, the first one in Switzerland at Rock Oz'Arènes Festival, Avenches and the second one at The Leveller's Beautiful Days Festival in Devon, UK. The following club tour started with two double-gigs at London Roundhouse and Brussel's Anciennce Belgiue, followed by DOCKS in Hamburg, Germany.

Opening acts were Therapy? for the London and Brussels concerts, and The Membranes for all other European gigs.

Next on the schedule came three long-awaited and accordingly sold-out concerts in Sweden at Trädgår'n, Gothenburg, Fryshuset Arenan, Stockholm and KM (Kulturbolaget) in Malmö, another stop in Berlin and two in gigs in Poland. On that occasion The Sisters of Mercy played the city of Gdańsk (Danzig) for the first time at Klub B90. The second Polish concert took place at Progresja, Warsaw and was also sold out.

From there, The Sisters machine rocked over Dresden and Stuttgart to Budapest, Hungary with its lovely A38 Ship and another gig at the Gasometer in Vienna, Austria. After a last stopover in Germany with performances in Wiesbaden and Dortmund, the band visited Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg and finally, as the last gig in Europe of this tour the Paradiso in Amsterdam, NL.

More than two thirds of the 21 concerts all over Europe sold out. An additional concert @Barby Club in Tel Aviv, Israel early in October completed The Sisters' travels for the year. Venue capacities ranged from over 3,000 to around 300.

As a surprise guest Lisa Cuthbert appeared on additional vocals during the encores in Dresden, Stuttgart and Amsterdam.

With regard to merchandise and shirts, a new logo design appeared and some new items were offered. Detailed information on these as well as some picture are here down below under Shirts and Merchandise.

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


Band/Line-Up


Tour Schedule

DATE VENUE / EVENT PLACE NOTES RECORDED
10/08/2017 Rock Oz'Arènes Festival Avenches - Switzerland    YES
19/08/2017 15th Beautiful Days Festival 2017         Escot Park - Devon - UK SOLD OUT   
         
01/09/2017 The Roundhouse London - England - UK SOLD OUT          YES
02/09/2017 The Roundhouse London - England - UK SOLD OUT    YES
04/09/2017 Ancienne Belgique Brussels - Belgium SOLD OUT   
05/09/2017 Ancienne Belgique Brussels - Belgium SOLD OUT   
07/09/2017 Docks Hamburg - Germany SOLD OUT   
08/09/2017 Trädgår'n Gothenburg - Sweden SOLD OUT    YES
09/09/2017 Arenan / Fryshuset Stockholm - Sweden SOLD OUT    YES
11/09/2017 KM (Kulturbolaget) Malmö - Sweden SOLD OUT    YES
12/09/2017 Columbiahalle (C-Halle) Berlin - Germany    YES
14/09/2017 Klub B90 Gdańsk (Danzig) - Poland   
15/09/2017 Progresja Warsaw - Poland SOLD OUT   
17/09/2017 Alter Schlachthof Dresden - Germany  ***    YES
18/09/2017 LKA Longhorn Stuttgart - Germany SOLD OUT  ***    YES
20/09/2017         A38 (Ship) Budapest - Hungary SOLD OUT    YES
21/09/2017 PLANET.TT - Bank Austria Halle         Gasometer - Vienna - Austria   
23/09/2017 Kulturzentrum Schlachthof e.V. Wiesbaden - Germany SOLD OUT   
24/09/2017 FZW / Freizeitzentrum West Dortmund - Germany SOLD OUT   
26/09/2017 Rockhal Esch-sur-Alzette - Luxembourg           
27/09/2017 Paradiso - Grote Zaal Amsterdam - The Netherlands  ***    YES
         
05/10/2017 Barby Club Tel Aviv - Israel   


  *** with Lisa Cuthbert on additional vocals during encores

For further information about the individual gigs and recordings, please see the according links and/or check the Sisters 2017 Section @The Heartland Forums.

Shirts and Merchandise

Apart from the current standard t-shirts with the new logo and the old 1985 one, as well as the work shirt and some Reptile House EP, Utterly Bastard Groovie, and recent No Cause t.shirts and hoodies, a new design was created for this tour showing the new logo half-down framed with rectangularly limited orange rays. The according design was used for the t-shirt and a new mug, the latter without a print underneath and in a slightly slimmer more elegant form. A hoodie with that new design has a mixture of the former "sisters" script cut off by half and the according logo on the front, while the back has the new design in, however, white print. A new "Leeds England Enamel Badge" and a "Merciful Release Cast Badge" were introduced as well, both 2.5 centimetre in diameter. Please check the pictures below for further details. All of these items are currently still available at The Sisters Online Merchandise Service.
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Merchandise Stand 2017
Tour Shirt 2017 (front)
Tour Shirt 2017 (back)
New Mug 2017 Tour Logo
Tour Hoodie 2017 (front)
Tour Hoodie 2017 (back)
New Leeds England Enamel Badge
Merciful Release High-relief Cast Metal Badge

Further Info and Stuff