The Sisters of Mercy were back in London as part of their “Event Horizon” tour. Two Forum dates (of which this was the second) were their only UK gigs on the tour – and indeed for the whole of 1998.

Support was provided by German band Scoda Blush, who had just released their Andrew Eldritch produced debut album on Merciful Release. I can’t remember what the band sounded like but apparently I really enjoyed them,

I’m not sure why I only had a ticket for one of the nights, as I had previously seen The Sisters both nights when they played double London gigs on previous tours. I’m guessing, especially as these were the only two UK gigs, tickets may have sold out quickly. In any case I was glad to be seeing them again and they put on a really good show for us all – even going on to do THREE encores!

SETLIST

• Kiss The Carpet
• Ribbons
• Come Together
• Amphetamine Logic
• Body Electric
• Giving Ground
• We Are The Same, Susanne
• On The Wire / Teachers
• Will I Dream?
• Dominion/Mother Russia
• Summer
• Anaconda
• Romeo Down
• Flood II
• Temple Of Love
• Comfortably Numb / Some Kind Of Stranger (Encore 1)
• First And Last And Always (Encore 2)
• This Corrosion (Encore 2)
• Jolene (Encore 3)
• Vision Thing (Encore 3)