Having had the support act cancel last minute, and with the doors opening a good 2 hours before the headliners were due to go on stage, there was a buzz in the air of the gathering audience, no-one knowing quite what to expect. Finally the pulsating beat of 'More' thumped out through the Mandela Hall;Andrew Eldritch – Sisters Of Mercy Having had the support act cancel last minute, and with the doors opening a good 2 hours before the headliners were due to go on stage, there was a buzz in the air of the gathering audience, no-one knowing quite what to expect. Finally the pulsating beat of 'More' thumped out through the Mandela Hall; and with dry-ice machines in overdrive, Sisters of Mercy takes to entertain the expectant crowd. Hiding behind a fairly thick layer of smoke Chris Catalyst (guitars, backing vocals), Ben Christo (guitars, backing vocals), Ravey Davey (Doktor Avalanche operator), and of course the charismatic Andrew Eldritch on lead vocal, rip through a set covering all three of their studio albums occasionally inserting an unreleased track into the mix. The crowd seemed to take a while to get into the spirit of things, this might have had something to do with initial sound problems which Eldritch's vocals seemed lost in the mix at times, but it also felt they lacked a certain volume level that only comes when you add a live rhythm section to a band, instead of the programmed Doctor Avalanche bank of Mac books sitting to the back [...]
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