The Sisters of Mercy return to tour North America with Blaqk Audio in September

photo: Mick Burgess/courtesy Reybee PR

I covered Blaqk Audio's performance at Cruel World Festival '22 (see elsewhere on this blog) and was very impressed. Meanwhile, Sisters of Mercy have always been a favorite. Good to see them back. I've never caught the band live; would like to.  

Following a return to North America with last year’s tour that saw sold out shows in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, plus six other cities, THE SISTERS OF MERCY (TSOM) have announced another run of shows this Fall that include such legendary venues as New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, Los Angeles’ The Greek, San Francisco’s The Masonic and Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom among others.

Having not performed in North America in over 14 years, last year’s TSOM tour was met with positive reviews. Electronic duo Blaqk Audio features Davey Havok and Jade Puget of AFI. Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, May 10 with presales are now through Thursday, May 9.

The current TSOM lineup has Andrew Eldritch (vocals, pictured left) accompanied by Ben Christo (guitarist, backing vocals, bass) who has been with the band for nearly 20 years, the return of Chris Catalyst (who was previously with TSOM from 2005 to 2019) on Doktor Avalanche (drum machine), and Kai (guitarist, backing vocalist) who also leads the British-Japanese rock and alternative metal group Esprit D'Air.

Tour Dates:

Sat, Sept 14 Detroit MI The Fillmore (TICKETS)

Sun, Sept 15 McKees Rocks PA Roxian Theatre (TICKETS)
Tue, Sept 17 Baltimore MD The Lyric Theater (TICKETS)
Wed, Sept 18 Philadelphia PA The Met Philadelphia (TICKETS)
Fri, Sept 20 New York NY Radio City Music Hall (TICKETS)
Sun, Sept 22 Boston MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway (TICKETS)
Tue, Sept 24 Charlotte NC The Fillmore (TICKETS)
Thu, Sept 26 St Augustine FL St Augustine Amphitheatre
Fri, Sept 27 Atlanta GA Coca Cola Roxy (TICKETS)
Sun, Sept 29 Austin TX ACL Live at the Moody Theater (TICKETS)
Tue, Oct 1 Dallas TX Southside Ballroom (TICKETS)
Thu, Oct 3 Phoenix AZ The Van Buren (TICKETS)
Sat, Oct 5 San Diego CA Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre (TICKETS)
Sun, Oct 6 Los Angeles CA Greek Theatre (TICKETS)
Tue, Oct 8 San Francisco CA The Masonic (TICKETS)
Wed, Oct 9 San Francisco CA The Masonic (TICKETS)
Fri, Oct 11 Portland OR Crystal Ballroom (TICKETS)
Sat, Oct 12 Portland OR Crystal Ballroom (TICKETS)
Tue, Oct 15 Vancouver BC The Orpheum (TICKETS)
Wed, Oct 16 Seattle WA Paramount Theatre (TICKETS)
Fri, Oct 18 Salt Lake City UT Union Events Center (TICKETS)
Sat, Oct 19 Denver CO Mission Ballroom (TICKETS)
Tue, Oct 22 Minneapolis MN The Fillmore (TICKETS)
Wed, Oct 23 Chicago IL Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom (TICKETS)
Fri, Oct 25 Cleveland OH Temple Live (TICKETS)
Sat, Oct 26 Toronto ON HISTORY (TICKETS)