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  • The Wonder Stuff & Salvation added for Leeds; Brixton Academy sold out..

    The Mission's Brixton 02 Academy show on 22nd Oct is now officially sold out so it is with huge pleasure that we can announce that The Wonder Stuff have been confirmed as very special guests for The Mission's 25th Anniversary show at Leeds 02 Academy on Friday 28th October!
    The two bands toured together quite extensively back in the late 80's and early 90's both in Europe and in the USA and Wayne Hussey and the Wonder Stuff's Miles Hunt have long since been the best of friends and have also toured both the USA and Europe together as solo artists in the last few years. Miles and Erica Nockalls (the Wonder Stuff's violin player) also guested with The Mission on the last night of the Shepherd Bush shows in 2008 as well as guesting with Wayne (along with Simon Hinkler) when he headlined last year's Whitby Goth Festival.

    The Leeds show does indeed promise to be a splendid occasion and to add to the festivities we can also delightedly tell you that Salvation will also be appearing. Salvation are a Leeds based band that Wayne produced a single for (Jessica's Crime) as well as playing quite a few shows with The Mission in the mid 80's and this will, apparently, be their first show in quite some time. For more info on Salvation go to:
    http://www.salvationhq.co.uk/biography/

    And lastly, we'd just like to point you in the direction of a very recent Wayne Hussey interview at:
    http://graveconcernsezine.com/interviews/gothic/3067-interview-wayne-hussey-the-mission.html
    P.S. visit our forum http://www.themissionuk.com/forum. We'd be very interested to hear what you have to say about the addition of The Wonder Stuff and Salvation for Leeds!!!!





    5:10 PM
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      • André Graff

         Were Are Waiting You In France...In Alsace !!!!! Near The Border Of Germany !!!!!!

        9 months ago

  • MGT guests at XXV show and Rhydian covers TOS!

    OK, hope you are all good. We have a few little pieces of news to tell you about!

    Firstly, we are very pleased to be able to confirm that Mark Gemini Thwaite, the guitarist with the Mission from 1992 until 2002 and then again from 2005 until the 'final' shows in 2008, will be making a guest appearance for a few songs at both the Mission's 25th anniversary Brixton and Leeds shows in October. Mark, who has actually played in The Mission longer than any other musician apart from Wayne, has recently been touring as guitarist in Peter Murphy's band.
    Other news is that there are now less than 200 tickets left for the 22nd October show at Brixton 02 Academy so if you are planning on attending but haven't yet bought your ticket then we advise you to hurry up before it's sold out. The venue holds 4921 when full so this promises to be a hot steamy night. Leeds 02 Acedemy on 28th Oct is also selling very well and will also be sold out so, again, we advise you to purchase your tickets soon if you are planning to attend.
    And lastly, and certainly not least, is the news that Rhydian has recorded a version of the band's 'Tower Of Strength' for his next album 'Waves' which is being released in the UK on August 1st. Rhydian, who originally came to fame in the UK via the tv show 'X-Factor', sold over 1 million copies of his last album.
    Upon hearing the track Wayne Hussey said, 'For once I am speechless. I have no idea who Rhydian is as I live in Brazil and have done for almost 10 years now and whilst I listen to the Mark Radcliffe show on BBC Radio 6 via the internet I have never heard him play Rhydian. But that means bugger all. Radcliffe can be as obscure as I currently am. I'm flattered that Rhydian recognises 'Tower Of Strength' for being the great song I've always felt it was to the extent of covering it for his next album. Having never heard his sonorous voice before I can truthfully say I am gobsmacked and feel that his version captures the true essence of the song which to me has always been celebratory and joyous, and not the pompous goth dirge that many perceive the Mission and 'Tower Of Strength' to be. Kudos to the man and I look forward to shaking his hand and thanking him for the publishing check!'
    And there is now speculation that Rhydian could make a surprise appearance with the band at their Brixton show in October. More on that as and when we hear.
    5:00 PM

  • THE MISSION ANNOUNCE EURO SHOWS!!!

    OK, so we promised you some Mission 25th anniversary continental European shows for Oct-Nov and that's what we have for you. In addition to the previously announced UK shows at London's Brixton and Leed's O2 Academy's (on Oct 22nd and 28th respectively) we are pleased to be able to confirm additional shows in Portugal, Spain, Greece, Holland, Belgium, and Germany. The dates in full are below. Tickets for all shows go on sale tomorrow, Friday 10th June, from all usual outlets and the following websites:

    Portugal – ..
    Spain – .. and Sunrecords, Madrid.
    Greece – ..
    Holland – ..
    Belgium – ..
    Germany - ..

    Oct:
    Fri. 14th: Hard Club, Porto, Portugal
    Sat. 15th: Santiago Alquimista, Lisbon, Portugal
    Sun. 16th: Mirror, Valencia, Spain
    Mon. 17th: Bikini, Barcelona, Spain
    Tues. 18th: Heineken, Madrid, Spain
    Thurs, 20th: Fuzz Club, Athens, Greece
    Sat. 22nd: Brixton O2 Academy, London, UK*
    Fri. 28th: O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
    Sat. 29th: Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherland
    Sun. 30th: Sinners Day Festival, Belgium

    Nov:
    Tues. 1st: Stollwerck, Cologne, Germany
    Wed. 2nd: Guenspan, Hamburg, Germany

    (*Besides London where we have already announced FOTN and GLJ as our very special guests,
    support and special guests for the other shows will be announced at a later stage.)
    11:52 PM

  • The Mission announce additional UK show in new issue of 'Classic Rock' magazine..

    We'd just like to let you know, those of you who live in the UK, that there will be two, yes two, monthly music magazines featuring The Mission in the upcoming weeks.

    First of all, there will be a 2500 word article on the band in the July issue of 'Classic Rock' (hits your local newstand on May 25th). The article features recent interviews with original members Wayne Hussey, Simon Hinkler, Craig Adams, and Mission record producers John Paul Jones and Tim Palmer. Also in this very same issue there will be, in a 2 page spread advert, an announcement of a further UK show to add alongside the previously announced 22nd Oct show at Brixton with Fields Of The Nephilim and Gene Loves Jezebel as special guests. (Tickets for Brixton are selling very well and we are expecting a sellout so if you plan on going and haven't bought your tickets yet we advise you to hurry up!).

    The same announcement will also be made on the 'Classic Rock' website . Tickets for the newly announced show go on sale on 25th May and special guests will be announced shortly on MWIS themissionuk.com.

    There will also be another recently conducted interview with Wayne in next month's issue of 'Record Collector' too, available at the end of this month, May.

    Also, keep an eye out on themissionuk.com over the coming weeks for an announcement of some mainland European shows for October also.










    10:53 PM
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      • Shiva

        Oh, I wish I could go...but the UK is financially unavailable to me at the moment. I will have to savor my memories instead, play my records and have a glass of wine in celebration of 25 years...damn, that means I'm old! How'd that happen?  

        1 year ago

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