The Sisters of Mercy to play rare U.S. shows; The Sisterhood's out-of-print “Gift” reissued

The Sisters of Mercy | Photo by Lara Aimée The Sisters of Mercy are scheduled to play a pair of rare U.S. shows this spring — a festival in Las Vegas and a headlining date in Los Angeles — as the lone album from Andrew Eldritch’s mid-’80s side project The Sisterhood finally sees a reissue several years after it was announced. Eldritch, Doktor Avalanche and the rest of the current iteration of the Sisters are slated to play the Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas on May 13 with Ministry, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Killing Joke, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult and headliners System of a Down, Korn, Deftones and Incubus. Then, on May 23, they’ll play a just-announced headlining date at the Hollywood Palladium. Tickets are on sale. It’s not known whether there will be more U.S. shows. The Sisters haven’t played U.S. dates since 2008. The band’s only other announced shows for 2023 include a trio of concerts in Mexico and South America in June. See those dates below. Meanwhile, the reissue of the long-out-of-print album by The Sisterhood — the project born out of Eldritch’s feud with ex-Sisters of Mercy bandmates Wayne Hussey and Craig
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