It’s Wayne Hussey’s birthday today — he’s 53 — and to honor the co-founder of goth-rock luminaries The Mission (he also did time in The Sisters of Mercy and, very early on, Dead or Alive), we present this 1990 concert filmed in Dusseldorf during the Carved in Sand tour and broadcast on German television.
So in anticipation of the band’s upcoming reunion for its 25th anniversary, you can watch the full 13-song performance — uploaded by YouTube user VladDark78 — in the playlist embedded above, or check out the individual tracks (including a great cover of Neil Young’s classic “Like a Hurricane”) over at Slicing Up Video.
See setlist for The Mission’s Dusseldorf 1990 performance after the jump…
Setlist: The Mission, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1990
1. “Amelia”
2. “Child’s Play”
3. “Severina”
4. “Hands Across the Ocean”
5. “Butterfly on a Wheel”
6. “Into the Blue”
7. “Sea of Love”
8. “Kingdom Come”
9. “Beyond the Pale”
10. “Tower of Strength”
11. “Deliverance”
12. “Like a Hurricane”
13. “Wasteland”
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- The Mission taps Fields of the Nephilim, Gene Loves Jezebel for reunion concert
- The Mission reissuing ’90s albums ‘Neverland,’ ‘Blue’ next month with bonus tracks
- The Mission to reunite for 25th anniversary concert in London next October
- Wayne Hussey may reunite The Mission for 25th anniversary concerts in 2011
- Video: The Mission UK teases new ‘Dum Dum Bullet’ compilation with highlight reel
- The Mission UK releasing ‘Dum Dum Bullet’ comp with new songs, rare B-sides
- Wayne Hussey chronicles The Mission’s final gig with ‘Live & Last’
Long live Wayne!
Happy 53rd Wayne! Great footage. Saw them in 1990 at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, CA. with The Wonderstuff opening. Saw them later in 1990 at a club called the Strand in Redondo Beach, CA. with Masters of Reality opening. Epic shows!
Long live Wayne! x2!