The Mission

How good are they LIVE?

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Real Live Certified

Critics Consensus

The Mission is "Real Live Certified" and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 31 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that The Mission is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth watching. The Mission concert reviews describe live shows and performances as fierce, crowd-pleasing, pleasing, and poignant.

How long are their concerts?

How long are The Mission concerts? The Mission concerts usually last just over an hour.

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On tour

The Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, PA, United States (June 22); Summerfest Grounds, Milwaukee, United States (June 26); MGM Northfield Park, Northfield, Ohio, United States (June 28); The Athenaeum Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, United States (July 1); The Colosseum At Caesars Windsor, Windsor, Ontario , Canada (July 3); Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B, Buffalo, United States (July 5); Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, KY, United States (July 8); Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville, TN, United States (July 9); House of Blues, New Orleans, United States (July 11); House of Blues, Houston, United States (July 12); House of Blues Dallas`, Dallas TX, United States (July 14); Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TX, United States (July 15); House of Blues, Las Vegas, United States (July 19); The Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA, United States (July 20)

Festivals in 2025

Summerfest 2025

June 19 - July 5, 2025

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Artist Info

Genre

rock

Origin

Bio

The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the United States due to a naming clash with a Philadelphia R&B band) is a goth band formed in 1986 in Leeds, England from the splinters of the freshly-dissolved goth band The Sisters of Mercy.

Has Performed With

Fields of the Nephilim

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Critic Concert Reviews

Reflections of Darkness (Germany)

July 26, 2024

Mission, The - Bolkow 2024

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Soundcheck SF (USA)

May 9, 2024

The Mission (The Mission UK to fans in the US) came to San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall on May 9, 2024 and played an excellent 15 song set that took the fans in the crowd through decades of hits that everyone loved and stayed until the end to hear.

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Spectrum Culture (USA)

May 5, 2024

Some groups are inherently goth (Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy), while others dress like goths, write goth songs but also write pop songs (The Cure). Then there is a whole goth-adjacent wing where bands like Echo & the Bunnymen create dark music, look the part but lean more towards post-punk.

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Reflections of Darkness (Germany)

May 10, 2023

The Mission Live In Concert In Germany

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Backseat Mafia

May 28, 2022

So as Eddie Nil said last night I know most are here to see The Mission, they are but not all Ed. The venue has filled up just before the band take the stage and open up with Beyond The Pale, Tomorrow Never Knows, Serpents Kiss.

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Backseat Mafia

April 17, 2022

Notable is that the gig is a total devotion of the Missions fans and they do sing along in mass. Not surprisingly, the band did headline Reading Festival back in 1989.

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