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After much deliberation we, The Mission, have made the enormously difficult decision to cancel our appearance at this year’s Sinners Day Festival in Belgium scheduled for Saturday 30th October. As a consequence, we also have to reschedule the four prior UK warm-up shows.

We’re gutted that we have had to pull yet more shows because of circumstances beyond our control. We were so looking forward to getting together and making an unholy racket and returning to the stage.

We’re assuming that we don’t need to go into the why’s and wherefore’s of our decision, everybody knows what is going on with worldwide travel restrictions and ever-changing protocols. Please be assured that we did look at every possible scenario to make this work. Our most sincere apologies for all and every inconvenience caused.

We have however rescheduled the postponed UK shows and they will now serve as warm-ups for our ‘Deja Vu Tour’ set for March-April 2022 - Details below, including a North American tour!

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And while we are here we thought we’d remind you of the full dates for the UK and Europe leg of the ‘Deja Vu Tour, 2022’

All tickets already purchased will remain valid with refunds available for those that can’t make the new dates.

March

Sat 5th: Het Depot vzw, Leuven, Belgium
Sun 6th: La Trabendo, Paris, France
Tues 8th: Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
Weds 9th: Sala Mon, Madrid, Spain
Thurs 10th: LAV, Lisbon, Portugal
Fri 11th: Hard Club, Porto, Portugal
Sat 12th: Hard Club, Orto, Portugal
Mon 14th: Dynamo, Zurich, Switzerland
Tues 15th: Legend Club, Milan, Italy
Weds 16th: Backstage, Munich, Germany
Thurs 17th: Szene Wien, Vienna, Austria
Sat 19th: Szene Wien, Vienna, Austria
Sun 20th Kino Siska, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tues 22nd: Boogaloo Club, Zagreb, Croatia
Weds 23rd: Dürer Kert, Budapest, Hungary
Thurs 24th: Dürer Kert, Budapest, Hungary
Sat 26th: Futurum Music Bar, Prague, Czech Republic
Sun 27th: Futurum Music Bar, Prague, Czech Republic
Mon 28th: Club Proxima, Warsaw, Poland
Tues 29th: Columbia Theatre, Berlin, Germany
Thurs 31st: Parkteatret, Oslo, Norway

For those of you that had bought tickets for the Sinners Day Festival in October we have agreed to appear at a Sinners Day Special, which will be held over the weekend of 24-25th June 2022 in Oostende, Belgium. Unused tickets from October will be held valid for the new festival. And, of course, refunds available to those that can’t make it.

April

Fri 1st: Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden
Sat 2nd: Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden
Mon 4th: Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland
Thurs 7th: Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
Fri 8th: Tivoli, Bremen, Germany
Sat 9th: Zeche, Bochum, Germany
Sun 10th: Zeche, Bochum, Germany
Tues 12th: Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam, Holland
Thurs 14th: 02 Ritz, Manchester, England
Fri 15th: City Hall, Newcastle, England
Sat 16th: Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland
Sun 17th: 02 Academy, Leeds, England
Tues 19th: Rock City, Nottingham, England
Weds 20th: 02 Academy, Birmingham, England
Thur 21st: 02 Academy, Bristol, England
Fri 22nd: 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
Sat 23rd: 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England

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Wayne Hussey

Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and principal songwriter of The Mission, Vegetarian, acclaimed author & rabid LFC supporter.

Wayne uses...

Schecter Guitars. Steinburg Cubase, Softube Plugins. D16 Plugins, Slate Digital Plugins
IK Multimedia Plugins, FXpansion BFD, Ohm Plugins. Sonic Charge Plugins, Kemper Guitar Profiler,Celemony Melondyne, Jim Dunlop Picks & Newtone Strings

Simon Hinkler

Slink; guitarist, occasional keyboards, and proud wearer of wide-brimmed hat.
Imbiber of cider.

Simon's info

Simon's website
Moving On - title track from his latest EP - available at the merch store
Simon uses Jim Dunlop Picks and Newtone Strings

Craig Adams

Bass player extraordinaire.
Raconteur and much-sought-after after-dinner speaker for hire.

Craig's Info

Watch "Victory" - from Demon King, Craig's solo album available from the merch store
Craig uses Jim Dunlop Picks and Newtone Strings

Mike Kelly

Drums and all things rhythm,
including the method at which Mike is particularly accomplished.

Mike's info

The sole flyer of the rock 'n roll excess flag these days whilst t'other three, the elder statesmen we shall politely call them, are more like Compo, Cleggy, and Foggy from 'The Last Of The Summer Wine' on tour.
Mike uses Zildjian cymbals.

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