1 January 2010

WAYNE IN VALENCIA IN FEBRUARY

Well, all of us here at MWIS hope that your new year celebrations were suitable and you suffered the hangover to prove it. Hopefully though your resolutions are still intact.

Anyway, we'd like to let you know that Wayne Hussey will be making his first solo appearance of the year at the Q Festival in Valencia, Spain on Saturday 20th February.The festival is a benefit for 'Aid to the Third World' and features also Midge Ure and Peter Hook (Joy Division & New Order) amongst others. We believe Wayne is scheduled to appear from 20:00 to 21:00 but that may change and if it does we will endeavour to let you know. For more info visit:

12 2009

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU

Yeah, it's that day of the year again.......so, from all of us at MWIS we'd like to wish you a very happy, merry Christmas and a fantastic new year.......Hopefully we'll get to see each other sometime in the coming new year.

And I'd also like to thank you for your continued support and raise a glass to you in salute........

Cheers,

Wayne

xx 

11 2009

WAYNE STARTS HIS EURO JAUNT TOMORROW!

Just a reminder......After Wayne's recent warm-up shows in Athens & Ratlinghope he starts his European solo tour 'proper' tomorrow (25th in Utrecht).

Nov.

Weds. 25th: Utrecht Tivoli *

Fri. 27th: Berlin K17 *

Sat. 28^th: Hannover Gig Linden *

Sun. 29^th: Wittenberg Crush Club *

Mon. 30th: Frankfurt Nachtleben *

Dec.

Tues. 1st: Cologne Werkstatt *

Weds. 2nd: Munster Gleis 22 *

Thurs. 3rd: Zweibrcken Plan B *

Sat. 5th: Prato Exenia *

Sun. 6^th: Milan (venue tbc) *

Tues. 8th: Vienna Viper Room

Weds. 9^th: Budapest Tűzraktér

Sat. 12^th: Manchester Academy 3

Sun. 13^th: Glasgow 02 ABC2

Mon. 14^th: Oxford 02 Academy 2

* = with very special guests Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls

And for those of you that may be interested:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WAYNE-HUSSEY-of-the-MISSION-acoustic-guitar-collectors_W0QQitemZ270488270809QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3efa5b77d9

"For sale: A 1980 Gibson Hummingbird 6 string acoustic guitar owned by Wayne Hussey of The Mission for the last 20 years or so. Made by Gibson Inc. in Kalamazoo, Michegan, USA, serial no.: 81620087. In good condition although it has been been extensively used so there are some scratches and marks. It also includes the original Gibson case. It has very recently been valued by a guitar expert at £1400. This guitar has featured on every Mission album since about 1989 and including his recent solo acoustic album 'Bare'. Many Mission songs were written by Wayne on this guitar.
In Wayne's own words "I'm a little reluctant to part with this guitar because I've had it so long and for me, historically, it means a lot. However, I have other acoustic guitars that I use a lot more these days and this guitar has just sat in it's case in my storeroom in Brazil for the last couple of years not being used and it's a shame. I'm in the market for a good, old 2nd hand 12 string acoustic guitar so I'm selling this to help fund my new purchase. I will be sad to see it go but I hope it goes to a good home."
If the winning bidder would like the guitar signed then Wayne would be willing, reluctantly, to sign a personal message for the buyer. But if you want the guitar as is then that would be more than fine."

11 2009

10 2009

JAN FROM ELUSIVE FOUND DEAD

We have received the very tragic and shocking news that Jan, the singer from the band Elusive that supported the Mission on their 2005 'Lighting The Candles' tour, died a few days ago. Jan, who was only in his mid 30's, was found dead in his apartment in Oslo on Thursday morning.The cause of death is not yet known.

Jan was much loved by all in the Mission camp and as well as supporting the Mission with Elusive, he did also join the band onstage a couple of times to sing alongside Wayne. Being a long time Mission fan this was a dream realized for Jan and he also attended all four nights of the last Mission shows at Shepherds Bush early last year. 

Our sincerest condolences go to Tommy and Chris, the other two members of Elusive, and to Jan's family and close friends, some of whom we know he met through his involvement with The Mission.

We will miss you, Jan. Rip, brother. 

10 2009

Ministry/Mission collaboration xmas single release...
"IT’S ALWAYS CHRISTMAS TIME"
AL JOURGENSEN / MGT EXCLUSIVE WORLD DEBUT ON THE MANCOW SHOW
Broadcast scheduled for November 6, 2009 at 8:35 AM CST
 
"It’s Always Christmas Time” -a collaborative carol from Al Jourgensen (Ministry, RevCo) and Mark Gemini Thwaite (The Mission UK, Peter Murphy, Mob Research) -will have its Exclusive World Debut on The Mancow Show (USA) on November 6, 2009. www.mancow.com

Scheduled for broadcast at 8:35 AM CST, the track was originally streamed via the official Ministry MySpace page as a memorial to friend and band mate Paul Raven (Ministry, Killing Joke, Mob Research) on the two-year anniversary of his passing in 2007. Through their friendship with Raven, both Jourgensen and Thwaite met and began working on this project together. The first fruit of their labors, “It’s Always Christmas Time,” is a tribute to the life and work of Paul Raven, and received in excess of 5000 plays during its 24- hour stream on MySpace.

Of the collaboration with Jourgensen, guitarist MarkGT offers, "Recently, Al invited me to the 13th Planet compound to record guitars on some of the new RevCo material Al’s producing.  He then invited me to collaborate on his first ever 'solo' project, which is surprisingly radio friendly. It feels like home for me as Raven was a close mutual friend of ours - and we both feel his spirit smiling down on our union!"

Jourgensen joins Mancow live during the premiere of “It’s Always Christmas Time,” taking calls during the live broadcast and adding his irascible charm to the hit radio show.
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A Special Limited Edition hand-numbered and autographed cd of “It’s Always Christmas Time” will be available exclusively through the 13th Planet web-store, http://thirteenthplanetstore.com

with a digital version will be available for download the week of November 15th.

10 2009

HUSSEY TOUR UPDATE
Wayne Hussey has added yet more shows to his upcoming European tour including 4 UK shows. The UK shows are Manchester Academy 3 on Saturday 12th December (Box Office 0161 832 1111, online at www.ticketline.co.uk), Glasgow 02 ABC2 on Sunday 13th, and the final show of the year at Oxford 02 Academy 2 on Monday 14th. Tickets available for Glasgow and Oxford from Ticketweb  0844 477 2000, online at www.ticketweb.co.uk. Support for these 3 shows will be Timothy Parkes who featured alongside Wayne on the recently released ‘Shared’ album. 
The 4th UK show is a warm-up at Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls local pub on Sunday 22nd November at the Horseshoe Inn, The Bridges, Ratlinghope, Shropshire, tel: 01588-650260. Miles & Erica will also be appearing with Wayne on this night as well as being Wayne’s very special guests for his mainland European shows (except Athens).
The tour in full:
Nov.
Fri. 13th: Athens Live Rodeo Club
Sat. 14th: Athens Live Rodeo Club
Sun. 22nd: Horseshoe Inn, The Bridges, Ratlinghope *
Weds. 25th: Utrecht Tivoli *
Fri. 27th: Berlin K17 *
Sat. 28th: Hannover Gig Linden *
Sun. 29th: Wittenberg Crush Club *
Mon. 30th: Frankfurt Nachtleben *
Dec.
Tues. 1st: Cologne Werkstatt *
Weds. 2nd: Munster Gleis 22 *
Thurs. 3rd: Zweibrcken Plan B *
Sat. 5th: Prato Exenia *
Sun. 6th: Milan (venue tbc) *
Tues. 8th: Vienna Viper Room
Weds. 9th: Budapest Tűzraktér
Sat. 12th: Manchester Academy 3
Sun. 13th: Glasgow 02 ABC2
Mon. 14th: Oxford 02 Academy 2
* = with very special guests Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls

9 2009

Ministry's Al Jourgensen announces collaboration with MarkGT

Al Jourgensen announces "Christmas song" collaboration with Mission guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite, plus new MGT bonus download remix on RevCo remix album.

While RevCo is out on the North American LuBriCaTouR promoting the upcoming 13th Planet release, Al Jourgensen has hooked up with guitarist Mark Thwaite (Mission UK, Peter Murphy, Tricky, Mob Research) in the studio, collaborating on several projects simultaneously. Jourgensen and Thwaite, both long-time friends of Killing Joke/Ministry bassist Paul Raven, who passed away October 20, 2007, joined forces recently at Jourgensen’s 13th Planet compound in Texas on RevCo projects and another Jourgensen side project. MGT also brings his remix skills to RevCo’s upcoming “Sex-O MiXXX-O” remix album on 'Abundant Redundancy (Dambuster Metalmorphosis Mix)' - which features a brand new mix with additional lead guitars and drum programming by MGT - which will be released digital only as a bonus mp3 supplement to the physical release on 29th September. Thwaite’s previous remix credits include Gary Numan, Methodman and Licky.

Additionally, MGT collaborated with Ministry/RevCo guitarist Sin Quirin on 'Filthy Senoritas', for the upcoming RevCo album release slated for Spring 2010. But the crowning jewel of the Jourgensen/Thwaite collaboration is the newly penned as yet untitled Christmas Song to be released via digital download exclusively this Thanksgiving. 13th Planet will release a digital stream of the track October 20th, 2009 to celebrate the memory of their “favorite pirate” Paul Raven on Ministry’s Myspace www.myspace.com/ministrymusic.

Also check out the new interview with Jourgensen in LA Weekly where he discusses future plans and working with MGT:  http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/synthful/al-jourgensen/index.php?page=2

Al Jourgensen: "I'm working on a solo record right now, which is not metal at all. I'm working on it with Mark Thwaite from Mission U.K. He's playing guitar with Peter Murphy right now. Me and him are doing my solo record and it's really poppy stuff. All the metalheads are going to be like "This sucks!" Whatever. We're having fun with it. I'm really happy with it. Mark just left today. He went to LA because he has to go on tour with Peter Murphy. He'll be back in November and then we start on it again. We have one song done that's a Christmas song. It's really uplifting, Merry Christmas to everyone, you fuckers. It's good. As a matter of fact, that's going to be released on iTunes on December 1. Ministry's first Christmas song"

In tandem, RevCo’s performance October 20th in Jacksonville, FL will host a video collage of Paul Raven’s life by long-time friend, Dean Karr at the RevCo LuBriCaTouR show.
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
www.thirteenthplanet.com
www.myspace.com/ministrymusic
www.myspace.com/revoltingcocks

9 2009

HUSSEY CONFIRMS MORE EURO SHOWS

In addition to the previously announced 2 shows in Athens at the the Rodeo Live Club on Fri.13th and Sat. 14th November we can now confirm further European Wayne Hussey solo shows. Apart from Athens very special gusts on all shows will be Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls (from The Wonderstuff). The newly confirmed shows are: 

Nov.

Weds. 25th: Utrecht Tivoli

Fri. 27th: Berlin K17

Mon. 30th: Frankfurt Nachtleben

Dec.

Tues. 1st: Cologne Werkstatt

Weds. 2nd: Munster Gleis 22

Thurs. 3rd: Zweibrcken Plan B

Sat. 5th: Prato Exenia

Tues. 8th: Vienna Viper Room

There will be more dates added and we will bring you news of them when we get it so watch this space. 

9 2009

NEW INTERVIEWS WITH HUSSEY & MARKGT..

A new online interview with Wayne Hussey has just been posted on the official Wayne Hussey website.... it can be found here:
http://www.waynehussey.de/qapresse/august2009/index.html
Including some interesting news regarding his several projects including the ongoing collaboration with Julianne Regan (AAE), The Mission and his forthcoming solo 2009 tour.

Theres also a new online interview with Mission guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite posted on Fabryka Industrial Rock magazine: http://fabryka.darknation.eu/php-files_en/readarticle.php?article_id=298
MGT discusses touring with The Mission and Peter Murphy, his recent collaboration with Al Jourgensen and RevCo, and the Mob Research album release featuring MGT and the late Paul Raven (Killing Joke/Ministry)

9 2009

WAYNE HUSSEY EURO AND UK DATES
We will be soon announcing the full set of dates that Wayne Hussey will be playing later this year (Nov- Dec 2009) to include European destinations and three shows in the UK to include, Scotland, Midlands and London.. WATCH THIS SPACE!!! more soon....

9 October 2009

THE MISSION JOIN FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
For those of you that just can't get enough web action, The Mission has now got a twitter page (for the shop) and a official facebook page. Join here: http://www.facebook.com/themissionuk and the twitter site is http://twitter.com/themissionstore. ENJOY!!!

8 2009

HUSSEY CONFIRMS SOLO SHOWS

Wayne Hussey has just confirmed 2 solo shows in Athens, Greece, for Friday 13th and Saturday 14th November. Wayne is sharing the bill with Malcolm Middleton (Arab Strap). The venue is the Rodeo Live Club, 34 Haiden Str., Victoria Square metro station, Athens downtown. Doors will open at 21:00. Tickets are priced at 23 euros and will be available online shortly at www.ticketpro.gr or www.ticketquest.gr

More European Hussey shows with Miles Hunt and Erica Knockalls in support will be confirmed in the next few weeks including shows in Germany, Holland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, and France. No news yet on any UK shows.

8 2009

Bare released through Sony in Germany.
Wayne Hussey's solo album BARE will be released officially through Sony Music in Germany, on the 23rd October 2009 with bonus live tracks added.. 1. Another Lonely Day   2. Kingdom Come   3. Ashes To Ashes   4. All Tangled Up In You

They will be available in the UK from our shop only. And on sale exclusively from the 1st September as a special pre release date promotion.

 

8 October 2009

MGT & PETER MURPHY EUROPEAN TOUR (update)

Following a successful tour of the USA this summer, Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy has announced more 'Secret Cover' European tour dates, once again featuring MIssion guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite. This also coincides with MGT's first commercially released recorded appearance with Peter Murphy on the third in the series of covers released this summer - a recording of Joy Division's 'Transmission' (live n' crakin) taken from Murphy's recent concert with MGT and band at the Highline Ballroom in New York City in July 09.

 It appears exclusively on Murphy's Huvolla Music label and only available on iTunes, 'Transmission' (live n' crakin) showcases Peter's full live band line-up, including MGT on lead guitar. The new studio album recorded by the same line-up in Woodstock NY is slated for release later this year, more details to be announced at www.petermurphy.info.

PETER MURPHY SECRET COVER EUROPE 09

29-Sep Paris France La Locomotive    
 1-Oct Florence Italy Viper 
 2-Oct Rome Italy Alpheus 
 3-Oct Rimini Italy Velvet 
 4-Oct Treviso Italy New Age 
 5-Oct Milan Italy Alcatraz  
 10-Oct Leamington, UK UK Assembly 
 11-Oct London UK Indigo 2
 12-Oct Cambridge UK Junction 
 13-Oct Copenhagen Denmark Rust   
 15-Oct Hamburg Germany Fabrik 
 16-Oct Berlin Germany Huxleys 
 18-Oct Hanover Germany Capitol 
 19-Oct Aschaffenburg Germany Colos Saal 
 20-Oct Munchen Germany Back Stage    
 22-Oct Koln Germany Kantine 
 23-Oct Gent Belgium Handlebeurs 
 24-Oct Charleroi Belgium Eden     
 26-Oct Madrid Spain Heineken 
 27-Oct Barcelona Spain Bikini 
 30-Oct Coimbra Portugal Teatro Gil Vicente 
 31-Oct Lisbon Portugal Aula Magna 
 1-Nov Oporto Portugal Casa Da Musica    
 3-Nov Warsaw Poland Stodola 
 4-Nov Budapest Hungary A38 
 6-Nov Sofia Bulgaria Party Center 
 7-Nov Thessaloniki Greece Mylos 
 8-Nov Athens Greece Gagarin 
 10-Nov Tel Aviv Israel TBD

 

For more info visit MGT's website at www.markthwaite.com

7 July 2009

Live & Last released as Digital Download
The Mission's last live release 'Live and Last' is now available in the shop as a digital download, where you can select individual tracks.. To buy these tracks go to http://www.recordstore.co.uk/themission/digitaldetail.jsp?productPK=unittest-w2hOuBRBQxwn9lRZpN3IEb-1

6 2009

MGT GUESTS ON NEW REVOLTING COCKS

Posted on the Ministry/RevCo blog:

"On a short stopover from Tucson to the Secret Cover Tour show in Austin Texas, the Peter Murphy band dropped by the compound to say hello, eat Tex Mex and drink! Of course Uncle Al Jourgensen (who is in the studio now with guitarist Sin Quirin finalizing the new Revolting Cocks release, as yet untitled) immediately put everyone to work in the studio. 

Uncle Al with guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite (The Mission, Tricky, Peter Murphy and Mob Research).  Mark laid down some guitar trax for the new RevCo.  We had some great chats about our mutual friend, Paul Raven, as Mark collaborated with Raven on the Mob Research project which is out NOW! www.mobresearchinc.com. A great tribute to the late, great Raven.

Drummer Nick Lucero (Peter Murphy, QOTSA Rated -R), Uncle Al, Mr. Thwaite




http://www.pissarmy.com/viewtopic.php?t=21598

5 2009

WAYNE & JULIANNE RECORDING TOGETHER

As those of you who were able to listen to Wayne´s interview with Andrew Collins on Radio BBC 6 last Friday are now aware Wayne is currently recording an album with Julianne Regan.

We´ll let Wayne tell you about it in his own words.

`Yeah, Julianne and I are recording together. It´s a fairly loose remit with the only criterions being that we record songs we both like and we, Julianne and I, play all the instruments ourselves, no guests, and that it´s fun. We are sifting through a pile of suggestions for cover versions at the moment but as well as covers we do intend to write, both on our own and possibly together, a few new songs for this album along with maybe covering one or two old AAE & Mission songs. Some songs will be duets and some will feature one of us more than the other. There are no rules. And there is no deadline, we´ll do it at our own pace via the wonder of the internet to start with but I daresay that as the project nears completion we will get together on the same continent to add the finishing touches and to mix. We have absolutely no plans for playing live, no plans yet for release, all we´re gonna do is record a bunch of songs and see where it takes us. Hopefully it´ll be a fun ride. `

There is a thread on the MWIS forum asking for your suggestions of songs that you´d possibly like to see Julianne & Wayne record together. If you´d like to make a suggestion then please go to : http://themissionuk.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5157

http://themissionuk.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5157

Also at this time I´m sure you´d like to join all of us here at MWIS in wishing Wayne a very happy birthday for tomorrow (Tues. 26^th) and a speedy recovery from his recent surgery.

5 2009

WAYNE ON THE RADIO & CONGRATS TO THE MORGAN FAMILY

We´re sure you´d all like to join us in sending our heartiest congratulations to our webmaster, the venerable Mr. Paul Morgan, and his lovely wife, Rachel, on the birth of their bouncing baby boy, Griffin Coooper, recently. Well done you two. There is a thread on our forum here at MWIS where you can stop by and add your own personal message for the Morgan family.

We´d also like to let you know that Wayne will be interviewed live tomorrow (Fri. 21st) via telephone at midday by Andrew Collins on BBC Radio 6. We understand that Wayne will be announcing during the interview news of a new and, we think, exciting project he has recently embarked upon. And to that end there is another thread on the forum here on MWIS where Wayne has asked for your help´in suggesting songs by other artists that you´d like to hear him either record or perform live at one of his solo shows. Go on, add your own suggestion.

And look out for Mark Gemini Thwaite on tour with Peter Murphy this summer in a town near you (full dates in a previous news story). Wear your Mission shirt and go along to the show and say hello to Mark, he always likes that and always finds time for a word with everyone! What a lovely boy!

5 2009

MGT back on tour with Peter Murphy (USA / WGT)

4 September 2009

GOLD PRESENTATION DISCS

The First batch of Gold Presentation discs are now up for sale in the merch store. Other titles will be up soon. Exclusive Gold Disc Displays containing professionally gold plated discs for 'The First Chapter', 'God's Own Medicine' and 'Children' presented against a high quality jet black matt mounting. The ORIGINAL artwork taken from the album is also mounted within the display, alongside an engraved plaque with the personalised inscription.

The display of this superb 20" X 16" Gold Disc is set in a luxurious, high quality polished gold frame and is glazed with Plexi Glass, which can be wall hung.

All Gold Discs are also securely packed in a custom made carton to ensure safe delivery.

 

4 July 2009

Mob Research CD for Pre order NOW!

Mission guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite's new project 'MOB RESEARCH'  is well underway, and the Mission store now has the fantastic new CD for pre order. Holy City Zoo is up now! The album features the last recordings of the late great Paul Raven of Killing Joke/Ministry. Also look out for new items, including books, playing cards, keyrings, mugs and very special gold presentation discs up soon! You can pre-order the Mob Research album at the link below:

http://www.recordstore.co.uk/themission/productdetail.jsp?productPK=unittest-B6t1kNC7aULc9XIbqN3IEb-1

Mob Research: Holy City Zoo£12.99 (UK)
CD album
Release Date : May 25 2009

Wayne Hussey: "Raven was one of the good guys. He became a good friend of Mick Brown first and then gradually I got to know him and we got on very well. He was always encouraging, loved music, talking about it and playing it. The last time I heard from him was a month or so ago. Ironically he emailed me to tell me that it was 'a very nice thing to do to post a news message on MWIS about the death of a fan (Ashira)'. He also went onto say that he loved the idea of the Shepherds Bush shows and was gonna try to get to at least one or two of them. I shall miss him. I liked him a lot."

1. Tribe
2. Holy City Zoo
3. New Paradigm
4. Wambulance
5. Manufactured Terror
6. Skull And Bones
7. This One’s For You
8. Sky God Worshippers
9. The New Religion
10. Atmosphere
11. Tribe (Electrofish Mix)
12. Wambulance (Terminator Remix)
13. Tribe (Blueblood Warpaint Remix)
14. Holy City Zoo (Elektrofish Remix)
15. Skull And Bones (SinDaddy Remix)

4 January 2009

APRIL FOOL

OK, well done to those of you that figured out that last night´s news story about Wayne becoming an actor was an April Fool´s joke. We certainly didn´t fool as many of you this year as we did with last year´s story about Wayne rejoining TSOM. We´ll have to try harder next year to come up with something that will fool more of you, maybe something along the lines of The Mission, at long last, get a good review in the NME!!!!

Anyway, some facts regarding last night´s hoax: Wayne has never harboured ambition to act in a film or onstage. The closest Wayne would like to get to being in a film is that he would dearly love to score a film one day, Brad Pitt or otherwise. Wayne did indeed go to see Radiohead in both Rio De Janeiro and Sao Paulo recently and was invited to the aftershow parties. Brad Pitt wasn´t in attendance. Wayne has met Brad Pitt before, coincidentally backstage at a Radiohead show in Los Angeles on April 1st in the late ´90´s. Brad Pitt is a big Radiohead fan. Brad Pitt is not an avowed Mission fan although Mr. Pitt did, in fact, attend a Mission show at the Shepherds Bush Empire in the mid 90´s whilst he was in London filming Interview With A Vampire and did apparently buy 2 Mission t-shirts. Tom Cruise did not attend with him. 

Anyway, hope no harm was done this time around.

3 2009

WAYNE´S GOING TO HOLLYWOOD!

Hi, hope you´re good. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I am about to embark on a new career.....in acting!!!!! My wife, Cinthya, is an actress and doing rather well with it here in Brazil and having watched, and helped, her progress for the last 3 or 4 years I always felt it was something I could do myself and would enjoy doing, after all, what is fronting a band if not a form of acting?  Anyway, these were all just thoughts until recently when I went to see Radiohead in Rio De Janeiro. Having friends that work for Radiohead I was invited to the aftershow party and who was there? Brad Pitt! Now, I have met Mr. Pitt once before, coincidentally, at a Radiohead show in Los Angeles in 1999, I think it was. Anyway, we got talking and he reminded me that he was actually once a Mission fan, coming to see us at Shepherds Bush Empire in the mid 90´s whilst he was in London filming Interview With A Vampire and walking away with two Mission t-shirts that he´d purchased at the merch stall. The t-shirts have long since faded in direct contrast to Mr. Pitt´s career.

Anyway, as these conversations go, I asked what he was up to and he likewise asked me. I confessed my secret ambition to one day act in a film. So, since that recent meeting in Rio we have kept in touch via email and just last night he called me and asked if I´d be up for playing a small ´part in an upcoming film he´s about to start work on. Of course I jumped at the opportunity. I just wanted to share the good news with you all. I will, of course, let you know more when I do.

Of course, music is and will remain my first love, and once I have established my film career I will return to making records and playing shows. I´m sure you´d like to wish me all the best of luck in my new direction.

Cheers,

Wayne Hussey

3 2009

Q MAGAZINE GIVE THE MISH 4 STARS

The May 2009 Edition of 'Q' Magazine awards 'The Final Chapter' with **** 4 Stars for the show and *** 3 Stars for the bonus material, and is the highest rated DVD this month..!! Nice - if a little late!!

3 2009

LIVE AND LAST USA RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED

The Live and Last boxset is now due for release in the USA on 14th April 2009. Here is the link to amazon.com for pre orders..

http://www.amazon.com/Live-Last-Mission-UK/dp/B001R4V4VM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1237386443&sr=8-2

3 2009

MISSION BAND MEMBERS FEATURE ON NEW DEAD GUITARS ALBUM

 Dead Guitars, who supported The Mission on the last European tour, have released a new album called 'Flags'.

Mission band members Mark Gemini Thwaite, Richy Vernon and Wayne Hussey contributed bass, guitar and vocals to the following tracks.

01 Pristine 5:54 - feat. Mark Gemini Thwaite
03 Isolation 5:01 - feat. Wayne Hussey
04 Blue 5:13 - feat. Richard Vernon

The Album is for sale in The Mission Store. http://www.recordstore.co.uk/themission/

more information on Dead Guitars: http://www.deadguitars.com/

3 August 2009

MISSION AT NUMBER 6 IN THE UK OFFICIAL DVD MUSIC CHART
The 'Final Chapter' DVD is the highest new entry in the official UK Music DVD chart at No:6 - week commencing 8th March 2009. A huge thank you to those who purchased the release. So far the feedback has been very positive. George.

3 June 2009

CLASSIC ROCK - FREE DOWNLOAD OF FINAL CHAPTER TRACK - 'DELIVERANCE'

Classic Rock Magazine are giving away a free link/download to watch 'Deliverance' from The Final Chapter Mission DVD release. Click on this link to get it!! http://www.classicrockmagazine.com

3 March 2009

NOCTURNAL MAGAZINE WITH WAYNE ON THE FRONT COVER
issue two of the new Nocturnal magazine features Wayne Hussey on the cover with an extensive two page interview and a review of the new releases. For more information go to: http://www.nocturnalpublications.net/site/index.php

3 February 2009

THE MISSION LAUNCH NEW OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE STORE
The Mission Merch has been taken on by Digital Stores Ltd who will be selling exclusive merchandise and signed exclusive Cd's, posters and DVD's. The full range will be up soon to include Jewellery, downloads and new T shirt designs. The shop is now open at this link: http://www.recordstore.co.uk/themission/

2 2009

MISSION FEATURE IN GOTH DOCUMENTARY - LISTEN ON LINE

The Mission featured in a BBC Radio 2 show called 'The G Word' tonight. Andrew Collins interviews Wayne Hussey and talks through the history of Goth: You can listen again HERE: - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/documentaries/thegword.shtml

2 2009

RELEASE NEWS

The Highly anticipated ‘THE FINAL CHAPTER DVD’ is released today in Germany and the rest of Europe will follow on Monday 2^nd March, along with the collector’s edition ‘Live & Last’ double CD. Copies are available through all major UK music retailers, Amazon France, Germany and Japan. We hope you enjoy these releases and re-live the memories of 1 year ago today!

2 2009

WAYNE ON TOTAL ROCK RADIO

Wayne will on air again, this time, TOTAL ROCK RADIO:

The interview will be broadcast on next Wednesday's Batcave show from 6-9pm at www.totalrock.com

2 2009

WAYNE ON BBC RADIO 2 TONIGHT!

Wayne will be in conversation with Janice Long on BBC Radio 2 tonight from midnight, playing his favourite tracks and talking about the new releases..You can listen on 88- 89 fm on online at this link!  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/long/

Also in this months issue (March '09, issue 73) of the UK based 'The Word' magazine there is an inyeriew by AndrewCollins with Wayne!  

2 October 2009

HUSSEY CONFIRMS UK SHOWS

Wayne Hussey has added yet more shows to his upcoming European tour including 4 UK shows. The UK shows are Manchester Academy 3 on Saturday 12th December (Box Office 0161 832 1111, online at www.ticketline.co.uk), Glasgow 02 ABC2 on Sunday 13th, and the final show of the year at Oxford 02 Academy 2 on Monday 14th. Tickets available for Glasgow and Oxford from Ticketweb  0844 477 2000, online at www.ticketweb.co.uk.

The 4^th UK show is a warm-up at Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls local pub on Sunday 22^nd November at the Horseshoe Inn, The Bridges, Ratlinghope, Shropshire, tel: 01588-650260. Miles & Erica will also be appearing with Wayne on this night as well as being Wayne’s very special guests for his mainland European shows (except Athens).

The tour in full:

Nov.

Fri. 13^th: Athens Live Rodeo Club

Sat. 14^th: Athens Live Rodeo Club

Sun. 22^nd: Horseshoe Inn, The Bridges, Ratlinghope *

Weds. 25th: Utrecht Tivoli *

Thurs. 26^th: Warsaw (tbc) *

Fri. 27th: Berlin K17 *

Sat. 28^th: Hannover Gig Linden *

Sun. 29^th: Wittenberg Crush Club *

Mon. 30th: Frankfurt Nachtleben *

Dec.

Tues. 1st: Cologne Werkstatt *

Weds. 2nd: Munster Gleis 22 *

Thurs. 3rd: Zweibrcken Plan B *

Sat. 5th: Prato Exenia *

Sun. 6^th: Milan (venue tbc) *

Tues. 8th: Vienna Viper Room

Weds. 9^th: Budapest (venue tbc)

Sat. 12^th: Manchester Academy 3

Sun. 13^th: Glasgow 02 ABC2

Mon. 14^th: Oxford 02 Academy 2

* = with very special guests Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls

2 October 2009

HUSSEY CONFIRMS UK SHOWS

Wayne Hussey has added yet more shows to his upcoming European tour including 4 UK shows. The UK shows are Manchester Academy 3 on Saturday 12th December (Box Office 0161 832 1111, online at www.ticketline.co.uk), Glasgow 02 ABC2 on Sunday 13th, and the final show of the year at Oxford 02 Academy 2 on Monday 14th. Tickets available for Glasgow and Oxford from Ticketweb  0844 477 2000, online at www.ticketweb.co.uk.

The 4^th UK show is a warm-up at Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls local pub on Sunday 22^nd November at the Horseshoe Inn, The Bridges, Ratlinghope, Shropshire, tel: 01588-650260. Miles & Erica will also be appearing with Wayne on this night as well as being Wayne’s very special guests for his mainland European shows (except Athens).

The tour in full:

Nov.

Fri. 13^th: Athens Live Rodeo Club

Sat. 14^th: Athens Live Rodeo Club

Sun. 22^nd: Horseshoe Inn, The Bridges, Ratlinghope *

Weds. 25th: Utrecht Tivoli *

Thurs. 26^th: Warsaw (tbc) *

Fri. 27th: Berlin K17 *

Sat. 28^th: Hannover Gig Linden *

Sun. 29^th: Wittenberg Crush Club *

Mon. 30th: Frankfurt Nachtleben *

Dec.

Tues. 1st: Cologne Werkstatt *

Weds. 2nd: Munster Gleis 22 *

Thurs. 3rd: Zweibrcken Plan B *

Sat. 5th: Prato Exenia *

Sun. 6^th: Milan (venue tbc) *

Tues. 8th: Vienna Viper Room

Weds. 9^th: Budapest (venue tbc)

Sat. 12^th: Manchester Academy 3

Sun. 13^th: Glasgow 02 ABC2

Mon. 14^th: Oxford 02 Academy 2

* = with very special guests Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls

2 October 2009

HUSSEY CONFIRMS UK SHOWS

Wayne Hussey has added yet more shows to his upcoming European tour including 4 UK shows. The UK shows are Manchester Academy 3 on Saturday 12th December (Box Office 0161 832 1111, online at www.ticketline.co.uk), Glasgow 02 ABC2 on Sunday 13th, and the final show of the year at Oxford 02 Academy 2 on Monday 14th. Tickets available for Glasgow and Oxford from Ticketweb  0844 477 2000, online at www.ticketweb.co.uk.
The 4th UK show is a warm-up at Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls local pub on Sunday 22nd November at the Horseshoe Inn, The Bridges, Ratlinghope, Shropshire, tel: 01588-650260. Miles & Erica will also be appearing with Wayne on this night as well as being Wayne’s very special guests for his mainland European shows (except Athens).
The tour in full:
Nov.
Fri. 13th: Athens Live Rodeo Club
Sat. 14th: Athens Live Rodeo Club
Sun. 22nd: Horseshoe Inn, The Bridges, Ratlinghope *
Weds. 25th: Utrecht Tivoli *
Thurs. 26th: Warsaw (tbc) *
Fri. 27th: Berlin K17 *
Sat. 28th: Hannover Gig Linden *
Sun. 29th: Wittenberg Crush Club *
Mon. 30th: Frankfurt Nachtleben *
Dec.
Tues. 1st: Cologne Werkstatt *
Weds. 2nd: Munster Gleis 22 *
Thurs. 3rd: Zweibrcken Plan B * http://www.kontrastbuehne.de/veranstaltungen-co/ticketshop.html

Sat. 5th: Prato Exenia*

Sun. 6th: Milan (venue tbc) *

Tues. 8th: Vienna Viper Room

Weds. 9th: Budapest (venue tbc)

Sat. 12th: Manchester Academy 3

Sun. 13th: Glasgow 02 ABC2
Mon. 14th: Oxford 02 Academy 2
* = with very special guests Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls

2 July 2009

HUSSEY CONFIRMS 2 GERMAN SHOWS
We are pleased to be able to announce that Wayne Hussey has extended his stay in Europe and scheduled a couple of shows in Germany for later this month.
The shows are on Thursday 19th February at Gelnhausen Lorbass and Friday 20th at Schwalmstadt Bunker.
We do know that of time of writing Ryanair are offering flights from London Stanstead to Frankfurt Hahn, which is the nearest airport, for a paltry £5!
We did try to reschedule the earlier canceled Italian shows but due to venues already being booked we were unable to. 

1 2009

Definitive DVD & live CD release dates/tracklisting..

The highly anticipated swansong recording "The Final Chapter" - Live at Shepherds Bush Empire 3xDVD set is to finally be released by SPV records on 27th February 2009 from all major online retailers. The DVD will play on all regions (region free).

In addition, the Shepherds Bush live CD set will be available from 2nd March 2009 on Eyes Wide Shut recordings.


Here's what Mission frontman Wayne Hussey had to say about the DVD release:

"I met up with George Allen (Mission manager) and he gave me a copy of the rough edit DVD of the last night we played at Shepherds Bush back on March 1st 2008. I have to totally concur with George and say that I am over the moon with it. It's a fantastic performance, both by the band and by you, the audience. And it is filmed so well and sounds really great. I am sure you're all gonna be as delighted with it as we are... I do believe it is a fitting tribute
both the band and our audience.
It's pure celebration" (Wayne Hussey)

Heres the full tracklisting:

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THE MISSION: THE FINAL CHAPTER DVD set: released 27th Feb 2009 (SPV records)
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DVD I - The Final Chapter

1 Amelia
2 Hands Across The Ocean
3 Into The Blue
4 Paradise (Will Shine Like The Moon Tonight)
5 Butterfly On A wheel
6 Sea Of Love
7 Grapes Of Wrath/Lovely
8 Bird Of Passage
9 Belief
10 Hungry As the Hunter
11 Deliverance
12 Like a Child Again
13 Mr Pleasant

running time 63:24

DVD II - The Final Chapter

1 Like A Hurricane
2 Over The Hills And Far Away
3 Bridges Burning
4 Dance On Glass
5 Stay With Me
6 Island In A Stream
7 Love Me To Death
8 Dream On
9 Afterglow
10 Fabienne
11 Severina
12 Wake (rsv)
13 Forevermore
14 1969
15 Shelter From The Storm
16 Tower Of Strength
running time 87:20

DVD III - Bonus DISC

*Rehearsals

With extracts of: Kingdom Come, Love Me To Death,
Black Mountain Mist, Mr Pleasant, Island In A Stream,
The Crystal Ocean, Garden Of Delight, 1969, Bridges
Burning, Heat, Fabienne.
running time 32:34

* On the road with the Mission
fly on the wall insight into the European tour leading up
up to the Shepherds Bush Empire shows.

running time 74:40

Köln Live Music Hall, Köln, Germany
* Full versions of: Kingdom Come, Beyond The Pale and
Garden Of Delight filmed live.
running time 14:25

* Aftershow party at the Shepherds bush empire, with live footage
of Serpents Kiss and Wasteland for the season ticket holders.

running time 14:25

* Interviews : Miles Hunt from the Wonder Stuff
interviews Wayne Hussey, Simon Hinkler, and the band,
plus fan interviews at the show.

running time 51:50

DVD's are all region compatable (region fee)

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The Mission: LIVE & LAST double CD collectors set - released 2nd March 2009
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DISC 1.
(Shepherds Bush Empire 1st march 2008, last set)

* Like a hurricane
* Over the hills and far away
* Bridges Burning
* Dance on Glass
* Stay with me
* Island in a stream
* Love me to death
* Dream on
* Fabienne
* Severina
* Wake
* Forevermore
* 1969
* Shelter from the storm
* Tower of Strength

DISC 2 (koln Live music Hall, 24th February 2008)

* Butterfly on a Wheel
* Naked and Savage
* Hungry as a Hunter
* Serpents Kiss

PLUS
* Interview with Janice Long and Wayne Hussey, Recorded December 2008

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 WAYNE HUSSEY & "SHARED"

Just a reminder that Wayne will be playing the "Shared" show this week with Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls (The Wonderstuff), Nick Heyward, Roddy Frame and Katell Keineg also playing that same night - the show will take place on 30th January at the Birmingham Town Hall.

1 2009

Wayne in exclusive 'one-off' Uk show...

The Wonder Stuff’s Miles Hunt presents “Shared”, an evening of acoustic performances on January 30th by some of the UK’s finest artists including The Mission's very own Wayne Hussey, also Erica Nockalls, Nick Heyward, Roddy Frame and Katall Keineg ...

"Having now been touring and releasing records for over two decades, I have seen more than my fair share of gigs. From the early energetic and often shambolic era of the mid’ 80’s Indie Music Scene, where I first cut my teeth, to the more considered forum of the acoustic singer/songwriter & raconteur that I now find myself a part of. And I’m more than happy in the company that I currently share."

"Having been given the opportunity to play at the newly refurbished Birmingham Town Hall I fought off the temptation of simply hogging the limelight to myself and instead felt compelled to invite a gathering of some of the finest players I’ve seen over the years, some of them friends of mine, and others that I have admired from a distance. Every artist performing at “Shared” has had a great affect on me, not only as a writer/performer myself, but also as a fan and I take it as an honour that they have accepted my invite."

"It is with great pleasure then that I invite one and all to come and share in a night that features such varied and distinct performers. It promises to be a very special evening indeed."
~ Miles Hunt

The first “Shared” event will be held at Birmingham's Town Hall UK on January 30th 2009. Tickets are priced at £19.50 GBP each (plus booking fees and other charges where appropriate). Tickets are available now from the Birmingham Town Hall's website where a number of special offers and deals on local accommodation are also available.

Tickets now available on (UK) 0121 780 3333 or from www.thsh.co.uk

for more information check out www.myspace.com/sharedevent

These are very likely to be the last solo shows Wayne will play for quite some time, certainly in the UK, as we know he is planning on spending an extended period of time in the studio this year working on various projects.

In addition to Shared, Wayne will be performing on Thursday 29th January at Hertford Corn Exchange, 39 Fore Street, Hertford, SG14 1AL UK. Tickets are priced at £15 GBP and are available from the venue itself, Hertford tourist information, and . Support for the evening will be folk rock band ‘Divided Opinions’.

On Friday 30th January Wayne will appear at  ‘Shared’ at the newly refurbished Birmingham Town Hall. Tickets are priced at £19.50 and are available from the Birmingham Town Hall box office at or by phoning 0121-780-3333.

And on Saturday 31st January Wayne will appear at London’s Islington O2 Academy in London UK, supported by ‘Grassby & Walker’ (Ed & Rob from Rhombus) who apparently debuted rather successfully in this guise at the recent Whitby Goth Festival. Tickets are priced £15 GBP. Please be aware that this show is an early show with doors open at 7.00 pm and a 10pm curfew, we are told!. So please plan to arrive early to catch both Wayne & Grassby & Walker.

1 December 2009

MGT at NAMM show this weekend...

Mission UK guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite will be at the ProTone booth 1268 Hall E at the NAMM show, Anaheim Convention Center California this Saturday 17th at 4pm. Mark - who also plays with Peter Murphy and Mob Research, his band with the late great Paul Raven  - will be demoing the new Raven 'Dirty Chorus' stompbox and the Peligro Fuzz pedal. Mark will also be available for signings so if you're around NAMM be sure to drop by and say hello!

For more info on NAMM visit www.namm.org and for ProTone pedals visit www.protonepedals.com. Also www.markthwaite.com

1 May 2009

HUSSEY SOLO SHOWS UPDATE

We have some additional information for you regarding the upcoming Wayne Hussey solo shows in the UK. These are very likely to be the last solo shows Wayne will play for quite some time (apart from the recently canceled shows in Italy that Wayne is currently trying to reschedule for February), certainly in the UK, as we know he is planning on spending an extended period of time in the studio this year working on various projects.

Firstly, Wayne will be performing on Thursday 29th January at Hertford Corn Exchange, 39 Fore Street, Hertford, SG14 1AL. Tickets are priced at £15 and are available from the venue itself, Hertford tourist information, and . Support for the evening will be folk rock band ‘Divided Opinions’.

On Friday 30th January Wayne will appear along with Nick Heyward, Roddy Frame, & Katell Keineg at the Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls (from the Wonderstuff) hosted ‘Shared’ night at the newly refurbished Birmingham Town Hall. Tickets are priced at £19.50 and are available from the Birmingham Town Hall box office at or by phoning 0121-780-3333. For more info go to .
And on Saturday 31st January Wayne will appear at London’s Islington O2 Academy supported by ‘Grassby & Walker’ (Ed & Rob from Rhombus) who apparently debuted rather successfully in this guise at the recent Whitby Goth Festival. Tickets are priced £15 and are available from:
Please be aware that this show is an early show with doors open at 7.00 pm and a 10pm curfew, we are told!. So please plan to arrive early to catch both Wayne & Grassby & Walker.
Also we’d like to take this opportunity to make you aware that the Dead Guitars, the band that supported The Mission on their last tour this time last year, have a new album soon to be released – entitled Flags – that boasts guest appearances from Wayne Hussey, Mark Gemini Thwaite, & Rich Vernon. Watch out for the album as it is a rather splendid work. And also watch out for Dead Guitars tour dates for April-May as it is strongly rumoured that they have a guest guitarist/keyboard player joining them on-stage for the tour!

12 2008

NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM WAYNE

Well, here we are. Coming to the end of yet another year. Christmas has just come and gone and I hope you all received the presents that you asked Santa for and had a good time, and copious amounts of alcohol and food,  with families and friends.
Me, I spent a quiet time at home in Brazil with the wife, in-laws and friends. No turkey for me, nutroast it was and very nice too but I did get my roast potatoes. And some very nice presents. Cin got me record player (yeah, so I can play all my old vinyl!) and I'm now sat in the office listening to the first solo Tom Verlaine album whilst writing this. I'm sorry to have to tell all you Northern Europeans that it is hot here and I am sat in shorts and t-shirt and flip flops with an ice cold beer at hand. Picture it.......:)
So anyway I guess  now is the time to look back on this last year and reflect. Professionally it's been a very busy year for me and most of it I have enjoyed immensely.
As we all know The Mission played their final shows in Europe in February culminating with the 4 nights at Shepherds Bush Empire, London. That indeed was a glorious way to commence 2008. Thank you to all of you that made the effort to attend and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and have memories as fond as mine.
The very last show on March 1st was filmed for posterity and the DVD release of that particular show will be released early in the new year. It's a goodie, I can assure you......
After a few weeks spent mixing the audio from the London shows I went home to Brazil in April to play some solo shows in Sao Paulo, Curitiba, and Porto Alegre with cellist Victor Rice in tow. Good shows and it was a lovely touch to have Victor playing with me.
In May I returned to the UK and spent a little time overseeing the editing of the film for the DVD. And then returned to Brazil just in time to spend my 50th birthday with my lovely wife, Cinthya.
In June Victor and I went out to play a handful of solo shows in Argentina, Peru, & Chile. Again, a good experience and it is always good to spend time in Buenos Aires. We made sure we had a day off there.
In late August I played a couple of solo shows in Bradford On Avon and Bristol. I really enjoyed both of those shows although I did have a mother of an hangover for the 2nd, the Bristol, show.
A couple of days after that Graham (Battery to those on the forum), who was my stage tech for the shows, journeyed to NYC and spent a week there being tourists. I have to concede that in the all times I've ever been to NYC and in all the time I've spent there I have never before been up the Empire State Building.
On Sept. 3rd I started a solo US tour in NYC with Miles Hunt and Erica Knockalls (of the Wonderstuff) and we spent 5 weeks traveling across the vast expanse that is the USA. A lot of fun was had even though some of the drives were horrendously long for attendances that were less than encouraging in some destinations. All in all though it was a lovely experience and Milo and I reaffirmed our long standing friendship and made a fantastic new friend in Erica. Also, Graham got really close which came at a time we both needed it. That's what comes of sharing a hotel room with the same person for 3 months. Thanks Gra, you've been a real friend. I hope you feel the same way about me.
We finished the US tour in New Jersey at the beginning of October and then spent 10 days or so at home in Brazil with Cin before we started up again for the sol European tour which commenced in Lisbon on 24th Oct and finished in Budapest on Nov 19th. Lots of highlights, favourite shows probably being Bochum (as always) and Barcelona.
I've met a lot of new good people along the way and re-acquainted myself with some old familiar faces. Thanks to all of you for making 2008 a good experience.
So now onto 2009. I hope the new year brings you all what you desire. Me, I have the 3 solo shows coming up in the UK at the end of January, the last shows for the forseeable future, and after that my plans are vague. I will keep busy though and keep making music. One of my objectives for the new year is to finally get around to involving myself in various musical projects that I've wanted to do for a while now. Any and all news you will be able to find here on MWIS. And all that is left to say is 'have a great 2009.'

Cheers, Wayne

My solo shows: Hope to see you at one or more......

Thur. 29th: Hertford Corn Exchange, 39 Fore Street, Hertford, SG14 1AL, 01992 442992 - Tix £15.00 each available from the venue, Hertford Tourist Info or www.seetickets.com
30th: Birmingham Town Hall (as part of Miles Hunt's and Erica Knockalls 'Shared' night along with Roddy Frame, Nick Heyward, Miles & Erica, & others.)

31st: London Islingtom Academy 2

12 2008

XMAS MESSAGE FROM WAYNE

Hi, I just wanted to take the opportunity to wish you all a very happy Christmas and best wishes for 2009. 

Thank you for your continued support throughout 2008 for both myself and The Mission. 

Hope to see at least some of you at  my upcoming solo shows in the UK in January.

Love & peace,

Wayne Hussey 

 

11 2008

Wayne's Milan and Rome shows cancelled..

We know this is very late news but Wayne has had to cancel his show in Milan tonight. Wayne has been fighting a cold for the last week or so and has finally succumbed and had to cancel. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Also, the show in Rome tomorrow has been canceled due to the venue being double booked.

However, both Vienna and Budapest will still go ahead as planned.

11 June 2008

DVD AND CD RELEASE DATES

The Shepherds Bush Empire DVD is planned to be released 30th January 2009 - details on how to purchase the DVD to follow.

In addition, the Shepherds Bush CD set will be available from the 19th January 2009, with the digital download of the final (bonus) disc being made available soon - date tbc.

10 2008

WH SHEFFIELD SHOW - 2 FOR 1
As a special Halloween promotion, anyone turning up to the Sheffield show on 31 October (Friday) in fancy dress costume gets 2 tickets for the price of 1!!! For more info see http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_northeast&query=detail&event=280604

10 2008

MGT BACK IN THE STUDIO.. with Schecter

Schecter Guitar Research is proud to announce the addition of Mission guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite to their roster of artists which include The Cure, Stone Temple Pilots, Prince, Ministry, Type O Negative, Rancid, Ozzy Osbourne, Stereophonics and the late great Paul Raven. Check out www.schecterguitars.com for more info. MGT is currently rocking his new Schecters in the studio working on new material with legendary Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy. Watch for MGT live in concert with Peter Murphy in November:

November 1st Lisbon Colliseum, Portugal

November 2nd Oporto Coliseum, Portugal

more dates to be announced soon.

Meanwhile anyone wondering what was happening with MGT's MOB Research project with Paul Raven (Killing Joke/Ministry) will be pleased to know that the album is pretty much completed and a release date is provisionally set for March 2009. Check out www.myspace.com/mobresearch69 for samplers..

10 2008

ROME CONFIRMED & VENUE IN LISBON

We can now tell you that the Rome show for Sat.15th Nov. has been confirmed and will take place at 'Rising Love'.

Also, we know it´s late in the day but in some places tonights show in Lisbon has been reported at being at an erroneous address. The show will in fact take place at Lisbon Tuatara as previously announced here on MWIS.

October

Fri. 24th: Lisbon Tuatara

Sat. 25th:  Barcelona Luz De Gas (supported by The Satellites Of Love)

Mon. 27th: Madrid Ritmo Y Compas

Tues. 28th:  Berlin K17

Weds. 29th: Leipzig Conne Island

Fri. 31st: Sheffield Academy 2

November 

Sat. 1st: Whitby Goth Festival

3rd: Warsaw Progresila

Weds. 5th: Hamburg Logo

Thurs. 6h: P60, Amstelveen

Fri. 7th: Frankfurt Nachtleben 

Sat. 8th: Matrix, Bochum (Wayne will be joined on-stage by The Dead Guitars for a couple of songs!) 

Sun. 9th: Erfurt (tbc)

Tues. 11th: Freiburg Café Atlantik

Weds. 12th: Lyon, Lyon’s Hall

Thurs. 13th: Le Klub, Paris

Fri. 14th: Milan Casa 139

Sat. 15th: Rome Rising Love

Mon. 17th: Viper Room

Tues. 18th: Budapest Alcatraz

January 2009

Thurs. 29th: Hertford Corn Exchange

Fri. 30th: Birmingham Town Hall (As part of Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls 'Shared' show)

Sat. 31st: London Islington Academy 2

February

Sun. 1st: Athens (venue tbc)

10 2008

WAYNE HUSSEY SOLO EURO TOUR UPDATE

Wayne  Hussey kicks off the European leg of his solo tour this coming Friday, 24th Oct, in Lisbon, Portugal. However, Wayne will be appearing at FNAC in Lisbon at 6pm on Thursday to sign CD's etc and to play a couple of songs. There have also been some shows added, one canceled (Vigo on Sunday 26th Oct), and some venue changes and the tour in full can be seen below. Also, due to un-forseen circumstances Wayne will not now be joined by cellist Dave Wesling for this tour. Apologies to anyone that was looking forward to seeing Dave. 

Wayne Hussey European solo tour.

October

Thurs. 23rd: In-store at FNAC, Lisbon.

Fri. 24th: Lisbon Tuatara

Sat. 25th:  Barcelona Luz De Gas (supported by The Satellites Of Love)

Mon. 27th: Madrid Ritmo Y Compas

Tues. 28th:  Berlin K17

Weds. 29th: Leipzig Conne Island

Fri. 31st: Sheffield Academy 2

November 

Sat. 1st: Whitby Goth Festival

3rd: Warsaw Progresila

Weds. 5th: Hamburg Logo

Thurs. 6h: P60, Amstelveen

Fri. 7th: Frankfurt Nachtleben 

Sat. 8th: Matrix, Bochum (Wayne will be joined on-stage by The Dead Guitars for a couple of songs!) 

Sun. 9th: Erfurt (tbc)

Tues. 11th: Freiburg Café Atlantik

Weds. 12th: Lyon, Lyon’s Hall

Thurs. 13th: Le Klub, Paris

Fri. 14th: Milan Casa 139

Sat. 15th: Rome (tbc)

Mon. 17th: Viper Room

Tues. 18th: Budapest Alcatraz

January 2009

Thurs. 29th: Hertford Corn Exchange

Fri. 30th: Birmingham Town Hall (As part of Miles Hunt & Erica Knockalls 'Shared' show)

Sat. 31st: London Islington Academy 2

February

Sun. 1st: Athens (venue tbc)

10 2008

BUDAPEST VENU (WH SOLO SHOWS)
The Budapest show is being hosted at the Alcatraz venue - http://www.alcatraz.hu/eng_index.php for all the low down on how to get there.

9 2008

SBE CDs UPDATE
As of Today the Mission CD's from the Shepherds Bush shows will go off sale. This is because we are putting the CD's in shops across the world, so they will now be totally accessible to those of you who were holding back due to postage charges etc!!! we have not got the release date as yet,, but please keep an eye on the news section for this announcement.

9 2008

2 shows cancelled on Hussey US tour
Just to let you know that Wayne Hussey and Miles Hunt have had to cancel two shows on the US tour;

Sept 27th - Metarie, LA - Keystones

Sept 28th - Birmingham, AL - The Nick

We're very sorry to have to do this but circumstances beyond our control..  The shows in EL Paso, Austin TX, Atlanta Georgia on the 29th & Long Branch, NJ on Oct 2nd will go ahead as planned.

9 August 2008

ADDED DATES & CHANGES TO HUSSEY SOLO EURO TOUR

There has been another couple of shows added to the Wayne Hussey solo Euro tour. The new shows are in Frieburg at the Cafe Atlantik on Tuesday 11th November. Also, the venue in Madrid has changed to the 'Sala Live'. Also, we previously announced that Wayne would be playing in Hamburg on 7th November but we received the wrong information. The show, in fact, will take place on 5th November and and yet another show has been added at the Frankfurt Nachtleben for the 7th. The tour in full is below. All US shows are with Mles Hunt & Erica Knockalls of The Wonderstuff.

Mon. 8th: The Pike Room, 1 Sth. Saginaw, Pontiac, MI. $12 adv. & on door.

Tue. 9th: Schubas Tavern, 3159 N. Southport, Chicago, IL. $15 adv. & on door.
Wed. 10th: The 400 Bar, 400 Cedar Ave. Sth., Minnieapolis, MN. $10 adv. & on door.
Fri. 12th: Bender's Tavern, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver, CO. $10 adv. & $12 on door.
Sat. 13th: bar Deluxe, 666 S. State St., Salt Lake City, UT. $12 adv. & $15 on door.
Sun. 14th: El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave., Seattle, WA. $12 adv. & $15 on door.
Mon. 15th: Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., Portland, OR. $10 adv. & on door.
Tue. 16th: Cafe Du Nord, 2170 Market St., San Francisco, CA. $15 adv. & on door.
Wed. 17th: The Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento, CA. $10 adv. & on door.
Thur. 18th: The Knitting Factory, 7021 Hollywood Blvd., LA, CA. $12 adv. & $15 on door.
Fri. 19th: The Gypsy Lounge, 23600 Rockfield Blvd., Ste 3A, Lake Forest, CA. $12 adv. & on door.
Sun. 21st: The Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd., San Diego, CA. $15 adv. & on door.
Mon. 22nd: Modified Arts, 407 E. Roosevelt, Phoenix, AR. $12 adv. & on door.
Wed. 24th: Atomic Cantina, 315 Gold Ave., SW, Alberquerque, NM. Free show.
Thu. 25th: Uncle Paulies, 126 Shadow Mountain Drive, El Paso, TX. $15 adv. & on door.
Fri. 26th: Elysium, 705 Red River, Austin, TX. $11 adv. & $14 on door.
Sat. 27th: Keystones, 3408 28th St., Metarie, LA. $7 adv. & on door.
Sun. 28th: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave Sth, Birmingham, AL. $7 adv. & on door.
Mon. 29th; The Atlanta Room at Smith's Olde Bar, 1574 1/2 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta, GA. $10 adv. & $12 on door.

Oct:
Thur. 2nd: The Brighton Bar, 121 Brighton Ave., Long Branch, NJ. $10 adv. & on door.
Fri. 24th: Lisbon Tuatara
Sat. 25th: Barcelona Luz De Gas
Sun. 26th: Vigo Sala A
Mon. 27th: Madrid Sala Live
Tues. 28th: Berlin K17
Weds. 29th: Leipzig Conne Island
Fri. 31st: Sheffield Academy 2

Nov:
Sat. 1st: Whitby Goth Festival
Wed. 5th: Logo, Hamburg
Thur. 6th: P60, Amstelveen, Netherland
Fri. 7th: Nachtleben, Frankfurt
Sat. 8th: Matrix, Bochum
Tues. 11th: Cafe Atlantik, Freiburg
Thur. 13th: Le Klub, Paris
Fri.14th: Milan Casa 139
Sat. 15th: Rome (venue tbc)
Mon.17th: Viper Room, Vienna
Tues. 18th: Budapest (venue tbc)

2009
Jan:
Thur. 29th: TBC

Fri. 30th: Birmingham Town Hall

Sat. 31st: London Islingtom Academy 2

9 May 2008

Mission collaborate on new Dead Guitars album..

Wayne, Mark and Rich have all made contributions to the new forthcoming Dead Guitars album 'Flags', due in stores February 2009. Here's what the DG guys had to say:

"We are all thoroughly thrilled by the kindness and support "THE MISSION" lads have lent us by their cooperation on 3 of the songs. To start off with the one and only WAYNE HUSSEY  sings (as only he can) with CARLO on "Isolation". MARK GEMINI THWAITE lends his wonderfully unique guitar riffs and solos to "Pristine". And RICHIE VERNON  lays down a gorgeous bass tapestry on "Blue":..............Thank you guys, we are immencely chuffed.....Anyway more details on that later.

The FLAGS album will be available exclusively at our next gig in Moenchengladbach-Galerie Cafe'  Germany on the 17th October 08, so get there if you can. More gigs to be announced."   Pete (Dead Guitars)

for more info check out the DG Myspace page at www.myspace.com/deadguitars

Mark Gemini Thwaite has also completed a remix of 'Slave' by LA based electronic band REGENERATOR under his Metalmorphosis alter ego.  You can hear the bands original version on their myspace at www.myspace.com/regenerator and hear MGT's re-recorded rock mix on the Metalmorphosis remix page at www.myspace.com/metalm0rph0sis.  For more info visit Marks website at www.markthwaite.com.

9 April 2008

ANOTHER WH DATE IN THE UK

Wayne has added another date to his solo tour:

31 October : Carling Academy 2 Sheffield37-43 Arundel GateSheffield S1 2PNTel: 0114 253 7777

8 2008

BBC COMPILATION COMP RESULTS

Thank you to all of you who entered The Mission BBC Recordings Competition. The Answer was of Course: JANICE LONG: and the lucky winners who were drawn at random are:

1.       Michael Steidinger
2.       Matt Claridge
3.       Steve Knight
4.       Lynne Cox
5.       Jean-Paul MonseuIf

The lucky winners can send postal address’s to george@empspace.com  for the signed copies to be sent to, then I will post them ASAP..  well done!  George.

8 2008

MGT TO JOIN HUSSEY IN LA & OTHER CONFIRMED SHOWS

Mark Gemini Thwaite will be joining Wayne Hussey on stage for a few songs at both of Wayne's upcoming solo shows in LA & Lake Forest. This will be the first time that Mark and Wayne have even been on the same continent let alone the same stage since the last Mission show at Shepherds Bush back on March 1st earlier this year. 

Also, Wayne Hussey has confirmed more shows for his autumn European tour. The newly confirmed shows are Madrid Ritmo Y Compas on Mon. 27th Oct, Sheffield Academy 2 on Fri. 31st Oct (Halloween, as if you didn't know), Hamburg Logo  on Fri. 7th Nov., and shows in Milan on Fri. 14th, Rome for Sat. 15th, Venice on Sun. 16th (venue's tbc), Viper Room, Vienna on Mon. 17th with the final show of the tour being in Budapest (venue tbc) on Tues. 18th. And early next year Wayne will be appearing in the UK on Thur. 29th January (venue tbc), Birmingham Town Hall (as part of Miles Hunt's 'Shared') on Fri. 30th, and London Islington Academy 2 on Sat. 31st. Below are all the dates in full.

Sept:

 

Wed. 3rd: The Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St., NYC. $15 Adv. $17 on Door.
Thu. 4th: T.T. Bears, 10 Brookline St., Boston, MA. $10 adv. & on door.
Sat. 6th: Bernies Distillery, 1896 N. High St., Columbus, OH. $10 adv. & on door.
Mon. 8th: The Pike Room, 1 Sth. Saginaw, Pontiac, MI. $12 adv. & on door.
Tue. 9th: Schubas Tavern, 3159 N. Southport, Chicago, IL. $15 adv. & on door.
Wed. 10th: The 400 Bar, 400 Cedar Ave. Sth., Minnieapolis, MN. $10 adv. & on door.
Fri. 12th: Bender's Tavern, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver, CO. $10 adv. & $12 on door.
Sat. 13th: bar Deluxe, 666 S. State St., Salt Lake City, UT. $12 adv. & $15 on door.
Sun. 14th: El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave., Seattle, WA. $12 adv. & $15 on door.
Mon. 15th: Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash St., Portland, OR. $10 adv. & on door.
Tue. 16th: Cafe Du Nord, 2170 Market St., San Francisco, CA. $15 adv. & on door.
Wed. 17th: The Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento, CA. $10 adv. & on door.
Thur. 18th: The Knitting Factory, 7021 Hollywood Blvd., LA, CA. $12 adv. & $15 on door.
Fri. 19th: The Gypsy Lounge, 23600 Rockfield Blvd., Ste 3A, Lake Forest, CA. $12 adv. & on door.
Sun. 21st: The Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd., San Diego, CA. $15 adv. & on door.
Mon. 22nd: Modified Arts, 407 E. Roosevelt, Phoenix, AR. $12 adv. & on door.
Wed. 24th: Atomic Cantina, 315 Gold Ave., SW, Alberquerque, NM. Free show.
Thu. 25th: Uncle Paulies, 126 Shadow Mountain Drive, El Paso, TX. $15 adv. & on door.
Fri. 26th: Elysium, 705 Red River, Austin, TX. $11 adv. & $14 on door.
Sat. 27th: Keystones, 3408 28th St., Metarie, LA. $7 adv. & on door.
Sun. 28th: The Nick, 2514 10th Ave Sth, Birmingham, AL. $7 adv. & on door.
Mon. 29th; The Atlanta Room at Smith's Olde Bar, 1574 1/2 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta, GA. $10 adv. & $12 on door.

Oct:

Thur. 2nd: The Brighton Bar, 121 Brighton Ave., Long Branch, NJ. $10 adv. & on door.

Fri. 24th: Lisbon Tuatara

Sat. 25th: Barcelona Luz De Gas
Sun. 26th: Vigo Sala A

Mo. 27th: Madrid Ritmo Y Compas 

Tues. 28th: Berlin K17
Weds. 29th: Leipzig Conne Island Nov:

Fri. 31st: Sheffield Academy 2
Sat. 1st: Whitby Goth Festival
Thur. 6th: P60, Amstelveen, Netherland

Fri. 7th: Logo, Hamburg
Sat. 8th: Matrix, Bochum
Thur. 13th: Le Klub, Paris

Fri. 14th: Milan (venue tbc)

Sat. 15th: Rome (venue tbc)

Sun. 16th: Venice (venue tbc)

Mon. 17th: Viper Room, Vienna

Tues. 18th: Budapest (venue tbc) 

 

2009

 

Jan:

 

Thur. 29th: UK tbc

Fri. 30th: Birmingham Town Hall

Sat. 31st: London Islingtom Academy 2

 

8 2008

ROCK & ROOTS FESTIVAL CANCELLED...AGAIN!

And the saga goes on and on.....We have just heard that the ROCK & ROOTS FESTIVAL has once again been cancelled and it looks like it´s for good this time. We received the email message below from the organisers this morning. It looks like an official announcement maybe from their website. Anyway, on behalf of Wayne Hussey we´d like to apologise for any inconvenience caused and to those that bought tickets we wish you all the luck in the world claiming your refunds from the organisers.  Wayne´s warm-up shows in Bradford On Avon on Friday and Bristol on Saturday will still go ahead as planned.

"We have tried relentlessly to get this cancelled gig at Much Marcle rescheduled with the help of Chepstow Racecourse at their site,

 but the sheer amount of ticket refunds requested over the past 3 days, together with the loss of  2 bands,

 Marillion being one of them and an essential drawer, has made this  an impossible task.

Please accept our sincere apologies  and appreciation to those who have written  in with support and the loyal music lovers willing

to still come and move to Chepstow for the event. The disruption is unimaginable !

The up front infrastructure and future band payments now far exceed any over draft and loans we have committed to, it has become  financial suicide.

The ROCKnROOTS FESTIVAL 23 24 25^TH AUGUST 2008  cannot go ahead

We now look to addressing the licensing issue  we will try to set a precedence through our legal team and ensure this legal farce from last week in Hereford

 cannot happen to any other event organiser.