"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 1/30/26)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are "Real Live Certified" if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critics Consensus
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. The Mission is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers.
How long are their concerts?
How long are The Mission concerts? The Mission concerts usually last just over an hour.
How much to book?
On tour
Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, United Kingdom (November 4)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
