"We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour."
Andrew Eldritch is an English singer-songwriter and musician best known as the frontman of the gothic rock band The Sisters of Mercy. His birth name is Andrew William Harvey Taylor. He has remained the central and enduring creative figure of the band since its formation in 1980.