While it certainly wasn’t the original plan, Sleep Token took to the stage in Zurich, Switzerland last night (November 05th) without two of their members. As was revealed just hours before their show at Halle 622 was set to commence, the masked alternative metal band’s bassist III and guitarist/vocalist IV had both fallen ill.
Rather than scrap the concert, the group opted to go ahead with the performance, utilizing backing tracks consisting of recordings of the two absent members captured during tour rehearsals. If you’re curious to see how that panned out, fan-filmed footage has since arrived online below. The setlist for the show ran as follows:
“The Night Does Not Belong To God”
“The Offering”
“Dark Signs”
“Higher”
“Atlantic”
“Hypnosis”
“Like That”
“Alkaline”
“Missing Limbs”
“Chokehold”
“The Summoning”
“Granite”
“Rain”
“Ascensionism”
“Take Me Back To Eden”
“Euclid”
Speaking after the unconventional performance, the band offered:
“Zurich, thank you for your unwavering support and for raising your voices with us last night. In the absence of our brothers III and IV, your energy filled the room and carried us through.
We are grateful beyond words for this collective, and for each of you who shared in the Ritual with us. Your presence means everything.”
The group’s European/UK headlining run with Bilmuri as direct support is scheduled to continue as follows:
11/07 Lyon, FRA – LDLC Arena
11/09 Nurnberg, GER – Arena
11/10 Frankfurt, GER – Festhalle
11/12 Linz, AUT – Tips Arena
11/13 Budapest, HUN – MVM Dome
11/15 Prague, CZE – O2 Universum
11/16 Chemnitz, GER – Messe
11/18 Amsterdam, NET – AFAS Live
11/19 Brussels BEL – Forset National
11/21 Hamburg, GER – Barclays Arena
11/22 Berlin, GER – Velodrom
11/25 Glasgow, UK – Hydro
11/26 Manchester, UK – Co-op Live
11/28 Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
11/29 London, UK – The O2
11/30 Cardiff, UK – Utilita Arena
12/02 Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena
12/03 London, UK – The O2
