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"The following clauses must be agreed to prior to confirmation [of a February 17 House of Blues show] by the Sisters of Mercy.

"1. The promoter must NOT USE any of the following terms, or any local translation of them, or any word derived from any of them, and will use his best endeavours to avoid using any similar terms of abuse: doom, goth, death, dark. This applies to the content of all advertising and promoter's announcements.

"2. The artist is to be billed as The Sisters of Mercy, any artwork or promotional material that refers to the artist as Sisters of Mercy will constitute a beach [sic] of contract and the artist will be forced to cancel."