SPARKS

On more than one occasion these guys have informed me that Sparks are "pretencious" "arty ****s" and "up their own ****".
Ah that sounds more plausible! Judging by th ...

I enjoyed the reviews but I really must disagree with this bit:
"speak to the casual music fan, and they’ll describe Sparks as morose or painfully serious, yet they couldn't be more wrong". ...

ahhh the old sparks flu.. did anyone escape it?
Thank goodness Russell did!

I did them all as well!
I live in Hertford and work 9 to 5 so train transport was fairly straightforward. The only problem was that pesky cold which seemed to make a comeback on the last night, henc ...

Goofing Off (either night)
Get In The Swing (ditto)
Let's Make Love (Interior Design)
Propaganda (Plagiarism)

After one of the last Islington shows Russell said they probably wouldn't be doing this again (to much laughter).
They love innovation so I suspect they'll be trying to think of a different concept f ...

Well said. The band deserve a huge amount of credit for pulling off such an audacious project as this.
Thanks R+R!

Indiscreet
Plagiarism
Lil' Beethoven
Introducing Sparks
Whomp That Sucker
Hello Young Lovers
In Outer Space
Interior Design
Music That You Can Dance To
Kimono My House
A Whoofer In Tweeter's ...

The sound was terrible in the venue, from the centre front, left front and right front. Someone shouted about the bass drum being too loud and it was. I'm not fussy, but it was really really bad and d ...

My top three:
1) Electric Soft Parade
2) Royworld
3) Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip

With due respect to those with the Golden Ticket, I could only see three shows and am feeling pretty smug as from what I read I hit the jackpot (Indiscreet/Plagarism/Lil Beethoven).
You're right to ...

Interesting. Russell now refuses to call the US "the land of the free."
Yes I noticed that but I couldn't quite make out what he'd replaced it with...

Wow! Another stunning show which goes into my top three along with Indiscreet and Plagiarism. The audience reaction to My Baby's Taking Me Home and the singalong finale of Suburban Homeboy was thunder ...

After a few evenings without any major difficulties, there seemed to me to be sound problems galore tonight, and not just Russell's microphones. The guitar disappeared completely for a couple of track ...

kev
to be fair, only those who were at both meltdown and plagiarism can really say.
I was at both and I'd rate Plagiarism higher. The Meltdown show was excellent, especially the performance of Kimo ...

Just got back from heaven...
Wow! What a great gig, a strong contender for best so far. The strings sounded great and Russell's voice is almost frighteningly good, particularly on the astounding Prop ...

Another fine show, though the sound is still a little too bass-boomy for my taste. Russell's emphatic delivery brought new life to I Thought I Told You To Wait In The Car which is a track I've never m ...

After the great sound of MTYCDT there were some problems tonight, mainly the return of the bass boominess which made the last two-thirds of the show sound a bit stodgy. Russell was definitely the star ...

No problems with the keyboard sound tonight - it blew our flippin' heads off!!! Great stuff. Not one of my fave albums but the show was one of the best so far. Ron's dance and lead vocal were great fu ...

Could you hear Ron's keyboards clearly?
Yes.
Astonishing. I supppose it's possible my high-end hearing is going with age but I don't believe that's the case because I can hear a huge difference be ...