SPARKS

Bobby Muir

With the Edinburgh gig less than 4 weeks away I have to say I haven't seen a single poster anywhere to advertise the gig on 21st October.

Likewise nothing in the mainstream press. The Sunday Mail for example usually lists forthcoming gigs but I haven't seen a thing.

I signed up for the street team but haven't heard back either. Presumably this is where posters / fliers are coming from?

Whilst no doubt the Scottish hardcore Sparks fans will be there (we know who we are!) what chance is there that the more passive Sparks fans in Scotland will even know there's a gig.

The venue holds 1,500 and I'm seriously concerned we'll be rattling around inside.
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Eric Murray · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:56 pm Post subject:

Posters ( A3 and A5 sizes ? ) arrived today

lilywearsmoschino · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:14 pm Post subject:

So did mine!!! Off on a mission this weekend to find suitably Sparks-friendly pubs, clubs and cafes in and around Glasgow !!

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Bobby Muir · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:17 am Post subject:

Posters arrived now as well so off on a mission. To do this properly it might be necessary to sample the "atmosphere" in a few pubs over the next week or so.

Wish me well comrades!
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Sparky Rickmaniac · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 5:17 pm Post subject:

Got posters placed today in Vinyl Tap (indie record store), a couple of studenty cafe-bars, Student Union bar and the cd/dvd lending bit of the central library, also fed some of the flyers into the tourist information leaflet stand in the victorian arcade (there not being much else to wow tourists in Huddersfield!!)
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lilywearsmoschino · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:14 pm Post subject:

Posters now around Merchant City and south city centre area of Glasgow - Fopp, Jaxx in Queen St, Blackfriars, Cafe Gandolfi, TicketsScotland...... next stops Byres Rd, Sauchiehall St and Hope St, maybe Glasgow Uni Mens Union if I have any left!
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lilywearsmoschino · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:33 pm Post subject:

Saw this fabby poster on my pub trawl yesterday... Thought about nicking it but might have been a bit obvious!!

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Bobby Muir · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 3:31 pm Post subject:

Good spot Lily.

Went out around Newington area of Edinburgh earlier today. Great fun. As well as a load of pubs I visited a barber's shop (haven't been in one for years).

Posters up in a kebab shop, a Polish deli (let's see if the Poles turn up in big numbers), lots of cafes, sandwich shops and even one on the derelict old Odeon cinema on Clerk St (where Sparks played on 19/11/74) although not sure my blue tacked effort will stay attached.

Only rejection was a dancewear shop where they had a few other show posters up. The woman gave a good natured refusal as it would frighten the little girls who were her customers.

Delighted to know Ron still has the power to terrify nearly 40 years on.

Oh and by the way I gave the lady in the shop one anyway (ooh err !).
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Deano · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:32 am Post subject:

i admire everyone who has got off their backside and plastered tour posters around the place.Good on yer.

Bobby Muir · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:39 am Post subject:

Well despite my reservations about the lack of publicity.....

The gig was a near sell out! My street team effort must have worked!

Seriously though when I saw the size of the crowd I was gobsmacked as this gig had little or no publicity. A few people I spoke to only heard about it late and made it along. With the right promotion Sparks would have sold out Murrayfield Stadium!

Oh and as always Sparks were out of this world. What a show!!!
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