SPARKS

Absolutely brilliant gig tonight. Russell sounded great, the band were excellent and Ron was on top form.

Set list, so far as my memory stretches:

So May We Start
Angst In My Pants
Tips for Te ...

I hope that doesn't mean that the whole gig is sold out...

OK, so it's not just me "dicking around", then. Still bloody irritating!

Hi,

Got an email from Ents24 telling me that tickets for the UK shows are available on presale from this morning. Tried to buy for the London gig but it's asking me for a "pass code", whi ...

Well, that was pretty good! For me, it was everything that the Troxy gig a few months ago wasn't. The six of them sounded so tight after lots of gigs, the venue was excellent*, the sound was great, at ...

The Bull & Gate is, quite literally, next door to the venue and is a usual meeting place for gigs there. However, it's not a huge pub which means it gets absolutely rammed.
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I have to confess that of late I’ve been thinking that Russell’s voice was maybe reaching the end of its shelf-life

Quite so, and I think that's what made last night's gig so much more enjoyable th ...

The FFS stuff was excellent. Sparks continue to innovate - that's why I love them.

I thought Achoo worked really well because the drums / bass / guitar(s) accompaniment really suited it. No 1 Song ...

No doubting the reaction of the audience, though, and there'll be no-one more delighted than me to be in the minority!

And, contrary to fears on other posts, it was pretty much packed!

Note from MrDemotime: The set list was removed in order to keep some surprises for tonight's concert. (Despite the spoiler alert.) You may post it again after Saturday's concert.

Got email confirmation of my Friday ticket which says that the actual ticket may not be dispatched until the week of the event.

Another excellent Sparks show.

Up until the encores, I felt the crowd a bit more subdued than on 24th, maybe because (I imagine) so many of them were, like me, seeing this show for the second time, ...

Just home from the Sparks gig tonight, which was superb.

The format really works well, though they could have easily done without a guest guitarist on This Town - it didn't add much, and he didn't ...

Stunning!

Will post the set list later, with spoiler warning...

Half an hour to go!

Got my ticket for the three London shows.

If it hasn't been suggested already, the "usual" meeting place for gigs at The Union Chapel is The Hope and Anchor which is just over the road, n ...

Apologies for the late contribution - I haven't really been here much since the Sparks Spectacular time - but the Barbican gig was stunning! Ranks in my Top 5 all-time Sparks gigs, surpassed only by P ...

I was there both nights - what would you like to know...?

I do however remember them being supported by a band called Sailor who had a hit with 'January'.
That was Scottish band Pilot. Sailor had hits like 'A Glass of Champagne' and 'Girls Girls Girls'

We all have our favourite tracks, there's a huge variety to choose from, but has anyone know or heard what Ron & Russell's favourite tracks to play live are?

This forum held a poll so that we c ...