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Billy Stevens
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:44 am    Post subject: Glasgow here I come Reply with quote

Can't make London, Bristol or the early December dates. So Glasgow Arches it is!
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Two London dates? Sounds great, though I may have to choose just one.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great news about the UK shows!
Looking on the website for the Union chapel, Sparks are booked there for a third night - 24/11, 1/12 and 2/12: http://store.unionchapel.org.uk/ Is this right, as it's not on the announcement?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes!! Great news re 3rd London date - Glasgow + 1st & 2nd Dec for me, methinks :)
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't make any of these
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 6:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glasgow & last 2 London dates booked!! See you there Ron Playing
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:49 pm    Post subject: Praying for a Party Reply with quote

for you Lilly and all my UK buddies...miss y'alll
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Isn't it great we're getting to see our Sparks both sides of the pond, we are so spoiled !!

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bristol & last two London gigs for me. Tres excited!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not long now Peeps!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 3 London dates for me. Stroll on Sunday.. Ron Playing
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Simon - here was me thinking you were coming to Glasgow in your kilt !
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, not this time Eric. I will have to do a Scottish gig sometime but minus the kilt. lol
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hope to see the Scottish contingent in Glasgow - Ally, Bobby, June H, Douglas - and Michael, all the way from NYC, can't wait to see everybody!! There's a bar in The Arches which also sells food, so wee suggestion - meet in there pre-gig?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone know stage time ?
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some pics from The Arches, Glasgow - awesome gig :)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151714029440448.1073741845.678905447&type=1&l=8d48e1f180

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

With passion and song they came alive. Their tuning was great even for the higher numbers, and they weren't still all night.

And that was just the audience in Glasgow.

Glasgow always provides the best crowds, despite Sparks having seemingly mysterious spell of magnetism to draw people from all over the world to a single date.

The exuberant mood in the Arches was marketly different to the anxious anticipation in the Union Chapel. Whilst the darkness in the gothic interior gave a creepy feel inside the chapel, the darkness in the Arches simply enhanced the spotlight that Russell stepped into. Lurking beside candle-lit gargoyles, in the chapel, as the slender figure in black that came in the view was eerily reminiscent of Ceaser the sonambulist assassin from the German expressionist silent masterpiece, The Cabinet of Dr Caligary. Its not such a leap to conjure such a comparision given the marriage with Guy Maddin for the snowballing "Seduction of Ingmar Bergman" - watch the wonderful "Careful" and you'll get my drift. However, here Russell was his own star as he stepped into the stagelight, strikingly handsome in a boyish way. Shrill thrilled shouts of female approval came from deep within the perfume scented middle ranks.

Ron's entrance was met from a bellow from a fellow at the rear,
"Here comes the bogeyman!!"
Laughter.

The great thing about Glasgow crowds, is you'll feel part of them. Its as if your soul is part of a whole. Yet, that whole is made up of sparkling colourful characters all with something unique and sometimes startling to say.

"Ron, you sexy bespectacled man!" shouted one female voice near the front. And, Ron, forever master of minimalistic humour, can with a millimetre of eye movement send us into stitches eternally.

Of course, that singalong that had started by just a few indiscreet at the back of the pews in the Chapel had re-emerged as full bodied and lively.

Russell's vocals that night have left a memory I want to carry to heaven if allowed in. Soaring and soft at the same time, tempo change, then suddenly powerful rocketting high off the scale, I was worried about glasses shattering, especially Ron's.

Glasgow was a fantastic experience. As well as wishing I could thank R&R, I wish I could've shaked the hands of every grinning ticket payer there.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds great, Ally. I've never been to a gig in Glasgow, though was at the show in Edinburgh last year.
To be honest though, it annoys the life out of me when people shout stuff out at R & R.


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 4:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Only been to one gig in Glasgow from Hello Young Lovers at the ABC and it was different gravy.The atmosphere was electric.I think it was Russell's birthday which put the cherry on the cake.I strongly believe the further North you go the less reserved folk are.I jibbed out on the travel this time and opted to stay in London on Monday after the Union Chapel gig.I loved the setting at the Union Chapel and it was a really lovely experience.Oxford Street is great but we should of been in Glasgow.Will put that right next time no doubt-hopefully in 2014.
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