Classic Rock

Sparks

‘Sparks shame much younger bands with their tireless energy.’

★The electrifying collective love for Ron and Russell Mael at this packed showthe veteran LA duo’s biggest British concert in decades is a homecoming of sorts, part of an ongoing 50-year transatlantic love affair dating back to their glam-era London exile. Every semi-obscure gem from their bottomless back catalogue of absurdist avant-rock, operatic electro-disco and post-modern meta-pop is greeted with huge cheers.

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