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Also featuring support from Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer

Levels of interest in the work of Sparks are at heights unsurpassed in their 50+ year career, with the ultimate cult band now centre stage in the full beam of the spotlight.

Californian brothers Ron and Russell Mael began making music together in the late Sixties, originally under the name Halfnelson. Their Top Of The Pops debut with 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us' stunned a generation and nearly scored them a UK No.1, before their career moved through many phases, including (but not limited to) art rock, glam, big band swing, electro-disco, new wave and synthpop, taking in collaborations with Todd Rundgren, Les Rita Mitsouko, Tony Visconti Franz Ferdinand and Giorgio Moroder. Their popularity has spiked unpredictably in different territories at different times: Britain, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Japan, and their homeland the United States, and the influence of “the greatest band you've never heard of”, or “your favourite band's favourite band”, have been recognised by successive generations of artists, from Joy Division to Duran Duran, to Depeche Mode to Bjork, to Beck to The Darkness and beyond.

With keyboardist and songwriter Ron's intricate staccato arrangements combined with Russell's hysteria-pitch falsetto, and Ron's stillness and stern, intimidating visage contrasting onstage with Russell's hyperactivity, Sparks are now into their sixth decade of making music and have never been more relevant.

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