Sparks have introduced new UK, European and North American tour dates for 2023 – tickets shall be accessible right here (UK).
The Los Angeles duo – comprising brothers Ron and Russell Mael – are as a consequence of launch their twenty sixth studio album, ‘The Woman Is Crying In Her Latte’, on Could 26 by way of Island.
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Yesterday (January 30) the band confirmed that they’ll be taking part in a run of UK headline reveals forward of their beforehand introduced gigs on the Royal Albert Corridor in London this Could.
Sparks are scheduled to take to the stage at New Theatre Oxford on Could 23 earlier than visiting the Philharmonic Corridor in Liverpool (Could 24), the SEC Armadillo in Glasgow (26) and Bridgewater Corridor in Manchester (27).
Following their two-night billing in London, the group will seem at Primavera Sound Competition in Barcelona, Madrid and Porto previous to additional European dates in Paris, Utrecht, Copenhagen, Berlin and Brussels in June.
#SparksTour2023, let’s go!! ✨
🚨Tickets go on sale Friday, February third @ 10AM native time.
→ https://t.co/F5CioIdbn3
Pre-sales:
Sparks Fan Membership – Tue, 1/31 @ 10AM
Maeling Record – Wed, 2/1 @ 10AMThe venue for the hometown present in Los Angeles shall be introduced quickly! 👀✨ pic.twitter.com/KdaPKLvZp9
— SPARKS (@sparksofficial) January 30, 2023
Sparks are set to embark on a North American tour later that month and into July, with stop-offs together with New York, Boston, Toronto, Austin and Los Angeles. The duo will then go to Japan for live shows in Osaka and Tokyo.
“We’re thrilled to be again on tour once more and to have the ability to share our pleasure with so many Sparks followers all over the world,” Sparks mentioned in a press release. “See you all quickly! It’s a Sparks present, a Sparks present, a Sparks present tonight!”
Tickets go on common sale at 10am native time this Friday (February 3) – you’ll be capable to buy yours right here (UK) and right here (North America). Alternatively, you’ll be able to entry both a fan membership or ‘Maeling Record’ pre-sale (see the tweet above).
Sparks’ 2023 UK tour dates are as follows:
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23 – New Theatre Oxford, Oxford
24 – Philharmonic Corridor, Liverpool
26 – SEC Armadillo, Glasgow
27 – Bridgewater Corridor, Manchester
29 – Royal Albert Corridor, London
30 – Royal Albert Corridor, London
Per a press launch, the forthcoming ‘The Woman Is Crying In Her Latte’ sees Sparks proceed down a “distinctive and uncompromising path”, and is described as a “daring, style defying, fashionable masterpiece”.
Talking of their return to Island Data, Sparks mentioned in a joint assertion: “Humorous how issues work! Probably the most memorable intervals for Sparks, the one which ceaselessly cemented our relationship with the UK and likewise uncovered Sparks to a much bigger viewers all over the world, was the 70s Island Data period.
“And right here we discover ourselves in 2023, virtually 50 years later, re-signing with Island Data, once more with an album that all of us really feel is as daring and uncompromising as something we did again then, or for that matter, anytime all through our profession.”