Ron and Russell will be interviewed live on Jonathan Ross’ Radio 2 show THIS SATURDAY 11th February. Please note this interview has been brought forward one week from its original date of Feb 18th Radio 2 is on 88-91 FM or if you are outside Britain go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 to listen on line[url=www.bbc.co.uk/radio2]www.bbc.co.uk[/url]

After the first day of sales Hello Young Lovers is sitting just outside the Top 40 SO COME ON EVERYONE. LET’S DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET IT INTO THE TOP 40

Ron and Russell will be on Newsnight tonight

Sparks will be ore-recording an interview with Ken Bruce tx date tba

“The Mael brothers’ 20th (yes, 20th) album is packed with pop-operatic mischief. Power chords and orchestral excesses are weaved into their funny ha-ha, funny-peculiar electropop. it’s an overloaded effort, and as such difficult, but it’s suffused with an invigorating sense of crackpot creativity.” – 4 stars

AT LAST, HELLO YOUNG LOVERS IS IN THE (UK) SHOPS TODAY GO OUT AND BUY IT WITHOUT DELAY YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED !!!!!

Sparks – Hello Young Lovers review Love them or hate them, it’s impossible not to be intrigued by Sparks. Given that much of their musical output has been something akin to the lyrics of Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy, on top of some fairly sparse keyboard playing and other instrumentation, you can certainly say… Read More

Sparks, Hello, Young Lovers (Gut) Dave Simpson Friday February 3, 2006 The Guardian Sparks remain the role model for every oddball pop duo (Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, etc) and have mapped their own genre in the gulf between Russell Mael (voice, shaggy hair, energy) and brother Ron (keyboards, piercing stare, Hitler moustache). Their umpteenth album… Read More

3 February 2006 EXCLUSIVE: SPARKS ARE FLYING Exclusive Mael brothers return with an ambitious new album By Rick Fulton SPARKS are everywhere. Just listen to Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Scissor Sisters, The Darkness, Morrissey and Bjork. American brothers – keyboard player Ron Mael and singer Russell – have shaped many UK music acts with songs… Read More

The Times February 04, 2006 Rock/pop Sparks Hello Young Lovers (GUT) Last time round, on Lil’ Beethoven, Ron and Russell Mael constructed a largely drum-free Sparks, while building up banks of vocal, keyboard and orchestral overdubs into a form of tumultuous Teutonic glam- rock chamber-pop opera. Probably conscious that no one dare match them, Hello… Read More