SPARKS “LIL’ BEETHOVEN: LIVE IN STOCKHOLM” by ALBERTO DIAZ (POPULAR1 MAGAZINE, SPAIN) It’s a pleasure to verify how Sparks continue to be as inspired as the good old times. More than thirty years in music and they are still reinventing themselves, playing with all kinds of styles and becoming unique cult figures separate from everything… Read More

Sparks have donated a great prize to the Q / Uk Radio Aid online auction for the Tsunami appeal The winning bidder will be a Sparks roadie for the day at a live UK concert. The winner will join the tour crew, setting up the equipment on stage, working backstage, helping the band and will… Read More

The January 2005 issue of UK’s Mojo Magazine reports the following: [b]”Sparks Of Pleasure” [/b] [i]Franz Ferdinand get props from the Maels then get an invite to Buckingham Palace.[/i] After their punch-up in Paris in November, Franz Ferdinand have ended an astounding year by being courted by Sparks and the British Royal Family. Having met… Read More

We are delighted to announce the new Sparks Gallery – accessed via the News Page (click on “Launch Photo Gallery”) or via the “live Sparks” option on the navigation panel of allsparks.com The gallery has fantastic live pictures from the last few years, all the album sleeves and a selection of promotional pictures In addition… Read More

Following the success of the UK Sparks Convention a convention is being organised in France: The International Sparks Convention 2005 When will the event take place? February 2005 – Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th Where will the event take place? Here is the address of the room: Restaurant La Ferme Normande 72 Rue Charles De… Read More

Mojo Magazine has awarded the Sparks Lil Beethoven Live In Stockholm DVD a 5 star review in the current issue

Tosh Berman of TamTam books will be participating in a rare reading event for “Lost in the Grooves” – a collection of essays regarding various writer’s favorite record albums that somehow fell through the cracks of mass-attention. Also reading will be Kim Cooper (the editor), Domeic Priore (who is writing the ultimate social history of… Read More

Work is well underway on the new album…. No details have emerged from the Sparks studio and the nature of the record will be kept underwraps until it is completed (of course!)

There is a 3 page feature with interview in the Swedish Magazine La Muzik – out now

There is a feature with interview in the current issue of the UK magazine Future Music