“It was one of the greatest gigs I’ve ever seen: Sparks bustling through a live performance of 1974’s ‘Kimono My House’ album as part of Mozzer’s Meltdown, Russell Mael’s voice soaring, brother Ron glaring audience-wards all the while. The second half, by contrast, delivered their theatrical. largely drumless last album with a host of visuals… Read More

[url=http://www.musicomh.com/dvds/sparks.htm]musicOMH[/url] visit MusicOMH for other Sparks reviews and interview [b]Sparks Lil’ Beethoven Live In Stockholm DVD [/b] Caught halfway between Glam and the penthouse staring / gutter dwelling worlds of disco and punk, the UK hit-making heyday of Sparks briefly illuminated the mid-‘70s humdrum of the Top 40. Fighting for perm space amongst the Leo… Read More

[b]Uncut Magazine Raves About Sparks “Kimono/Lil’ B. Meltdown Concert!![/b] September 2004 Issue. Sparks Meltdown Festival, London Royal Festival Hall Saturday June 12, 2004 Sparks are too actively smart and inquisitive to be a nostalgia act, but at Morrissey’s request they gamely perform Kimono My House (their astonishing 1974 breakthrough album) as a one-off for his… Read More

The Sparks – Lil’ Beethoven – Live in Stockholm DVD is available throughout Europe from today (Monday August 9th) This is a spectacular DVD filmed at the Sodra Teatern in Stockholm. Includes Lil Beethoven performed live, Bonus live tracks and never-seen-before footage of Sparks backstage A must for all Sparks fans and lovers of great… Read More

Sparks: Lil’ Beethoven Live in Stockholm (E) Out to buy: On DVD Thirty years ago, Ron and Russell Mael, aka the Sparks, were pop’s oddest couple, a kind of prototypical Pet Shop Boys and a Californian Roxy Music rolled into one. In June this year, three months before wowing an audience half their age at… Read More

[b]SPARKS ‘Lil’ Beethoven’ Live In Stockholm” DVD Review (August 5, 2004, Evening Standard (UK):[/b]): “Remarkably strong, Weimar-influenced cabaret musical from Seventies innovators Ron and Russell Mael, plus bonus material which essentially consist of a greatest hits show. Fellow glam-traveller David Bowie can only dream of being this innovative still”

Steve Jones, former Sex Pistol, has invited Ron and Russell to be on his radio show on LA’s Indie 103.1 at 1:00PM this Friday (6th August). [url]http://indie1031.fm/listenlive.html[/url]

A new range of Sparks merchandise is available from: [url=http://www.cafeshops.com/allsparks]Sparks’ Cafeshop[/url] This is an online-only collection that is separate to the tour merchandise or previous collections The range includes T-shirts, hats, lunch-boxes, junior and kids clothes as well as a selection of underwear! (Please note that the printing is through thermal imaging) NB:note from Cafepress:… Read More

The new Sparks Forum will be located through the Allsparks site – please update your browsers [url]http://www.allsparks.com/forum/[/url] please note that messages posted during the last month or so will not be there (apparently due to the immense size of the file!) Should you have any difficulty accessing the Forum please email [email]sparksreaction@aol.com[/email]

[url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/thereview.cfm?id=763032004]Scotland On Sunday[/url] [b]Someone must shoulder the blame for Darkness debacle [/b] SIOBHAN SYNNOT PAGE THREE GIRL UNDERSTANDABLY, there has been a general gnashing of teeth at the news that David Bowie has been forced to pull out of T in the Park with a trapped nerve. Who could replace Dame David as the headline… Read More