Sparks fans have plenty to be happy about in 2025. The brothers Ron and Russell Mael have a new single out and there’s news about a tour and album to come.
Tickets go on general sale on Friday 7th February. Presales start Wednesday 5th February.
Sparks new single is called Do Things My Own Way – by way of introducing their 28th studio album, MAD!. It will be released this year on new label Transgressive Records. The single is somewhat of a manifesto for the duo as Sparks have always done things their own way
Sparks wowed fans on their incredible 2023 tour – including shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall and Glastonbury. This June they commence with the Japanese, UK and European legs of their next world tour.
Rather than slow down as age takes its toll, the duo’s rate of productivity has sped up and since the millenium there have been eight studio albums (including, in 2024, the original Sparks 2013 album recording of Annette), a radio opera (The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman), a side-project (Franz Ferdinand collaboration, ‘FFS’), a live album, a film musical – 2021’s Annette. They have been the subject of The Sparks Brothers, an acclaimed documentary by Edgar Wright.
Ron and Russell have also written a new musical epic, titled X‑Crucior, currently in development and will be directed by John Woo.
SPARKS MAD! TOUR DATES:
08/06/2025, Japan, Kyoto, ROHM Theatre
10/06/2025, Japan, Osaka, Zepp Namba
12/06/2025, Japan, Tokyo, EX Theater
13/06/2025, Japan, Tokyo, EX Theater
18/06/2025, UK, London, Eventim Apollo
19/06/2025, UK, London, Eventim Apollo
21/06/2025, UK, Manchester, O2 Apollo
22/06/2025, UK, Manchester, O2 Apollo
24/06/2025, UK, Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
26/06/2025, Netherlands, Haarlem, PHIL Haarlem
28/06/2025, Belgium, Brussels, Cirque Royal
30/06/2025, France, Paris, La Salle Pleyel
01/07/2025, Germany, Cologne, Gloria-Theater
03/07/2025, Denmark, Copenhagen, The Koncerthuset
04/07/2025, Sweden, Stockholm, Grona Lund Tivoli
06/07/2025, Germany, Berlin, Uber Eats
08/07/2025, Italy, Milan, Teatro degli Arcimboldi
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Tickets go on general sale on Friday 7th. February. Presales start Wednesday 5th February