Sparks in Italy for a single date

The Sparks begin 2025 with a new single, “Do Things My Own Way”, which anticipates “Mad!”, The twenty -eighth studio album of the historic American band, which will be released this year for the new Transgressive Records label. The single is also a sort of manifesto of the brothers Ron and Russell Mael, who comment: “The Sparks are a band that has always done things in his own way”, confirming their unique and unmistakable approach.
But above all there is good news for Italian fans. After a 2023 that saw the band conquer prestigious audiences such as the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and the Sydney Opera House, the world tour will resume in fact next June and will also land in Italy for a single date Italian, on 8 July in Milan, at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi (here for tickets).
Below you can listen to the single “Do Things My Own Way” in streaming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-ad9sqskq

The Sparks were born in Los Angeles in 1970, on the initiative of the brothers Ron Mael (keyboards) and Russell Mael (voice). Known for their extravagant approach to the writing of the songs, the Sparks accompany their music sharp and ironic texts, marrying everything to a surreal scenic presence, represented by the contrast between the pantomime of the frontman Russell and Ron's rose gaze.
Their long career has seen them adopt many different styles, including glam, alt-pop, power pop, electronic and pop music music mainstream. Despite this, they coined a sound Very recognizable that they earned them a devoted cult of fans since their first releases. The Sparks were very influential on the development of music popularin particular on the scene of the late 70s, when in collaboration with Giorgio Moroder (and subsequently with Telex), they reinvented themselves as an electronic pop duo and abandoned the traditional rock training. Much esteemed by colleagues such as Depeche Mode, New Order, Morrissey and They Might Be Giants, who often mention them among their main influences, the Sparks have always struggled to make their way into the scene mainstreamoften ending hopelessly misunderstood.
In 1973 the Mael brothers, following a British tour, settled in England and recruited new musicians: the guitarist Adrian Fischer, the bassist Martin Gordon and the Norman drummer “Dinky” Diamond. This formation records the album destined to remain its masterpiece “Kimono My House”, a bizarre manifesto of the glam that enters the ranking and provides two successful singles: “This Town Ain't Big Enouaught for Both of Us” and “Amateur Hour “.

After a change of training, the Sparks publish “Propaganda” (1974), which follows, “indiscreet” (1975), whose failure to success pushes the Mael brothers to return to the United States, where they publish “Big Beat” (1976) . The year after the two realize “Introducing Sparks”. In 1979 the Sparks called the producer Giorgio Moroder to record “N ° 1 in Heaven”, an album that relaunches the notoriety of the Californian group. Followed by “Terminal Jive” (1979) and then in 1981 “Whomp that Sucker”. A year later it is the turn of “Angst in My Pants”, while in 1982 “Sparks in Outer Space” was released. Three little successful albums follow and a long silence, during which the Sparks make the soundtrack of the film “Knock Off”. In 1994 the Sparks returned to the limelight with “Free Sax and Senseless Violins”, which is followed five years after “Plagiarism”, in which the Mael re-regards 19 of their songs, in some of which duet with the Faith no more, With the Erasure and with Jimmy Somerville. In 2000 the new release is “Balls”, while two years later the 19th official Album of the Sparks, “Lil 'Beethoven”, a surprising stylistic excursion between electronic music and symphonic orchestractions, was released. Follow “Hello Young Lovers” (2006) and “Exotic creatures of the Deep” (2008).
2009 is marked by the release of “The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman”, followed six years after “FFS”, album in collaboration with Franz Ferdinand. In 2017 the American band returned to the scenes with “Hippopotamus”. His cult saga therefore continues with two other albums, “A Sondy drip, drip, drip” (2020) and “The Girl is crystal in Her Milk”, the 2023 album that marks the twenty -fifth publication signed by the Mael brothers.
The 2021 documentary film “The Sparks Brothers”, directed by Edgar Wright, has renewed the interest for one of the most displacement pop-rock formations ever.