Sparks announce new album WOW!

Sparks, brothers Ron and Russell Mael, return in 2025 with the release of “Do Things My Own Way.” A teaser for their forthcoming album, MAD!, due out later this year via Transgressive Records. Continuing their love for film as an art form, Ron and Russell have written a new musical epic, titled X-Crucior, that is in development and will be directed by John Woo. While further details about the album remain under wraps, fans can look forward to the MAD! Tour,kicking off with the Japanese, UK and European legs of their world tour. A full list of dates can be found below.
Since the millennium, Sparks have released eight new studio albums, a radio opera (The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman), a side-project (Franz Ferdinand collaboration, FFS), a live album, a film musical (2021’s Annette, which won a Best Director award for Leos Carax and the Best Original Score at the César Awards for the Maels), toured the world numerous times, and been the subject of The Sparks Brothers, a documentary by Edgar Wright.
SPARKS 2025 Tour Dates:
Sun. June 8 – Kyoto, JP @ ROHM Theatre
Tue. June 10 – Osaka, JP @ Zepp Namba
Thu. June 12 – Fri. June 13 – Tokyo, JP @ EX Theater
Wed. June 18 – Thu. June 19 – London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
Sat. June 21 – Sun. June 22 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
Tue. June 24 – Glasgow, UK @ Royal Concert Hall
Thu. June 26 – Haarlem, NL @ PHIL Haarlem
Sat. June 28 – Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royal
Mon. June 30 – Paris, FR @ La Salle Pleyel
Tue. July 1 – Cologne, DE @ Gloria-Theater
Thu. July 3 – Copenhagen, DK @ The Koncerthuset
Fri. July 4 – Stockholm, SE @ Grona Lund Tivoli
Sun. July 6 – Berlin, DE @ Uber Eats
Tue. July 8 – Milan, IT @ Teatro degli Arcimboldi
Order tickets for Sparks HERE
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