Sparks Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Okay so yesterday, I went to go and see Sparks live at the Royal Albert Hall. I have mentioned this a few months ago on a post, talking about if I still like Sparks and I was saying how much they have influenced me as an artist. This was absolutely incredible. One of the things I’ve always wanted to do was go to a Sparks gig and it lived up to my expectations, just absolutely fantastic .

I went with my big sister, my mum and my dad and we all just had a wonderful time there. The atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall was just amazing, the sound was incredible, they had LED lights with different colours, the whole thing was just so beautiful and so intriguing . Those two are masters of their craft. I have listened to their new album and their new songs are amazing too. My favourite songs are The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte, It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way, Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is, Verona Lake, We Go Dancing, Gee, That was Fun, A Love Story, so pretty much the whole entire album.

They just completely owned the stage. I have figured that these guys work in a little bubble, they don’t work together in a big community with different artists, it’s just those two working together, sharing ideas, that’s what makes it so good.

I’ve had so much fun at this gig, I just couldn’t control myself, I was clapping lots, I was moving my arms around, I was getting up and dancing every minute, my mum was sitting opposite side of me and she could see me waving my arms about and dancing, thinking ” What the bloody hell” You might as well make the most of it whilst you’re there, you live in the moment . They also performed some of their older hits from the 70s and the 80s. I’m so happy they did Number One Song In Heaven, Angst In My Pants, Eaten By The Monster Of Love, When Do I Get To Sing ” My Way” because they’re some of my favourites, they were some other songs that are absolutely amazing that they didn’t do but it’s okay, it’s amazing, regardless .

Half way through the gig, Ron got up and did his dance, his iconic signature move. I think it was during Number One Song In Heaven and he suddenly came alive and he did the dance across the stage, everyone went completely nuts, including me. I wanted to see if he was going to do it and he did, absolutely hilarious, Ron is great, his sense of humour is understated and missed, half the time, I love his ideas and style of writing .

Sparks has a cult following, they’re not widely known, they have their certain audience but they can easily sell out gigs to about 105 people, it’s just amazing .

The support act was brilliant as well, he was doing his own renditions of Sparks songs, he was just rocking it up there with his little Banjo, it was really funny, I liked him, it got us in the mood for what was to come. His song about Extroverts and Introverts was brilliant and so true, I could relate to it since I’m an introvert myself, I always have been so that made me laugh.

In my James Bond, Sound Of 007, I was talking about weird happenings at music gigs and events, like what happened at the Roxy Music gig and the James Bond event. I wanted to see what was going to happen at this gig because you know how demented Sparks is, you know they’re going to have some weird fans but surprisingly everyone behaved themselves, I was expecting some weird shit to go down. Except when we were hanging around the tube station and there were these two girls holding a white rabbit, I have no idea what happened there, I was like ” Oh god, they’re not going to bring that thing to the Sparks gig, are they?” so bloody random. At the Roxy Music gig, there was this person looking at photos of rabbits on her phone and this time, there was an actual person holding a real rabbit at the station.

Coming away from this gig, I respect them even more than I already do, just genuine masters of their craft and they seem so lovely as well, I wish them nothing but success in the future, I hope to see them live again, I would very happily come again, it’s the most fun I’ve had in a very long time, that’s the magic of Sparks. Sparks will forever be one of my favourite music duos of all time, just brilliant . That’s like an inner Sanctum for Sparks fans to go and just let their hair down and have a great time, I’m blessed to be a part of the Sparks fan club. So if you’re an old fan who loved Sparks back in the day, welcome, if you’re new fans and you only discovered their music very recently, welcome to the club, let’s embrace the pure genius of Sparks together .

So yeah, this has just been brilliant, I had such a good time. In September me and my family are going to go and see George Sweeney at The Phoenix Arts Club – Home of the Cabaret  . If you don’t know who he is, he was an actor in the 70s. He has starred in TV shows and films such as The Sweeney, Citizen Smith and Pop Pirates. I loved him in The Sweeney, loved him in Citizen Smith. Citizen Smith and The Sweeney are two of my favourite TV shows from the 70s and he’s absolutely brilliant in both. Me, my dad and my brother are big fans of The Sweeney, The Professionals, Minder, we just love them so much. He always plays rough neck, violent criminal like characters, he’s a brilliant actor, he’s an absolute legend. He was also in Pop Pirates, I absolutely love Pop Pirates, it’s one of our favourite Children’s Film Foundation films, it’s just an absolute masterpiece, great entertainment . So yeah, we’re going to see him in September and it’s kind of like a Q and A event, it’s going to be great. I might do a little post on that as well, so stay tuned for that.

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