SPARKS

[jill]

Like all the Sparks fans (I suppose) who discovered them relatively late and haven't see them performing live, I love to find out as much as I can about past gigs, as seen through the eyes of people who have been there. What are your best and dearest memories about the Sparks gigs that you've seen? How were they in the '70s, in the '80s, in the '90s, a few years ago? Have you meet the Maels after a show or elsewhere? Which was THE Sparks gig for you?

Thanks to Peter and Re-Sparked.
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[PETER RAWCLIFFE]

Jill,As you know i answered already about meeting the legends,But the best gig for me was the `Balls` one at Shepherds bush empire,its hard to say one is better than another cause if you are a Sparks fan they are all good in different ways,But the balls one seemed to have a really friendly crowd and atmosphere,Ialso think the Shepherds Bush Empire was made for Sparks.

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[Angus_Desire]

My story is rather controversial, but if my lady friend Tina is reading this thread then I'll let her tell the story too. ;-)

Basically, I hung around her after the show to be let backstage to meet Ron & Russell before they went out to meet the other fans. I got my vinyl albums signed by both of them and had a chat with them about some stuff that Sparks fans don't usually like discussing such as the "interior design" album as well as some spurious rumour mongers on the Mael-list. Russ just said "yeah, there are some very weird people out there!"

There was a very weird bunch of people in the audience ranging from gothic punk kids who mainly went to see the support act Gerling, a whole crowd of gay Gestapo types, some geeky types who (like me) brought virtually their entire collection to be signed, as well as some questionable forbidding looking types who creeped me out.

I tried to get a photo with Ron & Russ but their tour manager was quite rude and unfriendly towards me - maybe next time.

Since the Melbourne gig I've become very good friends with the lady I hung about with in order to meet the Mael brothers. We've only met twice once at the concert and once when she was in Brisbane on a family holiday, but we ring each other a lot and still get our kicks from reminiscing about that hot sweaty magical night in January 2001....
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[jill]

Found this hilarious story in a comment on the I Predict video from Youtube...