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meikken
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Location: Germany
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| TommyGun wrote: | Newspage says that ECOTD will be released in germany soon and different magazines will contain interviews with our favourite band soon(dont worry i will get them all)
sparks once replied to my questions on myspace, the response said that german gigs are planned "in the near future"
so i still hope to get to see them soon.. |
TommyGun, I asked the same question yesterday on myspace. The answer: "Hopefully toward the beginning of the year. "
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bryan_davey
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Location: west wales, miles from real life!!
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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| my conservatory in Wales would just be perfect!!! lol !!!!!!!!!! |
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E-Clect-Eddy
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Location: Amsterdam
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| jill wrote: | @ Eddy: Yes, on kindamusik.net - pretty recent, from Aug.1. He seemed sure about that, didn't say "we hope" or "maybe there'll be a tour".
@ Tommy: On the Sparks last.fm page (who is maintaining it?) there's a weird link to this event in Berlin (see the poster  )
http://www.last.fm/event/665200
but actually it's about a German band with the same name - go figure!
http://www.myspace.com/sparksberlin |
German Sparks was already mention in the Sparks not Sparks topic.
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Alex Robertson
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Location: Crawley,West Sussex
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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| bryan_davey wrote: | | my conservatory in Wales would just be perfect!!! lol !!!!!!!!!! |
Is it an all-seating venue??  |
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sjadey
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Location: High Wycombe, Bucks., England
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| E-Clect-Eddy wrote: |
German Sparks was already mention in the Sparks not Sparks topic. |
Is another band allowed to use the name Sparks?
UK bands Yazoo, The Beat and Suede had to change their name to Yaz, The English Beat and The London Suede in the USA, as there were already bands using their names!
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E-Clect-Eddy
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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I guess that depends on that countries laws and Sparks management.
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Franz Kafka
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Joined: 10 Sep 2008
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Location: Frankfurt Germany
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:56 am Post subject: |
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I hope Sparks Management or R &R do/does take care about this issue!!
I guess it is very unpleasent for both bands to get in this mixed up mess iIt is possible that the members of this german band have never heard about "real" Sparks. |
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TommyGun
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Location: germany
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:18 am Post subject: |
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I once almost booked a train journey to berlin and noticed this is an other band in the very last second 
i never heard a song of them but i already hate them
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bryan_davey
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| i bought a compilation cd a while back thinking id found a rare sparks song, and was totally miffed to find it was another band sharing the sparks title, i thought bands couldnt use current living bands names. i hope sparks sort this matter out also!!!!!, id be more miffed travelling to a concert only to listen to to find the name sake band playing!!!. |
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Lady Is Lingering
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Joined: 28 May 2008
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| sjadey wrote: |
Is another band allowed to use the name Sparks?
UK bands Yazoo, The Beat and Suede had to change their name to Yaz, The English Beat and The London Suede in the USA, as there were already bands using their names! |
Spinal Tap were at one point called The Originals but it conflicted with a previous band name so they did consider calling themselves The New Originals.
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sjadey
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Location: High Wycombe, Bucks., England
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| bryan_davey wrote: | | i bought a compilation cd a while back thinking id found a rare sparks song, and was totally miffed to find it was another band sharing the sparks title, i thought bands couldnt use current living bands names. i hope sparks sort this matter out also!!!!!, id be more miffed travelling to a concert only to listen to to find the name sake band playing!!!. |
In the late 80s a friend, working in Kuwait, gave me a cassette of No.1 In Heaven, which he'd bought in Dubai. In addition to the 6 songs I already knew, these 2 songs were listed:
Holding On
Don't Stop Loving Me Now
I thought "Wow, 2 bonus Sparks tracks I've never heard before! "
However, when I listened to them, they were clearly not by Sparks but some Motown-style soul band! The tracks had been added just to fill blank space on the tape! With hindsight, those titles don't sound like anything Ron would write.
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Angus_Desire
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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I hope Sparks will come to Australia again, and this time include Brisbane, Adelaide, Darwin, Perth, and Chinkapook (yes, there is a place called that!!) in their intenerary. I'd love to re-live the magic of January 2001 again especially as they are starting to gain some fandom in my town with local musicians.
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isola
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Joined: 27 Oct 2008
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Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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I wonder if the dates being booked for 2009 will include a few UK dates, as well as European dates. I couldn't make any of the 21x21 gigs due to illness, so i need a Sparks fix soon.
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Sparksswede
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Please Sparks!...Come to Södra teatern theater in Stockholm again soon...I think the theater miss you and I guess you REALLYREALLY enjoyed playing there..great atmosphere and great sound...I`ll be there again for sure..I have been to that theater 6 times and them 6 times were for seeing/hearing Sparks LIVE (6 out of 7 so far)... |
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12stringbassist
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Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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Location: Here in Heaven / Manchester, UK
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Are ANY definite UK dates known yet??
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