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Friday, March 31, 2023

Sparks news

Sparks' 
first single and title track from their upcoming studio album, The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte (due May 26, Island Records) has an official music video starring Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett. The album is available now for pre-orders/pre-saves. 

In a feature in Variety, the Maels and Blanchett discuss the making of the video.

“We met Cate Blanchett in Paris at the César Awards last year,” say Ron and Russell Mael, “little knowing that a year later, one of the great actors of our time (and a splendid person!) would graciously consent to lending her bootie-shaking skills to the first video from our new album, ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte’. Dreams really do come true. We will sleep well tonight knowing that forever we can say we co-starred in a film with Cate Blanchett!”

WATCH “THE GIRL IS CRYING IN HER LATTE" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
STARRING CATE BLANCHETT

LISTEN TO “THE GIRL IS CRYING IN HER LATTE”
PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE THE GIRL IS CRYING IN HER LATTE

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte marks Sparks’ first release on Island Records label in close to five decades, following 1974’s Kimono My House, with the UK hit single, “This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us.” The album has been described by Ron and Russell Mael as “bold and uncompromising as anything we did back then, or for that matter, anytime throughout our career.”

FORMATS INCLUDE LP, CLEAR LP, PICTURE DISC, CD, CASSETTE

Sparks will celebrate The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte with a world tour that includes a pair of sold-out headline shows at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall (May 29 and 30). Then it culminates with the biggest headline show of Sparks’ more than fifty-year career, taking place July 16 at the Hollywood Bowl in their hometown of Los Angeles, CA.

Hollywood Bowl subscription packages are available now at www.hollywoodbowl.com. Sparks Fan Club presales begin Tuesday, April 25 at 10:00 am (PT). General on-sales follow on Tuesday, May 2 at 10:00 am (PT). For complete details and ticket information, please see allsparks.com/#tour.

“We are thrilled to be back on tour again and to be able to share our joy with so many Sparks fans around the world,” say Sparks. “See you all soon! It’s a Sparks show, a Sparks show, a Sparks show tonight!”

Sparks North American Tour:

JUNE
27 – New York, NY, USA – Beacon Theatre
28 – Philadelphia, PA, USA – Keswick Theatre
30 – Washington, DC, USA – Lincoln Theatre

JULY
1 – Boston, MA, USA – The Wilbur
3 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Danforth Music Hall
5 – Chicago, IL, USA – Copernicus Center
6 – Milwaukee, WI, USA – Pabst Theater
8 – Kansas City, MO, USA – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
9 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
12 – Dallas, TX, USA – Texas Theatre
13 – Austin, TX, USA – ACL Live at the Moody Theatre
16 – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Hollywood Bowl †
24 – Osaka, Japan – Namba Hatch
25 – Tokyo, Japan – Line Cube Shibuya

* Festival Appearance
† w/ Special Guests They Might Be Giants

Track listing:

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
Veronica Lake
Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is
Escalator
The Mona Lisa's Packing, Leaving Late Tonight
You Were Meant For Me
Not That Well-Defined
We Go Dancing
When You Leave
Take Me For A Ride
It's Sunny Today
A Love Story
It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
Gee, That Was Fun

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