Sparks have shared a brand new single referred to as ‘Do Issues My Personal Method’, in addition to asserting a brand new album and particulars of a tour. Discover out the small print beneath.
Introduced as we speak (January 30), the brand new single from brothers Ron and Russell Mael marks their first of 2025, and is the primary teaser of an upcoming album referred to as ‘MAD!’.
Set for launch later this 12 months, the document will mark the twenty eighth studio album from the duo and the primary to be shared on their new label dwelling Transgressive Data.
Now, the art-pop duo have shared the lead single referred to as ‘Do Issues My Personal Method’ – a monitor that each strikes away from what is predicted to disclose one thing new, and in addition retains the identical attraction that put the band on the map.
“Gonna run, gonna fly/ Gonna do issues my very own manner,” they sing within the opening verse, progressively build up in the direction of the refrain. “Feeling proper, feeling tight/ Gonna do issues my very own manner/ Bought the gasoline, broke the foundations/ Gonna do issues my very own manner.”
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At time of writing, restricted particulars have been shared concerning the forthcoming album, together with the discharge date and the overall path that the duo have taken musically.
That being stated, the lead single has been described by the Maels as one thing of a manifesto – seeing them keep loyal to their roots whereas pushing their sound into new territory. “Our mantra since 1972, amplified in 2025”, they stated.
The duo have additionally shared particulars of an upcoming tour throughout the UK, Europe and Japan to rejoice the forthcoming launch. The reveals kick off in June with 4 reveals in Japan, earlier than heading over to the UK.
For the UK reveals, two nights are deliberate for London’s Eventim Apollo, two nights are scheduled for Manchester’s O2 Apollo, and one present shall be held on the Royal Live performance Corridor in Glasgow.
The rest of the dates will see Sparks head to counties in Europe together with the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Italy.
Tickets go on sale on February 7 at 10am native time. Go to right here to purchase tickets and test beneath to see a full listing of recent tour dates.
Sparks’ ‘MAD!’ tour dates 2025 are:
JUNE
8 – Kyoto, ROHM Theatre (Japan)
10 – Osaka, Zepp Namba (Japan)
12 – Tokyo, EX Theater (Japan)
13 – Tokyo, EX Theater (Japan)
18 – London, Eventim Apollo (UK)
19 – London, Eventim Apollo (UK)
21 – Manchester, O2 Apollo (UK)
22 – Manchester, O2 Apollo (UK)
24 – Glasgow, Royal Live performance Corridor (UK)
26 – Haarlem, PHIL Haarlem (Netherlands)
28 – Brussels, Cirque Royal (Belgium)
30 – Paris, La Salle Pleyel (France)
JULY
1 – Cologne, Gloria-Theater (Germany)
3 – Copenhagen, The Koncerthuset (Denmark)
5 – Stockholm, Grona Lund Tivoli (Sweden)
6 – Berlin, Uber Eats (Germany)
8 – Milan, Teatro degli Arcimboldi (Italy)
Information of the brand new album comes because the group teased their comeback and the follow-up to ‘The Lady Is Crying In Her Latte‘ on social media earlier this week.
Earlier than then, the band mirrored on their time working with director Edgar Wright for the 2021 career-spanning documentary The Sparks Brothers. In an interview with NME that 12 months, Ron stated, “Cinema has at all times been part of us. The thought of exploding, having one thing grandiose and vibrant and dramatic is one thing that actually had an impact on us.”
The group would go on to win Finest Music Movie on the BandLab NME Awards in 2022
In a four-star evaluation of ‘The Lady Is Crying In Her Latte’, which was shared in 2023, NME referred to as the album “a reminder that even now, Sparks are fully content material with boldly going first, taking their music into bold territory nobody else has been earlier than, making it simpler for different acts to (hopefully) observe go well with.”
