Rob Brydon is to interview Sparks live onstage to promote their new album and tour. An Entirely MAD! Conversation Between Rob Brydon and Sparks! will take place at the Union Chapel, Islington, London on Sunday May 25th and celebrates the release of the band's 28th album, 'MAD!', on May 23rd.
Tickets for the event include a physical copy of the MAD! album on CD, cassette or vinyl and can be purchased via https://link.dice.fm/W9b908f3d0f7.
Ahead of their MAD! Tour this summer, which includes dates in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Wolverhampton, Sparks - Ron and Russell Mael - will join actor, presenter and comedian Rob Brydon for an evening that promises to be insightful and illuminating, containing fresh perspectives on a career that has spanned in excess of five decades.
Speaking about the event Ron and Russell said, “As we’ve never had the honor of meeting British Royalty, we are extremely excited to be in discussion with Rob Brydon, MBE and, incidentally, one of the funniest people alive.”
Despite the efforts of Edgar Wright's superb 2021 documentary The Sparks Brothers, which introduced the duo to a wider audience than ever before, the exact creative dynamic between Ron and Russell Mael remains inscrutable.
The one thing we know for certain is that Ron Mael is one of our most acutely perceptive observers of social mores. In a different discipline – dramaturg, cartoonist, novelist, cineaste, chronicler – he'd be a Moliere, a Hogarth, a Fitzgerald, an Altman, a Swift. He just happens to work within the medium of popular song. His brother Russell Mael has the asset of a talent to put those observations across in a uniquely arresting manner, captivating as a frontman and gifted with a countertenor voice of extraordinary range. The alchemy between Ron on keys and Russell on vocals is simply what they do. And they've rarely done it better than on MAD!.
Sparks tour in June, July and September - tickets and further information available here.
