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Jan 30, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Munachi Osegbu

Sparks (brothers Ron and Russell Mael) have announced a new album, MAD!, and released its first single, “Do Things My Own Way.” MAD! is due out later this year via their new label home Transgressive. The exact release date is TBA, as is the tracklist and cover artwork. Below is the new single, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates.

Sparks collectively and simply had this to say about the new single in a press release: “Our mantra since 1972, amplified in 2025.”

The band’s last album was 2023’s The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte, which was the band’s first album on Island Records in 47 years. The band released several albums on the label in the 1970s, including 1974’s classic Kimono My House. The album’s title track, “The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte,” was accompanied via a video for the song starring none other than Oscar winning actress Cate Blanchett.

In 2021, Edgar Wright directed an acclaimed documentary on the band, The Sparks Brothers. In 2021, they also co-wrote the musical film, Annette, with director Leos Carax and also did all the music for it. In 2022, they announced a reissue series.

In our most recent print issue (Issue 73) we interviewed Sparks about the 50th anniversary of Kimono My House. Read the article here.

Sparks Tour Dates:

Sun. June 8 - Kyoto, JP @ ROHM Theatre
Tue. June 10 - Osaka, JP @ Zepp Namba
Thu. June 12 - Fri. June 13 - Tokyo, JP @ EX Theater
Wed. June 18 - Thu. June 19 - London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
Sat. June 21 - Sun. June 22 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
Tue. June 24 - Glasgow, UK @ Royal Concert Hall
Thu. June 26 - Haarlem, NL @ PHIL Haarlem
Sat. June 28 - Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royal
Mon. June 30 - Paris, FR @ La Salle Pleyel
Tue. July 1 - Cologne, DE @ Gloria-Theater
Thu. July 3 - Copenhagen, DK @ The Koncerthuset
Fri. July 4 - Stockholm, SE @ Grona Lund Tivoli
Sun. July 6 - Berlin, DE @ Uber Eats
Tue. July 8 - Milan, IT @ Teatro degli Arcimboldi

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