Sparks

Hippopotamus

The Hippopotamus Tour

Friday 22nd Sep 2017

location_city O2 Ritz, Manchester

Sparks

Sparks are an American flamboyant pop-rock band fronted by the brothers Russell and Ron Mael.

Formed in 1968, they released their debut album, "Halfnelson" in 1971, followed by: "A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing" (1973), "Propaganda" (1974), "Kimono My House" (1974), "Indiscreet" (1975), "Big Beat" (1976), "Introducing Sparks" (1977), "No. 1 in Heaven" (1979), "Terminal Jive" (1980), "Whomp That Sucker" (1981), "Angst in My Pants" (1982), "In Outer Space" (1983), "Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat" (1984), "Music That You Can Dance To" (1986), "Interior Design" (1988), "Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins" (1994), "Plagiarism" (1997), "Balls" (2000), "Lil' Beethoven" (2002), "Hello Young Lovers" (2006), "Exotic Creatures of the Deep" (2008), "The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman" (2009), "Hippopotamus" (2017), "A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip" (2020), plus 2023's: "The Girl is Crying in Her Latte".

Hit-singles include: "This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us", "Beat the Clock" and "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way".