They've obviously caught the buzz. Sparks, clearly inspired by this project, have a little one of their own. Over the course of 21 nights they will be performing each of their albums in turn, in its entirety, culminating in a performance of their brand new album. Really, this is hugely ambitious - it means hiring a touring band capable of learning up to 250 songs, remembering all those words, and I assume fleshing out the gigs with relevant b-sides and other tracks.
Other considerations - its an interesting exercise in 'fandom' - I am sure the place will be rammed for Kimono My House, but it would take a serious fan to turn up on a school night for one for the many 80's and 90's albums that failed to prick the public mind. If Bowie did a similar event, we'd all want to be there for Ziggy but how many would make the trip for Tonight? Not me mister.
Anyway, this is brilliant.
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Stroof! What a massive undertaking. As you say getting a touring band to learn that many songs is pretty ambitious.
It's nice that Sparks have been reading the blog though. I hope they give us a big up or a shout up on the first and last night of the tour.
I'd love to have been in the meeting where that video was pitched....
"We'll have 3 Ron's and every now and then a close up of him looking strange and choking on the dry ice."
Genius!
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