SPARKS

The BBC is doing decent coverage of the festival. They've put up some nice Sparks pics from the concert plus a nine-minute video interview, all of which can be accessed here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ ...

To my eyes and ears, it all looked and sounded performed live. The only 'unnatural intervention' apart from Ron's synth was the micing on the strings and the brass (why people refer to them all collec ...

We are not worthy!!! We are not worthy!!!

Unbelieveable gig. Absolutely extraordinary production: the Trinity contribution was out of this world, rhythmically crisp and full of character; the sound ...

I can't really imagine how the band weren't bored rigid plodding through this one!

Well, perhaps they may have been bored with some material but why does this matter? 21x21 is a conceptual pop-art ...

Just back from the gig. Highlights: So important; Lots of Reasons; Toughest Girl in Town; Walk Down Memory Lane (I didn't know the song at all, but what a classic -odd key and even bolder key shifts!) ...

I think it was clear to everyone present that Russell made this point about The Decline and Fall of Me, so you are very right to count in his vote Alex!

Russell said that after Mickey Mouse was released they started getting much flak from Disney (collective boo from the audience...) until the song began to get much airplay, at which point Disney decid ...

This was absolutely fantastic! I had never heard ANY of those songs before and I'm completely blown away. Two things struck me most. First, the continuity between the first couple of songs and Big Bea ...

I think I'll have to go with Moon Over Kentucky as well. What a performance on Saturday!