Sparks have shared ‘Veronica Lake’, the second track from their hugely anticipated 26th studio album, The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte, due Friday, May 26, via Island Records. This musical account of the American […]
Most other musicians, when they’ve been working for over half a century, are resting on their laurels, basking in the warm glow of their heritage, accepting the odd Lifetime Achievement Award, playing the odd Greatest […]
Today Simple Minds release a new mix as well as an acoustic version of ‘Traffic’, the third single to be taken from their outstanding eighteenth studio album Direction Of The Heart. Written by the band’s […]
Forty years after their seminal New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) album, Simple Minds are back with their 18th studio LP, Direction of the Heart. Incredibly, the former classic was the culmination of a period that saw […]
In episode #106 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Simple Minds guitar maestro Charlie Burchill to talk about their 18th studio album – Direction of the Heart, released on 21 October. […]
US pop-rock band Sparks brought their electrifying tour to Belfast, performing in the iconic Ulster Hall on 11 April 2022. Bernie Mc Allister was there to take these fantastic shots. […]
With a career spanning over five decades and with Ron and Russell both being brothers, their ability to still be amicable to each other (let alone collaborate and make music together whilst trying to “Lighten […]
In any sane universe, academic studies would be devoted to Ron and Russell Mael, as they are to Dylan, Bowie or The Beatles. Municipal buildings and parks would be named after them. Statues would be […]
US pop-rock band Sparks are pleased to announce a headline Belfast show at The Limelight 1 on 26th October 2020. Sparks – brothers Ron and Russell Mael – have announced the May 15th 2020 release […]