Just setting off for what should be an amazing gig with the superb Bang Bang Eche and Polka Party.
It’s at The Fly on New Oxford Street, London. Visit the gigs section for Google maps.
Can’t wait!  x

Stay tuned for more details.

Despite missing soundcheck and arriving at 93 Feet East a mere 2 minutes before going on stage we really enjoyed our London gig last week. Checking out the reviews it looks like we weren’t the only ones…
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/leisure/4744509.GIG_REVIEW__Dark_Sparks_____/  

GIG REVIEW: Dark Sparks ****
SHEFFIELD indie band Dark Sparks have a presence.
With their grungy clothes and moody demeanour the boys looked like they’re going to Kurt Cobain’s funeral as they walked on stage at East London’s 93 Feet East in Brick Lane.
But opening with their darkly brilliant track We Are Flies, any fears I had that the Sparks would be glum, out of tune EMOs wailing incomprehensibly to a scratching guitar were happily dispelled.
Their fresh, but ever so slightly moody, set was crammed full of razor sharp guitars and retro keyboards.
Flamboyant lead singer Leigh Greenwood is reminescent of a young Jarvis Cocker and his vocals convey all the pathos and melancholy of disaffected youth.
The band has the energy, confidence and cool charisma of a group who are destined for more than just playing gigs in half-empty, dingy, dark basements, stinking of stale beer and vomit.
Dark Sparks are made for better things and if it wasn’t for the poor sound system distorting the band’s wickedly electrifying sound, the gig would have been a spine tingling musical experience.
Catch Dark Sparks at their next London gig when they play at The Fly on Saturday.
Dark Sparks. Bang! Bang! Eche! The Fly, New Oxford Street. Saturday. 7.30pm. £5 in advance. £6 on the door. 020 7688 8994 or visit barflyclub.com

We’ve been quoted in a nice little article in today’s Sheffield Telegraph about the O2 gig this Sunday.
There’s a lovely description of our ‘visceral’ sound and a quote from Leigh.

Well folks, following our BBC Radio Sheffield live session we have been invited by Mr Iain Hodgeson to be one of five Sheffield bands to play a one-off event at the O2 Academy – where our full set will be broadcast on the station!

The special show is to raise money for the sheffield children’s hospital scanner appeal – so it’s a worthy cause too!

Tickets are £3.50 from this link www.themusicweek.co.uk, or £3 from the band direct. La Folie, Pistola Kicks, Sarah Mac and The Stoops are the other acts playing.

Be great to have some of you there and just think – when you whoop and cheer you’ll be hearing your voice in thousands of homes across the city!

We’ve got an ace gig on November 9 with Biffy Clyro tour supports We Were Promised Jetpacks in Nottingham.
The gig starts at around 7pm at the Bodega Social and should be an ace one.

The really great news is we have a cheap entry guestlist for £4 (reduced from £6) so if you fancy abusing it and getting a ton of your friends in on the cheap just send us a quick message with all your names.

Can’t wait! x

Just heard back from DJ Iain Hodgson and he says our live session will be on air tonight from around 7.30pm.
Just go to the below link and click ‘listen live’ to tune in or if you’re in Sheffield tune in to 88.6FM or 104.1FM or on DAB.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/tv_and_radio/ 

Well Sheffield-ers, we’ve got a little competition for you!
As you may know we’re playing with the fabulous Good Shoes at Leadmill on November 30. Tickets from the venue are £8.

Happily though we’ve got 2 FREE tickets to give away!
All you have to do is email darksparks@live.com with the name of our current single (clues on the website) and we’ll pick a name out the hat!
No one goes away empty handed on ilovedarksparks.com and anyone that doesn’t win will still qualify for £3 tickets – £5 cheaper than from the venue.

Everyone’s a winner baby! Get emailing now! x