Sparks Announce 2025 Tour Dates, Unveil New Song “Drowned in a Sea of Tears”: Stream

Ahead of their new album, MAD!, Ron and Russell Mael have returned with a new Sparks song, “Drowned in a Sea of Tears,” and the announcement of 2025 North American tour dates.

The dates will occur in September 2025, after the arrival of MAD! on May 23rd, beginning with a show in Atlanta on September 5th. From there, the Mael brothers will perform in Philadelphia, Boston, Brooklyn, Toronto, Seattle, San Francisco, and more cities before wrapping with a show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on September 30th.

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A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates will take place on Wednesday, April 9th at 10:00 a.m. local time (use code DANCE) via Ticketmaster, with a public on-sale following on Friday, April 11th at 10:00 a.m. local time.

The single, “Downed in a Sea of Tears” is a tightly-packaged breakup pop song with a minor, brooding feel, in the style of outsider pop that Sparks helped pioneer. In the verses, the narrator reflects on a relationship gone sour, lamenting on the catchy choruses that they could not help their former lover ease their fears.

The song arrived along with a music video featuring both Mael brothers in a number of surreal scenes, culminating with the narrator’s lover trapped in a car filling with water. Watch the video and listen to the single below.

MAD! will be Sparks’ 26th studio album. Earlier this year, the brothers unveiled the singles “Do Things My Own Way” and “JanSport Backpack.” Prior to their North American dates, they will perform in Japan and across Europe in June and July.

Meanwhile, the band was recently disparaged by Morrissey, who accused them of being “headless Palisades savages who threw their old friends into hot molten lava for sexy kicks.”

Sparks 2025 Tour Dates:
06/08 – Kyoto, JP @ ROHM Theatre
06/10 – Osaka, JP @ Zepp Namba
06/12 – Tokyo, JP @ EX Theater
06/13 – Tokyo, JP @ EX Theater
06/18 – London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
06/19 – London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
06/21 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
06/22 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
06/24 – Glasgow, UK @ Royal Concert Hall
06/26 – Haarlem, NL @ PHIL Haarlem
06/28 – Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royal
06/30 – Paris, FR @ La Salle Pleyel
07/01 – Cologne, DE @ Live Music Hall
07/03 – Copenhagen, DK @ The Koncerthuset
07/04 – Stockholm, SE @ Grona Lund Tivoli
07/06 – Berlin, DE @ Uber Eats
07/08 – Milan, IT @ Teatro degli Arcimboldi
07/12 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK
07/15 – Dublin, IE @ National Stadium
07/16 – Dublin, IE @ National Stadium
07/18 – Edinburgh, UK @ Edinburgh Playhouse
07/19 – Wolverhampton, UK @ The Halls
09/05 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
09/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Keswick Theatre
09/09 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
09/11 – Boston, MA @ Berklee Performance Center
09/12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
09/14 – Columbus, OH @ The Athenaeum Theatre
09/15 – Cleveland, OH @ TempleLive at Cleveland Masonic
09/17 – Toronto, CA @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
09/20 – St. Paul, MN @ Fitzgerald Theater
09/23 – Vancouver, CA @ Vogue Theatre
09/24 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
09/26 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
09/27 – San Francisco, CA @ Golden Gate Theatre
09/29 – El Cajon, CA @ The Magnolia
09/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre