Sparta announce UK and European tour for new album 'Cut A Silhouette'

Sparta will tour the UK and Europe this October to support their sixth album, Cut A Silhouette, which arrives on May 29 via Equal Vision/Rude Records. The record is available to pre-order here. It has been previewed by the single Everything You Say.

The Texas alt-rock band begin the run in Dublin and hit cities across the UK before moving on to mainland Europe. The itinerary closes in Kortrijk, Belgium on October 22.

Tour dates

October 4 – The Sound House, Dublin
October 6 – The Croft, Bristol
October 7 – Yes, Manchester
October 8 – Rock City Beta, Nottingham
October 10 – Stereo, Glasgow
October 11 – The Parish, Huddersfield
October 12 – Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
October 13 – Downstairs At The Dome, London
October 14 – Patterns, Brighton
October 15 – The Horn, St Albans
October 17 – Petit Bain, Paris, France
October 18 – Willemeen, Arnhem, Netherlands
October 19 – Garagen, Cologne, Germany
October 20 – Neue Zukunft, Berlin, Germany
October 21 – Betty, Hamburg, Germany
October 22 – Wilde Western, Kortrijk, Belgium

On the upcoming shows, frontman Jim Ward said:

“There is no better feeling than hopping on a plane to cross an ocean to play music. The gift of travel, friends, sweat and rock and roll is one that I’ll be forever grateful for. This new record is a special one; it’s something you can’t plan for, but when the stars align, and the songs come together, you’ve got to just go, go, go – so we will. We can’t wait to get back to some of our favourite cities with some of our favourite people.”

Tickets are on sale; find them here.

The album’s title was lifted from a line Macaulay Culkin uses in a documentary about John Candy, describing Candy’s presence as something that “just entered your brain and cut a silhouette.” The phrase stuck with Ward and shaped the record’s direction.

Cut A Silhouette was produced by J. Robbins. Contributors include Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance, Kemble Walters of Chevelle, and Carlos Arévalo of Chicano Batman.