2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Russell Mael of Sparks: How we made ‘This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us'
In advance of their two sell-out Irish shows, the US frontman on famous fans and using food stamps despite their breakthrough hit
John Lennon was heavily reliant on heroin in the mid-1970s, so the following legendary story should be taken with a pinch of salt.
In 1974, he watched LA duo Sparks perform This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us on the BBC's flagship music show Top of the Pops and immediately got on the phone to one of The Beatles.
