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SAM SPARRO ON TOUR!

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MY BRAND NEW SINGLE 21st CENTURY LIFE IS OUT IN THE UK NOW!!
THE RELEASE DATES ARE:
Radio edit – Available To Download – 21st July
EP1 & EP2 – Available To Download – 28th July
Maxi 5 track CD single & 7” - in shops – 28th July
The CD single will include:
1. 21st Century Life (Radio edit)
2. American Boy (From Radio 1’s Live Lounge)
3. Black And Gold (From Radio 1’s Live Lounge)
4. No End In Sight - brand new B side
5. 21st Century Life (Denis The Menace Mix)
and the beautiful collector's edition 7” will feature:
A) 21st Century Life (album Version)
B) No End In Sight - brand new B side
you'll find the rest of the brilliant remixes on the 2 digital EPs out on July 28th:
Digital EP 1.
21st Century Life – radio edit
21st Century Life – Steve Mac Remix
21st Century Life – Denis The Menace Remix
21st Century Life – Count & Sinden Remix
21st Century Life – Eazy Remix
Digital EP 2
21st Century Life – Album version
No End In Sight
American Boy (Live Lounge Version)
21st Century Life – Mac Project Main Mix
21st Century Life – Kraak & Smaak Remix
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For all of our US fans, we've got a special promotion going on at insound.com where you get a sweet 7" single of Black & Gold for free if you purchase the album!!! Believe me, those 7"s are indeed beautiful! Click here to listen! Enjoy ;-)
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yes, yes!! We just performed a really fun show at London's famous Koko's in Camden which was recorded exclusively for iTunes... it's now available in all it's live glory! So if you weren't there, then here's your chance to dig us live! Enjoy!
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MY ALBUM IS FINALLY OUT NOW IN THE STATES!!!!
DOWNLOAD THE UK VERSION OF THE ALBUM NOW AT ITUNES ... click HERE !!!


THE BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR MY NEXT SINGLE "21ST CENTURY LIFE" DIRECTED BY MARIAH GARNETT!!!
BLACK & GOLD video
the COTTONMOUTH Video!!!!!!
Cottonmouth Sam Sparro from mariah garnett on Vimeo

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/17/2004
Band Website: samsparro.com
Band Members: Sam Sparro - Vocals, Keytar, Guitar, Synths, Programming
Jesse 'Golden' Rogg - Synths, Keys, Programming, Jesus Beard
Laura 'Ratatat' Fares - Drums
Charlie 'Jukeboxxx' Willcocks - Keys
James 'Stevo' Stephenson - Bass
Vula Malinga - backing vocals
Sharlene Hector - backing vocals
Ladonna Harley-Peters - backing vocals

CONTACT INFO:

-- Management:
Jesse Rogg at Modus Vivendi Music// [email protected]

-- Europe booking:
James Whitting at Coda Agency// [email protected]

-- US booking:
Tom Windish at Windish Agency// [email protected]

-- for promotional inquiries:
Caroline Cabral at Purple PR// [email protected]

Influences: DFA, Hot Chip, The Gap Band, Daft Punk, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Bob Marley, Blondie, The Rapture, Minnie Ripperton, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holliday, Sarah Vaughn, Nightmares On Wax, Lady Sovereign, Loleatta Holloway, Basement Jaxx, Moloko, Justice, DJ Mehdi, Cassius, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Avalanches, Dizzy Rascal, Kano, Boney M, New Young Pony Club, Chromeo, Munk, Whomadewho, Gorillaz, Bugz In The Attick, Nightmares on Wax, Portishead, Erykah Badu, D'angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Jill Scott, Chaka Kahn, Prince, Rick James, The Mary Jane Girls, Common, The Roots, Bahamadia, Sade, Ben Watt, Gilles Peterson, Roy Ayers, Chet Baker, Masters At Work, Shirley Bassey, Grace Jones, Kraftwerk, DJ QUICK, George Clinton, Parliament, Afrika Bambata, Bootsy Collins, Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, Patrice Rushen, James Brown, Funkadelic, Sly and The Family Stone, Zapp, Earth, Wind &; Fire, Teena Marie, Felix Da Housecat, Blackbox, Hang All DJs, Scissor Sisters, Roots Manuva, SWV, Shugie Otis, Stereolab, Les Rhythm Digitales, Eric Satie, Air, Franz Ferdinand, David Bowie, Curtis Mayfield, Quantic, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Le Tirgre, Tiga, King Brit, Jazzy Jeff, Amy Whinehouse , GB, The Pretenders, Joy Division, Zap Mama, David Bowie, Queen, Alan Braxe, Rolling Stones, KRS-1, The Clash, GrandMaster Flash, The Doors, Serge Gainsbourg, Sergio Mendez, Burt Bacharach, Beck, Angela McLuskey, Roisin Murphey, Matthew Herbert, Dr. Rocket, Michael Jackson, Mirwais, Kelis, Outkast, Missy Elliot, Bjork, Madonna, The Sugarhill Gang, Ganstarr, Jamez Bowen, Aretha Franklin, Madonna, The Supremes, Jacque Lu Cont, Kenny Dope, Little Louie Vega, Eric B &; Rakim, Roy Hargrove, Neptunes, Nina Simone, Blackalicious, The Fugees, Roberta Flack, Donnie Hathaway, Peaches, Steely Dan, The Killers, Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, Tiny Giny, Kanye West, The Soft Pink Truth, Sonar Kollective, Jazzanova, Modus Vivendi, Ubiquity, MIA, The Chapin Sisters, Love Grenades, MSTRSKRFT, Metric,The Gossip, The Faint, Heavy D, Mos Def, Petula Clark, Freddy Mercury
Sounds Like: Ice melting/Ass Smacking
Record Label: Island Records (UK)/ Modus Vivendi Music
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Dancing with the starts...

Hi I'm in the middle of my UK tour. It's been crazy madness and I'm lovin' it.Got this video in the morning that made me smile and miss my couch at home.Enjoy it!!!xSAM ...
Posted by SAM SPARRO ON TOUR! on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:53:00 PST

And the winner is.....

I'm very happy to announce the winner of the tour t-shirt contest.Thank you AJ English you did a great job.So now come to my tour and get your wicked tee!!!CheersxSam...
Posted by SAM SPARRO ON TOUR! on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:07:00 PST

My other space!!! IMEEM.COM

You can have it all at my IMEEM PAGEListen to my music .My comments on my favorite tunes.Photos and much more.....Enjoy it =)x Sam...
Posted by SAM SPARRO ON TOUR! on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:11:00 PST

Announcing T Shirt Winner Soon!

A very BIG thank you to everyone who submitted designs for my tour t-shirt design comp. We got some really excellent submissions - which is making it hard to pick the final winner!The competition is ...
Posted by SAM SPARRO ON TOUR! on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:03:00 PST

Bestival: A River Runs Through It!

DAMN! What a crap load of rain! We were all set for our first show in a while and our last festival of the season. I'd flown back from LA especially and the band I were really excited about it. We'd e...
Posted by SAM SPARRO ON TOUR! on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:37:00 PST

You know youve made it when....

I'm keeping this one away from my cat American Idol =)Wait till 2:13 !!!Cheersx Sam...
Posted by SAM SPARRO ON TOUR! on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:15:00 PST

Nominated for MTV Europe Music Awards!!

I'm over the moon to announce that I've been nominated for "most addictive crack" (errm, I mean track) and "best new act" at the MTV Europe Music Awards! Vote for me HERE!!! Thanks for all your suppor...
Posted by SAM SPARRO ON TOUR! on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:00:00 PST

Glamour Dahlink!

Busy Busy Busy! Have barely had a minute to think the last few months so my blogging has been poor. I'm sitting in the dressing room at the rehearsal for my next video "21st Century Life" which shoots...
Posted by SAM SPARRO ON TOUR! on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:40:00 PST

Sorry Birmingham!!

Just a quick note to say sorry to all of you who had tickets to the show in Birmingham in Saturday! I really wanted to play - we were at the venue ready to go but the sound system at the venue wasn't ...
Posted by SAM SPARRO ON TOUR! on Sun, 25 May 2008 02:04:00 PST

Coachella with Mark Ronson & Co!!!!!!!

I can now officially reveal that I'll be coming back to LA next week to play at the Coachella Valley Music Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This is most very exciting news! Coach...
Posted by SAM SPARRO ON TOUR! on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PST