Musicians are obsessed with numbers.
I don’t just mean the amount of singles sold or chart position. There’s also a time signature to follow, set times to adhere to, and hours of studio time to fill.
But no musicians might be more obsessed with numbers than Sparks, as the Bridgewater Hall found out last night (May 27). And it’s an obsession which is still serving the electronic duo very well, 50 years into a stellar career.