Sparta
- Date
- Thursday, November 12, 2026
- Time
- Show 7 PM
- Venue
- Sid the Cat Auditorium, South Pasadena
- Genre
- Rock, Punk + metal, Indie
- Links
- Spotify
Sid The Cat Presents Sparta W/ Public Opinion 11/12/2026 at Sid The Cat Auditorium It all started with John Candy. Some 31 years after the comedian’s death, Jim Ward was watching a documentary about him, and in it Macaulay Culkin—who had starred in a number of films with the late actor—said something that really stuck with the musician. So much so, in fact, that, after months of pondering and overthinking what Sparta’s sixth full-length album would be named, Ward decided that those very words—“cut a silhouette”—should be the title. “He said that when he met John Candy, he just entered your brain and cut a silhouette,” says Ward. “Like, he just left an impression is the way I see it.
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