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Camden Town’s finest, Madness, helped define the early 80s with their distinctly nutty take on the 2-Tone sound before expanding their musical vision with aplomb for a triumphant second wind…
C’est La Vie! Madness announce expanded version of No.1 album
Madness Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C’est La Vie (Enhanced Edition) to feature five new studio tracks One of the UK’s most beloved British bands, Madness, have announced an expanded…
Classic Pop’s Top 20 2 Tone tracks
Classic Pop’s essential guide to the best of 2 Tone 2 Tone Records was the DIY indie label whose roster of bands not only raised questions regarding social ills but…
Madness announce new album Theatre Of the Absurd Presents C’Est La Vie
Madness have announced that their 13th studio album, titled Theatre Of the Absurd Presents C’Est La Vie, will be released on 17 November, via BMG. You can pre-order it here…
Madness interview: “We’ve collided together in a sandpit of joy on this new album”
No longer a nostalgia band, Madness have spent the past two decades assembling “new universes” of music to showcase their impeccable knack of knowing what makes people tick. In 2016,…
Madness announce 2023 live dates
Following on from sold-out Forest Live 2022 performances, Madness have announced dates for 2023 as part of the annual concert series presented by Forestry England. Forest Live is a major…
Top 20 80s pop instrumentals
We count down our Top 20 80s pop instrumentals… While the vocal power, stage presence and charisma of a good frontperson is always handy when making a career in pop,…
13 of the best Madness songs
We look back over four decades of top-tier 7″s for our list of the best Madness songs… Madness have been national treasures in Britain for well over 40 years. Often…
Making Madness – The Rise & Fall
Buoyed by having their first No.1 hit, the fourth studio album by Madness, The Rise & Fall, marked the transition between knockabout Nutty Boys and reflective men who’d become hard-bitten…
Madness team up with Squeeze for winter 2021 tour
Ska legends Madness have announced details of a UK and Ireland arena tour for later this year, which will see them being supported by Squeeze. The Ladykillers Tour kicks off…