We had a very strong feeling that further dates would be added to the band’s Australian gig line-up this coming April. This week our assumptions were confirmed with the band adding three new Aussie dates, bringing the current total to four. The new dates are: Monday 10th – Fremantle Arts …

A few people emailed in this week asking what the situation was regarding tickets for the House of Common Weekender. They’d signed-up to the email list to be the first to know when they’d become available, but with Wednesday coming and going an announcement had yet to surface, We can …

Ladies and gents, the wait is almost over as this coming week tickets for August 28th’s House of Common one-day festival go on sale. All you need to do is pop along to http://www.madness.co.uk/houseofcommon/ to register. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday. So, what do we know of the 2017’s …

It’s becoming a regular occurrence in our intros to publish newly announced gig dates, and this issue’s intro is no different. Over the past few days the band have added further dates to their ever-growing list of 2017 live performances, with Kent County Showground on the 12th of August and …

We’d been hinting at it for a whole, and this week it was finally confirmed – Madness will be playing in Japan this year! Currently, the only Japanese date is Monday 3rd of April, where the band will be appearing at the Ex Theatre in Tokyo. This “Land of the …

Hello, and welcome to this, the latest issue of the MIS Online newsletter. This week we learned that Madness had added yet another date to their ever growing 2017 touring schedule with the news that the band would be headlining the Saturday night of Bestival, on the 29th July. We’re …

Hello, and a very happy new year to all our readers. We trust you’ve had a relaxing break and are now looking forward to those longer evenings and warmer days. With the longer and warmer days come outdoor Madness gigs, and during this past week we learned that one had …

Hello and welcome to this Christmas Special edition of the MIS newsletter / fanzine or whatever you wish to call it! Yes, it’s a case of “Happy Christmas (Tour is over)” now for Madness and their fans. The last few dates of this tour saw more triumphant shows culminating in a …

Hello, and a warm Christmassy welcome to this final issue of the MIS before the big day. Talking of “the big day”, we just want to make you aware that issue 920 will be going out on Christmas Eve. Why? Well, after much discussion the MIS team decided they’d be …

  Hello, and welcome to this week’s edition of the MIS Online Bulletin. Following tonight’s issue, we’ve only two more issues to go until we’re into 2017, Madness in Australia, potentially further Southern Hemisphere gigs, a return to The House of Common, and yet another much-anticipated House of Fun Weekender. …