Those of you who signed-up to be amongst the first to receive news of the much-anticipated Summer gig should have found a link to a live version of ‘Blackbird’ (live from the House of Fun Weekender 2015) land in your mailbox during the week. We’ve a feature on the tune, …

Evening all, We kick off this week’s issue with the news that part one of The Doctor Strangelove parody video is now online, ready for Madness’ Operation M.A.D (or Mutually Assured Dancing, as our own Simon Roberts put it earlier this week). So, what does this video show? Well, it …

Last year played host to the successful Grandslam Tour, and following the teaser photo posted on the band’s Facebook page on Friday, it’s looking like 2016 may be the year of “Operation M.A.D”. The black and white teaser photo shows the six band members sat around a well lit circular …

It’s only February, and the list of dates Madness have got lined-up for 2016 continues to increase. This week it was revealed that Madness have been booked as a headline act for this year’s Boom Town Festival. For those not familiar with the event, the festival describes itself as a …

Evening all, We begin with the news that work continues on The Ska Orchestra’s next album. This week Mr. Thompson was kind enough to show us a preview of a new video prepared again by Jeff Baynes. Jeff shot the Bangarang video and previously directed photography on Cardiac Arrest. The …

Sunday’s here once again, and as usual it plays host to another edition of the MIS Online weekly newsletter. This week we begin with news from The Ska Orchestra’s one and only Darren Fordham, who reports that “Thommo will today choose the final track listing for Bite The Bullet”. With …

We may still be in the midst of winter, but for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the days are slowly lengthening. Plus, with Christmas behind us we can start to look forward to what will hopefully be warm days ahead. The band and their management are most definitely …

Evening all, This coming Friday Lee Thompson brings his Ska Orchestra back to The Jazz Cafe in Camden. It’s another sell-out for the venue as according to all web sites who normally sell tickets on behalf of the venue. Here’s another glimpse into rehearsal work, preparing the second album “Bite …

We begin this first full issue of 2016 with some sad news, as on Monday 28th December, Specials drummer John Bradbury passed away aged 62. Visitors to thespecials.com web site were greeted with the following message: “It is with deepest regret that we have to announce the very sad news …

Seasons greetings to you all! Over the past month or so we’ve seen Facebook posts from countless fans reporting that they’d been unable to get their hands on the Madness double ale and pint sleeve box set. The main stockist, BHS, seemed to have completely sold out. On Christmas day …