It’s here! The Grandslam tour officially kicked-off on Friday night when the band took to the stage in Lincoln. The band’s largest tour to date, this UK-wide extravaganza sees Madness travel the length and breadth of the British Isles over the next four months. Let’s hope the weather plays nicely! …

Welcome to this British bank holiday edition of the MIS newsletter! This week, in the run up to the release of his debut solo single “In Your Mind”, Woody Woodgate and singer Dan Shears have been shooting a video with media group Life Imitates Art. You can find photos from …

We get this week’s bulletin off the starting grid with the news that Madness are in pole position for the forthcoming Grandslam, as this video shows them driving Formula One style racing cars around the track; http://tinyurl.com/os9cyaq It goes without saying that you should never drink and drive, but you …

This week finally sees the general release of Cathal Smyth’s solo debut album “A Comfortable Man”. In some ways this is a continuation of his song writing that has weaved through many incarnations of Madness albums, and a few previous short lived endeavours beyond Madness, too. In other ways this …

Hello, and a warm welcome to this wet and windy English Bank Holiday issue of the MIS. This week the band returned to the recording studio to work on the next set of tunes, with Woody posting; “Looking forward to another day in the studio with Madness. Writing some cracking …

Evening all, The TV adverts for the return of Sunday Night At The Palladium are now airing, so we begin this issue we your reminder that the recorded performance featuring Madness is scheduled to air in one week. The date is this coming Sunday night, May 3rd on ITV1. If …

Hello, good evening and welcome to this latest edition of the MIS Online newsletter. This week we bring you a revamped “Buy It” section, with a large selection of new items for you to spend your pennies on. Also, you’ll see that when you scroll down to the “Showtimes” section …

Evening all! Those of you with better memories than ourselves may recall our mention of “Pop Gold” on last week’s issue. This was screened during the past week and we were most surprised with the show’s song choice of Yesterday’s Men.  The performance, shot outside Alton Towers in 1985, was taken …

Happy Easter weekend Madheads. It’s still a few weeks until Madness make their latest recorded appearance on ITV, by appearing on Sunday Night at the Paladium. But this week something from the ITV archives will be making a reappearance.  Here’s Daren West with the lowdown… “Pop Gold A Family Affair Another trawl …

Last Sunday Madness appeared at The London Palladium,to entertain the audience of ITV variety show “Sundy Night at The Palladium.”  The episode, hosted by “Bradley Walsh” (of Whom Chrissy Boy said “He was class.”) also featured Olly Murs, and a cast of Billy Elliot performers. Madness’ management have confirmed that …