Hello Madheads! We begin this issue with some non Madness news, but news that we have no doubt will be of interest to many of you reading. Web site classicrock.teamrock.com reported earlier this week that Edsel Records will be releasing “Ian Dury: The Vinyl Collection” on October 27th. Featuring all …

Hello Madheads! “Your voice is like Sunshine to me. You are everything I need it’s plain to see…” The exciting news from Madness this week came in the unveiling of the 35th anniversary version of One Step Beyond. The mined, raw gemstones within it are April 1979 rehearsal recordings of …

Hello Madheads! We have some great news to report. Our very own Paul Willo let out a huge sigh of relief earlier this week as on the 7th, a massive pallet of CD’s arrived at his place. Yes, the long awaited Specialized Mad Not Cancer album is here! This week …

Ladies and gentlemen, The wait is almost over, as this coming Wednesday (Aug 6th) sees the long awaited release of the Specialized Mad Not Cancer album. To whet your appetite we’ve got a mass of track reviews from the one and only Graham Yates as well as a dash through …

Hello Madheads. This week, on the House of Fun Weekender page, the band announced the “Madhead Golden Ticket”.  “At this years House of Fun Weekender, those judged to be the most distinguished fancy dressers shall receive that most coverted of Prizes. The Madhead Golden Ticket.” So, what does this give …

Things have been rather quiet on the old Madness front this week, but this issue is still far from slim. Daren West has been kind enough to put together two Silencerz (Formerly The Lee Thompson Band) gig reviews, covering appearances on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 7th July, respectively. Check …

Hello Madheads and welcome. We begin with the news that Dave Robinson cheered us up earlier in the week when he commented that; “Really Great news. Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra’s “BANGARANG” Ft Dawn Penn & Sharron Shannon has been added to the BBC Radio 2 Playlist.” Then, the news for …

This week we begin with news of a message from Lee Thompson, ahead of the Ska Orchestra’s next concert. In the video our favourite saxophonist is talking during a recent trip to Ronnie Scott’s jazz club, and ahead of the Brixton Jamm event. http://youtu.be/EfffkwfpNScVideo can’t be loaded: Message from Lee …

Hello, and a very warm welcome to this week’s issue of the MIS Online Bulletin. With Lee and his Ska Orchestra having just completed their set we thought it was about time we blasted this issue off into the ether. The band were slightly unfortunate to overlap with the legendary …

This week Clive Langer appeared on Bug Bear’s Rock and Roll High School Radio Show on Shoreditch Radio. Amongst the chat he mentioned that he’s been asked to produce the next Madness album. Whether this ends up being the entire album or not is too early in the project to …