It may seem like a long way off, but if you’re coming to the House Of Fun Weekender in Minehead this year, you’ve got about 5 and a half months to get your fancy dress in order for the Saturday night. This year, the theme is, and could only be… …

Hello, and a very warm welcome to this latest issue of the MIS Online bulletin. This week we bring you news of a Madness themed World Cup competition, report on Suggs’ support of the Specialized Mad Not Cancer album, and announce the winner of our recent Suggs Selection competition. Alongside …

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the MIS Online newsletter. With the 3-disc “Suggs Selection” compilation available to buy online and in the shops from tomorrow (Monday 2nd June) we’re pleased to reveal that you can win your very own copy by taking part in the competition we …

Hello, and welcome to this landmark edition of the MIS. Why a landmark? Well, the first issue of the MIS went out on the evening of Sunday the 23rd of May 1999, with the idea that it would be a weekly digest of all the Madness news collected over the …

With a click and a whirr The Happy Machine, The centre of the M.A.D.H.E.A.D was switched on by Chas Smash this Tuesday. Mike was there to check its pulse, and then Thommo hit it with a spanner just to make sure it was on.  It then revealed a glorious new …

Hello Madheads! The Madhead is about you, above you, below you and within you. It is all around you, it is you. Inside the Madhead are all your thoughts. The Madhead can hear the music. The Madhead can feel the music. The Madhead must dance. The Madhead must sing. I …

It’s September the 28th 2013.  A wave from a gathered house crowd zooms up into space bidding farewell, some fun, then an empty stage in Alexander Palace.  The final notes of  “We’ll Meet Again” by dame Vera Lynn waft across the room at the departing masses.   Walls filled with echoed …

Hello all. This week The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra have been rehearsing new tunes and even working on some original songs at the rehearsals set up by Bedders. While it’s early for any new album work to be starting, the bands festival season and beyond to the jazz cafe, could …

  Record Store Day began in 2007 when over 700 independent stores in the United States came together to help celebrate their distinctive culture. The UK soon followed suit, and yesterday (Saturday 19th April) played host to the seventh celebration of the UK’s independent music retail sector. To celebrate Record …

Eagle-eyed readers of our “Showtimes” section will know that Suggs is once again off on his solo tour, pleasing the nation’s theatre goers with his story and added mini song moments such as Cecilia. We can exclusively reveal that his solo music will also be returning very soon in the …