Hello, Good Evening and Welcome Earlier this year, we heard snippets of a new song on the teaser adverts for the Past Present Future gigs at the Camden roundhouse. This track is the title of the book. Mike Barson revealed publicly at The Cheltenham Literary festival last Tuesday, that the …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome The “Past Present Future” banner for Madness at the end of their XL year has helped sell out three nights at The Roundhouse in Camden. Not only that, but it’s given us a teaser of new track “Before We was We” on the videos of …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome While many wait for the official launch of the Madness book “Before we Was we” on 10th October, 500 or so Madness fans have already been the lucky recipients of signed books which started landing on doormats during the course of this week gone by. …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome In last week’s issue we reported that the Sunday night gig of the three night December stint at the Camden Roundhouse had sold out with Monday and Tuesday night’s dates remaining. A week on and we can confirm that tickets for all three nights have …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome We thought tickets for the Sunday leg of the band’s Camden Roundhouse mini residency would sell out quickly, so it came as little surprise when it happened this week just gone. If you’ve yet to purchase tickets then you can still purchase them for the …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome It’s amazing how quickly things change in the world of Madness. Last Sunday played host to Madness’ final performance of the Summer XL tour on Bristol downs. Following that we were expecting things to quieten down until we got closer to the House of Fun …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome It’s been a long and varied journey with numerous highs, but today sees the 40 Years of Madness Summer 2019 tour come to an end as the band perform at the Bristol Downs for one last show before the long wait until the House of …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome This issue marks the calm before the storm as tomorrow sees our favourite band land in Clapham Common for the much-anticipated bank holiday Monday XL South London Festival. We’ve seen several members of the Madness fanbase submit photos via Facebook already, showing that festivities at …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome Last Saturday, 27 years after Madstock (1992), in Madness’ 40th year, and in Finsbury Park’s 150th year, Suggs and Mike were ready to return to the park to play live. They were due to play live music, at a celebration event held their in a tented …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome Next Saturday, the 40th anniversary tour returns from its short break with a much anticipated gig at Newbury Racecourse. With the UK currently experiencing some really grotty weather at present, let’s hope things improve in time for next weekend! On the subject of 40th anniversaries, …