Hello, Good Evening and Welcome Evening all, With no current gig news to report on this issue sees us take a trip back to Brockwell Park on the 7th May 1983. Here, Madness headlined the Brockwell Park CND Free Music Festival, and it didn’t go quite according to plan. Check …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome Evening all, With the majority of this years’ Madness concerts moving to next year, 2020 looked  to be rather lean on the old gig front. Thankfully, the Sky Arts channel came to our aid last night (Saturday 19th September) by screening an evening of Madness …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome We begin this latest issue of the MIS with the sad news that on Friday 11th September the legendary Toots Hibbert, frontman of the legendary “Toots and the Maytals”, passed away at the age of 77. Madness fans were clearly upset at learning the news, …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome Evening all, It’s been a fairly quiet week for Madness news and that’s reflected in the limited amount of fresh content in this weeks’ issue of the MIS. That said, the band’s Facebook feed did awake from its slumber and find time to send out …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome It’s been an uncertain time for those fans who’d booked tickets to this years’ House of Fun Weekender event in Minehead. With gig after gig moving to 2021, those who had stumped up money to see the band at Butlins this November were in limbo …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome Evening all, We trust you’re keeping well. It was only a matter of time before the remaining dates of Suggs’ 2020 tour were either moved or postponed, and in the week just gone this happened. The performance on the 9th October at the Lichfield Garrick …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome Evening all, Madness and Madness related news may be rather thin on the ground at present, but we’re still busy producing the MIS on a weekly basis. The big news this week is the full transcript from the recent Tim Burgess “Absolutely” Listening Party. Here, …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome Hello, good evening and welcome to this week’s edition of MIS Online. It’s become almost tradition to begin with news of date changes, and this issue is no different. Thankfully, this issue brings news of only one date change which is for Suggs’ forthcoming tour. …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome We begin this week’s issue with news of further gigs being rescheduled. Over the past week two more of Suggs’ King Cnut performances have been shunted over to 2021, meaning all of the September dates have now been moved over to next year. These latest …

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome Evening all, We kick off this week’s MIS with new of several more gig re-shuffles as four of Suggs’ King Cnut dates are quietly moved into 2021. While it’s a shame for fans that the performances won’t be taking place this year, it’s great to …