It’s been one heck of a Nutty week, readers. Over in Spain, long term fan Harry Wandsworth, has just realised his dream of creating The Nutty Bar.  It opened on Thursday Night in Marbella, Spain, with DJ Rhoda Dakar reportedly “Rocking on the decks.”  Photographs have appeared on Facebook showing …

New Mad Beer. From The Magic Brothers. Sunshine. Will be available at their Dublin Castle gigs. April 3rd and 24th! http://youtu.be/iEtStqfkN3E

This week Suggs appeared in The Times newspaper where he discussed writing new lyrics. Two songs were mentioned. The first, a song about a Soho beggar called Pam who used to make £200 a day but spend it all on fruit machines, and a second called “He’s Not a Gangster”, …

We begin this issue with the news that Suggs has told Bangshowbiz that he’s currently on songs for the next Madness album. In the interview Suggs commented that fans could expect the album to come out near the end of 2014 and Madness would definitely be touring the record in …

The last great Madness gig, Folgate Friday, was some four months ago now, but we can now bring you an exclusive video of “Africa”, the one and only time Madness have performed this track live from The Liberty Of Norton Folgate. Africa is the track Iain Horne once told us …

Those of you who’ve been online for a number of years may remember Adam Nicholls’ fantastic Nutty Forum – an online web forum where Madness fans could meet and discuss anything and everything related to their favourite band. Back in the day the forum was extremely well supported, and proved …

Unveiled earlier this week was the fantastic new video from the one and only Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra. The video in question is for the Bangarang single mix, and is a visual promo featuring Dawn Penn and Sharon Shannon. Once again this features Lee in dual roles, this time as …

While many are still waiting for Madness to be awarded with a Brit Award, the band continue to be nominated for or listed in other awards line-ups across the globe. This latest addition sees our favourite band inducted into the Goldmine Magazine Hall of Fame. 420 artists have already joined …

A belated happy Valentines day weekend from us to all lovers of Madness. If Specialized’s current cover of It must be love isn’t enough for you, Mr Thompson’s sent you a love gift, see later in this issue! News for the Irish is that Suggs has added two more solo …

A beautiful venue, a wonderful grand piano, and a brilliant band. If you live in the vicinity please come along – you only live once (I think). For further details here is a link: http://thelittleboxoffice.com/riverhouse/event/view/7875