Madness Central Newsletter: Issue 1.
Kevin Tizzard
3rd October – 9th October 2009.
Welcome to the first issue of the Madness Central weekly newsletter.
To begin, many thanks to all who have e-mailed their support and subscribed to-date. The purpose of this newsletter is not only to keep you informed on what’s happening on the Madness Central website, but simultaneously present all the news from the World of Madness in general.
In the coming weeks we’re planning to extend the newsletter and include more regular features, competitions and fan contributions. Any suggestions, news items and comments can be e-mailed to the Madness Central management team at:
In a week which saw BBC4 Friday night programming taken over by Madness - this including the much awaited for premiere of The Liberty of Norton Folgate film - much has been happening on the news front. A full listing of news items can be found later in this posting.
News also surfaced that the One Step Beyond two disc re-issue album is now available for pre-order. The release is available in several multi-buy formats including the CD itself and varying t-shirt bundles.
Further information regarding this, and the opportunity to purchase this item, can be found at the official Madness store:
http://www.recordstore.co.uk/madness/home.jsp
If you can’t wait for the official release on the 26th October you can win an advanced copy, courtesy of Union Square Music, by entering the latest Madness Central competition. More details are listed below.
Contents:
1. Latest News And Information
2. Competition: Win One Step Beyond Re-issue
3. The Nutty Caption: Updated
4. Spread the Nutty Word! Print Promotional Flyers
5. Forthcoming Features On Madness Central.
6. Contacting Madness Central.
7. Newsletter Subscription Details.
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1. Latest News and Information
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The following are the currently weekly news snippets taken from the Madness Central blog at: http://www.madness-central.com/blog
# Maddie New Year - News of the World (Scotland)
Word in from Iain Mason of News of the World confirms the rumour we posted in early September: Madness is to play the Edinburgh Hogmanay this New Year’s
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=675
# Folgate Film Gets DVD Release
You can pre-order a deluxe edition of “The Liberty of Norton Folgate” and get a bumper bundle of the CD and the DVD of Julien Temple’s film into the bargain.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=677
# A Tribute to 30 Years of Madness
The 30th Anniversary Tribute album, chock full of covers by a global plethora of bands is out Monday 5th October. Put together by our friends at French MIS and released through Big 8 records.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=682
# Milan, Paris, Edinburgh….and an afternoon in Southend!!
It seems the band plan to carry on to the end of 2009 in the style they’ve gone through the rest of it…and then on into 2010…..with a number of dates being announced or coming to light in recent times.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=687
# On The Toon In The Afternoon
Madness To Matinee In Newcastle. Following on from yesterday’s blog about a matinee performance at Southend Cliffs Pavillion on Saturday 5th December - it’s been announced on the official site that there will also be a matinee performance at Newcastle O2 Academy on Saturday 12th December.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=697
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2. Competition: Win One Step Beyond Reissue courtesy of Union Square Music
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Hey you! Don't win that! Win this! This is the heavy heavy monster sound of Madness's classic epoch-making debut from 1979.
If you'd like to enter to win an advance copy of 'One Step Beyond...' (kindly provided by Union Square Music ), just answer the question below at the link below. Send it in with your name and email address, and if you're the one lucky name drawn from the hat, you'll be sent a copy of 'One Step Beyond...' a full week before its 26th October release date. It's just that simple.
Enter the OSB contest here:
http://www.madness-central.com/interactive/feature/feature.html
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3. The Nutty Caption: Updated
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Have you ever seen a picture of Madness and, with puzzled amazement, said to yourself, "Just what the blue blazes were they thinking?" Why not put some words in the mouths of Madness and answer that question for yourself?
Continuing with one of the most popular sections on Madness Central, The Nutty Caption page has now been updated and this time the ‘victim’ is Woody.
You can enter your caption here:
http://www.madness-central.com/interactive/caption/caption.php
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4. Spread the Nutty Word! Print Promotional Flyers
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Feel like helping the band and Union Square Music get the word out about Total Madness and the One Step Beyond reissue? Grab these flyers and promo sheets, fire up your printed, and carpet bomb the masses with the nutty word!
You can download the flyers at:
http://www.madness-central.com/downloads/Flyers.zip
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5. Forthcoming Features On Madness Central
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Work is continuing on several main aspects of the Madness Central site, including the forum chat room and the Interactive section(s). The latter will include a dynamic polling system and a Madness related flash games section. We're expecting these to be completed within the next month. As always, any suggestions regarding the site content can either be posted on the Suggestions board on the Madness Central forum at:
http://www.madness-central.com/forum
Or e-mailed to the management at the below address.
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6. Contacting Madness Central
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You can send all communications relating to Madness Central to the e-mail address: ad...@madness-central.com
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7. Newsletter Subscription Details.
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