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Steve Bringe
Dec 11, 2009, 6:35:00 PM12/11/09
to Madness Central Weekly Newsletter
Madness Central Newsletter: Issue 10
5th December - 11th December 2009.
Welcome to the 10th edition of the Madness Central weekly newsletter.
The big news this week continues to be the Madness UK Norton Folgate
Tour. Of particular buzz is the ever-changing set list including the
return of crowd favourites like "Bed and Breakfast Man" and "Johnny
The Horse". With nine concerts behind them (which included their first
matinee show since the 1980s), the excitement hasn't dwindled as the
remaining pre-Christmas dates fastly approach the much anticipated
London gig on the 18th.
Contents:
1. Latest News And Information
2. www.retro-madness.co.uk - This week's Special Offer for MCN Readers
3. Pet Shop Boys "Christmas EP" and Autographed Poster Contest
reminder
4. Dailystar.co.uk: Interview with Suggs
5. New Tiswas Collection features Madness song
6. Absolute 80s Launches
7. Full Record Collector interview with Madness Fan Chris Carter-Pegg
8. Happy Christmas from Woody's brother Nick
9. Southend Concert Info: 05 December 2009
10. Swindon Concert Info: 07 December 2009
11. Leeds Concert Info: 08 December 2009
12. Sheffield Concert Info: 09 Decemeber 2009
13. Birmingham Concert Info: 10 December 2009
14. The Madness UK Tour 2009 Continues
15. Contacting Madness Central
16. Newsletter Subscription Details.
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1. Latest News And Information
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# If you've been to any of the UK tour dates you've probably seen the
Union Square Music double decker bus hanging around out front.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=829
# Concert Live is having a 2 for 10 special on the remaining live CDs
from the 2006 UK tour.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=831
# BBC Two will be broadcasting the Julien Temple film "The Liberty of
Norton Folgate" on Saturday, 19th November.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=834
# Chrissy Boy and MadTubeMTV bring you exclusive footage from the
Madness UK Norton Folgate Tour.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=835
# The Official Madness Camp is holding a contest to win tickets for
the 18th November O2 concert in London.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=837
# Further details about the downloads included with the recent edition
of Big Issue magazine are out. You can get three exclusive downloads
from Madstock and support the homeless simply by texting.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=838
# Fans photographed at the concerts may be appearing on the Official
Madness website and Official Madness Facebook profile.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=839
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2. www.retro-madness.co.uk - This week's Special Offer for MCN Readers
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This week's Special Offer for MCN Readers from Retro-Madness.co.uk
Owing to the unprecedented demand for the original black and white
enamel MIS Fan Club badges that we offered last week at the bargain
price of £4.99 inc UK p&p (the lowest price anyone has sold them at
for many years)...we will hold this price for one more week until
after the o2 Arena gig next weekend.
This week's offer follows a recent deal we have struck with Bert
Muirhead, author of the legendary Stiff Records book "The Story of a
Record Label" published in 1983 to sell a box of unsold books he has
recently uncovered. The 112 page book is basically the Stiff Records
bible. It has been out of print for many years and consequently is
very sought after. The cheapest one currently available on Amazon is
£44.50 plus postage! It details every Stiff release from Buy 1 to Buy
150 and Seez 1 to Seez 42, as well as promos, memorabilia and other
oddities. There is naturally plenty of stuff about Madness including
photos of various rare collectables and obscure items. The inside
pages are all in perfect condition but the covers do have some signs
of wear (afterall they've been sitting around since 1983!)The stock we
have is very limited, however, for this week only (or until they sell
out) we are able to offer them at less than 1/3 of the Amazon price at
£13.50 including UK postage!
Click the link below and you will find the books as the 4th item down.
The MIS enamel badges are approximately half way down the same page:
http://retro-madness.co.uk
Happy browsing!
Chris & Emma of Retro-Madness
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3. Pet Shop Boys "Christmas EP" and Autographed Poster Contest
reminder
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The Pet Shop Boys Christmas EP Contest closes Monday, 14 December 2009
at 5 pm UK time.
We have a special Christmas treat for you this holiday season that's a
little off the nutty path. Kindly provided by the folks over at the
official Pet Shop Boys camp, you?ll have a chance to win a copy of the
forthcoming PSB EP simply titled "Christmas" for our second contest of
Madness Central's second year on the interweb.
What makes this so special to us Madness Fans? Included with this five
track EP is the Pet Shop Boys' fast-paced yet smooth arrangement of
the classic Madness love ballad "My Girl." If you'll recall, Suggs and
Carl joined Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on stage at last year's
charity benefit, 'Can You Bear It', for the family of Chris and Neil's
former assistant and close friend, Dainton Connell, who was tragically
killed in a car accident.
Further information can be found at:
http://www.madness-central.com/interactive/feature/feature.html
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4. Dailystar.co.uk: Interview with Suggs
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Source:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/111332/Suggs-traces-family-to-find-lost-father
Published date: 5th December 2009
SUGGS TRACES FAMILY TO FIND LOST FATHER
MADNESS frontman Suggs is tracing his family roots to find the father
he never knew.
The happy-go-lucky singer plans to end the family mystery when he
writes his autobiography next year.
He reveals: “The thing that defined my life is that I never met my
dad. My dad left when I was three years old.
“I dunno what happened to him, so I thought half of my book would be
an exploration about who I am as a man and as a father, in the context
of the fact that I never knew who my own dad was. And then finding out
who he was and where he went and what happened to him.”
Suggs celebrated the 30th anniversary of his band this year with an
acclaimed new album, The Liberty of Norton Folgate, and a sell-out
national tour.
The 48-year-old said: “Madness really put a lot of effort in this year
in a way that we hadn’t done for five, 10, 15 years. “We played at
Glastonbury, we closed down London’s Regent Street and people have
been kind enough to call our new album a masterpiece. Who am I to
argue with them? It’s a culmination of a really great year to do a
Christmas tour, our first proper British tour in a long while.”
Part of the band’s enduring popularity is their magnificent song
collection that includes hits such as My Girl, Our House and Baggy
Trousers. But the London lads feel sorry for young bands starting out
today.
Suggs said: “It’s all about The X Factor generation now. I feel a bit
sorry for those cats. Everything comes and goes so fast. You get some
new kid and then they’ve gone before you’ve even bought their record.
“When we started, we developed from playing the same residencies in
really dreary pubs. The landlord would sell more pints and invite us
back.
“Then, after a while, there’s a queue round the block and you’re
making your first record.
“Eventually you learn how to entertain an audience and to keep them.”
Madness have always had the gift of relating to the everyday man or
woman in the street, a quality too few contemporary songwriters have
been able to achieve.
Suggs added: “It should be about having fun.
“You see bands just stare at their shoes today and we don’t do that.
“We just go completely and utterly bonkers every night. And it’s a
great joy. It keeps me young, for sure.”
He went on: “Dizzee Rascal’s last album was a load of fun. It
resonated in some way for me. I think Lily Allen’s pretty good.
“But with Madness we don’t just play music, we entertain. It’s part of
our remit for ourselves. It’s amazing seeing young kids down the front
who have obviously seen our videos.
“We have some sort of affinity with young people, even though we are a
right bunch of old farts now.”
Madness are on tour until the new year. Their new album, The Liberty
Of Norton Folgate, is out now.
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5. New Tiswas Collection features Madness song
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After the infamous missing-eyelash-episode with Sally James on the 80s
TV programme Tiswas (which Madness was banned from after said
incident), it may be surprising to see they have been included on a 3
CD collection of Tiswas performances.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiswas-Album-Various-Artists/dp/B002SR3SZW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260310127&sr=1-1
Madness' contribution is Embarrassment; while most of the other tracks
from the collection are available as a digital download, Embarrassment
can only be had on the CD collection.
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6. Absolute 80s Launches
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Prepare to hear a lot more Madness on the airwaves. Absolute Radio has
launched their newest project, a station playing exclusively the best
from the 80s on the aptly named Absolute 80s.
http://absolute80s.com/
If you take a look through the playlist each day you'll be happy to
find Madness in is regular rotation. The first day we were aware of
the station on Madness Central, Madness had been played five times
that day with classics like Baggy Trousers, House of Fun and Our
House. The station is webcast so you can listen in wherever you are
worldwide... if you have an internet connection.
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7. Full Record Collector interview with Madness Fan Chris Carter-Pegg
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In the December issue of Record Collector magazine, Madness Central
Discography project manager (and arguably the most prolific collector
of Madness pressings, memorabilia and paraphernalia the world over)
Chris Carter-Pegg featured with an edited version of what was a very
lenghty interview. You can now read the full interview with Chris here
at Madness Central.
http://www.madnesstradingring.com/InPrint/2009/RCDecCCP2009.html
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8. Happy Christmas from Woody's brother Nick
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Most Madness fans know Nicky Woodgate best as the maestro behind the
Wonderful track "No Money." Seeing as Nick is so talented as to write
a song like "No Money", being one of the few artist sever who has
contributed to a Madness song (Clive Langer on "Coldest Day" and the
mysterious "West" on "I Pronounce You" being two rarified others), it
shouldn't surprise you that Nick is quite the prolific songwriter even
when he isn't collaborating with his drummer brother Woody.
Nick's been kind enough to share with us a song he wrote in 2002
called "Happy Christmas". Not exactly the holly jolly Christmas carol,
it's still an excellent tune perfect for the holiday season. You can
download the song here:
http://www.madness-central.com/downloads/NickyWoodgateHappyXmas.html
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9. Southend Concert Info: 05 December 2009
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Southend was treated to two Madness performances on the 5th of
December including their first matinee show since the 1980s. The
matinee saw a mix of the greatest hits with a sprinkling of tracks off
Norton Folgate, taking a fairly safe approach to an abbreviated set
list when compared to the evening shows thus far on the tour.
Set Lists
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December 5th - SOUTHEND: Matinee
1.One Step Beyond
2.Embarrassment
3.The Prince
4.Nw5
5.My Girl
6.Dust Devil
7.The Sun And The Rain
8.Mother And Child Reunion
9.Clerkenwell Polka
10.Bed And Breakfast
11.Shut Up
12.Forever Young
13.House Of Fun
14.Wings Of A Dove
15.Baggy Trousers
16.Our House
17.It Must Be Love
18.Madness
19.Night Boat To Cairo
The evening show was back on track with a repeat performance of Paul
Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" as well as the surprise chestnut
"Tarzan's Nuts" as the first encore.
December 5th - SOUTHEND:
1.One Step Beyond
2.Embarrassment
3.The Prince
4.Nw5
5.My Girl
6.Dust Devil
7.The Sun And The Rain
8.Idiot Child
9.Shut Up
10.In The Rain
11.Clerkenwell Polka
12.Mother And Child Reunion
13.Bed And Breakfast
14.That Close
15.E.R.N.I.E.
16.Forever Young
17.House Of Fun
18.Wings Of A Dove
19.Baggy Trousers
20.Our House
21.It Must Be Love
22.Tarzan's Nuts
23.Madness
24.Night Boat To Cairo
E.R.N.I.E. is another welcome chestnut remaining steady in the set
list during the tour. One Step Beyond... can you have a Madness gig
without One Step Beyond?
E.R.N.I.E. at Southend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMjciht-CI
One Step Beyond at Southend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pp_tg1xSM4
Lucky Madness fan Tom Murphy from the Madness Central Forums was
dragged up on stage during the performance of "Night Boat to Cairo"
where he was presented with an autographed saxophone by Mr. Lee J.
Thompson. You can view pictures and links to Tom's adventure on the
forum:
http://www.madness-central.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2663&start=10
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10. Swindon Concert Info: 07 December 2009
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As the ever-changing set list for the tour is the buzz amongst fans,
there were some disappointed with the very rote choice of songs that
didn't include any big surprises like "Tarzan's Nuts" and "Hunchback
of Torriano" that previous gigs had enjoyed. Still, it's far from the
greatest hits packages in years past with songs like "Idiot Child"
being firm fan favourites.
Set List
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1.One Step Beyond
2.Embarrassment
3.The Prince
4.NW5
5.My Girl
6.Dust Devil
7.The Sun And The Rain
8.Idiot Child
9.Shut Up
10.In The Rain
11.Clerkenwell Polka
12.Mother And Child Reunion
13.Bed And Breakfast
14.That Close
15.Tarzan's Nuts
16.E.R.N.I.E.
17.Forever Young
18.House Of Fun
19.Wings Of A Dove
20.Baggy Trousers
21.Our House
22.It Must Be Love
23.Madness
24.Night Boat To Cairo
Chris has been busy with his Axecam this tour. Enjoy "Our House" from
Swindom courtesy of the ever-puckish Chrissy Boy.
Axecam Our House Swindon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqVrazER8XM&feature=channel
Concert Review
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Source:
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/4782038.Madness_transform_the_Oasis_into_a_night_of_ska_lunacy/
Published Date: 8th December 2009
Madness transform the Oasis into a night of ska lunacy
By Haley Court
IF there was one thing I could have wished for at last night’s Madness
gig at the Oasis, it would have been to be handed a pair of stilts on
the way in.
But even the lack of a clear view could not ruin what was a truly
fantastic performance for me and my fellow shorties at the back of the
venue.
Almost 3,000 fans packed the sweaty sports hall as the immortal words:
“Hey you, don’t watch that watch this! This is the heavy heavy monster
sound, the nuttiest sound around,” announced the start of the set.
The pop/ska gods – Graham “Suggs” McPherson, Daniel Woodgate, Mike
Barson, Lee Thompson, Chris Foreman, Mark Bedford and Carl Smyth gave
an energetic performance, akin to those older fans would remember from
when Madness burst onto the scene in Camden Town in 1976.
As they moved from Embarrassment to My Girl and House of Fun, Suggs
punctuated the show with brief comments to the audience, on fine form
as he stopped to charm Swindon’s younger fans at the front of the
throng before launching into their new single Forever Young.
As the gig continued the temperature began to rise and the smell of
sweat grew more prevalent, even Suggs could help but mention the venue
was a sports hall.
Madness fan Danny Kemp said the Oasis’ ability to attract bigger and
better names every year was more of a reason for Swindon to push ahead
with plans for a dedicated music venue.
“Here we are with the biggest British ska band here in Swindon and
frankly it is embarrassing we can’t put them up at a proper music
venue,” said the 25-year-old from Nythe.
“Don’t get me wrong, if it wasn’t for the Oasis we wouldn’t have such
big names coming here in the first place but I just think it is high
time we had something more like Bristol’s Beer Keller of Carling
Academy. Swindon deserves it.”
Friends Dave Kemp and Kelly Holmes agreed.
“The gig was spectacular but it was just too hot in there for me,”
said Kelly, 30, from Eldene.
“Madness are amazing but it would have been nice to see them in
Swindon’s purpose built music venue.”
Dave, 40, from Covingham added: “I think Swindon has the potential to
attract even more top names, but we’ll need our own music venue to get
them.”
As Madness launched into chart hits House of Fun and Baggy Trousers
the fez’s went flying and beer glasses were held high proving the band
truly were, One Step Beyond.
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11. Leeds Concert Info: 08 December 2009
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The three-song encore of "Tarzan's Nuts", "Madness" and "Night Boat to
Cairo" continued their reign in Leeds, which is a nice sort of
symmetry having three classic One Step Beyond tracks closing the show
in this final month of One Step Beyond's thirtieth anniversary.
Set List
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1.One Step Beyond
2.Embarrassment
3.The Prince
4.NW5
5.My Girl
6.Dust Devil
7.The Sun And The Rain
8.Idiot Child
9.Shut Up
10.In The Rain
11.Clerkenwell Polka
12.Chase The Devil aka Iron Shirt
13.Bed And Breakfast
14.That Close
15.E.R.N.I.E.
16.Forever Young
17.House Of Fun
18.Wings Of A Dove
19.Baggy Trousers
20.Our House
21.It Must Be Love
22.Tarzan's Nuts
23.Madness
24.Night Boat To Cairo
Chris and his Axecam continue to capture the festivities:
Axecam - "That Close" live from Leeds
http://www.youtube.com/user/MadtubeMTV#p/a/3A38081FCB0F51D0/0/bMlMMpuNcjg
Concert Reviews
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Source:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/features/Leeds-O2-Academy-Madness-review.5901873.jp
Published Date: 10 December 2009
Leeds O2 Academy: Madness review
By Duncan Seaman
It's 25 years since Madness last played in Leeds – and how this city
had missed them.From Carl Smyth's familiar "Hey you, don't watch that,
watch this" introduction to One Step Beyond to the closing notes of
Night Boat to Cairo every hit was greeted with dancing and a mass
singalong.
A smartly besuited and be-titfered Suggs was in genial form,
reminiscing about his first songs with pianist Mike Barson 30 years
ago ("I've only just got out of Mike Barson's bedroom") and a show at
the Leeds venue Tiffanys in 1979, after which someone broke the
windows in the band's bus ("It was a breezy trip home").
He even dedicated a cover version of the ska tune Chase The Devil to
Dave Beer, "Lord Beero", founder of city club night Back2Basics which
is celebrating its 18th birthday.
A packed-to-the-rafters house full of forty- and fiftysomethings
lapped up anthems such as My Girl and The Sun and The Rain.
Over and over again you could appreciate Nutty Boys' rare, Beatles-
like ability to write to write songs that connect with people's
everyday lives.
There was a mid-set lull, when the band opted to play tracks from
their latest album The Liberty of Norton Folgate and the oldies In The
Rain and Ernie, but the tempo and mood lifted considerably with House
of Fun.
From there it was a straight run through their top 10 smashes, with
the audience in particularly strong voice for It Must Be Love and the
"alleluias" of Wings of a Dove.
A Madness gig really is communal experience. Let's hope they don't
leave it so long before we see them in Leeds again.
Source:
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/whatson/music/4789204.Review__Madness__Leeds_Academy/
Published date: 11th December 2009
Review: Madness, Leeds Academy
WE ARRIVED with mixed feelings, for while we were familiar with the
Madness classics, neither of us had experienced the new material off
The Liberty Of Norton Folgate in any depth.
The rest of the crowd didn’t seem to share our feelings as there was a
real sense of anticipation and excitement at the chance to hear the
old and the new from the first Madness studio album in ten years.
The Camden band were greeted in true Yorkshire style by the buoyant
crowd and reciprocated the welcome by breaking into the classic hit
One Step Beyond.
Suggs was quick to slip back into the old routine by working the crowd
just like he did 20-something years ago.
He even bravely went solo when briefly covering The Beatles’ Help.
This led nicely into newer material such as their recent single NW5,
which was very well received.
The band then continued on a plateau by performing new songs such as
Idiot Child before bringing the crowd back to life with their version
of Out Of Space, originally by The Prodigy.
They picked up the pace still more with a lively finale featuring some
of their greatest hits such as Baggy Trousers and Our House.
They finished in true Madness style by encouraging a room full of
burly men to sing It Must Be Love. All in all they produced a solid
performance that suggested they may well be back.
Nutty Boys Chris Chelin and David Hodsdon
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12. Sheffield Concert Info: 09 December 2009
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The triple shot of "One Step Beyond", "Embarrassment" and "The Prince"
bookend with show closers "Madness" and "Night Boat to Cairo", a bevy
of songs that have become immutable fixtures of the live Madness set
list for years. It's what's between that has fans so excited this
tour. Norton Folgate track "MKII" makes a return and Absolutely track
"In The Rain" are satisfying inclusions for the fans.
Set List
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1. One Step Beyond
2. Embarrassment
3. The Prince
4. NW5
5. My Girl
6. Dust Devil
7. The Sun And The Rain
8. Idiot Child
9. Shut Up
10. In The Rain
11. Clerkenwell Polka
12. Chase The Devil aka Iron Shirt
13. MK II
14. Bed And Breakfast Man
15. That Close
16. E.R.N.I.E.
17. Forever Young
18. House Of Fun
19. Wings Of A Dove
20. Baggy Trousers
21. Our House
22. It Must Be Love
23. Tarzan's Nuts
24. Madness
25. Night Boat To Cairo
Chrissy Boy continues this amateur auteur ways in Sheffield:
Chris and the Mirror Ball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoDrCpghjFA
MKII live from Sheffield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmLJE-GZUjQ&feature=channel
Something very special happened for Madness Central regular Vicki Lee.
Pulled from the crowd during the gig closer "Night Boat to Cairo", she
was presented with a saxophone by Lee... and signed by Lee.
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13. Birmingham Concert Info: 10 December 2009
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The Brum concert can be summed up in this one very simple phrasing:
The Return of "Johnny The Horse." Not played live since the Forest
Tour, when word first came through Madness Central that the song was
being tested out at sound check, the noise to signal ratio on the
forum went into hyperdrive.
Set List
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1. One Step Beyond
2. Embarrassment
3. The Prince
4. NW5
5. My Girl
6. Dust Devil
7. Sun & The Rain
8. Johnny The Horse
9. Shut Up
10. In The Rain
11. Clerkenwell Polka
12. Iron Shirt
13. MKII
14. Bed & Breakfast man
15. That Close
16. E.R.N.I.E.
17. Forever Young
18. House of Fun
19. Wings of a Dove
20. Baggy Trousers
21. Our House
22. It Must Be Love
23. Tarzan's Nuts
24. Madness
25. Night Boat To Cairo
Concert Review
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Source:
http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/12/11/baggy-trousers-hold-up-well/
Published date: 11 December 2009
Baggy Trousers hold up well
02 Academy, Birmingham
Madness, madness, they call it madness, but for all the fans of the
original Nutty Boys it was a night of sheer joy.
From the opening stomp of One Step Beyond to the closing Night Boat to
Cairo, last night was an unforgettable journey through three decades
of classic sounds.
Birmingham’s O2 Academy was the venue for the first of the band’s two
gigs in the region in just a week – they play Wolverhampton Civic on
Thursday.Suggs is a timeless icon who joked that after 30 years
together Madness can still boast all their own teeth. Judging from
last night’s show-stopping frenzy they are destined to remain, in the
words of their fresh material, Forever Young. It was a dizzy journey
through favourites such as Bed and Breakfast Man and Our House which
still sound as fresh as a daisy.
Suggs paid tribute to Madness fans young and old as he enjoyed a warm
rapport with the crowd and whipped them well and truly into a frenzy
with the likes of Wings of a Dove, House of Fun and Baggy Trousers.
Just before the encore he gave fans an early Christmas present – the
anthemic It Must Be Love.
Needless to say the final call to the Fez-hatted crowd to hop onboard
the Night Boat To Cairo resulted in absolute bedlam.
Madness, I call it gladness. Wolverhampton, you are in for a treat.
By Maria Cusine.
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14. The Madness UK Tour Continues
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The Madness UK Norton Folgate 2009 Tour continues through the end of
the year. You can see Madness in these cities:
December 12th - NEWCASTLE: 02 Academy 14:30pm Matinee
December 12th - NEWCASTLE: 02 Academy 19:30pm - Sold Out
December 13th - GLASGOW: 02 Academy - Sold Out
December 15th - MANCHESTER: Apollo
December 18th - WOLVERHAMPTON: Civic Hall
December 18th - LONDON: 02 Arena
December 28th - DUBLIN: O2 Arena
December 29th - BELFAST: Odyssey Arena
December 31st - EDINBURGH: Hogmanay
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15. Contacting Madness Central
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mail address:
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5th December - 11th December 2009.
Welcome to the 10th edition of the Madness Central weekly newsletter.
The big news this week continues to be the Madness UK Norton Folgate
Tour. Of particular buzz is the ever-changing set list including the
return of crowd favourites like "Bed and Breakfast Man" and "Johnny
The Horse". With nine concerts behind them (which included their first
matinee show since the 1980s), the excitement hasn't dwindled as the
remaining pre-Christmas dates fastly approach the much anticipated
London gig on the 18th.
Contents:
1. Latest News And Information
2. www.retro-madness.co.uk - This week's Special Offer for MCN Readers
3. Pet Shop Boys "Christmas EP" and Autographed Poster Contest
reminder
4. Dailystar.co.uk: Interview with Suggs
5. New Tiswas Collection features Madness song
6. Absolute 80s Launches
7. Full Record Collector interview with Madness Fan Chris Carter-Pegg
8. Happy Christmas from Woody's brother Nick
9. Southend Concert Info: 05 December 2009
10. Swindon Concert Info: 07 December 2009
11. Leeds Concert Info: 08 December 2009
12. Sheffield Concert Info: 09 Decemeber 2009
13. Birmingham Concert Info: 10 December 2009
14. The Madness UK Tour 2009 Continues
15. Contacting Madness Central
16. Newsletter Subscription Details.
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1. Latest News And Information
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# If you've been to any of the UK tour dates you've probably seen the
Union Square Music double decker bus hanging around out front.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=829
# Concert Live is having a 2 for 10 special on the remaining live CDs
from the 2006 UK tour.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=831
# BBC Two will be broadcasting the Julien Temple film "The Liberty of
Norton Folgate" on Saturday, 19th November.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=834
# Chrissy Boy and MadTubeMTV bring you exclusive footage from the
Madness UK Norton Folgate Tour.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=835
# The Official Madness Camp is holding a contest to win tickets for
the 18th November O2 concert in London.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=837
# Further details about the downloads included with the recent edition
of Big Issue magazine are out. You can get three exclusive downloads
from Madstock and support the homeless simply by texting.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=838
# Fans photographed at the concerts may be appearing on the Official
Madness website and Official Madness Facebook profile.
Read the complete blog here:
http://madness-central.com/blog/?p=839
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2. www.retro-madness.co.uk - This week's Special Offer for MCN Readers
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This week's Special Offer for MCN Readers from Retro-Madness.co.uk
Owing to the unprecedented demand for the original black and white
enamel MIS Fan Club badges that we offered last week at the bargain
price of £4.99 inc UK p&p (the lowest price anyone has sold them at
for many years)...we will hold this price for one more week until
after the o2 Arena gig next weekend.
This week's offer follows a recent deal we have struck with Bert
Muirhead, author of the legendary Stiff Records book "The Story of a
Record Label" published in 1983 to sell a box of unsold books he has
recently uncovered. The 112 page book is basically the Stiff Records
bible. It has been out of print for many years and consequently is
very sought after. The cheapest one currently available on Amazon is
£44.50 plus postage! It details every Stiff release from Buy 1 to Buy
150 and Seez 1 to Seez 42, as well as promos, memorabilia and other
oddities. There is naturally plenty of stuff about Madness including
photos of various rare collectables and obscure items. The inside
pages are all in perfect condition but the covers do have some signs
of wear (afterall they've been sitting around since 1983!)The stock we
have is very limited, however, for this week only (or until they sell
out) we are able to offer them at less than 1/3 of the Amazon price at
£13.50 including UK postage!
Click the link below and you will find the books as the 4th item down.
The MIS enamel badges are approximately half way down the same page:
http://retro-madness.co.uk
Happy browsing!
Chris & Emma of Retro-Madness
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3. Pet Shop Boys "Christmas EP" and Autographed Poster Contest
reminder
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The Pet Shop Boys Christmas EP Contest closes Monday, 14 December 2009
at 5 pm UK time.
We have a special Christmas treat for you this holiday season that's a
little off the nutty path. Kindly provided by the folks over at the
official Pet Shop Boys camp, you?ll have a chance to win a copy of the
forthcoming PSB EP simply titled "Christmas" for our second contest of
Madness Central's second year on the interweb.
What makes this so special to us Madness Fans? Included with this five
track EP is the Pet Shop Boys' fast-paced yet smooth arrangement of
the classic Madness love ballad "My Girl." If you'll recall, Suggs and
Carl joined Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on stage at last year's
charity benefit, 'Can You Bear It', for the family of Chris and Neil's
former assistant and close friend, Dainton Connell, who was tragically
killed in a car accident.
Further information can be found at:
http://www.madness-central.com/interactive/feature/feature.html
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4. Dailystar.co.uk: Interview with Suggs
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Source:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/111332/Suggs-traces-family-to-find-lost-father
Published date: 5th December 2009
SUGGS TRACES FAMILY TO FIND LOST FATHER
MADNESS frontman Suggs is tracing his family roots to find the father
he never knew.
The happy-go-lucky singer plans to end the family mystery when he
writes his autobiography next year.
He reveals: “The thing that defined my life is that I never met my
dad. My dad left when I was three years old.
“I dunno what happened to him, so I thought half of my book would be
an exploration about who I am as a man and as a father, in the context
of the fact that I never knew who my own dad was. And then finding out
who he was and where he went and what happened to him.”
Suggs celebrated the 30th anniversary of his band this year with an
acclaimed new album, The Liberty of Norton Folgate, and a sell-out
national tour.
The 48-year-old said: “Madness really put a lot of effort in this year
in a way that we hadn’t done for five, 10, 15 years. “We played at
Glastonbury, we closed down London’s Regent Street and people have
been kind enough to call our new album a masterpiece. Who am I to
argue with them? It’s a culmination of a really great year to do a
Christmas tour, our first proper British tour in a long while.”
Part of the band’s enduring popularity is their magnificent song
collection that includes hits such as My Girl, Our House and Baggy
Trousers. But the London lads feel sorry for young bands starting out
today.
Suggs said: “It’s all about The X Factor generation now. I feel a bit
sorry for those cats. Everything comes and goes so fast. You get some
new kid and then they’ve gone before you’ve even bought their record.
“When we started, we developed from playing the same residencies in
really dreary pubs. The landlord would sell more pints and invite us
back.
“Then, after a while, there’s a queue round the block and you’re
making your first record.
“Eventually you learn how to entertain an audience and to keep them.”
Madness have always had the gift of relating to the everyday man or
woman in the street, a quality too few contemporary songwriters have
been able to achieve.
Suggs added: “It should be about having fun.
“You see bands just stare at their shoes today and we don’t do that.
“We just go completely and utterly bonkers every night. And it’s a
great joy. It keeps me young, for sure.”
He went on: “Dizzee Rascal’s last album was a load of fun. It
resonated in some way for me. I think Lily Allen’s pretty good.
“But with Madness we don’t just play music, we entertain. It’s part of
our remit for ourselves. It’s amazing seeing young kids down the front
who have obviously seen our videos.
“We have some sort of affinity with young people, even though we are a
right bunch of old farts now.”
Madness are on tour until the new year. Their new album, The Liberty
Of Norton Folgate, is out now.
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5. New Tiswas Collection features Madness song
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After the infamous missing-eyelash-episode with Sally James on the 80s
TV programme Tiswas (which Madness was banned from after said
incident), it may be surprising to see they have been included on a 3
CD collection of Tiswas performances.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiswas-Album-Various-Artists/dp/B002SR3SZW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260310127&sr=1-1
Madness' contribution is Embarrassment; while most of the other tracks
from the collection are available as a digital download, Embarrassment
can only be had on the CD collection.
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6. Absolute 80s Launches
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Prepare to hear a lot more Madness on the airwaves. Absolute Radio has
launched their newest project, a station playing exclusively the best
from the 80s on the aptly named Absolute 80s.
http://absolute80s.com/
If you take a look through the playlist each day you'll be happy to
find Madness in is regular rotation. The first day we were aware of
the station on Madness Central, Madness had been played five times
that day with classics like Baggy Trousers, House of Fun and Our
House. The station is webcast so you can listen in wherever you are
worldwide... if you have an internet connection.
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7. Full Record Collector interview with Madness Fan Chris Carter-Pegg
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In the December issue of Record Collector magazine, Madness Central
Discography project manager (and arguably the most prolific collector
of Madness pressings, memorabilia and paraphernalia the world over)
Chris Carter-Pegg featured with an edited version of what was a very
lenghty interview. You can now read the full interview with Chris here
at Madness Central.
http://www.madnesstradingring.com/InPrint/2009/RCDecCCP2009.html
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8. Happy Christmas from Woody's brother Nick
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Most Madness fans know Nicky Woodgate best as the maestro behind the
Wonderful track "No Money." Seeing as Nick is so talented as to write
a song like "No Money", being one of the few artist sever who has
contributed to a Madness song (Clive Langer on "Coldest Day" and the
mysterious "West" on "I Pronounce You" being two rarified others), it
shouldn't surprise you that Nick is quite the prolific songwriter even
when he isn't collaborating with his drummer brother Woody.
Nick's been kind enough to share with us a song he wrote in 2002
called "Happy Christmas". Not exactly the holly jolly Christmas carol,
it's still an excellent tune perfect for the holiday season. You can
download the song here:
http://www.madness-central.com/downloads/NickyWoodgateHappyXmas.html
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9. Southend Concert Info: 05 December 2009
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Southend was treated to two Madness performances on the 5th of
December including their first matinee show since the 1980s. The
matinee saw a mix of the greatest hits with a sprinkling of tracks off
Norton Folgate, taking a fairly safe approach to an abbreviated set
list when compared to the evening shows thus far on the tour.
Set Lists
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December 5th - SOUTHEND: Matinee
1.One Step Beyond
2.Embarrassment
3.The Prince
4.Nw5
5.My Girl
6.Dust Devil
7.The Sun And The Rain
8.Mother And Child Reunion
9.Clerkenwell Polka
10.Bed And Breakfast
11.Shut Up
12.Forever Young
13.House Of Fun
14.Wings Of A Dove
15.Baggy Trousers
16.Our House
17.It Must Be Love
18.Madness
19.Night Boat To Cairo
The evening show was back on track with a repeat performance of Paul
Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" as well as the surprise chestnut
"Tarzan's Nuts" as the first encore.
December 5th - SOUTHEND:
1.One Step Beyond
2.Embarrassment
3.The Prince
4.Nw5
5.My Girl
6.Dust Devil
7.The Sun And The Rain
8.Idiot Child
9.Shut Up
10.In The Rain
11.Clerkenwell Polka
12.Mother And Child Reunion
13.Bed And Breakfast
14.That Close
15.E.R.N.I.E.
16.Forever Young
17.House Of Fun
18.Wings Of A Dove
19.Baggy Trousers
20.Our House
21.It Must Be Love
22.Tarzan's Nuts
23.Madness
24.Night Boat To Cairo
E.R.N.I.E. is another welcome chestnut remaining steady in the set
list during the tour. One Step Beyond... can you have a Madness gig
without One Step Beyond?
E.R.N.I.E. at Southend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMjciht-CI
One Step Beyond at Southend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pp_tg1xSM4
Lucky Madness fan Tom Murphy from the Madness Central Forums was
dragged up on stage during the performance of "Night Boat to Cairo"
where he was presented with an autographed saxophone by Mr. Lee J.
Thompson. You can view pictures and links to Tom's adventure on the
forum:
http://www.madness-central.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2663&start=10
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10. Swindon Concert Info: 07 December 2009
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As the ever-changing set list for the tour is the buzz amongst fans,
there were some disappointed with the very rote choice of songs that
didn't include any big surprises like "Tarzan's Nuts" and "Hunchback
of Torriano" that previous gigs had enjoyed. Still, it's far from the
greatest hits packages in years past with songs like "Idiot Child"
being firm fan favourites.
Set List
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1.One Step Beyond
2.Embarrassment
3.The Prince
4.NW5
5.My Girl
6.Dust Devil
7.The Sun And The Rain
8.Idiot Child
9.Shut Up
10.In The Rain
11.Clerkenwell Polka
12.Mother And Child Reunion
13.Bed And Breakfast
14.That Close
15.Tarzan's Nuts
16.E.R.N.I.E.
17.Forever Young
18.House Of Fun
19.Wings Of A Dove
20.Baggy Trousers
21.Our House
22.It Must Be Love
23.Madness
24.Night Boat To Cairo
Chris has been busy with his Axecam this tour. Enjoy "Our House" from
Swindom courtesy of the ever-puckish Chrissy Boy.
Axecam Our House Swindon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqVrazER8XM&feature=channel
Concert Review
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Source:
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/4782038.Madness_transform_the_Oasis_into_a_night_of_ska_lunacy/
Published Date: 8th December 2009
Madness transform the Oasis into a night of ska lunacy
By Haley Court
IF there was one thing I could have wished for at last night’s Madness
gig at the Oasis, it would have been to be handed a pair of stilts on
the way in.
But even the lack of a clear view could not ruin what was a truly
fantastic performance for me and my fellow shorties at the back of the
venue.
Almost 3,000 fans packed the sweaty sports hall as the immortal words:
“Hey you, don’t watch that watch this! This is the heavy heavy monster
sound, the nuttiest sound around,” announced the start of the set.
The pop/ska gods – Graham “Suggs” McPherson, Daniel Woodgate, Mike
Barson, Lee Thompson, Chris Foreman, Mark Bedford and Carl Smyth gave
an energetic performance, akin to those older fans would remember from
when Madness burst onto the scene in Camden Town in 1976.
As they moved from Embarrassment to My Girl and House of Fun, Suggs
punctuated the show with brief comments to the audience, on fine form
as he stopped to charm Swindon’s younger fans at the front of the
throng before launching into their new single Forever Young.
As the gig continued the temperature began to rise and the smell of
sweat grew more prevalent, even Suggs could help but mention the venue
was a sports hall.
Madness fan Danny Kemp said the Oasis’ ability to attract bigger and
better names every year was more of a reason for Swindon to push ahead
with plans for a dedicated music venue.
“Here we are with the biggest British ska band here in Swindon and
frankly it is embarrassing we can’t put them up at a proper music
venue,” said the 25-year-old from Nythe.
“Don’t get me wrong, if it wasn’t for the Oasis we wouldn’t have such
big names coming here in the first place but I just think it is high
time we had something more like Bristol’s Beer Keller of Carling
Academy. Swindon deserves it.”
Friends Dave Kemp and Kelly Holmes agreed.
“The gig was spectacular but it was just too hot in there for me,”
said Kelly, 30, from Eldene.
“Madness are amazing but it would have been nice to see them in
Swindon’s purpose built music venue.”
Dave, 40, from Covingham added: “I think Swindon has the potential to
attract even more top names, but we’ll need our own music venue to get
them.”
As Madness launched into chart hits House of Fun and Baggy Trousers
the fez’s went flying and beer glasses were held high proving the band
truly were, One Step Beyond.
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11. Leeds Concert Info: 08 December 2009
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The three-song encore of "Tarzan's Nuts", "Madness" and "Night Boat to
Cairo" continued their reign in Leeds, which is a nice sort of
symmetry having three classic One Step Beyond tracks closing the show
in this final month of One Step Beyond's thirtieth anniversary.
Set List
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1.One Step Beyond
2.Embarrassment
3.The Prince
4.NW5
5.My Girl
6.Dust Devil
7.The Sun And The Rain
8.Idiot Child
9.Shut Up
10.In The Rain
11.Clerkenwell Polka
12.Chase The Devil aka Iron Shirt
13.Bed And Breakfast
14.That Close
15.E.R.N.I.E.
16.Forever Young
17.House Of Fun
18.Wings Of A Dove
19.Baggy Trousers
20.Our House
21.It Must Be Love
22.Tarzan's Nuts
23.Madness
24.Night Boat To Cairo
Chris and his Axecam continue to capture the festivities:
Axecam - "That Close" live from Leeds
http://www.youtube.com/user/MadtubeMTV#p/a/3A38081FCB0F51D0/0/bMlMMpuNcjg
Concert Reviews
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Source:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/features/Leeds-O2-Academy-Madness-review.5901873.jp
Published Date: 10 December 2009
Leeds O2 Academy: Madness review
By Duncan Seaman
It's 25 years since Madness last played in Leeds – and how this city
had missed them.From Carl Smyth's familiar "Hey you, don't watch that,
watch this" introduction to One Step Beyond to the closing notes of
Night Boat to Cairo every hit was greeted with dancing and a mass
singalong.
A smartly besuited and be-titfered Suggs was in genial form,
reminiscing about his first songs with pianist Mike Barson 30 years
ago ("I've only just got out of Mike Barson's bedroom") and a show at
the Leeds venue Tiffanys in 1979, after which someone broke the
windows in the band's bus ("It was a breezy trip home").
He even dedicated a cover version of the ska tune Chase The Devil to
Dave Beer, "Lord Beero", founder of city club night Back2Basics which
is celebrating its 18th birthday.
A packed-to-the-rafters house full of forty- and fiftysomethings
lapped up anthems such as My Girl and The Sun and The Rain.
Over and over again you could appreciate Nutty Boys' rare, Beatles-
like ability to write to write songs that connect with people's
everyday lives.
There was a mid-set lull, when the band opted to play tracks from
their latest album The Liberty of Norton Folgate and the oldies In The
Rain and Ernie, but the tempo and mood lifted considerably with House
of Fun.
From there it was a straight run through their top 10 smashes, with
the audience in particularly strong voice for It Must Be Love and the
"alleluias" of Wings of a Dove.
A Madness gig really is communal experience. Let's hope they don't
leave it so long before we see them in Leeds again.
Source:
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/whatson/music/4789204.Review__Madness__Leeds_Academy/
Published date: 11th December 2009
Review: Madness, Leeds Academy
WE ARRIVED with mixed feelings, for while we were familiar with the
Madness classics, neither of us had experienced the new material off
The Liberty Of Norton Folgate in any depth.
The rest of the crowd didn’t seem to share our feelings as there was a
real sense of anticipation and excitement at the chance to hear the
old and the new from the first Madness studio album in ten years.
The Camden band were greeted in true Yorkshire style by the buoyant
crowd and reciprocated the welcome by breaking into the classic hit
One Step Beyond.
Suggs was quick to slip back into the old routine by working the crowd
just like he did 20-something years ago.
He even bravely went solo when briefly covering The Beatles’ Help.
This led nicely into newer material such as their recent single NW5,
which was very well received.
The band then continued on a plateau by performing new songs such as
Idiot Child before bringing the crowd back to life with their version
of Out Of Space, originally by The Prodigy.
They picked up the pace still more with a lively finale featuring some
of their greatest hits such as Baggy Trousers and Our House.
They finished in true Madness style by encouraging a room full of
burly men to sing It Must Be Love. All in all they produced a solid
performance that suggested they may well be back.
Nutty Boys Chris Chelin and David Hodsdon
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12. Sheffield Concert Info: 09 December 2009
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The triple shot of "One Step Beyond", "Embarrassment" and "The Prince"
bookend with show closers "Madness" and "Night Boat to Cairo", a bevy
of songs that have become immutable fixtures of the live Madness set
list for years. It's what's between that has fans so excited this
tour. Norton Folgate track "MKII" makes a return and Absolutely track
"In The Rain" are satisfying inclusions for the fans.
Set List
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1. One Step Beyond
2. Embarrassment
3. The Prince
4. NW5
5. My Girl
6. Dust Devil
7. The Sun And The Rain
8. Idiot Child
9. Shut Up
10. In The Rain
11. Clerkenwell Polka
12. Chase The Devil aka Iron Shirt
13. MK II
14. Bed And Breakfast Man
15. That Close
16. E.R.N.I.E.
17. Forever Young
18. House Of Fun
19. Wings Of A Dove
20. Baggy Trousers
21. Our House
22. It Must Be Love
23. Tarzan's Nuts
24. Madness
25. Night Boat To Cairo
Chrissy Boy continues this amateur auteur ways in Sheffield:
Chris and the Mirror Ball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoDrCpghjFA
MKII live from Sheffield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmLJE-GZUjQ&feature=channel
Something very special happened for Madness Central regular Vicki Lee.
Pulled from the crowd during the gig closer "Night Boat to Cairo", she
was presented with a saxophone by Lee... and signed by Lee.
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13. Birmingham Concert Info: 10 December 2009
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The Brum concert can be summed up in this one very simple phrasing:
The Return of "Johnny The Horse." Not played live since the Forest
Tour, when word first came through Madness Central that the song was
being tested out at sound check, the noise to signal ratio on the
forum went into hyperdrive.
Set List
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1. One Step Beyond
2. Embarrassment
3. The Prince
4. NW5
5. My Girl
6. Dust Devil
7. Sun & The Rain
8. Johnny The Horse
9. Shut Up
10. In The Rain
11. Clerkenwell Polka
12. Iron Shirt
13. MKII
14. Bed & Breakfast man
15. That Close
16. E.R.N.I.E.
17. Forever Young
18. House of Fun
19. Wings of a Dove
20. Baggy Trousers
21. Our House
22. It Must Be Love
23. Tarzan's Nuts
24. Madness
25. Night Boat To Cairo
Concert Review
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Source:
http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/12/11/baggy-trousers-hold-up-well/
Published date: 11 December 2009
Baggy Trousers hold up well
02 Academy, Birmingham
Madness, madness, they call it madness, but for all the fans of the
original Nutty Boys it was a night of sheer joy.
From the opening stomp of One Step Beyond to the closing Night Boat to
Cairo, last night was an unforgettable journey through three decades
of classic sounds.
Birmingham’s O2 Academy was the venue for the first of the band’s two
gigs in the region in just a week – they play Wolverhampton Civic on
Thursday.Suggs is a timeless icon who joked that after 30 years
together Madness can still boast all their own teeth. Judging from
last night’s show-stopping frenzy they are destined to remain, in the
words of their fresh material, Forever Young. It was a dizzy journey
through favourites such as Bed and Breakfast Man and Our House which
still sound as fresh as a daisy.
Suggs paid tribute to Madness fans young and old as he enjoyed a warm
rapport with the crowd and whipped them well and truly into a frenzy
with the likes of Wings of a Dove, House of Fun and Baggy Trousers.
Just before the encore he gave fans an early Christmas present – the
anthemic It Must Be Love.
Needless to say the final call to the Fez-hatted crowd to hop onboard
the Night Boat To Cairo resulted in absolute bedlam.
Madness, I call it gladness. Wolverhampton, you are in for a treat.
By Maria Cusine.
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14. The Madness UK Tour Continues
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The Madness UK Norton Folgate 2009 Tour continues through the end of
the year. You can see Madness in these cities:
December 12th - NEWCASTLE: 02 Academy 14:30pm Matinee
December 12th - NEWCASTLE: 02 Academy 19:30pm - Sold Out
December 13th - GLASGOW: 02 Academy - Sold Out
December 15th - MANCHESTER: Apollo
December 18th - WOLVERHAMPTON: Civic Hall
December 18th - LONDON: 02 Arena
December 28th - DUBLIN: O2 Arena
December 29th - BELFAST: Odyssey Arena
December 31st - EDINBURGH: Hogmanay
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15. 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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