Madness




August 2nd: Mike Barson's diary: First Radio play of Madness on the John Peel show. Supposed to be doing a John Peel session? August 4th: John Hasler is living in a squat in Kings Cross. He has stashed the band's savings in a secret hiding place behind a brick in his humble abode. However one of his flat mates has stolen it. Mike aided by Chas and a few others decide to retrieve it. Mike Barson's diary: John had £350 knicked from his squat by punk called Barry Watford. John didn't turn up at Hope. "Vigilantes" wasted Saturday night. August 5th: Mike Barson's diary: Found John and Barry's address. "Kidnapped" Barry from Milton Keynes and retrieved £121. 1st class Sherlock Holmes operation! Took him round Si's though to wait for bank on Monday. August 6th: Mike Barson's diary: Had to go back to Milton Keynes to get Barry's passport for BANK. His Mum phoned the cops and his case comes up tomorrow. He's pleading GUILTY! August 7th: Mike Barson's diary: Barry Watford was fined £150 on top of paying us back. August 10th: Madness release The Prince on Two Tone Records [2 Tone TT3] Highest chart position 16. Weeks in chart: 11. Mike Barson's diary: “THE PRINCE” SINGLE RELEASED REVIEWED ON ROUNDTABLE. COLD TO LUKE WARM COMMENTS. August 14th: Mike Barson's diary: DID A JOHN PEEL SESSION. IT CAME OUT PRETTY WELL. THE PRINCE WAS MORE ROCKIN’ THAN THE SINGLE. August 15th: Madness play at the Rock Garden in Covent Garden. They are supported by a Swedish punk band called the Rude Boys who have got loads of expensive equipment but no drum kit. Madness manage to get £60 out of them by letting them use Woody's kit. Mike Barson’s diary: LOTS OF SKINS TURNED UP. PACKED OUT. STITCHED UP BY MANAGER. August 17th: Madness play at the Clarendon Ballrooms Hammersmith. Mike Barson's diary: STIFF PARTY - DAVE ROBERTSON WEDDING. WE PLAYED AT IT WAS A GOOD GIG. WE CAME ON IN A LONG NUTTY TRAIN ALL ROUND THE ROOM. LOTS OF NUTTY DANCING LATER ON TO THE R+B. Dave Robinson: Several people had mentioned to me that this was a band that might suit Stiff and I just couldn't get to see them as they weren't playing when I was available. Or they were only playing a few gigs at the time. So the only time I could audition them really was at my wedding. I was getting married and I thought that's my chance to see them. Why don’t we ask them if they'd play the wedding. And they said they would. They came and played at the wedding and my wife gave me hell afterwards saying you haven't spoken to me all night you’re up there watching the band. They were very good. It was ideal. It was a big kind of record biz kind of party and they were great. I decided there and then that they were likely and signed them up as soon after as I could. Well in hindsight one shouldn't have done it but I suppose one was in a state of euphoric chaos so it seemed like a good idea. It could've been terrible. August 18th: The NME features an article about Madness written by Adrian Thrills: Hey You! Don't Watch That. Watch This! This is the heavy heavy monster sound! The nuttiest sound around! So if you come in off the street and you're beginning to feel the heat... well listen Buster you'd better start to move your feet to the rockinest rock-steady beat of Madness! These words are not mine. They belong to Chas Smash the unofficial seventh member of the North London band Madness. Those of you lucky enough to have taken a trip to see Madness will recognise Chas as the pork-pie hatted one who introduces the group and spends a large portion of their set dancing in a most berserk fashion by the side of the stage. He doesn't sing or play an instrument he simply contributes to the general air of dizzy lunacy at Madness gigs and basically sums the whole thing up. For as a pure fun band Madness take some beating something that is largely down to what saxophonist Lee Thompson has christened 'the nutty sound'. As Lee himself explains: "It's a sort of happy fairground sound with jokey lyrics. Almost like Steptoe and Son music! it's something that we haven't really got as yet. The only thing that's really nutty about us is our act and Chas Smash. But the sound is not quite there yet. We ain't quite sure of ourselves at the moment. When we've done a few more gigs we'll be a bit closer."Madness vocalist Suggs, rhythm guitarist Chris Foreman, bassist Mark Bedford, drummer Woody, organist Mike Barson plus Lee on sax - began life two years ago with a slightly different name, the Invaders. From playing cover versions of whatever records happened to be brought along to rehearsals that week they developed a full and distinctive sound rooted in Ska and R and B but with plenty of unhinged edges such as Lee's yakety sax fanaticism and Suggs' wide boy charm. "I'd like to think that we're influenced by other people" elaborates Chris. "We're influenced by Ska but we like a lot of Motown stuff and Kilburn and the High roads. But I'd rather have our own sound than something that someone else has already got. One critic called us a rude boy ska band but we don't really want to be categorised like that." Madness to their credit are all to aware of the dangers that the current resurgence of interest in bluebeat and ska could be see as no more than a passing fad. "That's the one thing that worries us" grins Suggs. "We could get labelled as just another ska revival band and get our own ten minutes of fame like that. At the moment it doesn't matter what sort of music you play. You're in vogue for ten minutes and then that's it. In the last month or so we've got as much publicity as some bands who have been slogging around for years. It makes you wonder if you'll be back down there again next week." "That's one of the reasons" chips in Woody "that we don't want to be labelled as a rude boy ska band. We want to get across to as many people as possible so that they can all come along and have a good time." One of the reasons for the sudden interest in the band has been the 2-Tone connection. Madness readily acknowledge that they have received invaluable assistance from their kindred spirits The Specials. A few prestigious gigs with the band who are possibly the hottest live act in the country right now as well as a single on the Specials own 2-Tone label. But now they will go their own way. With two major record labels already showing a keen interest they want the chance to stand on their own twelve feet. They want to work their way closer to the perfection of their sound and bring in a few more of their stage gimmicks without getting too theatrical. Raffles indoor smoke bombs - if Lee can get hold of any these days - and chipmunks dangling on elastic from the ceiling are all possibilities... don't dismiss this group as one big joke. As Mike concludes "When you mess around you've got to do it seriously or it's not worth it. Like when Chas is dancing he's being funny but he's really serious about what he's doing. He's not laughing about it. And we're all playing our instruments properly all the time. We still rehearse three times a week!” Lee asked me to finish this interview with the following somewhat obscure warning. "Spider and Mr. Bentley told me five years ago that they were going to get organised and get back to the old sound. But since then all they've put out has been a disco album and two singles. If they don't buck up me and the boys are going to take over." This band has a bee in its bonnet and when their day comes you can bet it is going to last longer than ten minutes. August 20th: Hope and Anchor, Islington Mike Barson's diary: HOPE + ANCHOR. SOLD OUT PRETTY EASY. REALLY REALLY HOT. August 21st: Hope and Anchor, Islington Mike Barson's diary: HOPE + ANCHOR SOLD OUT AGAIN. August 22nd: Mike Barson's diary: WENT TO SEE DAVE ROBINSON AT STIFF RECORDS. STRUCK ME AS A MAN OF MUCHO ACTION AND NO RED TAPE. HE TALKED A LOT OF SENSE AS TO WHAT WE SHOULD DO. PAID US A ONNER FOR THE WEDDING. August 24th: Madness play at Erics, Liverpool Mike Barson's diary: Not to crowded but a good reception except for the fight afterwards. Chalky went a bit mad. August 25th: Cheltenham Madness play at the Witcombe Lodge supporting Pam Nestor Mike Barson's diary: PLAYED Cheltenham. Not too crowded but we got them dancing to the back. Went down very well. August 26th: The Lyceum, London Mike Barson's diary: LYCEUM: We were supposed to be 2nd on the bill. John Curd knocked the March of the Mods manager for a six for trying to put us on 3rd. Pretty good gig lots of cheering. Secret Affair played very pro and flash Rock group. August 29th: Madness come that close to appearing on Top of the Pops. Madness meet at Holts shoe shop in Kentish Town Road as they are possibly going to appear on Top of the Pops. Rick Rodgers The Specials manager had his management office above the shop which had become quite a hangout for the band. Chrysalis records who were Two Tone's paymasters have ordered cars to take the band to the Top of The Pops studios. There is an air of suspense as time ticks by. However Secret Affair are a couple of places above them with Time for Action so Madness go home dejected. August 31st: Nashville Rooms Mike Barson's diary: First headline at the Nashville. Sold out. Did loads of bodge ups. Skinheads trod on my lead while dancing in the heat of Madness. Pissed me right off. Got through One Step Beyond okay. September: Madness have an interview published in Sounds written by Robbi Millar. It is later reproduced for the back cover of the Absolutely album in 1981. We've had punk and funk pub rock and disco. We've got mod and ska. So what's next then? Get ready for the 'nutty sound' of Madness! What's that ya say? 'Aven't seen Madness yet? Where have you been reader. It's the Hope and Anchor tonight. So humid that even the walls are sweating and a a heat haze hangs over the seven incredibly energetic performers. Odd mixed bunch the audience Punks and students and mods and skins. And they're all dancing. In spite of the risk of annihilation by evaporation. It's not surprising though 'cos this is the purest form of dance music that I've heard in many a long gigging session. It's totally irresistible. Take a fairground-style sound... and add some Cockney humour type vocals. Throw in a saxophone for good measure to pick out a spine tingling melody along the way and you've got it. Madness! Guitarist Chris Foreman explained: "The nutty sound's something that Lee Thompson the sax man thought up. It's 'cos our music sounds like fairgrounds and organs and things. It just sounds nutty". So which nut writes the songs? "We all do really though reading and writing music isn't a strong point" said keyboards personality Mike Barson. Suggsy intervened to point out that he doesn't play anything, he writes words. But it is all done TOGETHER. That's one of the strongest feelings about the group. Though they don't really socialise together they're a working team. They really WANT Madness to be successful. It's gonna happen and soon. Incidentally Prince Buster's "Madness" inspired the only name that all the group would accept. Previous the the sudden suggestion of Chris they'd been known as the North London Invaders but Madness certainly captures the spirit of the proceedings. A spirit that is obviously infectious. Suggsy told me: ”At first just our friends came to our gigs but over the last few months the audiences have just got bigger and bigger and now they're 'aving to turn people away from places like the Hope 'cos there's not enough room. We play dance music but there's never enough space to dance to it in" With an eye firmly fixed on the future Chris said "We want people to talk about the Madness sound in years to come. We don't like to be though of as part of any revival 'cos after that fashion's dead the groups that rely on the fashion aren't heard of anymore" Madness will they say move with the times and they've a good deal of new songs in the making. It's simple really. There's these six ordinary kids [the seventh Chas Smash was away on a private assignment that was very secret and he sent his best wishes] and musically they're very much better than they realise [I think]. They do ordinary jobs like gardening which seems to be most popular painting and decorating and making tea. Some of them haven't even got jobs. And they all live in North London. That must say something about this particular area of London. By way of conclusion the last bit's by Chris. He said that if you're tuning a guitar if you look after the thin strings the fat ones will take care of themselves. A pretty true comment on the music business really especially the way Madness are going about it. So if you haven't got round to seeing this splendid septet get going quick! It’d be madness to miss'em. ROBBI MILLAR Sounds magazine Sept,1979 September 1st: The Factory, Manchester Mike Barson’s diary: MANCHESTER FACTORY Not as crowded as we expected. Everyone danced to a poxy P.A. except the aggro boys we had a fight with afterwards. Had a fight with Suggs over the van and left half the chaps in Manchester but we met on the motorway about 7.30am September 3rd: Madness sign to Stiff records. Soon after this they are given a cheque for £10,000 which is an advance to enable them to give up their day jobs. Mike, Chris and Suggs visit a few banks in Camden to try and set up a bank account for the band. Most of the major banks staff are very stuffy and unimpressed at the appearance of the band members and they will not even grant them an interview with the bank managers. Eventually they meet a very nice manager at the William and Glynn's bank in Camden and open an account there. Mike Barson's diary: SIGNED TO STIFF RECORDS IN ENGLAND FOR * OF 100% AND SIRE IN AMERICA FOR * OF 100% September 4th: Mike Barson's diary: RECORD'S AT 54 IN CHARTS T.O.T.P. TOMORROW September 5th: Madness finally record their first appearance on Top of The Pops. Mike Barson's diary: TOTP AND DINGWALLS TOTP was fairly good. Dingwalls was OK I was pretty knackered though stood still through most of the set. Good sound by Specials P.A. September 6th: Top of the Pops is broadcast. September 8th: Aylesbury Friars supporting Secret Affair. Chas gets the train down as he is working and arrives late. He then parts the crowd like Moses to join the band onstage just in time for One Step Beyond. The band realise they have missed his presence onstage. September 9th: Madness play at The Nashville Mike Barson's diary: Pretty good gig. Good sound by Specials P.A. Sold easily. September 10th: Madness have a management meeting to discuss John Hasler. Mike Barson's diary: Outvoted to give John 1/7 of all profits. September 11th: Madness start to record their first album at EDEN studios in Acton. Clive Langer is producing with an engineer called Alan Winstanley. Alan has worked with the Stranglers and also admits to producing Amii Stewart's Knock on Wood featuring those crazy bangin syndrums. Clive is more prepared to let things be a little loose and Alan is far stricter on tempo and tuning etc so they make a very good team and go on to produce all of Madness' albums and singles. The band find some tapes of the Specials album out takes which they play to amuse themselves. One day while busy recording Alan hears a strange echo which is in fact some of the band who have wandered into a cupboard containing the echo chamber. The recording is essentially the band's live set and is done in a very short time. Mike sings My Girl but Suggs is brought in to sing it. The same fate befalls Chrissy Boy with the vocals toBed and Breakfast Man. Mike Barson's diary: Singles at 37 and were on the BBC "A" list this week. Started album at EDEN studios in Acton. Quite good so far. September 17th: Mike Barson's diary: Didn't go into the studio. Had food poisoning. September 18th: Mike Barson's diary: RECORD AT 23, JUMPED 15 PLACES. Still a bit ill. September 19th: Madness make their second appearance on Top of the Pops. Mike Barson's diary final entry: Did T.O.T.P.s. It was supposed to be a better film than last time except Chris stood next to Lee all through the solo like an idiot. October 2nd: Coventry Warwick University Despite having left 2-Tone and signed to Stiff Records Madness had already agreed to do the 2 Tone tour with The Specials and The Selecter. But first they played some dates on their own as a warm up. At this point with John Hasler now managing [plus a lot of help from Rick Rodgers at Trigger Management who was managing the Specials] Madness have managed to get a record deal and a number 16 hit purely on their own terms. However Dave Robinson and Stiff had decided they needed someone more "professional" helping out from now on. So when they started rehearsing in Royal College Street for a small tour that was to act as a warm up for the Two tone tour they found that Dave Robinson had enlisted old hand John "Kellogs" Kalinowski as tour manager. He was somewhat keen to get rid of Chalky and Toks as neither of them could drive or had any electrical experience and enlist some "professional" roadies. Although the band didn't know it this was a classic record company "divide and rule" move. October 4th: Leeds F Club October 5th: Retford Porterhouse Club Madness meet the owner Sammy Jackson who is bit of a character and a North London boy as well. They have a lock in drinking session in his club and he plays a trick on Suggs and Chas by filling a tray with water and placing it on a table. He then gets two match sticks and floats them in the water. He then asks Suggs and Chas to blow the matches towards each other. As they bend down to do this a barmaid slaps a tea towel in the water thus soaking them both. Most amusing. October 6th: Huddersfield Trouble hits the tour as fans from Middlesbrough cause a riot because they were refused entry. Madness are travelling in two Ford transit vans. One contained Chuck Stadler who was an American video maker who the band liked for his work with Devo [who were on Stiff]. He was filming material for the One Step Beyond video as the tour progressed. Madness' van and the one belonging to the film crew ended up with smashed windows and slashed tyres. October 7th: Hope and Anchor [filming] Madness shoot the performance part of the video for One Step Beyond playing on the familiar Hope and Anchor stage. October 8th: Oldham Civic Hall At security checks some fans were caught smuggling knives into the venue. October 9th: Nottingham University October 11th: Hull University October 12th: London Electric Ballroom, Camden Support: Bad Manners Echo and The Bunnymen. Bad Manners successfully open the night. But the same can't be said of The Bunnymen who seemed somewhat out of place. Suggs had to come onstage during their set to to make it clear that the band deserved a chance. October 13th: Brighton Polytechnic. Support: The Lambrettas. By way of slotting in with the opening night of the 2-Tone tour Madness play the last of their warm-up dates in Brighton. October 16th: London Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Madness The Specials and The Selecter begin rehearsals for the 40 date tour. October 19th: Brighton Top Rank 2 Tone tour Line-up: The Selecter / Madness / The Specials The first date of the 2-Tone Tour and and it is Woody's birthday plus a photo session is held with all three bands on Brighton beach for the first issue of the Face Magazine. Which might be the reason everyone arrived late at the Top Rank. The Selecter and Madness hardly got time for a sound check. The tour has a running order of The Selecter being the first band on with Madness next on the bill and The Specials closing off the night. October 20th: Sundown Oasis October 21st: Bournemouth Stateside Centre October 22nd: Exeter University. October 23rd: Plymouth Fiesta October 26th: University of East Anglia, Norwich October 27th: Hatfield Polytechnic. During The Selecter's set violence erupted. Thugs claiming to be members of the Anti-Fascist League broke in and attacked some audience members claiming that they were National Front supporters. Ten people were hospitalised, eleven were arrested and the damage was £1000. Madness tour manager Kelloggs got sacked for not being there at the time. At the time he had left Cameron McVey [who was the photographer who had taken the cover shot for One Step Beyond and a friend of the band] in charge. However by now the band had become rather fond of him and therefore supported him after which he was reinstated. This was the worst incident of violence on the tour. Kellogs "After I'd been dismissed from Stiff Records for not being at this particular gig where this bloodshed was occurring I did phone them up for some reason and in fact I think it was Lee that got on the phone to me and who was really sorry saying "Hey you got fired that was our fault what happened?"etc. I suddenly realised God these boys really care for me... in a way you know they appreciated. I'm summarising this not reading anybody's mind but they appreciated what I was trying to do for them. Show them the ropes you know". October 28th: Wolverhampton Civic Hall October 29th: Birmingham Top Rank October 31st: Hanley Victoria Hall November: Madness release One Step Beyond on Stiff [BUY56] Highest chart position 7. Weeks in chart 14. Dave Robinson: There was a track they had called One Step Beyond which really struck me. It was an instrumental with a few kind of shouts in it and I thought well that's it. When you try and find a band the problem with every band is to try and find the first single try and find the one that will do well and attract peoples attention and they had a large breadth of material after that so I thought if I could find the first single I could easily find the rest and I decided that that really was the first single. I went away and thought One Step Beyond. Great title for an album. You know it just had that today's music today kind of feel about it. It's like a slogan. November 1st: Blackburn Golden Palms November 2nd: Lancashire University November 4th: Sheffield Top Rank November 5th: Leicester De Montfort Hall November 6th: Portsmouth Guildhall November 7th: Cardiff Top Rank Madness and The Specials had to go back to London to appear on Top Of The Pops. The Selecter stayed in Cardiff to plat the opening set. The Specials performed Message To You Rudy. Madness performed One Step Beyond. Halfway through the song the whole band did a "nutty train" through the audience. In order to have all three 2-Tone bands on the show an earlier recorded appearance by The Selecter playing On My Radio was used. Madness went back to Wales in a small chartered plane which was nail-biting stuff and the first time any of the band had been on such a small plane. The Specials who were closing the show in Cardiff and therefore had more time to get back took the option of a more relaxing and leisurely train. The Specials eventually arrived just ten minutes after Madness as Madness had to get cars from top of The Pops to the airport and the same again at Cardiff. November 8th: Derby King’s Hall The 2-Tone bus arrives late because the night before in Cardiff when the Specials and Madness got back from London they found out that the coach had been broken into. While The Selecter go on stage without having the chance to sound check Madness look for a pub where they can watch themselves on Top Of The Pops. None of the barmen are willing to switch the TV over to BBC1 and on their way to the next pub they come across the Eagle Taxis HQ where they catch their eyes on a TV screen featuring Top Of The Pops. Carl asks the taxi driver to let them watch their appearance in return for free autographed copies of the One Step Beyond single and free access to the concert. But the gratefulness doesn't stop there during the show chas announces:"I'd just like to say that if any of you lot out there want taxis home get Eagle cars cos they're the best".Their set is immediately interrupted because of a poor power supply. Following an onstage silence Madness play a five song set. Madness do another interview with the NME and Carl told New Musical Express journalist Deanne Pearson that "we don't care if people are in the NF as long as they're having a good time". It only added to the "Madness are NF supporting racists" accusations. Chas later replies to the article in the Madness song "Don't Quote me on That". November 9th: Newcastle Mayfair Madness and The Selecter join The Specials for an all band finale of Skinhead Moonstomp which has by now become a tradition of the tour. A horde of fans invade the stage and cause chaos. Which has by now become a tradition of the tour. November 10th: Stirling University November 11th: Glasgow November 12th: Edinburgh Tiffany's November 13th: Aberdeen Rufles November 14th: Ayr Pavilion After 29 dates Madness leave the 2 Tone Tour. For the remaining dates they are replaced by Dexys Midnight Runners. It was already decided before the tour that Madness would only play on the first 29 dates as they had a tour of the US to complete before Christmas. They do a "nutty train" across the stage while the Specials are performing Blank Expression which is a Madness favourite as it's quite a nutty tune. They exit stage left suitcases in hands waving goodbye. November 18th: Electric Ballroom, Camden Support: Bad Manners / Red Beans and Rice Back in London Madness spend the weekend at the Electric Ballroom. They are all given copies of the finished One Step Beyond album. The audience seems to largely consist of members of the NF supporters Club. They prevent Red Beans and Rice from completing their set because their lead vocalist is black. Suggs comes onstage to express the fact that he's very disappointed in their behaviour. Red Beans and Rice come back and although there are people in the audience who agree with Suggs it doesn't stop the skins from Sieg heiling once Madness are finished. November 21st: Madness fly off to the USA for their debut tour. Kellogs is by now slowly taking control from the more inexperienced John Hasler. Near the end of this trip Hasler flies back to England feeling somewhat undermined [he eventually stops managing the band and Kellogs takes over].Once Kellogs is ensconced in his hotel room and ringing up old cronies and business contacts he suggests to the Madness entourage that they should visit a bar. He recommends one that he used to go to and gives them the address adding that "all the musos go there". However he doesn't mention that the last time he was actually in this bar was in about 1969. The boys set off wearing crombies as they have been told when in England it will be cold in New York. They also all have cropped or short hair. This causes many bemused looks from New Yorkers as it is actually exceptionally warm this November. They also assume the entourage are US marines or such like. On finding the bar it slowly sinks in [after noticing the total lack of any women] that it has now become a heavy gay bar filled with Village People types who have all seem to have taken a shine to Woody. Woody is then given a most unsavoury proposition by the leather clad chaps. Shall we say for the sake of decency that this consists of placing a certain part of his anatomy in a drink. If he does this it will guarantee free drinks for the rest of the Madness contingent. Despite encouragement from his new friends and the Madness boys he declines. November 22nd: New York Mudd Club November 23rd: New York Hurrahs November 24th: Boston Paradise Club November 25: New York Tier 3 November 26th: Philadelphia Hot Club One Step Beyond Album is released [SEEZ 17] Highest position 2. November 29th: Los Angeles The Whiskey a Go Go Supported by the Go Go’s. November 30th: San Francisco The Mabuhay. Supported by the Dead Kennedy’s. December 11th: Madness play Night Boat to Cairo and Embarrassment on the Old Grey Whistle Test. Annie Nightingale’s introduction: Hello and welcome to Whistle Test. It's Madness tonight just back from their first visit to America. Gary Numan from as far away as Hammersmith. Jane Aire and the Belvederes, Sting in an unusual role and the group America see as a home grown version of the Beatles, The Knack. Amid all the economic gloom this year and major record companies having to cut back on T-Shirts one small label has shown that if you've got your ear to the ground you can still make enormous success with music. I am referring of course to Two Tone the label set up by the Specials that's now had five hit singles in a row and two albums in the charts. The first group the Specials invited to join Two Tone although they are now with Stiff are Madness. I am delighted to welcome them to the studio tonight. Finally for the third time in two months Madness tour Britain. Supported by the VIP's December 12th: Brighton Top Rank December 13th: Hemel Hempstead Pavilion December 14th: Canterbury Odeon December 15th: Bracknell Sports Centre December 16th: Bournemouth Stateside Centre December 17th: Hastings Pier Pavilion December 18th: Madness appear on the Multi coloured Swap Shop TV show. This appearance was broadcast four days later. December 19th: Madness do a series of interviews for Radio Luxembourg. December 20th: Hanley Victoria Hall December 21st: Derby Kings Hall Madness release My Girl [Stiff BUY 62] Highest chart position 3. Weeks in chart 10. December 22nd: Leicester De Montford Hall December 23rd: Bristol Locarno December 24th: Madness film the video for My Girl in the Dublin Castle on a specially re-built and extended stage. December 29th: Aylesbury Friars December 30th: London Lyceum Ballroom Support: The Vips / The Bodysnatchers / Bad Manners. Madness finish off both the tour, the year, and the decade.
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