Madness News

News Shopper has three pairs of fantastic albums from Madness to give away. The first album is Total Madness which brings together 30 years of classic singles from North Londona s Nutty Boys.

Just what is "2-Tone"? Otherwise known as the Second Wave of ska - the first being the reggae-tinged '60s Jamaican scene that produced the Wailers, the third the rock-tinged form that ruled the mid-'90s - this late-'70s strain originated from an English label whose roster included the Specials, Madness and Bad Manners.

Camden Town pop/ska legends Madness have announced an extra date at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Thursday 17th December .

Active: 90's, 2000's Formed: 1987 Influences Similar Artists Followers Biography With the return of the punks in the mid-'90s came a resurgence of their slightly more commercial rivals, new wave bands.

The Pet Shop Boys are set to release a Christmas EP featuring a Coldplay cover , they have announced.

Pet Shop Boys have just confirmed that there will be a five-track Christmas EP this year - it's called 'Christmas', title fans, and it's released on December 14.

BURNHAM ska favourites The Communicators make their triumphant return to the Railway Hotel on November 14.

DRAMA students at Scalby school are celebrating after becoming the first in the country to perform a top West End musical show.

Paper Cranes are a husband-wife duo hailing from Stateside - British Columbia, to be precise.

Gerry Brooke looks back on performances by Madness and The Cult and reflects on the showbiz life of Phil Silvers The stars to see this autumn week in 1985 had to be Madness, a two tone, ska influenced, band still going strong today.

THEY are big, bold and back at The Railway in Burnham next month for another skankin' set of ska and two-tone. The Communicators have proved a hugely popular band since their creation in the early part of 2005.

An expanded version of Madness' One Step Beyond will released next week. UK ska heroes Madness plan to release an expanded edition of their debut album to mark its 30th anniversary.

Madness are releasing a 30th anniversary edition of their debut album 'One Step Beyond' . Released as a two-disc album, the package will include the original tracklisting plus music videos on disc one, with disc two including B-sides, live tracks and a John Peel Session.

Barbra Streisand Love Is the Answer On this gorgeous and melancholic collection of jazz standards and romantic ballads, Streisand and producers Diana Krall and Tommy LiPuma aren't afraid to explore the effects of time upon a supernatural voice.

WELL that's me back from a lovely holiday and I must say thanks to colleague John Darroch for writing last week's column.

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Madness are to headline this year's Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh, the organisers have announced.

MADNESS, the classic 1980s ska band who have enjoyed a startling revival this year with an album acclaimed by some critics as their greatest to date, are set to headline Edinburgh's Hogmanay.

David Gray was born in Manchester, U.K., in 1968 and it is there that he remembers hearing music for the first time as a small boy.

Barry Murphy returns once more to trawl the TV and radio guides , finding anything worth tuning into this week.