Eagle-eyed readers of our “Showtimes” section will know that Suggs is once again off on his solo tour, pleasing the nation’s theatre goers with his story and added mini song moments such as Cecilia. We can exclusively reveal that his solo music will also be returning very soon in the form of a compilation from […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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