Hello, and a very warm welcome to the latest issue of the MIS Online Bulletin. You join us this week as Madness hit number one in the charts. The music charts? Unfortunately not. Instead, MIS regular Paul Rodgers, reports that Madness are number one in Ticketmaster’s “most searched artists” category. As he rightly says “Clearly […]

SLAM! Went the sound this week as Madness news got busy. News of The Grandslam finakly arrived. “Madheads flock to pastures green…” proclaimed the new tour poster. Elsewhere in mailouts, media posts, videos and multiple news articles in national and local press, 18 new Summer gigs were announced in a flurry of well coordinated Madnews, fast growing upwards from Monday […]

Evening Madheads! Earlier this week Union Square Music called the much anticipated Grandslam “The UK’s biggest ever Madness outside tour”. To ensure that you’re in pole position for the full and correct details of The Grandslam, make sure you’re signed up here… http://grandslammadness.co.uk In the meantime, check out the all-new Grandslam Madness promo video right […]

Love is in the air Madheads. It must be because you love Madness so much. Full details of the much discussed Grandslam are nearly ready to roll out, with Madness this week posting a lovely picture of an Air Fix style model kit. It depicts a horse race track next to Fort Knox (the “Operation Grandslam” […]

Hello Madheads, And a warm welcome to this week’s edition of the MIS Online newsletter. In this issue we report on Suggs’ reprisal of the Our House Musical, which not only will he be appearing in, but it’ll be staged in a prison. We kid you not! We give you the lowdown plus provide details […]

Evening all, Last week we kicked off the issue with coverage of The Skiff Skatts, this week it’s the turn of one Woody Woodgate to bask in the intro text glory. Here’s Woody; “Finally finished mixing my latest album. Songs written by my brother Nick and I, but with a great new backing band and […]

Howdy All! This issue we turn our spotlight onto one John Hasler as we bring you news of his return to the music scene with two gigs in London next month. Ahead of gigs by The Skiff Skats (the band he’s in), we bring you the full lowdown on this raucous cow punk skiffle Hillbilly […]

Evening all, We’re only a couple of weeks into a brand new year, but news surrounding the next stage of band developments are already starting to surface as these compiled set of Tweets from Suggs reveal; “Yes. Happy new year campers, batten down the hatches. That old moon river keeps rolling along. Madness preparing buffet […]

Hello and welcome to this first full issue of 2015. With Christmas and the start of the new year well and truly behind us we find ourselves in that early January lull where things have gone rather quiet in the Madness community. We’re certain that this lapse in activity is only a temporary one, what […]

Happy New Year Madheads! In 2014 we were celebrating 1979 rather a lot, weren’t we? Invaders! One Step Beyond 35! Return of the Mummy’s Boy on the Madhead tour and much more besides Well, January is almost upon us, so it’s time to say goodbye to 2014/1979, and a big hello to 2015/1980, then. This Friday (Jan […]