Things have been rather quiet on the old Madness front this week, but this issue is still far from slim. Daren West has been kind enough to put together two Silencerz (Formerly The Lee Thompson Band) gig reviews, covering appearances on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 7th July, respectively. Check out the Live and Intensified […]

Hello Madheads and welcome. We begin with the news that Dave Robinson cheered us up earlier in the week when he commented that; “Really Great news. Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra’s “BANGARANG” Ft Dawn Penn & Sharron Shannon has been added to the BBC Radio 2 Playlist.” Then, the news for next week got even better; […]

This week we begin with news of a message from Lee Thompson, ahead of the Ska Orchestra’s next concert. In the video our favourite saxophonist is talking during a recent trip to Ronnie Scott’s jazz club, and ahead of the Brixton Jamm event. The video’s just over a minute in length, but beautifully shot and […]

Hello, and a very warm welcome to this week’s issue of the MIS Online Bulletin. With Lee and his Ska Orchestra having just completed their set we thought it was about time we blasted this issue off into the ether. The band were slightly unfortunate to overlap with the legendary Dolly Parton, who was finishing […]

This week Clive Langer appeared on Bug Bear’s Rock and Roll High School Radio Show on Shoreditch Radio. Amongst the chat he mentioned that he’s been asked to produce the next Madness album. Whether this ends up being the entire album or not is too early in the project to say for definite, he alluded, […]

It may seem like a long way off, but if you’re coming to the House Of Fun Weekender in Minehead this year, you’ve got about 5 and a half months to get your fancy dress in order for the Saturday night. This year, the theme is, and could only be… MADHEADs. To take part you […]

Hello, and a very warm welcome to this latest issue of the MIS Online bulletin. This week we bring you news of a Madness themed World Cup competition, report on Suggs’ support of the Specialized Mad Not Cancer album, and announce the winner of our recent Suggs Selection competition. Alongside that we have our usual […]

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the MIS Online newsletter. With the 3-disc “Suggs Selection” compilation available to buy online and in the shops from tomorrow (Monday 2nd June) we’re pleased to reveal that you can win your very own copy by taking part in the competition we have detailed elsewhere in this […]

Hello, and welcome to this landmark edition of the MIS. Why a landmark? Well, the first issue of the MIS went out on the evening of Sunday the 23rd of May 1999, with the idea that it would be a weekly digest of all the Madness news collected over the past seven days. It was […]

With a click and a whirr The Happy Machine, The centre of the M.A.D.H.E.A.D was switched on by Chas Smash this Tuesday. Mike was there to check its pulse, and then Thommo hit it with a spanner just to make sure it was on.  It then revealed a glorious new tour poster to the world, […]