Still Madness After All These Years
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Madness, as you know, is ska band from Camden Town, London. Madness formed in 1976 and were instrumental in the late 1970s ska/2Tone revival. Most of their success was achieved in the 1980s however, spending a total of 214 weeks on the U.K. singles charts along with UB40. It took UB40 over 10 years to hit their peak on the singles charts, while Madness was able to achieve this feat in only 6 years (1980 to 1986).
Madness continues to perform to this day with the original lineup of 7 members which has remained fairly constant with slight variations over the years. In2004, the band played a series of concerts on the down-low knocking out covers of classic reggae and ska songs. Many of the songs played by the band were songs performed when they were first forming asa ska band in the 1970s. Madness performed these songs as a celebration of their 25th anniversary as a band. Following this series of surprising concerts Madness released their newest album to date "The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1", in August of 2005.
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The new Madness song "NW5 (I Would Give You Everything)" and a re-recorded version of "It Must Be Love" were featured in the German film Neues vom Wixxer. The two songs were released in Germany as a double A-Side, and both of them were turned into music videos. While promoting "Sorry", a source close to the band confirmed in an interview that there will be a performance of Madness' updated version of their song "Baggy Trousers", entitled "Baggy Jeans". The updated song will be featured on Madness' upcoming studio album, and also released as a single. It has been predicted the song will be a "huge smash guaranteed", although the date of release is not yet known. However, lead singer Suggs has stated that the album will be released in January 2008, although it has not yet been given an official release date.
As of February 2008, the album remained unreleased although various band members stated it was to be a concept album entitled "The Liberty Of Newton Folgate". It was announced in September 2007 that Madness would embark on a seven date U.K. stadium tour including a date at The O2 in London. Both the London dates of the tour were recorded live for limited distribution.
A re-recorded version of "NW5" was released on January 14, 2008 in the UK reaching No. 24. The greatly anticipated new album entitled "The Liberty of Newton Folgate" was finally released on July 7, 2009. Both the new Madness singles "NW5 (Full Length Version)" the "Dangermen Sessions Volume 1" are also some super kick ass riddims from one of our favorite ska bands of all time (then, now, and forever). Definitely one step beyond! Do the rocksteady!
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