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Post-punk funk pioneers THE HIGSONS are to have their recordings for 2Tone reissued for Record Store Day. Formed at the University Of East Anglia in Norwich in 1980, the hugely influential band released several singles and shared stages with the likes of Bow Wow Wow, The Fall, Scars, Simple Minds and James Chance &
Former Specials and Bodysnatchers singer RHODA DAKAR has announced the release of her first new album in five years. Version Girl takes it's name from the 1970 single by legendary ska, rocksteady and reggae musician and producer Dandy Livingstone, whose ‘Let’s Do Rock Steady' was a Top 30 hit for The Bodysnatchers in M
British pop royalty Madness are coming to AMC for a new three-part documentary series, Before We Was We: Madness by Madness. Adapted from the band’s critically acclaimed biography, the 60-minute episodes will look back at the band’s musical legacy through interviews with band members past and present. Their 40-year career began at a time of cultural and political upheaval in the 1970s and the docuseries offers a captivating insight into a post-war Britain and how it has changed beyond recognition alongside the band’s inevitable rise to the top of the charts. The series is AMC UK’s se...
Madness reveal their wild pasts and how the band saved them from a life of crime Exclusive Updated: 15 Apr 2021, 10:02 THEY are one of Britain’s best-loved groups – and now it has emerged the name Madness sums up the band members’ chaotic lives before they found fame in the early Eighties. Thanks to a string of hits, including Baggy Trousers and One Step Beyond, the Nutty Boys were saved from a life of crime. 14 A new documentary reveals the stark contrast between Madness's former lives and the fame they found Frontman Suggs had been arrested for affray in his teens and admitted they co...
Madness To Have Their Own TV Series Madness past and present members Chris Foreman, Mike ‘Barso’ Barson, Lee ‘Thommo’ Thompson, Graham ‘Suggs’ McPherson, Daniel ‘Woody’ Woodgate, Mark ‘Bedders’ Bedford and Carl ‘Chas Smash’ Smyth – will have their incredible music career documented in a new three-part series, titled ‘Before We Was We: Madness by Madness’, which will debut on BT TV on May 1. Looking back at his career, Suggs said: “I don’t remember ever thinking about whether it was going to last. You see this polished Madness that’s been going for years and...