The legendary Madness helped bring the Olympics to a close last night by performing some of their classic hits in front of audience of over a billion people.
To celebrate they are giving away a new free track which is available from their new website called 'Death Of A Rudeboy'. The track is available now from the official site - http://blog.madness.co.uk/ and also as bundle on iTunes, which includes a remix from Andrew Weatherall.
‘Death Of A Rudeboy’ is a taste of what is to come from the hotly-anticipated new Madness album. More details on the band’s 10th studio album are to follow soon.
The band are also preparing themselves for the ‘Charge Of The Mad Brigade’ Winter Tour 2012. The tour, which is the band’s biggest to date, will see the them showcase tracks from the new album as well as all the fans favorite hits. The tour starts in Cardiff on Nov 30th and will take in twelve dates including two shows at London’s O2 Arena. A full list of dates is below.
Live Dates:
Aug 17th - Belsonic Festival
Aug 18th - V Festival
Aug 19th - V Festival
Nov 23rd-26th - House Of Fun Weekender
Nov 30th - Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Dec 1st - Brighton Centre
Dec 3rd - Bournemouth BIC
Dec 4th - Plymouth Pavilions
Dec 6th - Nottingham Capital FM Arena
Dec 7th - Liverpool Echo Arena
Dec 8th - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Dec 10th - Glasgow SECC
Dec 11th - Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
Dec 13th - Birmingham LG Arena
Dec 14th - London O2 Arena
Dec 22nd - London O2 Arena - NEW DATE