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After performing to a combined audience of over a billion worldwide at the London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony last night, the legendary Madness have announced they are giving away a free download of a brand new track ‘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 Olympic Closing Ceremony saw the band perform alongside the likes of The Who, Take That and The Spice Girls as the curtain was brought down on the 2012 London Olympic Games. On the performance the band said,
Madness are no strangers to performing on a global scale after taking to the roof of Buckingham Palace at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert in June to perform ‘Our House’ and ‘It Must Be Love’.
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.
Madness will also be performing at Belsonic Festival, V Festival and The House Of Fun Weekender. For more information on the Weekender please click here.
Live Dates:
‘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.
LISTEN // 'Death of a Rude Boy'
The Olympic Closing Ceremony saw the band perform alongside the likes of The Who, Take That and The Spice Girls as the curtain was brought down on the 2012 London Olympic Games. On the performance the band said,
“What a privilege it was to take part in the Olympics in our home town, our house in the middle of our street, to invite the world to the most extraordinary street party and to be there giving out cups of tea and sausage sandwiches at the closing ceremony. London is the world and the world is London, God bless you all, you know you are always welcome down our way.”
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.
Madness will also be performing at Belsonic Festival, V Festival and The House Of Fun Weekender. For more information on the Weekender please click here.
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
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