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The Beatles made music history during their 10-year reign, making a huge cultural impact with their influences on music, fashion and even film. In 2004, the band played a series of low-key concerts as the Dangermen, performing covers of classic reggae and ska songs. A lot of the songs were those played by the band when they were first forming, [50] and the band performed the songs as a celebration of their 25th anniversary. [50]

Garratt, Sheryl (22 October 2012). "Madness: Suggs on 30 years as music's most dysfunctional family". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Their previous chart peak for a studio album was held by their 1979 debut One Step Beyond… and its 1980 follow-up Absolutely – which both went to number two.

Madness C'est La Vie 2023 Tour with special guests Lightning Seeds". Madness . Retrieved 21 April 2023. Chemical Hazards and Poisons Report". Health Protection Agency. January 2008. p.13. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012 . Retrieved 31 October 2011. The new studio album, entitled The Liberty of Norton Folgate, was released a week later, on 18 May 2009. It charted at No.5 in the UK Albums Chart. The band continued to play various festivals, including Pinkpop, Splendour, and Glastonbury. [53] On 27 September 2009, the band also played a free concert on a closed-off Regent Street in association with Absolute Radio. Suggs admits there was some debate about having a statement as seemingly arrogant as Can’t Touch Us Now as the new album’s title, but the band eventually agreed it was time to remind people of Madness’ status. The band's first notable musical award came in 1983 when Chris Foreman and Cathal Smyth won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Song for the international hit "Our House". [4] [26] Madness received another Ivor Novello Award 17 years later for an "Outstanding Song Collection". [4] [5] In 2005, they were awarded the Mojo "Hall of Fame" Award, notably for being "an artist's artist". [88] In 2007, a campaign took place by fans of Madness for the band to be awarded a Brit Award. [89] Many fans and critics feel they have been overlooked over their past 30 years in the music industry. [89] In July 2009, Madness were awarded the 'Silver Clef' Icon Award. In September 2010, Madness were awarded the 'Idol Award' at the 2010 Q Awards in London.Reed, John (2014). House of Fun: The Story of Madness. Omnibus Press. p.unknown. ISBN 9781783233342. Hall, Duncan (24 March 2015). "Madness still going One Step Beyond as they prepare for Sussex County Ground gig". The Argus . Retrieved 2 October 2015.

As the 80s wore on and the policies of the Thatcher government bit, the band found it hard to play the nutty clowns of yore and said they needed to write about what was happening to Britain. One song from this time, Victoria Gardens – which bleakly essayed the homeless community in London’s “cardboard city land”, taking explicit aim at Thatcher with the arch “she said it’s for the good of us all” – was planned as a single from 1984’s Keep Moving, but was nixed in favour of this more moving take on the subject. Suggs sang of a homeless man and woman who find love in the street. The song’s power comes from how the grim realities of the verse blossom into the chorus’ rich romance, like something out of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights: “Walking round you sometimes/ Hear that sunshine/ Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes.” The accompanying video saw Suggs and his wife, singer Bette Bright, play the song’s protagonists, dancing with their carrier bags in front of Arlington House, a Camden Town hostel for homeless people. 9. Drip Fed Fred Their early following included a strong skinhead contingent – common among all the 2 Tone groups – that saw Madness facing unfounded accusations of affiliating with racists. It was exacerbated by naive comments Chas Smash made during an interview with NME, which he responded to on the pointed Don’t Quote Me on That. The second single off their second LP, Absolutely – and a distinct tonal shift from the naughty schoolboys romp of lead single Baggy Trousers – Embarrassment offered a subtle but powerful repudiation of racism and ignorance. Lee Thompson wove reactions from more bigoted members of his family to news that his sister was to have a mixed-race baby into a storming anthem of alienation, as the song’s protagonist is scolded for being “a disgrace to the human race”. Set to Barson’s downbeat honky-tonk piano and Thompson’s scowling sax, Embarrassment made genius pop of such weighty material. 4. A Day on the Towna b c d "1985 - October 20: Chippenham Gold-diggers". SevenRaggedMen.com . Retrieved 14 December 2021.

a b "Madness Brit Award campaign". Archived from the original on 3 April 2008 . Retrieved 10 June 2007. In September 2010, Madness were awarded the Idol Award at the Q Awards in London. Guitarist Chris Foreman stated in his acceptance speech that Madness were recording a new album. As in previous years, the band embarked on a Christmas tour of the UK (also playing one concert in Dublin), playing at various medium-sized venues. Mark Bedford took a break from the band and was replaced by Graham Bush for the tour. Despite taking various breaks throughout their career, the band have toured consistently and played popular music festivals, such as the Newmarket Nights festival in 2016 and the Forest Live festival in 2019. Country music is popular in the UK but people might not know that from reading the media or listening to the charts. Do you think that media outlets do enough to support the genre?Perry, Andrew (24 June 2009). "Glastonbury 2009: Suggs interview". Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. It therefore came as no surprise when she was appointed an OBE by the Queen for her "tireless charity campaigns and championing of humanitarian causes". The Official Charts Company – What's That by Madness Search". The Official Charts Company. 10 May 2014. a b Long, Chris. "Interview with Suggs of Madness". BBC. 17 June 2004. Archived from the original on 19 March 2008 . Retrieved 20 June 2007.