Pop icons Madness to headline massive outdoor show an hour from Bristol next summer

British pop icons Madness, who this week scored their first studio UK Official Charts No.1 album, Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C’est La Vie, will perform their legendary live show an hour from Bristol next summer.

The band, fronted by Suggs, will play a massive outdoor show at Cardiff Castle on Thursday July 18.

Madness have chalked up 15 UK Top 10 singles – including the timeless Our House, It Must Be Love, One Step Beyond, My Girl, Wings Of A Dove and Baggy Trousers – together with 10 Top 10 albums.

The pop greats, whose Cardiff Castle date is part of a 19-date summer tour, said: "Would you Adam and Eve it?! It only took us 40 years to get there but we've just gone and ruddy scored our first Number One album with Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie and we thought, what better way to celebrate than to announce a summer tour?!”

The headlining show is presented by promoters DEPOT Live and Cuffe and Taylor. Nick Saunders from DEPOT Live said: “Madness are a brilliant live act. They perform hit after hit and they are the epitome of fun. We can’t wait to welcome them to Cardiff for what will be a fantastic night out for everyone.”

Madness are the latest act revealed for what promises to be an incredible summer at Cardiff Castle. 

They join indie music legends Manic Street Preachers and Suede who will play two consecutive sold-out co-headline shows, a double-headlining show from US alt rockers The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer, and headlining shows from both JLS and Tom Grennan, with more to be announced.

Pre-sale tickets for the Madness show can be accessed from 9am Thursday (November 30) by signing up HERE. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday December 1 from depotlive.co.uk.