Managed to meet my old mate (and author) Colin Galbraith, before the gig. The Big Man was taking his daughter to her first Madness gig and in a sign of the times, all of us would be in the seated area of the arena rather than standing at the front of the stage bouncing around like idiots!
Madness arrived on stage to the theme tune of Star Trek, much to my delight and opened, as usual with the immortal lines "Hey you, don't watch that, watch this..."
Fantastic!
Susan enjoyed the show and I think that even she was surprised at how good they were but when you have been playing gigs in the same band for about 30 years you know how to please your audience.
The patter from Suggs was hilarious as usual and the crowd laughed, danced and sang along to all the hits.
Can't wait for the next one!
