News Rush: Madness announce outdoor concert at Emirates Durham ICG

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Madness announce outdoor concert at Emirates Durham ICG

Madness are to embark on the biggest outdoor tour ever seen in the UK and will end it in the North East.

Fresh off the road from their sell out 2014 arena tour, they will be taking to the road again in the summer on their Grandslam tour and have chosen to close it at the Emirates Durham ICG on Saturday, September 26, with tickets on sale from Friday.

“Come see, come see! The world’s strongest band perform incredible feats live!” the band said today in a statement.

“Marvel as Madness lift an enormous set of polished pop songs high in the air, single handed. The UK’s biggest open air tour ever. Rolling into a town near you, soon.”

The tour, which runs from May to September, will take in 19 shows at some of the greatest sporting venues around the country, including racecourses, cricket grounds, rugby and football stadiums.

These shows will offer the concertgoers the unique experience of an outdoor event with a festival vibe, set within iconic huge green spaces.

Madness will be performing inimitable quirky pop classics such as House of Fun, Baggy Trousers and My Girl, songs that are guaranteed to draw you in, get you dancing and singing along.

The band will also be performing some of their new songs, their first new recordings in three years.

David Harker, Group Chief Executive of Durham County Cricket Club, said: “We are thrilled to secure the Grandslam Madness concert here at Emirates Durham ICG on Saturday, September 26.

“This concert further puts Durham CCC on the map as a leading concert venue in the North East. We are expecting sell out figures of up to 12,000 people to attend the concert and anticipate that this event will continue to secure the Emirates Durham ICG as one of the regions premier venues for music.

“Madness are a band of the people, who inject fun into everything they do and the tour promises to be a once in a lifetime opportunity to see one of the greatest bands in the world play at Durham County Cricket Club.”