Madness have announced an extra show in Manchester on December 18.

The band plan to replicate their recent performances at London’s Hackney Empire, where they played their new album ‘The Liberty OF Norton Folgate’ in its entirety, follwed by a set of their greatest hits.

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The Hackney shows featured jugglers, ukelele playing chimney sweeps, pearly Kings and Queens, and had a full orchestra.

Split into 3 acts, Madness performed the major part of forthcoming album ‘The Liberty Of Norton Folgate’, topped off with a 40 minute classic singles set including ‘Baggy Trousers’, ‘Embarrassment’, ‘My Girl’ and ‘House Of Fun’.

The band performed new tracks ‘Bingo’, recent single ‘NW5’ and ‘Sugar and Spice’ during the second part of the show.

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Suggs described his duet on ‘Out On The Town’ with guest vocalist Rhoda Dakar of Bodysnatchers, Special AKA, as “A dysfunctional Sonny and Cher.”

Lastly Madness played the 10 minute title track, ‘The Liberty Of Norton Folgate’ a stunning opus, classic Rise And Fall era Madness.

Madness played:

Overture

We Are London

Idiot Child

Bingo

NW5

On The Town

Overture II

MKII

Sugar And Spice

Dust Devil

Clerkenwell Polka

Forever Young

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The Liberty OF Norton Folgate

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One Step Beyond

Embarrassment

The Prince

House Of Fun

Baggy Trousers

Madness

Our House

It Must Be Love

My Girl

Night Boat To Cairo

For tickets see www.gigsandtours.com