Madness: The Liberty of Norton Folgate 2009
Madness: The Liberty of Norton Folgate
'Madness' are about to release a new album after 10 years, which consists of an interrelated, song cycle about London called 'The Liberty of Norton Folgate'. Although the songs are on one level about different areas of London, they focus musically on the waves of immigration to the city - Irish, Jewish, Caribbean, Asian etc and the musical legacy they have contributed to the city. The concert is at the Hackney Empire, a show with powerful connections to the grand Music Hall traditions of the place, situating Madness where they belong, clearly within a uniquely English Popular Musical Culture with its roots in the Victorian period. Weaving through the concert, Suggs and Carl, take us back in time to the London of Karl Marx and Jack the Ripper. Humorously introducing the subject of each song, they take us on a tour through the psycho geography of the Old East End, Spitalfields, Smithfield, Wapping, Bethnal Green, ending down on the beaches of the Thames beyond Tower Bridge Finally.
'Madness' are about to release a new album after 10 years, which consists of an interrelated, song cycle about London called 'The Liberty of Norton Folgate'. Although the songs are on one level about different areas of London, they focus musically on the waves of immigration to the city - Irish, Jewish, Caribbean, Asian etc and the musical legacy they have contributed to the city. The concert is at the Hackney Empire, a show with powerful connections to the grand Music Hall traditions of the place, situating Madness where they belong, clearly within a uniquely English Popular Musical Culture with its roots in the Victorian period. Weaving through the concert, Suggs and Carl, take us back in time to the London of Karl Marx and Jack the Ripper. Humorously introducing the subject of each song, they take us on a tour through the psycho geography of the Old East End, Spitalfields, Smithfield, Wapping, Bethnal Green, ending down on the beaches of the Thames beyond Tower Bridge Finally.
Videos & Photos
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Full Cast & Crew...
CS
Carl Smyth... Chas Smash
MB
Mike Barson... Barzo
... Chrissy Boy
DW
Dan Woodgate... Woody
MB
Mark Bedford... Bedders
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Release Date:
Apr 16, 2009
Run Time:
1hr 3`
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Original Language:
English
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
Madness: The Liberty of Norton Folgate
Directors & Credit Writers
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Cast
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CS
Carl Smyth... Chas Smash
MB
Mike Barson... Barzo
... Chrissy Boy
DW
Dan Woodgate... Woody
MB
Mark Bedford... Bedders
LT
Lee Thompson... El Thommo