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Madness: The Liberty of Norton Folgate

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2009-04-161h 3m

Music

Norton Folgate is a state of mind, a slice of urban magic.

'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.

Directors
Julien Temple, Luke Cresswell
Editors
Tobias Zaldua

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  1. Suggs

    Suggs

  2. Carl Smyth

    Carl Smyth

    Chas Smash

  3. Mike Barson

    Mike Barson

    Barzo

  4. Chris Foreman

    Chris Foreman

    Chrissy Boy

  5. Dan Woodgate

    Dan Woodgate

    Woody

  6. Mark Bedford

    Mark Bedford

    Bedders

  7. Lee Thompson

    Lee Thompson

    El Thommo

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