On this day, 14 December 1999, Ska greats Madness played Cardiff International Arena on their Maddest Show On Earth tour.
The band had just released their seventh studio album Wonderful the band's first studio album in fourteen years since Mad Not Mad in 1985, and also the first to feature their classic seven-piece line-up since 1984's Keep Moving. The album saw Madness reunite with their original production team, Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, who had produced all of the band's previous work.
Setlist
One Step Beyond
(Prince Buster cover)
Embarrassment
The Prince
Lovestruck
My Girl
4am
(Suggs song)
The Sun and the Rain
Bed and Breakfast Man
Johnny the Horse
Shut Up
Grey Day
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
Baggy Trousers
The Wizard
Play Video
Our House
The Communicator
House of Fun
It Must Be Love
(Labi Siffre cover)
Encore:
Drip Fed Fred
Night Boat to Cairo
Encore 2:
Madness