The return to Italy of the MADNESSthe most important ska band in the history of music, is already one of the most important musical events of the year. To make the date of 8 May 2010 at the Palasharp in Milan even more unique, there will be an exceptional special guest, a true icon of Italian counterculture: SKIANTOS.
Prior to their European tour in 2010, Madness played a series of concerts in England, fifteen to be exact, including one on 18 December 2009 at London's O2 Arena. On the occasion of the release of their new unreleased album "The Liberty of Norton Folgate on 22 May and the follow-up to the hit collection "Total Madness' and the deluxe edition of the legendary 'One Step Beyond'.In 2009, the band played three exclusive concerts to the enthusiasm of the British public and critics, and many hoped that they would return to European stages. The dream became reality and on Saturday 8 May at the Palasharp in Milan, who wouldn't want to be there to let themselves go to the call of the words "One step Beyond"?
The MADNESSes are: Graham 'Suggs' McPherson (vocals), Mike 'Monsieur Barso' Barson (keyboards), Lee 'Kix' Thompson (saxophones), Mark 'Bedders' Bedford (bass), Daniel Woodgate (drums & percussion), Carl 'Chas Smash' Smyth (vocals), Chris 'Chrissie Boy' Foreman (guitar).
Since 1977 the SKIANTOS SKIANTOS are a cult band, a rock band with a very personal style, appreciated by a group of die-hard admirers, a 'hard core' of demential followers. The creators and propagators of the genre, the style and the adjective "demential", SKIANTOS have undauntedly continued to produce albums on the edge of irony, which is their preferred key to interpretation.
The albums INASCOLTABLE, TI SPALMO LA CREMA and NON C'E' GUSTO IN ITALIA AD ESSERE INTELLIGENTI are unforgettable. The band is currently formed by the two founders Roberto 'Freak' Antoni (vocals) and Fabio 'Dandy Bestia' Testoni (guitar)and by Max 'Magnus' Mangani to the bass, Luca 'Tornado' Testoni guitar and Gianluca 'La molla' Schiavon to the battery. The Skiantos' date as guests of the long-awaited return of MADNESS is destined to go down in the history of true alternative music in Italy..
MADNESS + SKIANTOS: SATURDAY 8 MAY 2010 - MILAN - PALASHARP
Single seat: 36 € + prev - numbered East Stand: 52 € + prev. Doors open at 18:30 / Skiantos concert starts at 20:00 - Madness: 21:20
Tickets still on sale on the TicketOne circuit and from Saturday afternoon at the Palasharp ticket office.
