madness

[westy 2007]

i like madness,i enjoyed them, but i feel for the first half of the set, i dont think they really kept anyone's attention. i think they saved all the songs till last. but at one point i was going to go and leave. i dont know if its the new stuff or whatever or maybe its me?

what did you think?

[Alcatraz]

All their songs are classics as far as I'm concerned. A top set

[westy 2007]

yes the set was brilliant. they really won me over the second half. i just thought he didnt interact with the crowd that well.

[budvar]

I thought it was a great set. They certainly didn't start with the new stuff. Embarassment was the second song. The Prince was quite early too. I suspect it's that you're only familiar with their most popular tracks (HoF, Baggy Trousers etc.), which did indeed come in the second half. That said, I'd be amazed if you could point out many artists over the weekend that didn't do that.

[westy 2007]

I thought it was a great set. They certainly didn't start with the new stuff. Embarassment was the second song. The Prince was quite early too. I suspect it's that you're only familiar with their most popular tracks (HoF, Baggy Trousers etc.), which did indeed come in the second half. That said, I'd be amazed if you could point out many artists over the weekend that didn't do that.

[TokiDoki]

I thought it was amazing all the way through

[gemstarrr]

i loved it!

but only saw the second half so maybe that's why.

the flying sax was a nice touch aswell! haha

[Singularity]

i didnt really like the first half, the second half was amazing though, should have cut the set in half and just played their famous ones through i think.

[bubbsio]

i didnt really like the first half, the second half was amazing though, should have cut the set in half and just played their famous ones through i think.

[jesusofsuburbia]

As mentioned above, i can see why fans of the hits alone may have found it a tough first half, but with songs like Bed and Breakfast Man, The Prince, Sun and The Rain, Wings of a Dove, Embarrasment....fantastic set if you ask me!

[Scouse Andy]

I loved the set, danced for the whole thing. i agree the second half was more well known

The new tracks still got me going. One of my weekend highlights.

[westy 2007]

the flying sax player was very funny.

[NeilVJ]

I left after about 20 mins of madness as just wasn't impressed at all. They had a really hard job following tom jones who really had got the crowd going very wel

[LusciousLucy]

Er...ok...

were you all at the same gig...???

it was bloody incredible! A well deserved Pyramid slot that where I was stood looking over a vast amount of the field...it looked as if pretty much bloomin everyone has a fookin incredible experience!

This year's Sunday afternoon antics are going to take a very long time to surpass folks!

If only the Quo had been put on before Tom instead of being on at 12pm...BUT...then again...I think we would have just been waaaaaay to drunk to face the evening ahead!

Tom f**kin Jones...as his last cover quite clearly stated...UNBELIEVABLE!!!

And then the Madness set that just totally went off!...AWESOME!

[daveinafield]

Madness were cool just for the en mass skanking

[StevieF]

I wouldn't ever put Tom Jones or Madness into my CD player, but I really enjoyed seeing them. Both left a big grin on my face.

[Spindles]

Never a huge madness fan, went along to meet a couple of friends (which failed), had a fan-figging-tastic time! Everyone was so happy, so up for it, I could only go with the flow. Huge grin throughout, lots of singing and a bit of skanking for good measure. Probably the nicest moment of the festival for me (at least right now, I'm sure I'll recall a good few more!)

[Mr_Grump]

The complete set was sheer class!

IMO Blur were the kings of the weekend, with Madness coming a Princely second (even ahead of my beloved Specials).

[Shaun THFC]

I do think they should've played some of their classic hits earlier on, but they still did well to keep people entertained during their newer songs which I aint really familiar with. Suggs was on pretty decent form as well.

[VCK]

I thought the crowd was mental for them right to the end.

[glastonburynoodles]

Thought that it was an a great set, not quite as good as they were in LV a few years back but a top choice for the Pyramid.

As for the new songs I was impressed by them so will probably be buying my first Madness album in over 20 years next week.

The skanking at the back was even better then it was for the Specials, loved it. Everybody with smiles on their faces, great atmosphere and I saw a load of younger fans really enjoying it.

Only better performance of the weekend were the majestic Wonderstuff.

[loosechange]

Had plenty of time to get up to speed with new stuff in advance as we scooted around various country lanes trying to avoid the A37 for as long as possible - love it.

[dicka]

I thought Madness were class, its always going to be hard for band like them to do a set everyone is happy with as they have so many classic songs and they are mainly playing festivals as a way of promoting the new album so have to have a few of them in. Personally I think it was a good balance of old and new im just upset the set was not longer they were only on 1.10 mins with a 45-50 min wait to Nick Cave im sure they could of squeezed and extra 15-20 mins in. If anyone wants a chance to win a copy of the album boxset with loads of extra special stuff there is a comp on the official site now www.madness.co.uk

also if anyone wants to get behind the Madness for a Brit Award there is a facebook campaign group http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.ph...4564&ref=ts

[strudders]

They were brilliant, much better than in 86.....

But I really really enjoyed there set, it was fab.

[Cardboard Box City]

All their songs are classics as far as I'm concerned. A top set