Saturday 18th July

Madness 30th Anniversary Concert with:
Aswad
The Dualers


Lord Mountbatton Estate
Broadlands
Romsey
Hampshire
SO51 9ZD

Great concert last night.

As we were waiting there were a few showers but when the boys came on the rain stopped.




The crowd was massive, much bigger than at Norwich. Could have been 3 or 4 thousand there. I think some loyal Madness fans who were at Norwich had arrived early to see The Dualers as well.

They were on stage for about a hour and did a great set but did not include many of the new songs. The reaction from the crowd was phenominal. They were loving it. Dancing, cheering and singing along. Made me feel really proud.



They loved Shame and Skandal, Jack the Ripper, Take a Trip, Kiss on the Lips, What a Result, Message to you Rudy, Monkey Man etc.

One quite nice moment. The Dualers did Shame and Skandal which is an old Ska song from way back. Madness had recorded it on their "Dangerman Sessions" album. Later on Madness did a version of Taller than you Are.

Watched the boys with EmJay and wife (sorry forgot to ask your name)

Another really great night and well worth the long trip.

Richard

I was at the gig last night too, I had never heard of the Dualers before, My life they are amazing, really set me up for the night ahead.

My pal and I are now hooked, can't wait to get my hands on the cd's.

The whole Madness gig was amazing, took me right back to my childhood.

Looking for ward to seeing The Dualers hitting the big time

A very good night indeed. The reaction from the Madness crowd to the Dualers was great to see. A lot of new fans gained I hope. I think it is quite ironic that the boys are probably more of a Ska band than Madness who have taken many different directions in their 30 years. Saying that they were superb and hugely entertaining.

Carolyn is the name your looking for Richard

I went to this, They were absulutely brilliant!! I'm thinking about going to they're concert at the 02 Arena in December.

I WENT TO BROADLANDS NOW HOOKED ON THE DUALERS ONE WORD DESCRIBES THEM PHENOMONIAL

I'd never heard of the Dualers before Broadlands, they were the absolute highlight for me, made Madness look like amateurs, true Ska.
They should be called the Dogs Bollocks 'coz that is what they are. My Missus dont even like Ska and she loved 'em and we are def goin to the O2.
The two frontmen have a magic chemistry that was a joy to see and the whole bands passion for what they do was a breath of fresh air. Even if you dont like ska you will love the Dualers just for that feel good factor.

Have to add to my earlier commet, was sooooooooooooo brill to meet so may like minded people, but I guess we all grew up with it, bloody amazing, Hello to John,Mark and Kirsty who I met. I'm gonna be a dualers groupe. Old farts done good >
xx

Yep totally agree about the Feel good thing,

Saw the guys at Broadlands and now hooked.....................

Rather 'industrial language' for a 'family forum', skaman

Never heard of em either until wife nagged me to take her to see Madness while in a rather drunken state. Now she's nagging me into taking her to O2, glad I didn't go to Madstock on the 17th or I'd of missed the Dualers.

this is the second time i have seen the dualers and they are superb, my missus loves them and she now loves ska because of them, gonna see them in kingston, they should have been on after aswad as they are 110% better, keep up the good work lads you make alot of people happy