Madness perform at Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Evening News

Iconic ska band, Madness, captivated thousands at Edinburgh Castle last night - treating crowds to music from their recent number one album alongside a string of best-selling hits including Baggy Trousers, Our House and It Must Be Love.

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00:00Hey, you! Hey, you! Hey, you! Hey, you!

00:03No, boys! No, boys! No, no!

00:05What is this?

00:07This is the heavy, heavy monster song of America!

00:12Hey! Hey! Hey!

00:16Hey! Hey!

00:42Hey! Hey! Hey!

01:021979, when we first heard them with the Prince,

01:07they mean absolutely everything.

01:09They're absolutely brilliant, and they're our life.

01:12That's it.

01:13And then we met them in the caretall in Dundee in 1981,

01:18and we got in to see them doing their soundcheck,

01:21and then we got backstage for them and had sandwiches in the cars,

01:25and once they got changed into their pelts and everything,

01:29then we went out at the front and watched them onstage after that,

01:32so it was amazing.

01:34I'm now 16, she's 61.

01:36I was 17.

01:37Sensitive.

01:38Sensitive.

01:39Sensitive.

01:40Long time fan.

01:41Absolutely.

01:42Whole life.

01:43Brilliant.

01:44Absolutely fantastic.

01:45Loved it.

01:46Any particular highlights?

01:48Everything.

01:49Oh, it's great.

01:50Particularly the end.

01:51Man, the end was brilliant.

01:52The end was absolutely stellar.

01:55We've seen them a few times.

01:57Wow.

01:58Mr. Graham Macpherson.

02:01Keep doing it.

02:02Brilliant.

02:03Yeah, no, I loved it.

02:04Cracking atmosphere.

02:06Brilliant.

02:07Cracking music.

02:08Everything you'd expect and more.

02:10Kicking things.

02:11It's good.

02:12Magic.

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