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Tour Madness January 10th to February 16th 1980 - ONE STEP BEYOND TOUR: Leg 3 - Europe
Following the appearance in France in Chorus TV Programme Madness Tour Europe...
January 20th, 1980: PARIS, FRANCE: Le Palace
Set List:
One Step Beyond
Deceives The Eye
Mistakes
Believe Me
My Girl
Swan Lake-Razorblade Alley
Land Of Hope & Glory
In The Rain
The Young & The Old
Middle Of The Night
Bed & Breakfast Man
Tarzan's Nuts
Nightboat To Cairo
The Prince
Madness
Rockin' in Ab
encore: Swan Lake
One Step Beyond
encore: A Message To You Rudy
Madness play for an enthusiastic crowd and close the show with the Dandy Livingstone cover "A Message To You Rudy," recently a hit in The Specials' version. A positive review appears in Rock & Folk magazine.
January 22nd, 1980 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Ancienne Belgioue
The tour reaches the Low Countries. Madness play five shows in Belgium and Holland each. The Brussels-show is reviewed by the French-Belgian underground-press.
January 23rd, 1980: ANTWERP, BELGIUM: Groot Auditorium
January 24th, 1980: LUIK, BELGIUM: Salee de la Cahppelle
January 25th, 1980: HERENTHOUT, BELGIUM: Lux
January 26th, 1980: DEINZE, BELGIUM: Brielpoort
January 28th, 1980: BERLIN, GERMANY: Kantkino
January 29th, 1980: HAMBURG, GERMANY: Markthalle
January 30th, 1980: TILBURG, HOLLAND: Pochette
Set; same as in Paris, minus the reprise of Swan Lake and A Message To You Rudy. Madness' make their Dutch debut at a packed and shoeboxsized Pochette. The show has a oneand a half hour delay (including a lengthy onstage soundcheck) because Mike's organ isn't working. Still the band manage to conquer the audience. Positive reviews appear in the Dutch newspapers.
January 31st, 1980: THE HAGUE, HOLLAND: Paard Van Troje
With hot of the press reviews of the Tilburg show in mind, journalists of Hitkrant magazine travel to The Hague to be convinced that Madness will become popular in Holland too. Photographer Pieter Mazel makes pictures of the band that will be used for international exposure.
February 1st 1980: EINDHOVEN, HOLLAND: Effenaar
February 2nd, 1980: AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND: Paradiso
Attendance: 1,000 - sellout
Support: Superjones
Set List:
One Step Beyond
Deceives The Eye
Mistakes
Believe Me
My Girl
Swan Lake-Razorblade Alley
Land Of Hope & Glory
In The Rain
The Young & The Old
Middle Of The Night
Bed & Breakfast Man
Tarzan's Nuts
The Prince
Rockin' in Ab
Nightboat To Cairo
Madness
Hitkrant-journalists aren't alone in predicting that Madness will have a Dutch breakthrough; KRO record this show for radio-broadcast. Although My Girl hasn't become a hit with the Dutch charts, it is a hit with the sellout-crowd, judging by the cheers. ''So you've all got lots of energy ? You're all feeling fit and healthy ?'' Suggs asks. "WeIl, dance to this one. It's called Nightboat To Cairo."
February 3rd, 1980: ARNHEM, HOLLAND: Stokvishal
February 9th, 1980: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: Apollo
Attendance: 3,000 - sellout
Support: The Modette's
Set List:
One Step Beyond
Deceives The Eye
Mistakes
Believe Me
My Girl
Swan Lake-Razorblade Alley
Land Of Hope & Glory
In The Rain
The Young & The Old
Middle Of The Night
Bed & Breakfast Man
Tarzan's Nuts
The Prince
Rockin' in Ab
Nightboat To Cairo
Chipmonks Are Go-Madness
encore: One Step Beyond
Nightboat To Cairo
After the triumphs on the Continent, Madness play six domestic shows. All-female group The Modettes (whose bass player Jane will marry Woody on August 30) play in support. The shows are predominantly attended by teenagers. The US Army parody chant Chipmunks Are Go, written by Carl and his younger brother Brendan, is linked to Madness. The reprises of One Step Beyond and Nightboat To Cairo close off the successful start of the UK-leg of the tour. Although the teenagers' interest forms a welcome aversion from the negative publicity, Suggs insists that Madness will not become just another teenybopper band. He tells Gavin Martin of New Musical Express: "Young kids are getting more into music; but I want to keep the older kids as well, without them getting pissed off. I enjoyed it, I thought it was a really good gig, but I start to feel patronising when I see all those kids. I feel obliged not to look menacing or something.
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