Music
Album reviews: Madness return with ... a concept album? And it’s quite good
Madness, Theatre of the Absurd Presents C’est La Vie (BMG) ****
Despite its serious subject matter – Brexit, the pandemic, losing trust in institutions – the legendary ska band’s poptastic DNA is fully intact
As befits a pop group of a certain vintage (and not just any pop group, but one of the most highly regarded and successful of the past 40 years), there comes a time when you have to disregard audience expectations and ...