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Madness – have announced their return to Cork to play Virgin Media Park

One of the biggest and most loved British bands Madness, return to Ireland to play summer shows at Belsonic, Belfast on Thursday 19th June and Virgin Media Park, Cork on Friday June 20th, 2025.

Ocean Colour Scene are very special guests.

Madness will perform their greatest hits from a career spanning over four decades.

Throughout their illustrious career, Madness have had 1 UK Official Charts No.1 album, 10 UK top ten albums, 15 top ten singles and have won a multitude of awards including a prestigious Ivor Novello. They’ve performed on the top of Buckingham Palace as part of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations and set the record for the biggest ever audience for the BBC’s Live New Year’s Eve Broadcast – the most watched TV music event of 2018.

Madness famously emerged from the backstreets of Camden Town in the late 70s and in 2021 released a three-part original docu series with TV channel AMC about the beginnings of the band in the area. Before We Was We: Madness by Madness, chronicles the rise of one of the most loved bands in British culture.

Madness most recent album, Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C’est La Vie entered the UK Official Charts at No.1.

MADNESS
THURSDAY 19TH JUNE – BELSONIC, BELFAS
FRIDAY 20TH JUNE – VIRGIN MEDIA PARK, CORK

Tickets for Cork are priced from €59.90 including booking fee go on sale at 9am this Friday via Ticketmaster.ie. Subject to licence.

Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in Ireland starting from Wednesday February 5th 9am, until Friday February 7th 9am. Visit priceless.com/music to find out more and sign up to their newsletter for the latest announcements. 

Ian Mc Donnell

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