Madness announced as headliner for Lazydays Festival in Southend
Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 10:38 · Archive
Madness will headline the opening night of Lazydays Festival in Southend on 22 July 2027, their first Southend show in over 18 years.
Madness have been confirmed as a headline act for Lazydays Festival in Southend's Priory Park, performing on Thursday, 22 July 2027. The show will open the festival weekend as a new standalone event, with tickets sold separately from the main festival.
The band's appearance in Southend will be their first there in over 18 years. Madness are best known for hits including 'Our House', 'It Must Be Love', 'Baggy Trousers' and 'House of Fun'. They have scored 17 UK Top 10 singles and remain one of Britain's biggest live acts.
Suggs, the lead singer, said: 'It is magnificent to be coming back.' He added that 'Southend is the perfect canvas for a proper old knees-up by the water,' and urged attendees to 'leave your troubles at the gate and let's just lose ourselves for a bit.'
Organisers say the Priory Park concert will feature a full supporting line-up across two stages, plus pyrotechnics, street food and bars featuring independent drinks producers. Elliott Waters, creative director for Lazydays Festival, said: 'We never could have imagined when we started, just a few years later, we'd be attracting artists of the scale of Madness to Southend.'
The festival organisers said they started Lazydays because they wanted to create something special for Southend and Essex 'with personality, imagination and personal touches'. More than 5,000 people have already committed to attending Lazydays 2027.
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