The Liberty of Norton Folgate was a small area of east London that, 200 years ago, was free from the laws of the rest of the capital. As a result it became home to lots of bohemian types as well as more than its fair share of drunks and addicts. It’s fitting , then, that songs from the new album by Madness, which takes its name from that small part of the capital, should be given an airing at its modern day equivalent, Glastonbury. Madness may be very much a city band but a field in...

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