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Madness have announced a West Country show at Westonbirt Arboretum forms part of Forestry Commission Live Music 2012.

Recognised as one of the leading bands of the ska-rooted revival, Madness experienced a huge haul of hits in the 80s going on to spend more weeks on the charts in that decade than any other group. They are renowned for their storming outdoor live and festival shows and year after year generation after generation have grown to love hits like 'One Step Beyond', 'Our House', 'Baggy Trousers', 'Embarrassment', 'Wings Of A Dove', 'House Of Fun', 'My Girl' and 'Driving In My Car'. After 30 years Madness remain a British pop institution.

The band is currently holed up recording their tenth album, the follow up to the critically acclaimed 'The Liberty of Norton Folgate,' so fans can expect new material alongside legendary classics.

Money generated by Forestry Commission Live Music ticket sales is spent directly on the nation’s woodlands, benefiting everything from butterflies to walkers.”

• Event: Madness at Westonbirt Arboretum
• Date: Sunday 24 June 2012
• Tickets:  £36.50 (subject to booking fee) go on sale at 9.00am Friday 13 January from the Forestry Commission box office tel 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
• Where: Westonbirt Arboretum, nr Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

• Also see : Forestry Commision Music
• Also see : Madness