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Radio 2 Piano Room - Madness

British music royalty Madness are the latest act to perform alongside The 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra in The Radio 2 Piano Room, playing three specially arranged songs including a cover.

British music royalty Madness are the latest star to perform alongside The 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra in The Radio 2 Piano Room, giving us three specially arranged tracks with the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.

For nearly 45 years now Madness - who emerged from the backstreets of Camden Town in the late 70s - have been bone fide national treasures. In a long and colourful career, they've had 10 UK top ten albums, 15 top ten singles and have won a multitude of awards including a prestigious Ivor Novello.

They鈥檝e performed on the top of Buckingham Palace as part of the Queen鈥檚 Jubilee celebrations and set the record for the biggest ever audience for the 大象传媒鈥檚 Live New Year鈥檚 Eve Broadcast - the most watched TV music event of 2018.

Now they're releasing their first new album in seven years, 'Theatre Of the Absurd Presents C鈥橢st La Vie', and will be touring it to arenas across the UK in November and December.

Also, there'll be more audio nuggets from the 大象传媒 Archive in Vernon's Vault; Johnny Marr chooses another two songs for his Tracks Of My Years; and there's the mid-morning music quiz, Ten To The Top. Johnny's Thursday tracks are by Neil Young and Chic.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you鈥檇 like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 30 Nov 2023 09:30

Music Played

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Could You Be Loved

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.
  • The Weeknd

    Take My Breath

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.
  • Jonas Brothers

    Strong Enough (feat. Bailey Zimmerman)

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic.
  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.
  • Bananarama

    Feel The Love

    • Glorious - The Ultimate Collection.
    • IN SYNK.
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Out Of Touch

    • Collections.
    • Sony.
  • ABBA

    Mamma Mia

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 004.
  • Record of the Week

    • Paloma Faith

      Bad Woman

      • The Glorification Of Sadness.
      • RCA.
  • Vernon's Vault

    • Sandie Shaw

      Puppet on a String

      • Sandie Shaw - The Collection.
      • Castle.
  • Charles & Eddie

    Would I Lie To You?

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.
  • Jessie Ware

    Hello Love

    • That! Feels Good!.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Murder On The Dancefloor

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Girls Aloud

    Call The Shots

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Madonna

    Cherish

    • Madonna - The Immaculate Collection.
    • Sire.
    • 17.
  • Robin Schulz, Rita Ora & Tiago PZK

    I'll Be There

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Coldplay

    Don't Panic

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Music.
  • Wham!

    The Edge Of Heaven

    • Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
    • Epic.
  • Dua Lipa

    Houdini

    • Radical Optimism.
    • Warner Records.
  • Tracks of my Years

    • Neil Young & Crazy Horse

      Like A Hurricane

      • Greatest Hits.
      • Reprise.
      • 8.
    • The Smiths

      This Charming Man

      • Single.
      • WEA.
      • 1.
    • Sister Sledge

      Lost In Music

      • Single.
      • East West.
      • 1.
    • Sister Sledge

      Lost In Music

      • Disco Inferno (Various Artists).
      • East West.
      • 9.
  • Album of the Week

    • Take That

      We Got All Day

      • This Life.
      • EMI.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    TK421

    • Blue Electric Light.
    • BMG Rights Management GmbH.
  • Piano Room

    • Madness & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra

      Our House (Radio 2 Piano Room, 30 Nov 2023)

    • Madness & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra

      C'est La Vie (Radio 2 Piano Room, 30 Nov 2023)

    • Madness & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra

      Friday Night, Saturday Morning (Radio 2 Piano Room, 30 Nov 2023)

  • Zara Larsson & David Guetta

    On My Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
  • The Pointer Sisters

    I'm So Excited

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 020.

Broadcast

  • Thu 30 Nov 2023 09:30

Ten To The Top

Ten To The Top

Get all the details of how to enter and listen to Vernon's daily music quiz.