Johnnie Craig, for Irish music website 'State', recalls his experience at Finsbury Park in 1992:
"In retrospect, it had all the makings of catastrophe about it. London ska-pop legends Madness had reformed for a one-off weekend reunion in North London, and elected to turn it into something of a ‘Best of British’ showcase. On the bill were newcomers Gallon Drunk and Flowered Up, followed by Ian Dury and Morrissey. 75,000 fans flocked to Finsbury Park on 8th August 1992 for fun and frolics – what could possibly go wrong?
Well, putting Morrissey on the bill, apparently. In some ways, it was only natural that Madness should ask him to take part; their producers, Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley had helmed several Morrissey singles and his 1991 album Kill Uncle (Madness’s Bedders played bass on the record), while Suggs himself had provided guest vocals on Moz’s 1990 single ‘Piccadilly Palare’. Moreover, Morrissey had enthused at length about the essential ‘Englishness’ of both acts, making many (this writer included) believe that Madstock was going to be a quaint garden party. It turned out to be anything but..."
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My Favourite Worst Nightmare – Morrissey & Madstock - State Magazine
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"if ever there was an sudden irony failure at NME, who’d slated Morrissey’s solo work for not ‘treading on the taboos of old’, it was right here. Only a couple of years later, they would laud Britpop and the reclaiming of the British flag, yet here, it was Morrissey, and not this foul minority in Madness’s audience, who they cast as the racist."
"Morrissey finished his otherwise triumphant set early and failed to show for day two; Suggs never mentioned, nor was he ever quizzed upon, his band’s neo-fascist supporters’ behaviour that day. Meanwhile, me and my fellow Moz heads made our tremulous way to the tube station, well before midnight, in blissful ignorance of just how this story was about to be spun by the popular music press we’d supported for years; so long as we remember exactly what took place that day, the chroniclers and revisionists can simply get on with glossing over the inconvenient truth."
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