Madness Central Interactive  Special Feature - Universal Madness Contest courtesy of Goldenvoice Records
Universal Madness Live in Los Angeles 10th Anniversary Contest
Courtesy of Goldenvoice Records

In April of 1998 Madness jetted over to the colonies for the first time as a seven piece since 1983, and they were welcomed to American soil with one sold out show after another. The biggest and brightest of these California shows was held at the Universal Amphitheater in Universal City (a suburb of Los Angeles), and it was this concert that was chosen for recording by famed gig promoters Goldenvoice. One year later the album "Universal Madness" hit the shelves, again seeing Madness in the colonies to support the album both in concert and on the nationally broadcast TV programmes the Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. It's been ten years since the release of "Universal Madness", and it's also been ten years since the very earliest version of Madness Central (dubbed the Total Madness Mailing List) first took the interweb. Back in 1999 we had an exclusive partnership with Goldenvoice Records to promote the album to the interweb Madness fans, and part of that promotion included a host of contests featuring copies of the album and tons of promotional material. Fortunately for you good lot, we have one final copy of the album available for a contest prize that somehow was overlooked a decade ago, as well as a nice press pack to accompany the CD. And seeing as this is the tenth anniversary of the album, what more excuse do we need to hold yet another contest here at Madness Central? Answer the one simple question below, send it in with your full name and email address, and you're entered in the contest ! The contest will run until 5 pm 23rd of November at which time a winner will be chosen using Random.org. Good luck!