After their new album ‘Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da‘ made the UK Top 10 upon its release earlier this month, Madness frontman Suggs has told the Daily Star tabloid he feels it is now time for the group to win an overdue Brit Award.
“The Brits are meant to be about achievement,” he is quoted as saying. “Well, if we haven’t already achieved enough to win one, I don’t know what else we can do. We did a show with Sting recently and I thought, ‘Well, if he’s got an Outstanding Contribution…’.”
When the Brits first became an annual event in 1982, John Lennon was posthumously honoured with the Outstanding Contribution award. Since then, the likes of Oasis, Sir Paul McCartney, The Who, Queen and David Bowie have all been recognised.
Meanwhile, Suggs also commented on his recent solo touring, and admitted he found the experience of being up on stage alone ‘weird’.
“Ray Davies said his first solo gig was the first time he’d been on stage without having a fight, and it was the same for me,” he remarked. “But it was weird being up there on my own. I’ve spent virtually all my working life surrounded by six lunatics.”