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Monkey

BBC goodbye bash – the hottest ticket in town

Madness
Madness will surely bring down the house at the BBC’s Goodbye Television Centre gig. Photograph: Mok Yui Mok/PA

Monkey is donning some baggy trousers in anticipation of Madness playing at BBC4's Goodbye Television Centre gig. According to BBC4 boss Richard Klein, there were 8,500 applications for the 400 or so tickets to see Madness and a host of stars bid farewell to TVC. But not only has Klein got Madness to play in the building's famous horseshoe, he also has acclaimed folk-rock legend Richard Thompson playing a farewell gig afterwards. Monkey hopes Thompson will finish with a tune from his Fairport Convention Days, Close the Door Lightly When You Go.

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