MADNESS

Paul is a big music fan and has a wide and eclectic taste - and a very large collection of vinyl and CDs in a storage unit locally and thousands of tracks saved digitally too.

The first gig Paul attended was forty-ish years ago when he was  13 or 14 years old.  Therefore, when we found then band were doing a 2024 tour we snapped up tickets for the concert "Live at Ludlow" but didn't necessarily don the Baggy Trousers or ubiquitous pork-pie hat!

So, Saturday night (27/07/2024) saw Madness take to the stage, with other headliners over the weekend including James, Elbow, and Anne-Marie. 

A total of 20,000 music fans attended the series of four 'Live at Ludlow Castle' concerts over the weekend.

'Futuresound, the independent promoters behind the concerts and the castle's management team said they are committed to further establishing the venue as one of the country's best outdoor settings for live music;  the castle and Futuresound had agreed a five-year deal to continue putting on live music at the historic site,  creating and establishing the series of 5000 capacity events since 2023'.

Access to the castle grounds is via the market square - and I think it is amazing that these kind of events are still on-going in places that have been in use for hundreds of years. 

'Ludlow's recorded history begins in 1086 when the castle was first developed, as one of a line of castles along the Welsh Marches to defend the border and subdue the local Anglo Saxon population' - check out: History of Ludlow

The small market town of Ludlow has a rich, old and diverse history and is set in beautiful Shropshire countryside.  It is definitely worth a visit.

Left & above:  ​​An example of one of the old buildings.

Below: Not quite so old events!