MADNESS will open The Sound Of Madness tour at Leeds First Direct Arena on December 6, later playing the new Hull Venue on December 18.

The nutty boys from Camden will perform "all the hits and fan favourites plus some brand new tracks" at 13 shows on the back of releasing last year's compilation, Full House – The Very Best Of Madness and the gold-selling success of 2016's studio album, Can't Touch Us Now.

More immediately, this summer Suggs and co will be heading to nice big houses in the country on their Stately Madness travels, including Alnwick Castle on July 14.

Leeds tickets go on sale at 9.30am on Friday at firstdirectarena.com; Hull, ticketmaster.co.uk or on 0844 8440444. The support act at both shows will be Glaswegian rock band The Fratellis.