LEGENDARY band Madness are to give an outdoor concert in the region this summer.

They will be playing in Dalby Forest, near Pickering, North Yorkshire, on June 24.

The natural auditorium can hold 5,000 people and a capacity crowd is expected for the event.

Madness will be the second installment of a musical weekend at Dalby, as the night before Beautiful South will play before a sell-out crowd.

Tickets for Madness cost £27.50, subject to booking fee, and are available from 9am on March 4. The ticket hotline is (01842) 814612, or buy online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk or www.seetickets.com

Published: 01/03/2005