[total-madness] Radio One On-line Article / Interview.

Simesy Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:58:29 -0800

Very short, but here it is:

Madness at the Dogs

Madness hosted a charity auction at Walthamstow Dogs on Tuesday night and ended up buying themselves a greyhound! Bidding got quite frantic between the lads and another bidder - and finally the hammer went down on �2,400. The event was raising cash for Cancer Bacup. Their friend, Ian Dury who has cancer was there and Madness plan to name the dog - who can't race for at least a year - after the record they've made together, ‘Drip Fed Fred’.

Suggs said they all clubbed together to buy it but now they have they don't know who's looking after it: "We’ve got like people who own one paw. We’ve got a couple of people who own a couple of toenails. There’s 16 of us altogether who bought that thing - God knows who’s going to be in charge of it!", he told Radio 1. "I’m seeing like a little puppy like that. It’s just one of them terrible clich�s, isn’t it? You feel your heart melting. It’s the terrible thing about auctions, though, especially when they’re for a good cause. They start becoming competitive! And we found ourselves with a greyhound that we certainly never intended to buy!" And he adds: "But I’m looking forward to it. You’ll see it in the next year, who knows. Something nice is gonna come of that dog, I’ve got a good feeling. I’m not sure what it is yet."

Also on offer was a Stanley Road Lambretta donated by Paul Weller. A butcher from New York clinched it for �6,400.