Suggs has admitted he s been singing to strangers at the bus stop after a horrendous year in lockdown meant he was unable to perform.
The Madness frontman, 60, said passers-by would make a hasty exit if they saw him coming after he developed the hilarious habit to satisfy his performance itch.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live s Headliners podcast, Suggs added that he s thrilled to finally be back rehearsing so he and Madness can return to the stage when lockdown restrictions ease later this month.
Difficult: Suggs has admitted he s been singing to strangers at the bus stop after a horrendous year in lockdown meant he was unable to perform (pictured in October 2019)
Suggs, the front-man of pop group Madness,has revealed how he and his bandmates were on a dangerous criminal path before being saved by music.
The 60-year-old singer - real name Graham McPherson - headed up the group as they found fame in the early 1980s, releasing songs such as House Of Fun and Baggy Trousers.
Suggs - who used the moniker for a graffiti tag before keeping it on as his stage name - was arrested for fighting in public, while his bandmates dabbled in burglary and shoplifting and even ended up in prison.
Rocky road: Suggs, the front-man of pop group Madness,has revealed how he and his bandmates were on a dangerous criminal path before being saved by music
Madness reveal their wild pasts and how the band saved them from a life of crime
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Updated: 15 Apr 2021, 10:02
THEY are one of Britain’s best-loved groups – and now it has emerged the name Madness sums up the band members’ chaotic lives before they found fame in the early Eighties.
Thanks to a string of hits, including Baggy Trousers and One Step Beyond, the Nutty Boys were saved from a life of crime.
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A new documentary reveals the stark contrast between Madness s former lives and the fame they found
Frontman Suggs had been arrested for affray in his teens and admitted they could have been jailbirds if they had not become chart-toppers.