British ska legends Madness invited Haydamaky as special guests on a 12-city European tour. October-November 2026.
Madness — British ska legends (founded 1976 in London, over 30 million records sold, known for 'Our House', 'Baggy Trousers', 'It Must Be Love') — announced on 14 January 2026 the invitation of Haydamaky as special guests on a 12-city European tour from 4 October to 11 November 2026. This is Haydamaky's first-ever invitation from a British ska legend. Tour route: London (Royal Albert Hall, 4.10 — sold out in 6 hours), Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Dublin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, Warsaw, Kyiv (Atlas, 11.11 — tour finale, Madness's first Ukraine performance since 1994). Total tour capacity — about 85 thousand tickets. Haydamaky performance programme — 45 minutes at each concert (9 songs: 4 from new 'Cossack Ska' album — see separate news, 3 classic hits, 2 new exclusive tracks written specifically for the tour). At the Kyiv finale (Atlas) Haydamaky perform with Madness a joint 15-minute finale block: 2 Madness songs in Haydamaky's ska-folk arrangement + 1 Haydamaky song in Madness's ska-punk arrangement. Recording of selected performances will be included in joint live EP 'UK Ska Meets Cossack Ska' (release December 2026 on Comp Music + Stiff Records).
