In a recent interview without the Sun Online, Madness is hoping to enter the studio again with 6 out of the original Magnificent 7 to record a new album. While plans are not definite, frontman Suggs had this to say:

I hope to do an album of new material with Madness, that's certainly my plan. Chris, our guitarist, has been taking some time out since we made the last record, but we're all hoping he'll be back to work on some new songs. My idea is to do a concept album about London, the fabulous nature of the ever-changing city and our experiences there. But when I told Chris this he said: 'What the f*** do you think all our songs have been about?'

As a warning to fans, he did say that there was "a lot of nervousness about spoiling [our] legacy, but I'm very grateful we did it" and to not expect hits like "House of Fun" immediately.

In the same piece, he put out a plea for a reuniting of the original lineup of The Specials, including Jerry Dammers, Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, and Neville Staples particularily. The legendary band reunited without several of the founding members in the late 90's to release Today's Specials and Guilty 'Till Proved Innocent, both of which were receieved with lukewarm responses from critics and fans alike.

Madness have been recently performing ska and reggae songs from the 60's and 70's under the guise of The Dangermen, who released a volume of the jamaican standards earlier this year.