 The band continued to reunite for annual UK Christmas season tours and held three more Madstock ! festivals ; in 1994 , 1996 and 1998 . Also in 1998 , Madness returned to America for their first tour there since 1984 . The live album Universal Madness was recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in L.A. and released the following year . In 1999 , Madness released their first studio album since 1986 , entitled Wonderful . The album reached number 17 in the UK album charts , and the lead single , " <unk> " , gave the band their first new top 10 hit in the UK since 1983 . Neither of the two subsequent singles from the album , " Johnny The Horse " and " Drip Fed Fred " , entered the top 40 of the UK charts . 
