News

08/06/2021

Check out the video for Dive Bar / Dead Town!

https://tinyurl.com/divebardeadtown

Chris’s Brand new EP Dive Bar / Dead Town is set to be released on May 7th, it features 4 brand new songs along with the 2020 single Jack Daniels & Me & re-recordings of the Worlds Gone To Shit & Betty Don’t. It will be released on all platforms. Pre order on Bandcamp now & get the title track before anybody else.

https://chrismadden.bandcamp.com

17/09/2020
Jack Daniels & Me the new single by Chris Madden Feat. Nashville session player Pat Lyons on Steel guitar, due for release 21/09/2020.
 


24/10/2018

Winter Tour Dates

Winter Tour Poster

28/07/2018

Betty Don’t just featured on John Kerr’s Country Show on BBC Radio Ulster, check it out on the iPlayer below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00004cd

16/07/2018

Betty Don’t Tour

Summer tour including solo acoustic and full band shows, with a few festival dates.

New single out now!  http://hyperurl.co/baus7g

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07/07/2018

Betty Don’t – New Single!

http://hyperurl.co/baus7g

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27/03/2018

Chris Madden & The Lucky Ducks – Spring / Summer Tour.  26 Date Irish tour throughout March, April May June & July, feat. Connor Kearney & Aine Harkin on select full band shows.

The Lucky Ducks Spring Summer Tour

18/03/2018

Massive thanks to everyone who came out to see me & the band on The Just Drive Tour, we had some really great nights, hope to see y’all soon! In the meantime check out this playlist off originals & covers from the tour.
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24/01/2017

Just Drive Irish Tour

Chris Madden Band’s Just Drive Tour.  8 Date Irish tour throughout February & March feat. Connor Kearney & Aine Harkin on select full band shows.

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20/11/2017

XMAS TOUR

On Saturday the 1st of December we will embark on a 6 date Northern Irish Tour, featuring Connor Kearney & Aine Harkin on select dates.

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01/09/2017

FALL TOUR

On Saturday 23rd of September we will embark on a 12 date Northern Irish Tour, featuring Connor Kearney & Aine Harkin on select dates.

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01/06/2017

SUMMER TOUR

On Saturday the 3rd of June we will embark on a 23 date Irish Tour, featuring Connor Kearney, Michael Madden & Aine Harkin on select dates.

Summer Tour Poster Update


10/04/2017

Check out this awesome review from Al Gilmore at Chordblossom, it made my day! 🙂  Playing your own brand of country music in pubs, clubs & dive bars across the country, to people who think think Nathan Carter & Ritchie Remo are the be all & end all of the genre can be a real struggle at times, so a review like this is a breath of fresh air & massive boost, hats of to the reviewers & the people who take the time to listen, cheers! :)🤘     Check Out The Actual Review Here       Watch          Buy

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30/03/2017

“This Ain’t Your Daddy’s country music” Thanks to Noelle Ellis from Gigging NI for the killer review of my new single Worlds Gone To $h!t.  It’s great when someone just gets it 🙂 🤘

Check Out The Actual Review Here        Watch          Buy

20/03/2017

My new single Worlds Gone To $h!t is out now!  Get it on iTunes for 79p!  Also available on Google Play & Amazon.

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20/03/2017

Worlds Gone To $h!t – New Single & Music Video, Out Tomorrow!  Available on Amazon, Googleplay & iTunes.  Video on Youtube.

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26/02/2017

Worlds Gone To $h!t – Irish Tour
Chris will embark on a 22 Date Irish Spring Tour Supporting the new single “Worlds Gone $h!t” starting on March 3rd in Frank Eddie’s Co. Cavan & ending on May 21st in The Slip In Co. Down.  Connor Kearney & Aine Harkin will feature on select dates.

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20/02/2017

A big thank you to everybody who came out to see me & the band on the 2017 Extended Winter Tour, it really means a lot too see familiar faces and new ones at your shows night after night, without you we couldn’t do what we do, so thank you all so much and we’ll see you in the Spring!  Thank also to all the venues who booked us as well 🙂

10/02/2017

Check out Chris’s live cover of Ram Jam’s Black Betty, live from Madden Studio’s.

8/02/2017

Extra date added to the Extended Winter Tour.  Chris will play a solo acoustic Showcase at Pat’s Bar, Portglenone on Sunday 19th of February.

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30/01/2017

My song “Crazy Bars & Fast Cars” from my debut EP of the same name will feature in a BBC Documentary “Love In A Day”.  It will be broadcast on BBCNI on Monday the 6th of February at 22:40.  Thanks to the BBC & everyone involved for including my song, it means a lot!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03qtp71


19/01/2017

“Just Drive” a song I wrote with Rolling Stone reviewed artist David Lyttle is featured on the Nerve Centre‘s album Scenarios, & it’s now out on 12 inch vinyl!  Available to purchase at Cool Discs Derry & Abbazappa Record Store Derry.

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04/01/2017

2017 Winter Tour – 10 Dates

Chris will be embarking on a 10 date Northern Irish extended winter tour, kicking off on Saturday 14th of January in The Three Oaks & ending on Saturday 18th of February in The Scenic Inn.  The tour will Feat. Connor Kearney on lead guitar on select dates.

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01/12/2016

December Tour Poster!

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01/11/2016

November Tour Poster!

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01/10/2016

October Tour Poster!

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01/09/2016

September Tour Poster!

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17/08/2016

Band Announcement!

Connor Kearney will accompany me on lead guitar duties for the remainder of the On The Road Again Irish tour, from the 3rd of September to the 31st of December.  Connor played 25 dates of the Crazy Bars & Fast Cars tour last year & a few select dates this year as well, so he is no stranger to the setup, we look forward to having him on board.

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01/08/2016

August Tour Poster!

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27/06/2016

July Tour Poster!

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03/06/2016

Just Announced!

Chris Madden will be playing Stendhal Festival on Friday 12th August, alongside artists such as Badly Drawn Boy, Therapy, Hayseed Dixie & more.

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01/06/2016

June Tour Poster!

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01/05/2016

May Tour Poster!

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18/04/2016

New Music on The Nerve Centre’s Scenarios Album!

Just Drive, a new song I co-wrote with David Lyttle is featured on the Nerve Centre‘s album Scenarios, it’s an album of emerging and established artists from Northern Ireland, Feat. VerseChorusVerseJessica DohertyRosborough & many more, be sure & check it out!  The album is set for release in early June.  Links Below.

https://soundcloud.com/nervecentre/sets/scenarios

https://soundcloud.com/nervecentre/chris-madden-just-drive?in=nervecentre%2Fsets%2Fscenarios

29/03/2016

April Gig Poster

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21/03/2016

Crazy Bars & Fast Cars EP Now on Spotify!

01/03/2016

March Gig Poster

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01/02/2016

February Gig Poster

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14/01/2016

January Gig Poster

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02/12/2015

Run Rudolph – Live Video

Here is a Live cover of Chuck Berry’s Run Rudolph to get you into the christmas spirit, feat Michael Madden on lead guitar & vocals.  Michael will be playing all dates with me over the christmas period, so be sure & catch a show!

01/12/2015

December Gig Poster

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29/11/2015

November Gig Poster

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28/09/2015

October Gig Poster

October Gig Poster

01/09/2015

September Gig Poster

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04/07/2015

Happy Independence Day! To celebrate here’s a cover of Martina McBride’s Independence Day.

06/05/2015

So i’ve been asked to do this song for a while, most recently on Sat night, not naming names, Jackie Mullan lol So I gave in, changed it up a little & recorded this in rehearsal, so here ya go

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