Madness frontman Suggs has revealed the band have no plans to retire and could have an album out by the end of the year.

The frontman – real name Graham McPherson – said the band have been busy working on a follow up to 2012’s Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da.

Speaking to the Standard Online he said: “We are working on some new material. We’ll hopefully have a new album out this year – that’s the plan.”

The singer said the band have no plans to retire, and would only consider it if the Rolling Stones quit.

“I keep thinking when they pack up maybe we should, but they keep going,” he said. “They’re in Cuba at the moment – so long as they come back alive we’ll keep going.”

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Suggs also said the band, who have enjoyed 17 UK Top 10s throughout a career spanning more than three decades, wouldn’t survive today’s “X Factor” world.

He said: “There are a lot less venues of the sort we used to play in pubs and small clubs to build up a reputation or a following. [Now] it’s all done and dusted in a matter of weeks. It’s a lot harder now. I don’t think a band like us would survive now. Seven people trying to make a living – I don’t think you’ll see many bands like us again. It’s a sort of X Factor world – you’re in and out in five minutes.”

Suggs was speaking at An Evening With Suggs and Friends – an event which helps to raise funds for Pancreatic Cancer UK.

The singer – who lost his sister-in-law Alanah Porritt to the disease in 2012 – said the annual event is helping to raise the profile of the disease which has the lowest survival rate once diagnosed.

“Pancreatic cancer seems to slip through the net a bit,” he said. “But I think with the advantages in breast cancer its coming up the list of priorities. We’ve spent three years trying to raise the profile – relatively successfully.”

The event – which saw performances from Madness, Jools Holland and Anne-Marie – raised £97,000.

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