United Kingdom, Oct. 1 -- Madness frontman Suggs has undergone double knee replacement surgery.

The 65-year-old singer - real name Graham McPherson - has revealed he needed the operation because he had worn out the cartilage by "jumping up and down" on stage for the last 50 years and he was convinced to go under the knife by his daughter, who introduced him to a surgeon who works with players at top London soccer club Arsenal.

Suggs told The Telegraph newspaper: "He said, 'I remember you - I've seen videos of Madness. You've been jumping up and down for two hours every night for 50 years' ...

"The cartilage just wears out, and cartilage doesn't repair, unlike muscles. It comes to a certain point where it needs to be replaced. So I took...