Amsterdam play the first of three weekend festivals this coming Saturday 12 August. Graig Aid in Ruthin, North Wales will see the boys hit the stage at 8:00pm.

For any Amsterdamsters going to the event all the information you need is at www.graigaid.com.

Don’t forget to prepare your questions to send to Janice Long for the boys live performance on her BBC Radio 2 show on Wednesday 23 Aug.

Amsterdam have been especially invited back onto the UK’s most popular radio station. BBC Radio 2’s Janice Long, a long-standing fan of the lads, will have the boys perform live on Wednesday night/Thursday morning at about 12:15pm on Wednesday evening, 23rd August.

Amsterdam will be performing new songs and chatting to Janice about the forthcoming Mathew Street festival as well as the live album.

Tickets for the Mathew Street warm-up show on Sunday 27 August will be on sale from the Red Lion venue from Tuesday 2 August. The show sold out really quickly last time so we advise you get in there soon!

The gig will see Ian returning to his hometown for what is always a great night. Out-of -towners can book tickets by calling 0151 339 2496 and asking for them to be reserved.

The day after, on Monday 28 August, the boys will headline the famous Mathew Street festival on the streets of Liverpool. The festival is being advertised this year all over Liverpool with the famous Liver building shot of Amsterdam taken at last years event. The boys will be onstage at 3:00pm.

Amsterdam HQ does not currently have a postal address so please dont send anything to the old one.

Ian and Paulie will be very special guests at the Magnet club in Liverpool on Thursday night as part of an anti-fascist show.

The boys will play a 30-minute acoustic set after Alun Parry.

Amsterdam successfully recorded material for their first-ever live album last night at a sweaty Borderline club in Soho.

Alongside some great moments of audience participation, Ian suprised long-term fans by introducing the excellent violinist Anna Jenkins to assist with old classics Understanding Sadness, Raid the Palace and Megalomania.

The setlist ran:

Intro
The journey
Fair blows the wind for France
Class war in the bedroom
Nostalgia
Joe’s kiss
Understanding sadness
Raid the palace
Glorious day
New song
Love phenomenon
Takin’ on the world
Do anything you wanna do
Does this train stop on Merseyside?
You’re a phoney

A Curse
Megalomania
The gangster
Feels like growing up