Amsterdam will finish off the year with two big shows in London and Liverpool. The gigs will celebrate a great year for Ian and the gang which has seen The Very Best of Ian Prowse album garnish great reviews across the board. These two nights will be a celebration for new and old fans alike and will feature the great 8 piece Amsterdam rock/roll/celtic/pop/soul circus!

The band will be featuring even more new material (The Best Of has three new tunes) as work gets under way for a brand new album next year.

The first night is at the famous Water Rats venue in London, Kings Cross on Friday 23rd November and is a return for the gang who took the roof off the place a few years ago.

Buy tickets for London Water Rats show

The second night will be a home town Christmas party at the Liverpool O2 Academy on Saturday 1st December. The gang are looking forward to sharing a great night with fans and friends to celebrate a grand old year

Buy tickets for Liverpool O2 Academy show

Both Chester and Oswestry dates which were postponed in the last 48 hours have been given new dates.
Chester will now be on Friday 24th August, it will still be a free event. Reason for the show not taking place tonight was released by the venue:
‘Ian Prowse and members of Amsterdam has been postponed due to building work taking place in our courtyard making it impossible for us to fit our stage and lighting in safely in the correct area … The date of the show will now be Friday 24th August .. Apologies for any inconvenience’.

The recently postponed show at the Oswestry Old Vaults will now be an Ian Prowse plus friends gig and will take place on Saturday 29th September. Ticket info coming soon.

Ian and friends continue with the ‘Best Of’ year by playing in Chester tomorrow night (Friday 27th) as part of a Summer of FREE shows in the Courtyard at the Commercial Inn. The venue is situated right in the middle of the city just behind the cross.

Ian will be onstage at 9.30. Support comes from Callum McMorran. Last time was a grand evening and the weather is promising to be good too!

Sadly the full Amsterdam show at the Old Vaults on Aug 4th has now been postponed, this was completely outside the power of the band and is a venue decision. Huge apologies for that.

Ian and Johnny will return to their home town’s biggest and most glorious venue on Saturday 2 June for the most important Amsterdam show of the year. The gig has been specially booked to celebrate ‘The Very Best Of Ian Prowse’ CD and is the first time in 18 years Ian has played at the Ellesmere Port Civic Hall which is the crown jewel in the town’s civic area.

Ian is really looking forward to seeing a lot of familiar faces and putting on a truly great show for the town we’re he did his first ever gig at the local Youth Centre back in 1982. ‘I think I know every single person in the ‘Port’, that’s about 80,000 people! We’re gonna have a hell of a party afterwards as well, a real celebration, don’t miss this one’.

The night will be made extra special as the 8 piece Amsterdam musical circus will also be joined by the genuinely legendary Brian Saxophone Jones on a tune or two.

You can buy cheap tickets NOW for this must see show at:  http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Chester/Ellesmere-Port-Civic-Hall/The-Very-Best-Of-Ian-Prowse/11617554/

Tickets can also be bought in person from the Red Lion pub in Little Sutton and The Civic Hall itself. Also tickets can be reserved by calling Simon or Steve on  07717 448707.

Support on the night at the big event comes from London based ‘Elsie’ (Laura Critchely) who also originally hails from Little Sutton. Laura has been releasing great records for a few years and is also in Tom Jones’s touring band. First on will be local E.Port lads ‘Acrylic Street’ who won a Battle of The Bands competition to earn the right to play.

THERE ARE NO AGE RESTRICTIONS AT THIS SHOW AND ALL GENERATIONS ARE WELCOME.

The Best Of year continues apace with two more shows announced. The first is Amsterdam’s first ever show in Oswestry on Saturday 4th August at The Old Vaults Concert stage. Ticket information will be available very soon.

Amsterdam will also play on Friday 26th October in Preston at the Chipping Village Hall, Garstang Rd, Chipping, Preston. PR3 2QH. Tickets are on sale via www.ticketweb.co.uk or by calling 01772866171 or 07824488410.