This show will be a full 7 piece extravaganza at the Raise your Banners Festival in Bradford, Yorkshire.
Tickets are available right now so come and celebrate the last show of the year with the gang. This politically tinged event has been described as ‘right up Amsterdam’s street’ and the gang are thrilled to be playing. Tickets and all info is here:
http://www.raiseyourbanners.org/

Ian hits the road with the Irish Sea Sessions 14 man troupe this Friday night at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall before hitting Belfast Ulster Hall on Saturday then Derry Millenium Forum on Sunday.

The Irish Sea Sessions is an annual event that brings together some of the finest traditional musicians from Liverpool, Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Irish diaspora, together with singers and songwriters from Liverpool, Ireland and Northern Ireland, to explore and celebrate tunes and both traditional and contemporary songs inspired by Liverpool, Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Irish Sea and the shared heritage and connections between them all.

Tickets are still left for the three shows which promise to be a spectacle of joy and inspiration.
http://irishseasessions.com/

Excitement is building for the final Merseyside full 8 piece Amsterdam show of the year.
This special show is the curtain raiser for the Liverpool Irish Festival and is a joint headline with Damien Dempsey.
Amsterdam will be the final band of the evening at 9.45. Damien Dempsey is on at 8.30 and Eoin Glackin kicks off the show at 7.30, doors are 7.00.
There are some tickets left but they are going fast. You can buy on-line or in person from the 02 Academy itself.

Ian’s solo show with Miles Hunt, Dan Donnelly, Dirty Ray and Jim Bob (Carter USM) this coming Friday 30 September in London has unfortunately been cancelled.

We’re very sorry for this unavoidable decision but fans can still buy tickets for the big London show on Saturday 19th November at the famous Half Moon venue in London.

Amsterdam will play as a full band on this special night.

   A live album has been released from the 2010 inaugural Irish Sea Sessions in Liverpool. Part super group, part session, part song, 14 musicians of differing backgrounds linked by the special relationship between Liverpool and Ireland came together for this incredible concert.
Ian’s classic song ‘Does this train stop on Merseyside’ proudly leads off the troupe before they descend into a riot of reels, tunes and beautiful song.

The musicians involved were:

Terry Clarke-Coyne flutes,whistles
Eimear McGeown flutes
Lizzie Nunnery vocals, guitar
Damien Dempsey vocals, guitar
Ian Prowse vocals, guitars
David Munnelly button accordion, piano
Becky Taylor uillean pipes,whistles
Bernard O’Neill music director, double bass, piano
Carlene Anglin fiddle
Colette O’Leary piano accordion
Graham Dunne acoustic guitar
Niamh Parsons vocals
Alan Burke vocals, guitar
Gino Lupari bodhran, percussion, vocals.
The album can be ordered from here and is out now:

http://irishseasessions.com/2011/09/15/irish-sea-sessions-2010-cd-now-on-sale/