Ian, who is an old friend of the Picket venue in Liverpool, will play an acoustic set this Saturday 26 May.

Ian will be joined onstage by a couple of other guest musicians. Tickets are £5/£7 on the door. An evening BBQ starts at 7pm.

Laura Critchley, who has helped out the boys at the last two Mathew Street festivals, has her first single out on 21 May. The single is called Sometimes I and is available as a download on iTunes and a CD on Amazon.

Amsterdam would like to wish Laura all the luck in the world with her single and album.

The boys performed a one-off show in Scarborough last Friday. It was described by Ian as ‘one of those shows where we don’t know what we’re doing, yet immense fun’.

The setlist was:

Intro
The Gangster
Joe’s kiss
Name and number
Arm in arm
Home
Taking on the world
Does this train stop on Merseyside?
You’re a phoney
The Glorious day
Megalomania
Arm in arm
Kings ransom
Do anything you wanna do

Raid the palace

Amsterdam will make it a hat trick when they play at the Mathew Street festival again this year. The boys will be performing on the main stage on Monday afternoon the 27 of August.

The festival will take part in a different part of the city this year from the Pier head because of building work.

Amsterdam play there first full band show of the year this Friday at the Vivaz club in Scarborough. Tickets are available on the door.

For anyone going to Ian’s solo and dual performance with Ian McNabb in Nerja on the Costa del Sol this Friday night you can pay €7 on the door of the Black and White club.

Anyone wishing to attend the first Amsterdam band performance of the year in Scarborough can call 01723 368222 to reserve or just turn up on the door. Tickets are £5 in advance or £6 on the door.

Amsterdam will play there first full band show of the year in Scarboro on Friday 11 May.

The gang have been specially asked by the Beached festival organisers to launch this year’s event. Amsterdam have stolen the show these last two years at the festival.

The gig will take place at the Vivaz Nightclub on Huntriss Row in Scarborough. Tickets are £5 in advance £6 on the door.

This show is a one off as the boys have now finished recording the next album and are currently planning the launch of the record – release dates, tour dates, album names etc.

It has now been decided to hang onto the live album release in favour of all focus being put on the new record.