Ian will be appearing on BBC Radio Merseyside’s Billy Butler show this Tuesday at 2.30pm. Billy is easily Liverpool’s most famous and long-lasting DJ. He is also a huge Amsterdam fan.

Ian will be playing a couple of acoustic tunes and chatting to Billy about the forthcoming Mathew Street festival in August as well as discussing Ian’s poetry which can be read at www.myspace.com/northernson.

Those outside of Merseyside can listen in live at www.bbc.co.uk/england/radiomerseyside/.

Don’t forget that there will be an Amsterdam acoustic performance this coming Thursday at Bar One in Hoylake – full details are in the live section of the site.

We can now confirm that Amsterdam will be recording their first ever live album at the up and coming Borderline show in London on Friday 14 July!

The famous incendiary Amsterdam live spectacular will be captured for the very first time by a mobile recording studio down at the boys most-favourite venue in the whole world.

You can still buy tickets from Seetickets and Ticketweb, so come along and bring your singing voices to add to the magical atmosphere the gang always create down in Soho. It’s going to be one of those evenings.

The boys can also announce some more dates for the summer. Firstly Ian and Paul will play a rare acoustic show on the Wirral at the end of the month before the big London show.

Bar One
Hoylake, Wirral
Thursday 29 June
Acoustic performance
£5 on the door (£4 for Under 18s)
Advance tickets (recommended) are available from:
1) Probe Records, Slater Street, Liverpool (0151 708 8815)
2) The venue Hoylake Bar One (0151 632 6497)
3) The Bull, Great Sutton (0151 347 1715)
Support from The Trampformers

Borderline Club London
Friday 14 July
Tickets from Seetickets and Ticketweb
To be recorded for live album!

Graig Aid Festival
Ruthin town centre
Saturday 12 August
www.graigaid.com
Onstage at 8pm

Scarborough Beached Festival
Sunday 20 August
Free event
Returning after last year’s triumph

Red Lion
Little Sutton
Sunday 27 August
Tickets £5
Mathew Street festival warm-up

Mathew Street Festival
Liverpool
Monday 28 August
Free event
Onstage 3pm

Also Ian will be performing an acoustic set this coming Friday 16 June in aid of NCADC (National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns) at the University of Manchester Burlington Rooms, Schunk building (off Oxford Street). Other acts will include Fultons point, Al Baker and Al Parry. Ian will be on at about 10pm.

We can also now happily confirm that Amsterdam have parted company with Beat Crazy records. The band will now sit down and plan the next move with their management team at Cruisin music who also represent The Stranglers and Tina Cousins.

The first chapter of a post-Beat Crazy world is to be the live album which will include new songs, tunes from The Journey as well as older Amsterdam classics.

Ian and Amsterdam are also hard at work writing the follow up to The Journey and were very happy with the way the new songs went last Saturday night. The boys hope to commence recording on a new album later in the year with Ian commenting “My pen is on fire at the moment, all the receptors are up”.

An unbelievably hot Zanzibar on the hottest day of the year saw Amsterdam dust off the cobwebs with a lengthy set to an excitable audience on Saturday night.

The boys played three songs never before performed as well as plenty of old faves and a couple of cover versions. Paulie kicked off proceedings by singing the intro and several songs included a mass singalong. Famous guitar tech Mikey joined the band for the encores with his special brand of dancing/singing. A great night was had by all.

The set list was:

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

Lifestyle
Town called malice
Feels like growing up

The boys will be announcing some more summer shows in the next few days.

The boys are all revved up and ready to spring into action this Saturday night after a four-month lay off from any live action. Amsterdam are chomping at the bit to get out there and do what they do best after such a long wait.

The big night in Liverpool begins with doors at 7:30pm followed by the new band formed by Mikey and Phil from The Garys at 8:15pm, The Missin’ Beats.

Radio Merseyside favourites The Circle will follow at 9:00pm and Amsterdam will be onstage at 9:45pm.

You can still buy tickets from Ticketweb or chance paying on the door on the night.

Hopefully those England fans amongst you will be celebrating to on the night.

If you’re coming in from out of town don’t forget to do the ‘Amsterdam tour’ of Mathew Street, McKenzies tomb and The Marlboro Arms (next to the Zanzibar).

Long awaited news on the record company front will be announced this week, sorry for keeping everyone in the dark but we hope to finally resolve the situation between Beat Crazy and ourselves amicably.

Tickets for the big summer show at Amsterdam’s favourite venue in the whole world are now on sale.

What’s more, this London gig is going to be specially recorded for possible future release, so the boys are promising a very special night out in the capital.

Buy tickets now from Seetickets and Ticketweb.

Don’t forget tickets are now on sale for the big world cup opener at the Zanzibar club in Liverpool on Saturday 10 June: England’s first group game in the afternoon, and then your favourite rock and roll band at night! What better way to kick off the world cup?

Keep your eye on the site these coming days for important news on the band’s future following meetings with Beat Crazy in London this week.