SAT 13TH JUNE / DOORS 7:30PM / START 8PM
The Radical Hope tour featuring Ian Prowse and The Fiddle of Fire.
Merseyside hero Ian Prowse is fresh off the back of 3 UK tours as very special guest with Elvis Costello, a phenomenal on line FB show during the pandemic (40 episodes!) and his best 2 back to back albums since he began with Pele back in 1991.
Pele signed to Polydor Records and promptly had a Number 1 hit in South Africa with Megalomania. The band constantly hit the road winning a huge cult live following, completing 8 headline UK tours. They were also opening act for with The Pogues, Del Amitri on their 1992 sell out tours.
The first 4 Pele singles hit the BBC Radio 1 playlist.
Ian then formed Amsterdam who had John Peel weeping live on air every time he played the classic Does This Train Stop On Merseyside, which was then covered by legend Christy Moore and taken to Number 1 in the Irish LP charts. Amsterdam signed to London indie Beat Crazy, their first single crashing into the top 40 at no.32.
Often referred to as the ‘Scouse Springsteen’ Ian’s incendiary live show has wowed them at Reading, Glastonbury, Beautiful Days & Kendal Calling, he is very excited to be taking his explosive 6 piece band out on the road to celebrate his most famous song.
The last 2 years Ian has sold out the 100 Club, opened for The Levellers, The Wonder Stuff, the Blow Monkeys & Damien Dempsey, adding constantly to his ever expanding fan club. Ian counts Jean-Jaques Burnel, the late Janice Long, Gary Crowley, Mick Jones and Chris Addison as huge admirers of his songwriting.
