Ian Prowse & The Fiddle Of Fire

About the show

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 and upporting the likes of 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.

In the last 2 years Ian has sold out out the 100 Club, and opened for The Levellers, The Wonder Stuff, the Blow Monkeys & Damien Dempsey, adding constantly to his ever exapanding fan club. (Ian counts Jean Jaques Burnel, the late Janice Long, Gary Crowley, Mick Jones and Chris Addison as huge admirers of his songwrting).

2025 also saw Ian initiated into the Liverpool Hall of Fame as well as play with the city’s famous Philharmonic orchestra.

Often referred to as the 'Scouse Springsteen' Ian's incendiary live show has wowed them at Reading, Glastonbury, Beautiful Days & Kendal Calling, and he is very excited to be back in Derby for the first time in 30 years!