10 Facts About Ian Prowse

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Ian Prowse was born on 10 January 1964 and is an English singer-songwriter, currently frontman of Amsterdam and previously of Pele.

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Ian Prowse celebrated the 25th anniversary of first album Fireworks with a UK tour in the early 2017 with a 25th anniversary of The Sport of Kings tour announced for 2018.

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Ian Prowse went on to form Amsterdam in 1999 with former Blow Monkeys drummer Tony Kiley and cousin Johnny Barlow.

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Ian Prowse performed a duet with Costello for EMI Records with a cover of The Searchers' 1964 hit "Don't Throw Your Love Away" for the Liverpool Number Ones Project in 2008.

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Ian Prowse picked up a musical icon award on Costello's behalf at Liverpool's Titanic Hotel in November 2014.

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Ian Prowse is a member of the Irish Sea Sessions, which is described as "Part super group, part colossal session and part festival, all in a single gig".

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Ian Prowse graduated with a BA History Degree in 2009 and completed a master's degree in Irish Studies in 2010 at the University of Liverpool.

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8.

Ian Prowse released his second solo album Companeros in 2015, the project rediscovered long lost songs from the British Isles.

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Elvis Costello has invited Ian Prowse to be his special guest on his Just Trust UK Tour in 2020.

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Podcast - Prowse joined former BBC Merseyside boss Mick Ord and Baltic Triangle Director Russell Gannon to produce a podcast called Misadventures in Music.