Ian Prowse – releases ”Rendezvous Point” featuring The Waterboy’s Steve Wickham

After more than 30 years of making music to widespread critical acclaim, Merseyside hero Ian Prowse returns this July with his brand‑new album No Names and today unveils its latest single, ‘Rendezvous Point.’

Featuring guest vocals from Ian’s 14‑year‑old daughter Rosalita, the Clash‑referencing ‘Rendezvous Point’ also features Steve Wickham of The Waterboys, landing as one of the album’s most immediate and uplifting moments.

“This song brings together all my favourite things,” says Ian. “Cosmic love for my daughter, Rosalita, who used to love being thrown around to The Clash when she was little. So we got her to sing on it. And then there’s Steve Wickham, whose fiddle playing on Fisherman’s Blues altered the course of my musical life.”

“The Celtic soul was awakened in my heart; the music he and Mike Scott created with The Waterboys felt like the final ingredient in my own songwriting. To have him on one of my songs now feels like a beautiful circle being completed.”

Twelve albums in and Ian Prowse hasn’t softened, he’s sharpened. The upcoming album ‘No Names’ brings together guests like Elvis Costello, Steve Wickham and Damien Dempsey for his most focused collection yet: strikingly sharp social commentary politically committed and gloriously melodic.

“It’s rock, it’s roll, it’s Celtic soul,” says Ian. “For some fans this one will be the best yet – it’s got a bit of everything. Half the songs address the wider world; radical hope, protest songs if you like. The other half map out where my emotional life and memories are at in 2026. Just like Lennon used to.”

Thirty years into his career, Ian Prowse is as outspoken, as compassionate and as musically sharp as he’s ever been. ‘No Names’ is the sound of an artist with plenty left to say and more than enough songs to say it with.

Ian Prowse’s journey in music began with indie band Pele back in 1991. The band signed to Polydor and promptly had a Number 1 hit in South Africa with ‘Megalomania’. The band’s relentless touring won them a huge cult live following, with multiple successful headline UK tours. They also opened for The Pogues and Del Amitri on their respective 1992 sold out tours. Along with their acclaim won on the road, Pele saw significant radio success, with their first four singles hitting the BBC Radio 1 playlist.

Ian then formed Amsterdam in 1999 – while the millennium was a slow start for the band, everything changed in 2005. Their classic hit ‘Does This Train Stop On Merseyside?’ had John Peel weeping live on air every time he played it, and the track was then covered by legend Christy Moore and taken to Number 1 in the Irish LP charts. Amsterdam signed to London independent label Beat Crazy, their first single cracking the top 40 at no.32.

In the last couple of years, Ian has been inducted into the Liverpool Legends Hall of Fame, sold out the 100 Club, and opened for Elvis Costello’s last three UK tours, along with shows with The Wonder Stuff, the Blow Monkeys and Damien Dempsey, adding constantly to his ever-expanding fan club. His last album was 2022’s One Hand on the Starry Plough.

Ian counts The Stranglers’ Jean Jacques Burnel, the late Janice Long, presenter Gary Crowley, Mick Jones and comedian Chris Addison as huge admirers of his songwriting.

Often referred to as the ‘Scouse Springsteen’ Ian’s incendiary live show has wowed crowds at Reading, Glastonbury, Beautiful Days and Kendal Calling – and can soon be seen opening for The Waterboys & The Wonder Stuff.

‘Rendezvous Point’ is out now. ‘No Names’ is out July 3.

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