Ian Prowse and Amsterdam, Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton - review

Fireworks has stood up well to the tests of time and the 1992 songs certainly did not sound dated as his current six-piece group Amsterdam romped through them to the delight of fans old and new in the crowded Slade Rooms.

53-year-old Prowse was in fine vocal form on songs like Raid The Palace and Fair Blows the Wind for France and his band including lead guitarist Johnny Barlow and drummer Tony Kiley were clearly having great fun re-visiting their leader's musical past.

Megalomania, the band's sole number one – in South Africa, was a highlight of the night.

Amsterdam also played some of Prowse's more recent songs and finished the set with a timely incendiary cover of The Clash's London Calling and Does This Train Stop on Merseyside.

Support came from Wolverhampton three-piece Wolf Slang, who delivered an impressive and lively burst of original songs including first single The 1, and Coseley's revived Roseville.

The group, now a six-piece, reactivated in 2014 after a 15-year break and took along plenty of their own fans to see them in action in the city.

Singer Tommy Cox chose to wear a vintage Wolves shirt for the show, but the band is a collective effort and create a great melodic indie pop sound with all adding to the vocals.

Original drummer Ian Horton and bass player Andy Broadhouse are at the heart of Roseville and provides the foundation for some uplifting songs like Sign of the Times and Make It Happen.

By John Corser