Ian Prowse and friends opening up the 1st anniversary of the Monday Club at the Cavern Pub. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Originally published on L.S.Media. July 18th 2012.

For the last year, Liverpool’s answer to Bruce Springsteen has been making artists, musicians, dramatists and poets welcome to his Monday night club at the Cavern Pub on Mathew Street.

This last Monday, the club which has only two rules to adhere to as you climb on stage, celebrated its first birthday in some incredible style with fabulous music  and much laughter in a time where there is scant humour to be found on the streets of the U.K.