Captain Beefheart's wildly influential and seminal outfit The Magic Band - comprising original members Denny Walley, Mark Boston, John French - return to Eric’s in Liverpool on Friday, May 30.

The group's members span all the different periods of The Magic Band's history.

Sharing the vision of celebrating the music of the late Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, the original members share the stage with guitarist Eric Klerks and drummer Andrew Niven to re-visit the classic Beefheart tunes with renewed fervour.

ATP founder Barry Hogan was the first to bring the vision to reality in 2003 with two appearances in the UK.

Since then, the band has re-assembled several times in altered incarnations to accept various invitations – including ATP at the Queen Mary Ship in Long Beach, CA USA, The Royal Festive Hall in London, Glastonbury 2004, and ATP Minehead 2009.

Releasing such recordings as Back to the Front (ATP Records), 21st Century Mirror Men ( Proper Records), and Live at Oxford (Sundazed Records), the group has proven to stay true to the original music, re-visiting the original recordings with both technical and soulful accuracy much to the joy of Beefheart fans everywhere.

Tickets £18. Call 0151 236 9994 or visit www.ericslive.com.