Blogs Archives - Indie Rock Wedding Band / Party Band / Corporate Events / Birthdays

22nd February 202322nd February 2023

Birthday Party Live Band – Vlog 001

Andy from birthday party live band ‘Punch The Air‘ takes you on a journey of what a professional band get up to preparing for, traveling to, setting up at and performing at a birthday party at Bashall Barn, Clitheroe. Let’s get our indie rock party band tunes on shall we. Contact band leader (and lead singer) Andy Starkey from our top rated party band to check on availability and price to hire a birthday party live band.

You’ll see the sights, the sounds (and unfortunately the smells) as we travel up North to Lancashire. Having to eat and drink on the road to make up time from getting stuck in traffic jams on the motorway. Then watch a time-lapse of us setting our gear up in this live band venue. Listen to how we make the room sound fantastic during soundcheck. Also check out the high end equipment we use. See what we get up to once we’ve set our gear up. Then watch us performing live indie rock party songs ‘Parklife’ by Blur, Sex On Fire by Kings Of Leon, Don’t Stop Me by Queen. Watch to the end of the live entertainment video and you’ll see our client Tim. He was incredibly happy with our performance. So he left us a glowing review on social media.

If only all professional bands bothered to take the time to show clients exactly what happens in this manner eh?

Hire a birthday party live band ‘Punch The Air’ – More about us

‘Punch The Air’ have been on the live music scene since 2013 and we have a mass of experience handing birthday parties of any size and shape. Our repertoire is a fantastic mix of Indie Rock and pop and rock chart hits from modern days, back through the decades to the 1950’s. Everyone will know and love every single song we’ll perform live for you. Included in the price is 2 x live perfomances (Or one long performance if you prefer), all backline and front of house equipment. You also get iPad DJ services until midnight and even lighting.

Clients review of birthday party live band ‘Punch The Air’

“Well, what a night .. The band were ace, enjoyed by all with lots of great comments by all my guests on my big birthday. They really made the night a massive success by performing so many great dance-along tunes. Cheers lads”. Tim Hamlet.

Contact to book ‘Punch The Air’ for your birthday party live band, wedding band or any live event call UK 07794 659405.

12th December 201910th February 2023

Christmas Party Band Xmas Lights Switch On

Due to our massive success at 2018’s Christmas Party Band Xmas Lights Switch On indie rock party band ‘Punch The Air‘ were asked to return for the second consecutive year to Lichfield Christmas Lights Switch on Sunday November 24th 2019. Also we’ve been back many continuous years afterwards. The Christmas event free entry and there was a lot of fun things going on all day and night from about midday until 6pm. There was another Lichfield band playing earlier in the day, a rock choir, a Christmas market and lots more happening off and on the stage. To book a Christmas Party Band Xmas Lights Switch On for your city, town or village contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability or call UK 07794 659405.

A Christmas Party Band Xmas Lights Switch On

During our indie rock cover band performance in 2019 we decided to mix things up a little bit. We were joined on stage by our optional female lead singer Nina, who sang many female lead songs with us including You’ve Got The Love by Florence + The Machines. Also I Love Rock & Rock by Joan Jett, and Don’t You Want Me by The Human League and lots more. Stage, sound and lighting was provided by Cannock Sound Hire. Book live entertainment for your Christmas party event.

Here we are performing Christmas songs in Lichfield, Staffs in 2018. Watch how we get all the 4000+ strong crowd singing along with us. Classics like Last Christmas by Wham, Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade and lots more festive tunes.

Scheduling your Christmas Lights Switch On event?

A great time to have Xmas party band Punch The Air take to the stage is late in the afternoon, just as it starts to get dark. We’ll rev your attendees up with Christmas songs and massive chart hits from modern to old. Then as soon we’ve finished performing live you can have your special guests come on stage. We can even assist in turning the Christmas lights on if you like. Book a professional Christmas band now.

Lichfield Christmas Party — Lichfield Christmas Lights Switch On

What other types of events can you book a function band for.

To book ‘Punch The Air‘ as your party band find out more about our Staffordshire Xmas Party options. Also available to hire a birthday party band, book a wedding band, hire entertainment for corporate event.

16th October 201924th June 2024

Band

Live party band ‘Punch The Air‘ were formed in early 2013 and set out to stir things up on the party scene with our raw talent and high energy performances. Also with our knowledge of sound, light, photography and video we can provide proof of what we do week in week out unlike most bands. Our party group repertoire includes Indie Rock cover band Classic Anthems and chart pop music from modern day back through to the 1950s. You can hire Punch The Air for your Wedding, Corporate event, Party, Fundraising charity, Birthday party, Acoustic wedding, New Years Eve, or Christmas party. We also have many other packages to suit your requirements and budget. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability to book a band for a party.

About ‘Punch The Air’ band.

‘Punch The Air‘ live party band is based in Lichfield, Staffordshire but perform at shows up and down the United Kingdom every week of the year. Essentially we are an indie cover band. But also cover a wide variety of genres and decades at many different types of events and bookings. We also perform in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Birmingham, Shropshire, West Midlands and all the rest of the UK too.

Included in our groups show are:

Indie Rock tracks from The Killers, Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, Coldplay, Wheatus, Stereophonics, Blink 182, James, Blur, The Fratellis & more.
Two live performances or one long performance if you prefer.
Chart pop music from modern day back through the decades – George Ezra, The Beatles, Amy Winehouse, The Undertones, Neil Diamond, Van Morrison, The Human League, Joan Jett, Chuck Berry & more.
PA & Lighting.
DJ services until midnight.
No agency fees.
Hard Copy Contract.

What another musicians think is good promo isn’t good promo.

There are too many bands out there who simply don’t care about providing their clients with quality video and photos . Should you really be considering paying thousands of pounds for a party band whose promotional video was shot on a friends phone, all shaky, with murky quality and awful distorted audio? Photos that are blurred and out of focus again taken with camera phones? We certainly think not. This is all because its too much effort for these bands (Who always state they are “Professionals”, “The UK’s Premier this and that” yet have nothing to back up these credentials) to spend the extra time creating something of higher quality instead.

How other bands pull the wool over your eyes.

The other type of promotional video currently doing the rounds are completely over the top “Mimed to” videos. The likes of which audio and performances are completely impossible to pull of live. What you are seeing and hearing with 99% of other bands out there is studio recorded audio. Recorded then re-recorded until it is 100% correct. Then extra guitar parts will be recorded over the top and even keyboards and string sections in some cases. Ask yourself when you watch these videos “How can I hear a second guitar (keyboard/strings etc) in a three piece band”? The answer is that you shouldn’t be able to.

The band then shoot a studio video with fast moving video camera angles. You won’t see an audience member in sight anywhere. Usually these types of videos are paid for by the agencies who have exclusive rights to the band you’re watching. In tern you are paying for this video to have been produced yourself on the 20-40% markup agency fee.

What Punch The Air band know is quality promotional material that you will want to see.

Our band is completely different. We’ve come up with something that highlights our performance skills and then at the same time showcases our passion. Consequently we provide you with “Better” promotional videos than any other band out there.

Our band provides you with:

Real live audio taken directly from our digital desk.
Live video footage shot on high end professional cameras.
Multiple camera angle videos.
No over dubs on audio.
Real life client, guests and audience reactions to our performances

What you see in our live videos is what we get up to on a very regular basis. High end quality video footage can’t be faked. Therefore it’s the honest truth. It’s us being exactly as we are live. So trust in a band that works this hard to prove to you what they’re capable of.

Find out more about ‘Punch The Air‘ and contact for a quote.

28th March 201822nd February 2023

Shropshire Function Band – Vlog 002

‘Punch The Air‘ had a blast at a festival style wedding fair in Shropshire. We performed as a Brook House Farm Shrewsbury wedding band so here are our experiences and all the fun we had performing live and mucking around with the other exhibitors there. Watch us prove how we are the best Shropshire Function Band around, then simply contact band leader Andy Starkey for a very competitive quote.

Live entertainment songs performed in Shrops are Dakota by Stereophonics, I’m A Believer by The Monkees, Mr Brightside by The Killers. Wonderwall by Oasis, Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sex On Fire by Kings Of Leon, Hey Jude by The Beatles. We also decided to learn and play the Game Of Thrones theme tune for a chuckle. Shropshire function band ‘Punch The Air‘ indie rock function band repertoire will show you our full set of amazing pop tunes from modern day back through the decades to the 1950s. Later on in the afternoon we were even joined on stage by Britains Got Talent star singer Pippa Langhorne for Valerie by Amy Winehouse. Also some happy chap joined us on stage to for a cover of Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison.

Shropshire Function Band what we got up to

Watch as we get all Salop competitive with traditional style funfair games, there’s drone footage and we chat with other exhibitors. We eat some some Shropshire wedding cake supplier samples. Then we check out Shrops wedding dresses, there are guitar solo’s and we get a bit dizzy. We visit a Shropshire wedding photographer photo booth for hire to have our photos taken and eat some Indian street food. In total we took three Shrops wedding venue bookings from this wedding fair so it was a very successful (And tiring) days work for indie rock cover band Punch The Air. If you’re looking at another band instead of us have they gone to this extent to prove to you why you should book them?

Where we perform in Shropshire and whats included.

You can book indie cover band ‘Punch The Air’ as your party function band all across Shropshire including Telford and Shrewsbury. Also in Oswestry, Bishops Castle, Wellington, Church Stretton and more. ‘Punch The Air‘ perform 2 x live performances, (Or one long performance if you want) all PA, speakers and lighting are included in our fee. You will also receive iPad DJ services from when we are set up until midnight. So you can continue to party the night away when we’re not performing live. Late night DJ services can also be extended out past midnight for an additional fee. Book wedding entertainment in Shropshire.

Shropshire wedding venues we can perform at include:

To book Shropshires premier wedding party function band ‘Punch The Air‘ for your wedding reception contact or call UK 07794 659405.

Hire a function band in Shropshire.