You might be aware that we only perform at a limited number of public events every year. This is because our schedule is primarily focused on delivering exceptional performances for private weddings and exclusive parties. Because we are a specialist private hire band, we do not perform in pubs on a weekly basis, meaning our feedback comes directly from clients who have booked us for their own special occasions. Whether you are hosting an event in Birmingham, Manchester, London, or throughout the Midlands, we bring the same level of professional energy to every single show.

Why clients choose us as their Top Rated Party Band

Most of our testimonials are provided by private clients who have hired us for their wedding receptions, corporate functions, or birthday bashes. They consistently tell us that we are the best live act they have ever seen. We understand that after a big night, leaving a review is not always the first thing on your mind, so we truly value the guests who take the time to share their experiences. It is wonderful to hear how guests still talk about our performance months or even years after the event has finished. This organic feedback serves as a testament to the quality and passion we pour into every set we play.

Proving our status from our REAL reviews

We are completely transparent about our track record. You can view our extensive reviews page to read every lovely comment our clients have left for us over the years. We take pride in the fact that our feedback highlights not just our musical ability, but also our professional approach behind the scenes. Clients frequently mention how we go the extra mile to help them coordinate their event schedules, solve logistical issues on the day, and ensure everything runs smoothly from start to finish. We are more than just musicians; we are event partners who want your celebration to be a massive success.

If you are looking to book a corporate events band, a party band, or a wedding band that cares as much about your event as you do, look no further. We also love helping out with local charity fundraisers, so feel free to enquire about hiring us as your charity band. Our goal is always to deliver an unforgettable night of live entertainment for you and your guests.

Book a party band with mixed vocals and you’ll hear…

Nina will take centre stage and perform some superb cover band chart hits from modern day back through the decades. You’ll hear amazing pop tunes by Amy Winehouse (Valerie), Pink (So What), Alanis Morissette (Ironic). Also chart bangers by Avril Lavigne (Sk8er Boi), Florence + The Machine (You’ve Got The Love), Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (I Love Rock & Roll) and Tiffany (I Think We’re Alone Now) and so much more. Nina will also harmonise with Andy and vice versa over each other songs blending different vocal styles together beautifully.

View multiple female lead singer videos below from our time spent performing together. Book a live wedding band with female vocals now and we’ll rock your wedding how you’ve always dreamed it would be.

You can book our party band with mixed vocals throughout the entire UK and beyond for your wedding band, birthday party band, private party band or corporate event band. Hire a band in the Midlands, hire a band in Staffordshire, book a band in Warwickshire. Also book a band in Leicestershire, hire a band in Derbyshire. ‘Punch The Air’ function band with additional female vocals is the perfect live entertainment set up for your event. We’ll handle all aspects of live music for your disco too. Plus we’ll even throw in iPad DJ services too in-between and after live performances. We are a fully self contained function band and included in our quote will be PA system speakers, mixing desk, mics etc. So that everything you’ll need for live music as your party band, wedding band, function band or corporate event band. Contact for a quote for live music at an event now.

We Promise You: A Live Party Band With No Price Increase

Even though we have lost a good 6 months to a years worth of work due to Covid-19 Coronavirus we don’t believe you should have to bare the cost of this should you choose to hire a wedding party band, hire a band for a birthday party or hire a corporate event band. We aren’t putting our prices up now. And we won’t be putting our prices up once everything is back to normal again either. This way you can take your time recovering from all the problems spurred on from The Coronavirus. We will still be here offering the same high energy show at the same great price. All when you’re ready to book a Covid secure wedding band or Coronavirus secure party.

Are you confused about booking a live party band during Coronavirus?

We have lots of Covid-19 articles to help you make sense of all the latest rules and regulations when booking a live band during the Coronavirus. 

• Rescheduling a Coronavirus wedding.
• What you can and can’t do at a wedding from Saturday 4th July 2020.
• Weddings with a maximum of 30 guests.
• Our (Very fair) refund policy for Coronavirus affected weddings.
• Advice on how to book a wedding band during the pandemic.
• Hiring a Drive-In live band for an outdoor concert.

No reduced services either. 

Furthermore we won’t be reducing the services you normally get included when you book a live party band to make up for not increasing our prices either. You’ll still get two high energy live performances with iPad DJ services included until midnight for weddings and birthdays. As ever we’ll continue to bring along our state of the art digital mixing desk, PA sound system and fantastic lighting rig. You can continue to be assured that our sound will be the exact perfect volume for the size of your chosen venue. Utilising our skills in sound engineering you’ll never hear screaming feedback at our live performances ever. The volume level we will perform at will be perfect for the venue size and number of guests.

If you have chosen a wedding venue with a sound limiter then this isn’t a problem. Our live party band will gladly bring along our electronic drum kit at no extra cost. It sounds just as good as an acoustic drum kit. We can dial in the necessary volume to keep venue owners happy. It’ll be business absolutely as normal when you hire a top rated party band ‘Punch The Air’.

Massive indie rock covers and chart pop from across the decades.

There’s no cheesy 10 minute drum solos or extended guitar solos in our live performances. ‘Punch The Air‘ work on the mantra ‘Don’t bore us, get to the chorus’. We want you all to sing and dance your hearts out with us for the entire night. Expect huge indie rock hits by artists like Coldplay, Stereophonics, The Killers, Blink 182, Kings Of Leon. Also Wheatus, Foo Fighters, Oasis, Feeder and more. Also fantastic chart pop music from across the decades by huge artists like The Beatles, Queen, George Ezra, Florence & The Machine, Amy Winehouse and more. Brides & grooms love us. Family members and friends love us. Parents, grandparents and children love us too. Read our many, many amazing 100+ positive reviews. Then book an indie rock cover band with confidence who can handle any size venue and numbers of guests.

You can sometimes see us perform live for free.

Very, very occasionally ‘Punch The Air‘ do public performances. And usually they are free to attend. These events are great for potential clients to attend to see what we’re like live if you can’t already see from our brilliant live videos.

Hire a function band throughout the UK. Book a party band in Staffordshire. Hire a function band in Derbyshire. Find a wedding band in Shropshire. 

Photos and video from this real ale festival.

You can see how well our performances go down at beer festivals in the photographs and video below. Punters dancing, stopping and singing along to our huge cover version hits. ‘Punch The Air’ where big indie rocks. Our professional cover band have hundreds more videos you can view too.

What will we perform as your craft ale festival band.

‘Punch The Air‘ will perform two sets of indie rock anthems at your craft ale festival. We can also throw in chart music from modern day all the through the decades back to the 1950’s. Big tunes we we can play include the indie killers by Artic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon, Stereophonics, Blink 182, The Killers and more. Also huge hits from The Beatles, George Ezra, Amy Winehouse, Florence + The Machine, The Kinks and more.

A beer festival performance is a great opportunity for you guys as potential clients to come and see our indie cover band perform live. We don’t often get the chance to perform publicly due to our heavy work schedule at private parties. You can hear how great we sound live and see what we look like while we’re performing as your indie covers band. Watch our high energy performances and listen as everyone sings and dances along to us. Come and have a chat with us before, in-between or after performances and ask us any questions you like. You’ll soon see why our clients say we’re a top rated party band. We’re incredibly friendly fellows who want you to make the most out of our services when you hire our professional party band.

Book a Beer Festival Band

You can hire our top rated party band ‘Punch The Air‘ for live entertainment as your beer festival band, hire a wedding party band, book a party band. Hire a birthday party band, charity event band or corporate event live band. Simply contact and advise us about your event and we’ll get back to you within two days with our price and availability. Book a wedding band in Staffordshire.

Book a golf club wedding band at the following wedding venues:

• Oakridge Golf Club
• Bramcote Water Golf Course
• Staffordshire Golf Club
• Pavilion Branston Golf Country Club
• Hinckley Golf Club
• Edgbaston Golf Club
• Beau Desert Golf Club
• Druids Heath Golf Club
• Great Barr Golf Club
• Hagley Golf Club
• Halesowen Golf Club
• Lichfield Golf Country Club
• Darnford Moors Wedding Band
• Aston Wood Golf Club
• Calderfields Golf Country Club
• The Chase Golf Health Club & Spa
• Many more golf club wedding venues across the UK

Photos from a recent golf club wedding performance.

Our additional evening photography services were purchased by the wedding client perfectly capturing all the fun that was had by all wedding guests. Book a wedding band for a golf club with tried and tested track record established over a decade ago in 2013.

Videos

Live video footage of ‘Punch The Air‘ professional wedding band performing Shotgun by George Ezra. As you can see below all ages enjoyed singing and dancing along to our indie rock cover wedding band.

Everyone had such a great time at our recent golf club wedding that we decided to produce this photo montage video featuring our studio cover version of Teenage Kicks by The Undertones. What other wedding reception band go to these extents to prove to you what they are capable of?

You can also book ‘Punch The Air’ party band with female vocals as your wedding band, party band, corporate event band or birthday party band.

Indie Rock Cover Band performing songs by George Ezra

Did you know that this song is actually about the country (and continent) Australia (Homegrown alligator…South of the equator…Bikini bottoms, lager tops). It makes sense, it must be about Australia right? Singalong with us now “I’ll be riding shotgun, underneath the hot sun, feeling like a someone”. What a tune right?

We also use to perform the hit single Budapest by George Ezra (Nothing to do with the city in Hungary apparently) too from the massively successful Did ‘You Hear The Rain?’ album. You might be in paradise if you hear our uptempo version of this modern day classic petan. Who doesn’t like George Ezra eh?

Other songs performed by ‘Punch The Air’

As well as songs Mr G. Ezra himself we also perform songs by Amy Winehouse & Arctic Monkeys. Also The Killers, Kings Of Leon and Walk The Moon. Plus of course big indie rock covers by Oasis, Stereophonics, The Fratellis, Blink 182, Blur, Coldplay and more from our indie repertoire. Hire a professional wedding band for your party.

Four little kids sing Shotgun by George Ezra live on stage with Punch The Air

‘Punch The Air‘ can provide you with live entertainment for your event, wedding, charity or party. Book an indie rock wedding band for your special occasion. Or hire a party band for a function. Also available to book a corporate event band. Contact Andrew Starkey to check on price and availability.

With many, many years of live music experience at private parties since we formed indie rock band ‘Punch The Air‘ in 2013 you can be assured all your guests will enjoy every moment of our live performances. We are are a top rated party band by our clients. You will all be singing and dancing your legs off like there’s no tomorrow. Contact band leader & bass player Andy Starkey right now to check on price and availability for your party band.

Book a party with our Indie Rock band performing live.

As well as being professional in our field you’ll also find that we’re very accommodating to you and your guests needs. There is no “Diva” attitude in our party band. Above all, all we want to do is give you the most amazing night of your lives. We encourage you all to singalong with us and get onto that dance-floor and show us what you’ve got. With all bookings (Up to approx 150 guests) we come fully supplied with everything you’ll need live entertainment wise.

Therefore we’ll bring along a state of the art PA system and lighting rig and all the bands backline. Also we’ll throw in iPad DJ services until midnight at no extra cost. There are lots of optional extras you can chose from when you book an indie band to make your event even more memorable. Choose from photography services, late night DJ and more. Let a professional indie band handle your entire nights entertainment. While you sit back and enjoy the evening with no stress. We’ll handle it all for you.

Live indie band performance of You’ve Got The Love by Florence And The Machine.

As you’re probably aware we’re crazy mad into creating live videos proving clients and guests open and honest reactions to our indie rock band live performances. In the short video below you will see Andy and Punch The Air performing You’ve Got The Love by Florence And The Machine at a 21st birthday party.

Where you can hire a party band.

‘Punch The Air‘ can be booked all over Staffordshire, The Midlands and beyond across all the UK counties nationwide. Book a Warwickshire live band, hire a Worcestershire party band or book a Derbyshire function band. Contact to check on price & availability of an indie covers band.

You can even hire Punch The Air with a female vocalist. 

The booking: This evening indie rock cover band ‘Punch The Air‘ are performing as a Corporate Event Live Band for an Awards Dinner ceremony. It’s in the largest venue we’ve ever played at ‘Stoke Town Kings Hall’ and we’re playing for an Automation Control company called Capula. They have a £6 billion turnover that make control panels for nuclear power stations. The venue is beautiful and is capable of holding 1300 theatre style, 450 diners (27.5 metres long by 21m wide). We’re taking a 4.5Kw PA system with us tonight which is over double what we would normally use for a wedding band or smaller sized event. Contact band leader Andy Starkey from live party band ‘Punch The Air’ to check on price and availability for your corporate event, awards dinner, charity fundraiser or company party. 

3.25pm – I’ve loaded the van up with some last minute extras earlier on today as this is a pretty big venue. Now I’m off to pick up my good friend/sound engineer/musician Brendan who very nicely just happens to live around the corner from me and is available to help out today.

And we’re on the way as a Corporate Event Live Band

3.30pm – Brendan’s on board now and we set off for the corporate event. West towards Stoke (Bare with me we need to go west to get on the M6 before we head up North). There’s a 50 miles per hour speed limit all over the M6 still but at least we’re doing a constant 50mph. ‘Todd Terje’ keeps us amused on the radio with his brilliant new release ‘It’s Album Time’. Dusk appears in the distance so try and guess what month of the year it is?

4.20pm – 40 minutes ahead of schedule already we pull up out the front of Stoke Town  Hall. I’m not exactly sure where we’re supposed to load into for corporate entertainment and park. I pop my head into the hall and WOW…..My jaw drops and I’m instantly blown away by the size and beauty of the room and the lighting rig. (Supplied by Hilton Studios). The room looks absolutely incredible washed in blues and reds with huge beams of light coming off the massive stage. They point towards a mirror ball which intern splits the light shining it back onto the walls and ceiling. For a moment I consider loading in through the front but decide to head off in the van. I find the service yard entrance to hopefully gain access to the back of the stage area.

4.45pm – We’re still driving around the crazy one way system of Stoke trying to find the service entrance. Eventually we find a small little entrance road and wait patently at the gate for someone to walk over and let us in.

Loading in an indie rock cover band

4.55pm – We start to load in through the back of the venue up a few steps past the back of the stage area directly onto the stage itself. Its much quicker having a fourth set of hands this evening and we’re in in less than 10 minutes with the van parked nice and near for a quick load out later on this evening. Hire a company event band.

5:06pm – Brendan starts to set up the PA system leaving me to set up my own gear, the mixer, mics etc. James calls….he’s been driving around trying to find the service entrance and now he’s lost. I direct him to the front of the venue then I get in his car and show him the way. He waits around again for someone to come and let him through the barrier while I head back in to continue setting up.

Stoke Town Hall Party Band

5.20pm – I’m still in awe of the venue. We’re going to be a fantastic awards dinner live band tonight I think to myself. I take a photo of how it all looks from our on-stage point of view. Set up is going smooth as silk for our corporate event live band, we wonder if there’s going to be enough leads, but we’re OK (Note to self, order EVEN MORE leads).

5.45pm – Stuarts drum kit is ready, the amps are all up, the guitars are all tuned, the mics are all set up. And we’re ready to sound check.

5.55pm – Its a good job we’ve got a larger PA this evening and its being run at nearly full volume. Brendan walks around the venue with iPad in hand mixing the sound. There are no feedback issues at all due to us all using in ear monitor systems and theres not much need for any digital reverb from the desk as there’s so much natural reverb in the hall already.

Sound checking indie cover band “Punch The Air’

6.05pm – We blast through a few tracks of different volumes and styles just to make sure everything’s level sounding, Brendan gives us the nod and we’re done sound-checking.

6.10pm – Blimey, we’re twenty minutes ahead of schedule and one of my corporate event live band contacts for the evening (A very pretty and smiley young lady) comes over introducing herself saying how brilliant we sound…..ah bless.

6.15pm – We start to pull all the excess cases etc off the front of the stage to store them at the rear where they wont be seen, then we head on upstairs to the dressing room. Its a very funny old 1970s looking room which is very cold, but there’s plenty of room for us and we even each get our own desk and mirror. (No one ever said this would be glamorous). We all get changed into our ‘Punch The Air’ uniforms and try to decide what to do next as there’s a lot of time to kill before we’re on stage this evening.

6.40pm – We head down to the main hall to grab a drink and have our pictures taken. I speak with the photographer Paul Briscoe whose a really, really nice guy. We laugh about  how he’s covered in specks of white paint as he’s spent the day painting his studio for a big photoshoot tomorrow. He asks where our other band members are, I reply confused “Thats it, we’re a three piece”, he tells me that we’ve got one heck of a massive sound for a three piece.

Checking out the venue hire a corporate event live band

7.20pm – I wonder around the venue taking various photographs and video and even head up into the stalls for better views and photos. My other corporate event contact for the event introduces himself and we chat for a while. He’s really buzzing and can’t wait for the live music to start at their company party. We pop out a few promotional flyers while mingling with other guests. The mighty Phil Upton (BBC Radio DJ) is the compere for this evening, and a damn entertaining job he does throughout the event. This is why you book professionals.

7.55pm – Its nearly 8pm and we’re seated and being served our fancy three course meal for the night. It would seem that things are already running about 30 minutes late. I doubt that will improve as the evening continues, but hey, this is Rock N Roll. The client brings us some soft drinks vouchers for the bar. She says if we need anymore to just ask.

9.15pm – Desert time (But it should be the actual Awards ceremony). We laugh about a few recent gigs we’ve played together. Also the large scale corporate events due in the next couple of weeks.

9.45pm – I head on stage and set up some video cameras to capture the bands performance. Hire a company party band who can entertain your guests the entire night.

9.55pm – I chat with Photographer Paul again about the kind of shots I like featuring the band at these types of corporate events. He says he’ll probably be around until about 11:00pm. So he should at least be able to get a few shots of us in. What a nice chap eh.

Awards Ceremony live band

10.10pm – The Awards start, there’s lots of big-beat dance tunes played while people are accepting their awards.

10:40pm – It sounds like the Awards Ceremony is coming to an end so we start to warm up our voices and get ready to re-tune guitars etc.

10:50pm – This corporate event live band is ready to go. Due to how late the night is now running we have to cut the first set short by a few numbers which is a shame, but that’s how it goes sometimes at corporate events. We start the set with ‘I Fought The Law’ followed by a few more 1960s numbers. Just to warm everyone up. People are up and dancing from the off set enjoying themselves and singing along to ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ with us. The lighting really is phenomenal, complementing the music wonderfully. Brendan wonders around the room tweaking the sound, boosting the volume for solos. He’s also taking pictures and recording some video himself (He’s earning his money this evening)

11:15pm – The first set is finished and we head off stage and take a quick 5 minute break.  I pop on some tunes over the PA…….that was short and sharp. Its a fantastic stage with plenty of space for crazy antics.

Onto the second indie rock band set book a corporate event live band

11:20pm – The second set starts with the lighter side of punk. Followed by some big 1970s singalong hits and massive indie rock cover band Britpop numbers. Most of the guests are up on the dancefloor dancing and singing their little hearts out. I spot photographer Paul doing his stuff (Ahhhhh, he stopped later than 11pm – Good man). There’s so much room on stage that we have the chance to really ham it up tonight with our live entertainment. So of course we do.

James appears through my legs at one point. We throw out some classic rock moves much to the crowds enjoyment. Everyone’s got their hands in the air for indie cover band ‘Place Your Hands’ by Reef, ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ by The Beatles. There’s a massive arms around each other moment for ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis. We end the evening with ‘You Really Got Me” by The Kinks with an excellent extra long gratuitous solo by James. The crowd throw up some air guitars of their own proving we are a top rated party band.

12:10pm – A few announcements about the bar closing/taxis/buses etc and we’re done. A little bit of DJ material goes on while we head off to the dressing room. We get changed back into civilian clothing. Then we start to pack everything away. Some guests come up to congratulate us asking for business cards and contact details. Phew, what an amazing night at this splendid corporate event.

Time to pack away

12:40pm – Packing down is always a LOT quicker than setting up and we’re ready to load the gear back into the van again.

12:50pm – We wait patiently by the barrier (Again) waiting to get the vehicles out.

1:00pm – We’re now on the road heading back home. Brendan and I discuss how mysteriously smoothly the evenings events went.

1:40pm – I drop Brendan off at his house and wish him well. Then I head back to mine which is only just down the road.

1:50pm – I’m home and earlier than I suspected which is always great. I’m so glad we bought the extra PA system with us tonight and also Brendan was a massive help. I look at my phone and see we’ve had a text at 1am from the client (see testimonials below) . What a lovely end to the evening and what an amazing corporate event.

Testimonials
Mike Fawcett – Capula Finance Director “Thanks a million for tonight it was truly awesome” (By text at 1am)

Jade Hughes – Capula Senior Project Administrator – “We’re getting fantastic comments back from everyone who attended on how good you guys were so a massive thank you”

Venue – Kings Hall, Stoke Town Hall, Kingsway, Stoke ST4 1JH
Photography – Paul Briscoe
Lighting – Hilton Studios
Compere – Phil Upton

‘Punch The Air‘ can also be booked to hire a wedding band, hire a party band, hire a birthday party band. Contact bass player Andrew Starkey to check on price and availability.

Last Minute NYE Band prices start from £1999 and include:

• Live performances until 12:30am
• DJ sets from event start until 1am
• Bands full backline
• PA, speakers, mixing desk
• Lighting
• Hard copy contract
• No agency fees (Savings you at least £400)

For New Years Eve performances ‘Punch The Air‘ play a massive selection of hits from modern day (George Ezra, Coldplay, The Killers, Walk The Moon) all the way through the years back to the 1950s and 1960’s (Rick Astley, Elvis, Beatles, Neil Diamond, The Monkees). Our repertoire shows that we play a great mix for all your guests and we are also able to tailor our sets to the audience on the spot as we perform live too. If it’s time to keep it rocking, we’ll keep it rockin, if it’s time for a slow number, we’ll chill it out. We know what your guests want to hear and when they want to hear it.

‘Punch The Air‘ have been performing as a Last Minute New Years Eve band since our inception all the way back in 2013. We have performed at Casino’s, pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels. If you’re holding a paid for ticketed event then speak to us about how to price your tickets at a great price and still be able to turn a nice profit for your business. Book a top rated party band for your NYE party.

Areas that last minute NYE band ‘Punch The Air’ are available to hire in:

• Staffordshire
• Derbyshire
• Leicestershire
• West Midlands
• Nottinghamshire
• Worcestershire
• All across the UK

Contact party band ‘Punch The Air‘ for your last minute NYE band.

Book ‘Punch The Air’ party band with female vocals.

You can book a party band with female vocals increasing the size of indie cover band ‘Punch The Air‘ from a three piece to a four piece party band. This function band is a brilliant option for you as it enables us to perform more female lead vocalist songs. It also give bass player Andy a chance to come off the microphone a little more so he can spend more time whipping your guests up into a frenzy jumping around the stage area and onto the dancefloor.

When you add Nina to our line up you can expect amazing female lead vocal songs by artists like Amy Winehouse, Pink, Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne, Florence + The Machine, Joan Jett, Tiffany. As well as great male and female lead vocal songs by artists like The Human League and more.

Expect to hear us mix it up every so slightly too from our normal indie rock repertoire with music from modern day pop and rock and old classic pop tunes too. Book female vocals in a band now.

Contact to hire a live function band now.

It couldn’t be easier to book wedding entertainment band ‘Punch The Air‘ party band with an extra female vocalist for a wedding band, birthday party band, festival band, party band, corporate event band or any event that live music is required at. Just fill in the below contact form or email punchtheairband@gmail.com or you can call or text on UK 07794 659405.

Find out more about female vocal band by visiting  Male and female vocals party band. We can’t wait to hear from you.