You can also book a party band with mixed vocals for your event. Function band ‘Punch The Air‘ are available to book with male and female vocals. We’ve teamed up with our great friend female singer Nina who will join us on stage at your wedding, birthday party, corporate event or party adding beautiful female lead vocals and also wonderful harmonies to our band. Nina has worked with many function groups and touring bands throughout the 30 years she has been a singer. She has her own ABBA tribute (So you know she can definitely blast out those notes perfectly) as well as a homage to the music of Quentin Tarantino films. Nina’s vocal range is absolutely huge and cuts through the mix of our guitar based indie band tremendously. Contact band leader Andy Starkey from party band ‘Punch The Air‘ right now to check on our availability and price for your live entertainment. Then you can hire a party band.
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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.
Having only performed live at a party two days prior to tonights, all of ‘Punch The Air‘ NYE Party Band gear was already loaded into my vehicle. Thus saving me a good twenty minutes loading time. I arrived at the venue at approx six thirty pm as the evening wasn’t due to start until 9pm. Our indie rock drummer had already arrived and he advised that we were playing in the main room this New years Eve. Again the lovely bar staff help us in with our gear (Which took up most of the space in venue) and we start to set up. We’re informed that 300 tickets have been sold, so its going to be a rammed and lively NYE for everyone. Contact lead singer Andy Starkey to book an NYE live party band for your event. There’s only one New Years Eve every year so make it count.
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Setting up NYE Live Party Band
There’s plenty of plug sockets around, but unfortunately they are none standard round pin type (Possibly due to the age of the building). The staff don’t seem to realise what the problem is so we scour the building for “Normal” plug sockets. We find only two which are located slightly around the corner……luckily this will just about suffice. So with a long extension lead and some black tape to secure it down with (so no ones trips over them) we’re finally ready and set up for a New Years Eve party and for a great night.
The venues have a bit lower ceilings than we’re used to. This means a few issues trying to set up lights on PA stands, but we get there in the end. We actually have a nice rectangular section of the venue to play in. Then we tape off our “Stage area” on the floor with a bit of yellow and black hazard tape so we can call out to the audience “Please do not cross the line” when they will no doubt start to get a little over excited later on.
It’s only just gone seven o’clock and punters are already starting to pour in and secure their seating for the evening…..they won’t be sitting still for long mind you 🙂
It takes quite a while to set up our Indie rock cover band as I’ve bought most of our lighting rig in addition to what we normally bring. But its sounding good. There’s no daft ringing sounds, echoes or other bizarre noises. This is something you sometimes find in old buildings (And have to try and EQ out). The soundcheck takes next to no time and we proceed to move all of our flight cases back to our vehicles.
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Pre live performance DJ services
Its 9pm and so the DJ set goes on. As its still Christmas party time really its 40 minutes of classics by Slade/McCartney/Wizard etc. Starting the night with keeping everyone in the festive mood. The alcohols flowing, the pizzas and burgers look and smell ultra tasty. We decide to go on a little later than proposed to allow every a chance to settle in a bit better.
I move the DJ set onto some more modern tunes (Bruno Mars/Robin Thick/Jessie J/Will.i.am). Then I switch it over to some classic 80s tracks just as our friends arrive (Its nice to play somewhere public for a change). Its now VERY busy in all sections of the venue and so I’m guessing most guests have arrived by now.
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First set live performance NYE Party Band
Its 10.15pm and time to get this NYE party band started. We arrive onto the stage area to the disco version theme tune to Star Wars and its a solid 45+ mins of classic material from 1950s to the mid 90s. Not two songs into our indie rock party band set and people are already up and dancing their little hearts out. A notable crowd favourite track is ‘Tubthumping‘. “If they’re enjoying singing/shouting along to this so much now then just wait until they get to our 2nd ‘Party set’ later on” I think to myself). There’s a slight hiccup with the power for a second (I knew just 2 plug sockets weren’t going to sustain us all evening long) but its hardly even noticeable.
It’s been a really warm first set, so we all leave the stage sweaty and red. I pop a little Disco on to keep everyone up and dancing. Its getting close to midnight and Ive already pre-prepared The Westminster Chimes and ‘Auld Lang Syne’ to play at midnight, but as there will be fireworks going off outside so no ones really going to hear it all.
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Midnight on NYE – Its a New Year Celebration
Midnight comes and I crank the PA up as loud as it will go so hopefully everyone can hear the chimes etc outside. The fireworks display is a huge success and everyone hugs and kisses everyone else wishing each other Happy New Year.
Punters start to stomp back into the venue, its 12.15am and we’re away with the second party set. There’s some classic punk numbers to start with to whip the crowd back up into a frenzy again .The dance-floors full in seconds. Onto some Kaiser Chiefs, Oasis, Blur and Primal Scream. I get the audience to sing-a-long with the main riff to Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes. Then we’re into a couple of 80s numbers. There’s stage invasions, & people singing down microphones. Cameras flash in our faces constantly and the audience shout their heads off to I Love Rock n Roll, Parklife and Sex On Fire.
The NYE party band set finishes and we’re straight into the second and third encores with the crowd chanting “Four more songs, four more songs”. Twenty minutes later and our live set ends with Jets – Are You Gonna Be My Girl. Then we’re all slumped down on the stage floor completely knackered. I pop on a few more party tunes from the DJ set and we start to pack away.
Ending the night….The obligatory fight
A scuffle ensues outside (It wouldn’t be New Years Eve without something like this happening would it). I start to wind down the volume and the tone of the DJ set. This helps calm everyone down so they’re ready to start heading home. The Police arrive…..and I don’t mean Sting and the rest of the guys (again it wouldn’t be NYE without seeing the Police).
Bar staff, friends and family help us to pack away. People are still coming up to tell us how great we were, how much they’ve enjoyed the party. Ain’t that nice. They ask if we can play just one more song? (Our amps, guitars and drums are now back in the vehicles at this point 🙂 ) Two couples ask “Can we book a New Years Eve Party Band for next year”. Hopefully that us out again then in 364 days time.
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I leave the venue at about 2pm and arrive home at about 2:30pm. Its quiet at home as all of my lot who were there tonight have gone to bed early far too drunk. So I toast the success of the night with my first beer and a hand full of peanuts. Then I start to type up the blog you’re reading now.
It was the best ‘Punch The Air‘ have ever performed. The best audience reaction we’ve ever had and the most fun we’ve had on stage yet. So, Happy New Year everyone and thanks for starting it with with us the best way possible. Read about our showcase live party band UK experiences.
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Essentially Punch The Air are an indie band that you can hire for a wedding or party. We perform indie rock cover versions of some of the most popular chart performing indie songs ever. Songs such as ‘Mr Brightside‘ by The Killers and ‘All The Small Things‘ by Blink 182. Also ‘Dakota‘ by Stereophonics, ‘Sex On Fire‘ by Kings Of Leon, Yellow by Coldplay. These are all absolutely huge indie pop tunes that all your guests (no matter what genre they favour or what age they are) will know and already love. Huge chart hitters from Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, Feeder, Arctic Monkeys and all these other artists. Doesn’t this sound like the kind of live music you’d prefer at your party? If so contact band leader Andy Starkey at ‘Punch The Air‘ for price and availability for your event.
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You can book Punch The Air indie rock band for a party of any kind across the UK including to:
What you’ll get when you hire an indie cover band for an event.
While at your event we’ll give you two massive high energy live performances. Or one long performance straight through if that’s what you require from us. Our on stage antics will rub off on you and all your guests and you’ll all be up dancing straight away. At most parties we’ll provide our state of the art PA sound system and also lighting for the dance-floor and stage area. At weddings and birthdays we’ll even throw in iPad DJ services throughout the night when we’re not performing live too. Also afterwards we’ll continue to DJ until midnight at no extra cost. All this from a professional party band with over a decade together (established in 2013). You can put your trust in an indie covers band with professionally shot live videos, vlogs and hundreds of live image galleries. All of which prove our 100% positive feedback track record and credentials.
See the live video of ‘Punch The Air‘ performing with Pippa Langhorne on our previous article as an indie female wedding band. Contact band leader And Starkey to hire an indie wedding band for price and availability. We love to play big or even small part in your party or live event.
How it all happened
We had no idea that Ms Langhorne was exhibiting at the same wedding fair as Punch The Air. As she was across the other side of the field in a tipi tent. Towards the end of the event she wondered over to our little staged area. There, she casually watched us for a few songs singing a dancing along to our live indie repertoire. We didn’t actually know who she was at all. But Andy thought it would be fun to ask her up on stage with us anyway even though he didn’t know if she could sing in tune or not. Eventually we managed to coerce her onto the stage not knowing anything about her musical talents. Watch Pippa Langhorne on stage with us.
She has been a singer and musician for many years and performs all over the world. Pippa Langhorne performs opera, rock and pop, is a Shania Twain tribute and much more. She is also a secret singing waiter. Read more about Pippa in our previous article.
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You too can book an indie wedding band with female vocals for your wedding day. Massive hits from Florence & The Machine, Joan Jett, Amy Winehouse, Girls Aloud, Tiffany and more. Powerful songs sung by a female lead singer at your wedding reception, party or corporate event. Contact bassist Andy now to check on price and availability.
An Indie function band will perform live guitar based alternative music at your special event. It will be music by original indie artists like Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, The Killers, Blur, Kings Of Leon, Blink 182, Coldplay, Feeder, Stereophonics and more. Live performances of songs by indie bands will sound incredibly similar to the original artists recordings. Including vocals and lyrics, guitar tones and guitar solos. Also drum patterns and vocal harmonies will mimic those from the original songs. Contact bass player Andy Starkey for price and availability to hire an indie function band for wedding, birthday or party.
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‘Punch The Air‘ are an indie function band formed in 2013 that you can book for many different types of events. If you require live entertainment and need to book a wedding band and hire a party band. Or if you need to hire a band for a corporate event, looking for a festival band and you enjoy indie rock music. Then we will be ideal as your live band. We’ll perform amazing and well known songs like All The Small Things (Na-na na na, na na na-na-na na), Dakota (You made me feel like the one), Don’t Look Back In Anger (So Sally can wait) Mr Brightside (Jealousy turning saints into the sea). Also Sex On Fire (You, this sex is on fire) and loads more indie killers. We don’t even mind if you sing the wrong lyrics back to us as long as you are enjoying yourselves. You love indie rock and we love indie rock too.
We’ll give you two high energy live performances that will rock your entire event. For weddings and birthday parties we’ll even include free tablet DJ services throughout the evening when we’re not performing live. We’ll continue with all the indie beats or play whatever type of music you want to hear. Whether its indie rock music you want to hear or another genre. We’ve got thousands of songs you can chose from. And we can take requests and make announcement for you too. Also all PA and lighting is included in the price too. In conclusion you need to contact ‘Punch The Air‘ as soon as possible to book an indie function band.
Not only do indie band Punch The Air produce live performance videos, and not only do we produce mimed to studio quality audio videos, also we produce making of videos too. Our mixed vocals party band (available as an optional extra) go the whole hog to prove to you what we’re capable of both off and on the stage. No other function band in the UK puts in this much effort to show you why they are the mixed vocal function band you need to book for your event. Contact band leader Andy Starkey right away to check on pricing and availability for live entertainment at your party.
Mixed Vocals Party Band
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When you book our mixed vocal party band ‘Punch The Air’ function band become a four piece party band. Our long time friend and professional musician Nina will join us on stage taking both lead female vocals and singing backing vocals and harmonising with Andy Starkey. Hire a female & male vocal band performing songs by Amy Winehouse, Joan Jett, Tiffany, Florence & The Machine, Alanis Morissette, Girls Aloud and more. Amazing tunes with wonderful mixed vocals as your live wedding band or party band. You can hire a mixed vocals band for any occasion.
Making Of “You’ve Got The Love” by Florence + The Machine video
It took a whole day to film our cover version of this smash hit single. An incredible female vocal song by Florence And The Machine “You’ve Got The Love”. Although it was incredibly cold outside luckily the weather stayed dry and it didn’t rain once. Thats not to say that female vocalist Nina didn’t feel the cold. Throughout the video shoot she had to stand around in her lovely blue dress. Enjoy the above video. Subsequently you’ll see what it takes to shoot a proper video for a female and male vocal party band. Then imagine having our party band perform as your wedding band, corporate event band or party band with mixed vocals. Doesn’t this sound like the type of band you should be hiring for your next event?
Hire a wedding party band like no other and have indie rock wedding band ‘Punch The Air‘ perform live entertainment for you and all your guests. Big indie tunes from Stereophonics, Coldplay The Killers, Oasis, Kings Of Leon, Wheatus, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys and more. Plus fantastic very well known songs from modern day back artists through the decades. Amy Winehouse, George Ezra, The Beatles, Van Morrison, Lynyrd Skynyrd and more pop hits. Contact bass player Andrew Starkey straight away to check on price and availability to book a wedding party band in your area.
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Our wedding function band formed in 2013 and we hit the ground running. ‘Punch The Air‘ were an instant success with wedding couples and their guests around the UK. Clients loved our high energy performances of indie rock and pop songs from the last 60 years. They always compliment us on how we always get them and their guests up dancing happily along to our wedding cover band. Our choice of songs is always tailored exactly to the dance-floors requirements. If it looks like you and your guests want to hear some more older or newer tunes…..Then thats what we’ll do. This why you need book a professional wedding band and not amateur musicians.
As we don’t use any backing tracks we are able to keep or switch genres on the spot and always make sure the party continues. This is unlike a lot of bands who have to keep to a strict set list because they use pre-recorded backing tracks. We are a fully live band and to boot a huge sounding band (But always at a reasonable volume level). There are no gimmicks going off in the background on a laptop. It’s just pure live music the way it should always be.
Book a party band for your wedding and you’ll receive from us:
No agency fees (Which can usually add 20% on top of your bill for receiving nothing more from your wedding entertainment).
Free iPad DJ services when the band aren’t performing live until midnight.
An easy going and professional set of musicians able to cope with anything thrown at us.
Professional function musicians
‘Punch The Air‘ are a highly recommended wedding band with hundreds of honest reviews from over the many years we have been together as a professional wedding band. Also our live wedding band has many optional extras for you to chose from such as adding a female lead singer to our line up. Also evening photographer (As usually photographers go home after the first dance missing all the fun of the night). Plus you can also hire a projector from us too, and many other extras. Watch all of our professionally shot live videos and we know you’ll decide that we are the wedding band for your special day.
All you need to do is contact ‘Punch The Air‘ and let us know as much about your event as possible. Wedding venue name, postcode and your schedule. We’ll get back to you in less than 48 hours with our price and availability.
You can also book a female singer wedding band for your wedding reception. Hire ‘Punch The Air‘ party band with our additional female vocalist Nina and expand our trio out to a four piece with amazing female vocals. You’ll hear popular women singer songs by artists like Amy Winehouse, Pink, Alanis Morissette, Girls Aloud, The Human League. Also Avril Lavigne, Florence + The Machine, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Tiffany and more. Couple that with the best indie rock tunes, massive chart pop hits from modern day. We’ll then tale you all the way back to the 50s. So that’s amazing songs from Queen, Stereophonics, Coldplay, The Beatles, George Ezra, Blink 182, The Kinks, Kaiser Chiefs, The Mavericks and more. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on availability and price to add additional female vocals to your wedding reception band.
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Have the the best of both worlds and hire a female singer wedding band by adding Nina to our function band line up. Mixed female and male vocals for your wedding reception party band. Therefore complimenting your wonderful day at your chosen wedding venue. When you hire a professional wedding party band you won’t need to hire in any extra third party sound equipment. ‘Punch The Air‘ are a fully self contained wedding entertainment professional band. We’ll bring along our amazing PA system that we can tailor the volume of precisely for your wedding reception venue. We’ll also bring along a super state of the art lighting rig too.
You will not believe the amazing live sound we can produce from our Yamaha PA system. Everything is crystal clear with big emphasis on the clarity of vocals. You won’t hear any screaming feedback or stupidly loud guitars, everything will be set precisely for your enjoyment. Guests of all ages will enjoy the volume and purity of our guitar amplifiers and PA system.
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Also we’ll supply you with lighting for the dance-floor and staging area. Plus we’ll even throw in Tablet DJ services when we’re not performing live until midnight (Extendable out past midnight for an additional fee). With lots of wedding supplierextras to choose from we can help make your wedding run as smooth as possible.
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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.
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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.
Book a School House Wedding Band Weeford Lichfield and have Staffordshires best indie rock cover band ‘Punch The Air’ handle all live music as your wedding reception band. This Lichfield wedding venue is located on Church Hill, Weeford, Nr Lichfield, Staffs, WS14 0PW, which is just off A5 Watling Street. This makes it incredibly easy to get to this Staffordshire wedding venue from Tamworth, Lichfield, Sutton Coldfield, Cannock, Walsall and Burton Upon Trent.
We’ll perform a solid mix of fantastic live chart music and indie rock classics that you and all your guests will enjoy. Oasis, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, George Ezra, Blink 182, The Killers. Also tunes by The Beatles, Amy Winehouse, Florence & The Machine, Elvis and more from our live repertoire. All you need to do is contact bass player Andy Starkey to check on price and availability of our wedding function band. Hire a wedding band in Weeford giving you wedding entertainment from professional Staffordshire musicians. We’re ready to rock your wedding.
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The School House Restaurant, Manleys Brasserie is a perfect wedding venue for your special day. We’ll provide absolutely everything needed to make your wedding reception the most memorable day of your life. You won’t need to hire in any equipment with our live Lichfield party band. We’ll bring along PA sound system speakers, lighting for the dance-floor and stage area. Also we’ll provide you with iPad DJ services too when we’re not performing live so you can continue to party hearty. This is the wedding you’ve always dreamt of and we’ll give it you 100%.
