Thats it, you’re done, stop the endless searching, you have just found your Herefordshire Wedding Band. Indie rock wedding band ‘Punch The Air‘ will give you, your other half and all your guests a night you’ll never forget. Hands in the air, Air Guitars, singing and shouting your heads off with us. As your Herefords wedding band we’ll play huge indie rock cover band classics from Coldplay, Wheatus, Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, Fountains Of Wayne, The Killers, Kings Of Leon and more from our repertoire. While for your guests, your family and work colleagues we’ll give them pop music from the last 60 years. Massive chart hits from Walk The Moon, George Ezra, The Beatles, Amy Winehouse and more. Contact professional musicians ‘Punch The Air’ and hire a wedding band in Herefordshire right now.
Herefordshire Wedding Band
Book a Herefordshire wedding band for some of our favourite venues including:
As your Herefordshire wedding band we’ll come supplied with absolutely everything needed to provide you with live entertainment at your Bromyard wedding reception band. First of all we’ll bring all the bands backline, PA system speakers and mixing desk. Furthermore with this we’ll bring lighting for the stage and dance-floor. Finally we’ll also give you iPad DJ services throughout the night until midnight as standard. Consequentially you won’t need to hire in any third parties and this will save you a fair bit of money as your Kington wedding band professionals.
Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.
Punch The Air Peak District Wedding Band Wheeldon Trees Cottages - Indie Rock & Chart Pop Covers
Beautiful Herefordshire weddings
Herefordshire Wedding band really is in a fantastic part of the country. First of all the road network is very easy to traverse with M50 A438 and A49 easily taking you around the county. With lovely countryside all around you Shropshire wedding band, Worcestershire wedding band, Gloucestershire wedding band and Wales to the west.
Contactindie rock wedding band ‘Punch The Air‘ to check on price and availability for you Herefordshire Wedding reception band. There are 365 wedding days a year, but only one day for your wedding and so a 1 in 365 chance that ‘Punch The Air‘ might be available. Don’t leave it up to chance, book a professional wedding band for your big day.
Hire East Midlands Wedding Band ‘Punch The Air‘ for your indie rock wedding band. Leicester wedding band, Nottingham indie wedding band, and Derby indie rock wedding band are available for your live entertainment. Contact band leader Andrey Starkey to book a live wedding band and hire a wedding band in the East Midlands area.
East Midlands Wedding Band
Book an East Midlands Wedding band performing Indie Rock
Hire an indie rock wedding band for your Loughborough wedding, Northampton wedding reception, Mansfield wedding party or Lincoln evening wedding reception. ‘Punch The Air‘ will give you the indie beats you’ve been searching long and hard for. For you and your partner we’ll give you classic indie rock tracks by Coldplay, Oasis, The Killers, Blink 182, Kings Of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs, Wheatus, The Fratellis and more from our indie rock repertoire. Then for your guests and friends we will perform family friendly chart pop songs from modern day all the way back through to the 1950’s. Consequently everyone will love our songs by The Beatles, Any Winehouse, Queen, Buzzcocks, The Human League, George Ezra and more. All seriously enjoyable and fun live entertainment at your wedding the whole night long.
Indie Rock Wedding Band 'Punch The Air'
Hire an indie rock wedding band with quality live videos shot at actual wedding receptions.
First of all with East Midlands indie rock wedding band ‘Punch The Air‘ you don’t need to worry along the lines of “What will my Chesterfield wedding band actually sound like live though?” (As you will have to with most other wedding bands out there) Because we provide you with quality live videos shot at previous Boston wedding band clients weddings. Most other Corby wedding bands out there are pulling the wool over your eyes. Their videos are NOT live, it’s all fake. They’re just tricking you by miming over studio recorded audio. Is this fair? No way, it’s really not on if you think about it as it’s not representing the band honestly is it.
Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.
Everything you see and hear on our Grantham indie wedding band website is 100% real and furthermore one hundred percent live. Therefore really do sound this good on stage and put on a great performance in front of your Hinckley wedding band guests. As a result you can view all of our other live videos, images, read our Blogs and watch our Vlogs. Furthermore no other indie wedding band works this hard to prove to you what they get up to on a weekly basis. Book a wedding reception band with fantastic wedding entertainment.
Our favourite East Midlands wedding band venues include
Osmaston Park, Ashbourne Derbyshire
Swancar Farm Country House, Trowell Nottingham
The Pumping House, Newark
The Shottle Hall Estate, Shottle
Rufford Mill, Rufford Country Park, Nottinghamshire
Sketchley Grange Hotel & Spa, Hinckley Leicestershire
Also Catthorpe Manor, Lutterworth
As well as even more wedding venue in Kettering, Newark-on-Trent, Skegness, and Wellingborough wedding band.
Contact indie wedding band ‘Punch The Air‘ to check on price and availability and therefore hire a wedding band in East Midlands area.
Since forming over a decade ago in 2013 Northamptonshire Wedding Band ‘Punch The Air‘ have performed all over Northamptonshire and beyond. Our repertoire consists of classic indie rock anthems and mega pop chart hits from the 1950’s, 60’s, 70′, 1980’s, 1990’s and 2000’s onwards. George Ezra, The Killers, Coldplay, Neil Diamond, Queen, Oasis, Florence + The Machine. Also Kaiser Chiefs, Undertones, Fratellis, Stereophonics, Bryan Adams and Muse is what we’ll play for you. You and all your guests – young to old – will thoroughly enjoy our live performances. We strongly encourage audience participation. You’ll sing, dance and clap along to us all night long and party like there’s no tomorrow. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability to book a Northamptonshire wedding band.
Northamptonshire Wedding Band
Hire a Northamptonshire Wedding band suitable for all wedding styles.
It doesn’t matter what type of Northampton wedding band you’re looking for. Be it a traditional function wedding band, modern wedding band or contemporary wedding band. ‘Punch The Air‘ can handle all your live entertainment and give you and your guests an amazing “sing your heart out” time. Watch the professionally shot completely live video below showing the bride, groom and all their guests exact reactions to our performances. We are the only real choice to hire a wedding band in Northamptonshire. Read reviews from many of our previous wedding clients. Watch our Vlogs of what occurs when you hire an indie rock wedding band for your wedding reception. Surely this all makes sense to you right? There’s good reason you don’t just choose ANY old band to handle the biggest day of your life. You want the professionals don’t you.
Indie Rock Wedding Band 'Punch The Air'
What we’ll bring to your Northamptonshire wedding reception.
Massive sing-along/dance-along hits from Classic Indie Anthems artists then wedding chart music from the last 60 years.
A professional Northants wedding band experience from your initial contact right through to when your event ends.
State of the art high end PA system, sound desk and lighting rig.
DJ services before, in-betweeen and after live performances so you can continue to dance the night away.
Public liability insurance and PAT certification.
No agency fees. Saving you £400+
A very competitive price that you’ll be hard to beat.
Over 30 years of live entertainment experience.
Most importantly ‘Punch The Air‘ have over 30 years hands on experience in the live music entertainment industry. We are able to very quickly problem solve any issues that might occur on the day of your wedding party. Stop and think for a moment.
Should your wedding band have this type of knowledge and experience? Should it be an important factor on your decision of who to hire on your very special day? Do you want a professional band with a tried and proven track record that can continue to entertain your guests while staring in the face of adversity?
Or do you want a bunch of kids straight out of university who crumble at the first signs of a problem? Have no idea how to solve whatever has gone wrong and have to walk off stage defeated? Leaving your guests very unhappy and with you in tears ruining your special day completely?
If it’s the former then contact ‘Punch The Air‘ as we are the professional party band for you with many years of live entertainment experience. We also have the ability to problem solve any issues that may occur so the show can ALWAYS go on.
Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.
Some of our favourite Northants wedding venues include
The Walnut Tree Inn, Blisworth
Westone Manor Hotel, Northampton
Collingtree Park Golf Club, Northampton
Highgate House, Creaton
Dodford Manor, Dodford
Crockwell Farm, Daventry, Northampton
Whittlebury Park, Towcester
Various other East Midlands wedding reception venues
We can provide you with live Indie Rock Wedding wedding band entertainment all over Northampton, Rushden, Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough and Daventry.
Andy Starkey is an acoustic wedding singer based in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Andrew is always trying to provide potential clients with something different and a bit more interesting than just live videos to show he’s more than just another professional musician with a guitar. Discover more about Andy Starkey and book an acoustic wedding singer.
Acoustic Wedding Singer
Acoustic Wedding Singer Videos
In this Vlog watch Andy as he prepares for a performance outdoors on a sunny August in Edgbaston, Birmingham. It’ not just a case picking up an acoustic wedding singer guitar, putting it in a case. Then throwing it in the boot of your car. If you want clients to be able to hear you loud enough over their own volume you’ll need an amplifier, power supply, mixing desk, microphone and various leads. Also a bit of stage lighting will help set the mood better as well won’t it. This is also the same for wedding entertainment and when you hire a wedding band.
With Birmingham being over an hour away there’s no chance of being able to drive back home again in case anything has been forgotten. Acoustic Wedding Singer Andy has a strict routine and packing list he follows for every performance whether its solo acoustic or with his full band ‘Punch The Air‘. Andy will always have the correct equipment necessary including spares in case anything should break so the show can always go on. Wedding singer Andy leaves his house in Staffs, travelling through Weeford, Bassets Pole, past Moxhull Hall, The Belfry Hotel & Resort Sutton Coldfield, through Minworth, Erdington, Aston until eventually reaching his Bham destination.
Acoustic Wedding Singer Vlog (Punch The Air solo Andy Starkey)
As you will see in the above acoustic wedding singer video vlog its a nice busy beer & gin festival with lots on tap and in bottles. Watch as Andy gets guests up dancing and singing along with him. He wants wants you to enjoy yourself as much as he is enjoying himself.
Wedding Singer
Songs by name and artist featured in this Vlog are:
Mr Brightside by The Killers
Happy Together by The Turtles
Can’t Buy Me Love by The Beatles
Stand By Me by Ben E King
Budapest by George Ezra
Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry
Dance The Night Away by The Mavericks
Mrs Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel/Lemonheads
Hey Jude by The Beatles
Andy was also featured in the promotional video for this swanky pub too performing live entertainment.
Bar Promotional Video. Featuring Andy Starkey from Punch The Air - Acoustic Solo Guitar & Vocals
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.
Band
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.
Indie Rock Wedding Band 'Punch The Air'
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.
Band
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.
Group
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.
Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.
Our band provides you with:
Real live audio taken directly from our digital desk.
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.
Bilston Brook Wedding Barn Band Lichfield - Emma & Tims Wedding Reception Band
Read more about Pippa Langhorne in our >>> new article <<<. So, here we are indie rock band ‘Punch The Air’ performing live with the lovely Pippa completely by accident at a wedding fair in Shrewsbury, Shropshire wedding band. Book a party band with a female singer for your wedding reception and add female vocals to our function band. Huge female songs by Amy Winehouse, Joan Jett, Florence + The Machine and more. Contact bass player to hire a professional wedding band to check on price and availability for a party.
Pippa Langhorne performing Valerie by Amy Winehouse with Indie Rock Function band ‘Punch The Air’.
Valerie (Amy Winehouse Cover Version) with Pippa Langhorne & Punch The Air party band
About Pippa Langhorne singer
Pippa was an ITV ‘Britains Got Talent’ television program semi finalist with her incredibly cute singing dog Buddy. They literally stole the show. You can read lots more information about the wonderful Pippa Langhorne indie female wedding band in our new blog. Book a female indie wedding band for your special day or event and have a professional wedding band handle all your live entertainment. Established over a decade ago in 2013 ‘Punch The Air‘ are the high energy band you can trust to get all your guests up and dancing.
Pippa Langhorne
Shropshire Wedding Band video
You can watch our full adventures of what occurred throughout our day below in our Shropshire Function Band Vlog. You’ll see what we got up to throughout the wedding fair. Check out all the fun we had as a function band and book a wedding cover band for your wedding reception. We’d love to play a big part in your event or party.
Wedding Band In Shropshire (Punch The Air Vlog) - Professional Function Band
It’s never too late or too early to book your Staffordshire Christmas Party Band ‘Punch The Air‘ for your works Xmas Party or company Christmas dinner. We perform lots of great Christmas party songs as well as a great mix of Indie rock and other songs from modern day back to the 1950s. If this sounds like the sort of party you’d like this festive season then contact band leader Andy Starkey to hire a Christmas band for an X-mas Party and book a professional band to do the job properly.
Staffordshire Christmas Party Band
Staffordshire Christmas Party Band videos
‘Punch The Air‘ perform a number of classic Christmas tunes at your Xmas do find out more about our Christmas Party band package. Below are videos of Christmas Party band ‘Punch The Air‘ performing live at various parties over November and December around Stafford, Lichfield, Birmingham and the UK
Merry Xmas Everybody – Slade Cover version by ‘Punch The Air’
Staffordshire Xmas Party band performing Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade to 200 dinner party guests a corporate Christmas do a The Old Library, Birmingham. Contact Andy to book corporate entertainment for your Christmas party now.
Christmas Party Band 'Punch The Air' - 'Merry Xmas Everybody' by Slade Punch The Air band
Christmas Festival Band
Next are three videos also live on stage for a Lichfield Christmas Lights switch on. Watch as we get the 2000 strong Staffs crowd singing along with us. We’re experts in audience participation. We want you to have as much fun off stage as we do on stage.
Last Christmas – Wham Cover version by ‘Punch The Air’ by Staffordshire Christmas Party Band
Our own cover version of this classic 1980’s Xmas songs by English pop duo Wham! written by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in 1984.
Last Christmas - Wham Cover version by 'Punch The Air' live at a Christmas Festival Lights Switch On
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town – Cover version by ‘Punch The Air’
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town is one the most covered Christmas songs ever, there are over 10,000 different versions on YouTube alone. Here’s live entertainment of rocked up version of this 1934 classic at a Staffordshire Christmas Lights Switch On. Watch as everyone in the crowd sings along with us.
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - McFly Cover by 'Punch The Air' live at Christmas Lights Switch On
Merry Xmas Everybody – Slade cover version by ‘Punch The Air’ Staffs Christmas Party Band
Another recording of us performing this classic Midlands, Wolverhampton based 1970s rock band featuring Noddy Holder by Slade.
Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade Cover Version by 'Punch The Air'
Christmas Wedding
We’ve even performed Christmas songs upon request at clients wedding too. Here is a crowd sourced video of Last Christmas by Wham with the bride & groom up on stage with us at The Mill Barns wedding band, Alveley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. If you’re booking a December Wedding then why not throw in a few Christmas songs too.
Last Christmas by Wham cover by Punch The Air at Hayley & Toms Wedding
3:20pm – I set off for Taunton, to perform in Somerset at a 40th Birthday Party Band bright and early in the mid afternoon. It’s a very long way away and I don’t want to be late by getting caught up in traffic allow the way of this mammoth journey from Lichfield. But long haul travel is a necessary evil for professional musicians. Classic Indie Rock party band ‘Punch The Air’ are playing in a barn on a farm for a 40th Birthday Party tonight. The client also hired our additional late night DJ services after so I doubt I’m going to be home before 4am tomorrow. Yes, thats four o’clock in the middle of the night. Maybe I should have booked a hotel. Find out more about our indie rock birthday party band package. View our many live videos, peruse our galleries then contact band leader Andy Starkey for to check on price and availability for your birthday party.
40th Birthday Party Band
The client chose to hire a 40th Birthday Party Band
3:30pm – My sat nav (Apple Maps) tells me that the best way to get to the M5 is through Sutton Coldfield and then Wylde Green, Erdington and onto the M6 (Personally I would’ve thought the M42 would be quickest, but I assume it knows best……)
Indie Rock Party Band 'Punch The Air' - All The Small Things (Blink 182 Cover)
4:00pm – I’m still not even on the M6 yet…..Next time (and on the way back) I’ll use my own instincts.
5.00pm – I’m well into the journey on the M5 now and even though there are lots of 40 & 50mph road work speed limits the traffic is moving nicely. I listen to Radio 2, Abba Gold (Hey even indie rock dudes like us like a bit of ABBA) a bit of the Beatles and make a few phone calls to while away the motorway hours.
5:30pm – I’ve just passed Bristol and Portishead so it’s not THAT much further now until indie cover band ‘Punch The Air’ arrive.
Slightly wrong venue
6:10pm – I pull up at completely the wrong farm (And so has everyone else attending the 40th Birthday a man tells me who directs me to the correct farm)…..Again thanks Apple Maps.
6:12pm – I pull into the correct venue of the 40th Birthday party, a large ground with multiple tents, buildings and barns everywhere and I’m directed into a barn containing cows. I notice the “Farmyard” smells for just a few moments until it becomes a part of natural breathing. Tonight it seems we’re playing on the back of a trailer and I’m able to pull the van right up to the rear of it and keep it there all night. (Thank goodness they’ll be no dragging PA speakers through muddy fields). Stewart (Our session/dep drummer for the evening due to Matt being currently on holiday in Thailand) must have arrived very early as he’s already completely set up.
There are a couple of little kids hanging around who have apparently been enjoying themselves playing on Stu’s drums while he waits for me. I think this is going to be a great night for our indie rock cover band.
6.15pm – Stu and I start to pull all the gear from the van and decide where its going on and off stage. A wooden dance floor has been laid out and there are a couple of lights on the wall. There’s a couple of kegs of beer and various spirits and bottles of wine up the far corner bar. The barn is done out in true barnyard style with bales of hay making up seating areas and huge round wooden tables. Its gonna be one heck of a ho-down tonight.
Book a 40th Birthday Party Band – Meeting the client
6:20pm – The 40th Birthday girl introduces herself to us and we chat for a while about booking live entertainment. She’s a lovely gal.
Band For 40th Birthday Party
6.25pm – James arrives and starts to unload his gear. There are multiple questions from the group of kids hanging around and a little girl calling herself “Fizzy” quickly hooks herself onto us. I worry that there is not going to be enough power sources nearby but our 25 and 50 meter power extension cables do the job nicely.
6:56pm – The initial set up of our backline is nearly complete and we’re just about ready to sound check. It’s clear from the offset that the PA is going to have to be a lot louder than usual so its a good job we’ve got 1.6Kw of power to play with. There’s a slight issue when “Phantom Powered” microphones and I have to re-check input levels again, but nothing major. I’d spent a good few hours with the PA on Friday morning tinkering with bass, gate and EQ settings and its really paid off as we sound better than ever. I can hear myself crystal clear on stage through my in ear radio monitoring system so that makes me happy and calm.
Indie Rock Cover of Shotgun originally by George Ezra by Punch The Air party band
7.12pm – During soundcheck “Fizzy” asks for some Guns N Roses, so James obliges. Followed by various other classic rock requests from her.
Ahead of schedule
7.30pm – 30 minutes ahead of schedule I pop the DJ iPad software on over the PA and we get the party started way ahead of schedule. I set up the custom projector logo I created for the client. Which you can see in the below image. It features images of the passions in life. Farming, sailing, hockey and skiing. Pretty cool eh
40th Birthday Projector Logo
7.34pm – Guests start to appear and I continue to set up more on stage and dance floor lighting. It’s a good job I bought EVERYTHING with me as its a huge barn and what with there being no wall behind us the light would just be getting lost otherwise. Kids dance the way only kids can dance and a little toddler dressed in red is already having the time of his life…..I hope they get to see us perform live later on.
8:10pm – I get changed into my onstage clothing and pop out to mingle with guests.
8.40pm – Its starting to get dark now and “Backstage” i.e. in the actual cow shed its getting very dark and I wonder how we’ll be able to see how to get up on stage later. But we borrow a large torch (Now on my shopping list) and we can see what we’re doing. Later on we find a floodlight…even better.
8:45pm – The toddler dressed in reds parents introduce themselves to us and tell us that “Noah” loves music and he’ll no doubt be right at the front of the stage dancing his little heart out later…..The more the merrier we say.
First live performance by 40th Birthday Party Band
9.00pm – Here goes the first set. There’s Beatles, The La’s, Wonderstuff (Dedicated to the real life cows behind us that we must be keeping awake), Amy Winehouse and more. Thats the indie rock cover band audience members catered for. The crowd are up and dancing from the off set, and so is little toddler Noah……bless him.
9.20pm – We all sing a classic Happy Birthday to the birthday girl, followed by our own full band version.
9.40pm – The client joins us onstage to sing ‘Johnny B Goode’ (unbeknown to us, but still tonnes of fun), we even change the words to her name. This is why Punch The Air are a top rated party band. We later find out that she used to play the track in a band she had when she was a teenager. Its nice to know you can still remember words to songs 25 years later eh.
Classic Indie Rock Cover Band
Wonderwall by Oasis is performed next.
Little toddler Noah waves us all a lovely farewell on the second to last song of the set before he’s taken off to bed by his parents.
First live performance closes
9.50pm – This Charming Man closes the first set (Both sets have been tailored to suit a 40th Birthday Party). I announce over the PA (At the clients request) that it time for all the kids to go to sleep. Now so all the adults can party without them. I stick on some modern pop music and we quickly head off stage. We down a few pints of water and head out to help ourselves to the buffet. The caterers at this 40th Birthday have produced some of the best tasting treats I’ve ever eaten. The pig roast (Supplied by a different local supplier) is out of this world (Pictured).
Hog Roast
We feed goats, stroke dogs, entertain some of the remaining kids still awake. Also we chat with guests (Who try to quiz us on what’s coming up in the second set) and catch up with the birthday girl.
10.05pm – I sample a pint of the local amber ale that’s on tap and very nice it is too. The parties in full swing now and everyone’s hankering for us to go back on stage again.
Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.
40th Birthday Party Band second set commences
10.40pm – We tune up and quickly start the second live set with some light hearted punk/pop.
10.47pm – Everyone’s back on the dance floor singing and dancing along. We play a classic Pulp hit, a few 80s numbers and its time for the audience to sing the rest of the set to us. Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Kings Of Leon, we pay them all.
10.59pm – The audience are now up on tables, hay stacks and giant cable coils acting as makeshift tables. The crowd scream out for more.
11.40pm – We’re still going…..
11.45pm – We leave the stage to passionate applause and I pop a bit of Blur on, followed by Queen. It not over yet though as…..
11.53pm – We’re back on stage for a final encore. Help by The Beatles followed by a request that we don’t usually get the opportunity to perform live. ‘One Day Like This’ by Elbow. It was requested by the client to be played on the DJ playlist but why not go one better and perform it live for her 40th Birthday Party?
11.55pm – “Throw those curtains wide, one day like this a year will see me right” everyone sings with us.
Second set ends
12.05am – And the live sets are finally over and the DJ set starts up. Many members of the audience come up and shake us by the hand congratulating us on such a wonderful performance. The client comes over to thank me and I notice she doesn’t seem all the inebriated…..”I’ve not been drinking” she informs me…..Imagine that, sober on your 40th Birthday…..each to their own eh. She thanks us for a brilliant night, but its not over yet.
12.10am – The client requested a collection of songs to be performed DJ wise. I slip those on for her as we begin the laborious task of packing everything down. That we can do without disturbing PA speakers or dance floor lighting.
12.35am – We’re asked for a couple of requests by guests, so they go on too. Guitars, amps and drums are cleared away and so is a heck of lot of cabling…..I’m still always surprised how much gear we own and what it takes to get ‘Punch The Air’ its own unique thick sound. James disappears off back home and Stu very, very kindly offers to stick around. He going to help me out with the rest of the gear when the nights over.
1.00am – The 40th Birthday party band is over. We give the last of the dancers a round of applause. Stu and I start to pack away the rest of the PA and lighting. The vans very near, so this shouldn’t take too long. The client thanks me again and asks me if I want any food to eat on the way home. I take a little cheese and fresh fruit to hopefully keep me awake later.
Leaving the venue
1.15am – We finally leave the farm and start the long journey home. Having discussed with Stu a quicker way back when I reach the Midlands I’m confident I can be home before 4am.
2.30am – Making good time and listening to some great tunes. But it pains me to have to pull into a motorway service station. I need for some fuel. At least it’s a swanky new forecourt and interior at Gloucester. The cashier is nice and cheerful for this time of night.
3:40am – I’m home and 20 minutes earlier than I’d hoped. I pour myself a glass of honeyed vodka with ice and head off to bed (Come on, I deserve it). It really was a great book a 40th Birthday party band affair. The client was really lovely, it was a brilliant makeshift venue. The crowd were really up for it all night long, and we sounded better than ever. I love it when a plan comes together.
JOB DONE.
The following day we receive this lovely testimonial from the client: “Absolutely ROCKING night – thank you to all the band for a superb night – we loved every minute of it!!!”
We do enjoy performing as Mill Barns Bridgnorth Wedding Band. Indie Rock wedding band ‘Punch The Air‘ have performed at this Alveley wedding venue on many occasions. We’ll give brides & grooms classic and modern indie rock songs from The Killers, Kings Of Leon, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs and more. For your other guests we’ll play music by George Ezra, Bryan Adams, The Beatles, Queen, Amy Winehouse, Florence And The Machine and more from our wedding repertoire. Your wedding guests will be up dancing all night long to our incredible mix of wedding party band music. Contact bass player Andy Starkey to check on availability and price to hire a Shropshire wedding band venue.
Mill Barns Wedding Band
Mill Barns Bridgnorth Wedding Band video
Don’t worry, we’ve got video proof of us actually performing at this wedding venue. Has any other band you might be considering? Watch as Hayley & Tom first of all get married at Mill Barns, Alveley wedding venue with Indie rock wedding band ‘Punch The Air‘ waiting in the wings. Enjoy watching them lark around with their friends and family. They cut the cake, then finally hold onto your seats as ‘Punch The Air‘ take to the stage and indie rock their weddingout. The song featured in this video is our studio recording (None live) version of Parklife by indie band Blur. This track always goes down incredibly well at wedding receptions as guests LOVE to sing-along with us.
Mill Barns Bridgnorth Wedding Band WV15 6HL 'Punch The Air' High Energy Party Band
Hire a Mill Barns Party Band and we’ll give you:
Two live performances of indie rock cover band & chart pop music.
All sound and lighting equipment for your Shropshire wedding.
iPad DJ services throughout and until midnight.
Hard copy contract for piece of mind.
An amazing night of songs and dancing that you’ll never forget.
All night long smiles for you and your guests.
Saving over £400 by not booking through an agency.
Photo gallery at The Mill Barns.
Mill Barns Wedding Band live Christmas video
This was a December wedding so Christmas party band ‘Punch The Air’ also crowd created this video of the bride and groom joining us on stage for Last Christmas by Wham. All audio is 100% live. “Oh what fun it is to have, Punch The Air on your wedding day….hey”. Have you ever known another wedding reception band work this hard to prove to you what they do on a weekly basis professionally?
Last Christmas by Wham cover by Punch The Air at Hayley & Toms Wedding
Mill Barns band photo of Bride & Father dancing.
A lovely image of Mill Barns band ‘Punch The Air‘ “Second dance” with Bride ‘Hayley’ dancing alone with her father while guests enjoy this wonderful moment. Moments later indie wedding band ‘Punch The Air’ cracked into our first set and everyone rushed to the dance-floor. You too can hire a wedding band in Bridgnorth and around Shropshire.
Bride & Father Dance at Mill Barns Bridgnorth
To note about this Alveley wedding venue.
This modern Shropshire wedding venue (as stated in their T&Cs) has a sound limiter. It is set to 100 decibels. When you hire a wedding band make sure they have an electronic drum kit as we do. ‘Punch The Air‘ have a state of the art electronic drum kit to help adhere to this wedding venue’s volume levels. Sound quality wise you wouldn’t even know it wasn’t an acoustic drum kit you were hearing at the wedding reception. Contact to book a wedding function band.
Indie Rock Wedding Band 'Punch The Air'
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Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.
One of our favourite live experiences in the Midlands is to perform as a Gorcott Redditch Wedding Band. Indie Rock wedding band ‘Punch The Air‘ absolutely love this Redditch wedding venue with its fantastic cross between classic vintage & modern day contemporary interior & exterior. In addition the huge bifold patio doors enable guests to spill out onto the grassed area outside if you can’t all fit onto the dance floor (Weather permitting). Contact bass player Andy Starkey to book a wedding band in Redditch and also to check on price and availability.
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Your Gorcott Redditch Wedding Band live video
Below you will see us performing live when hired as a Redditch wedding band at Gorcott Hall band. We shot this video completely live while at Abigail and Grahams wedding reception. In this video you will see ‘Punch The Air‘ performing Gorcott Hall Wedding Band featuring Sex On fire by Kings Of Leon, Mr Brightside by The Killers. Similarly live we’ll perform at your wedding: Place Your Hands by Reef, Teenage Kicks by The Undertones, Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams. Also All The Small Things by Blink 182, I Love Rock & Roll by Joan Jett, The One & Only by Chesney Hawkes. Furthermore Wonderwall by Oasis, Parklife by Blur and Hey Jude by The Beatles.
Redditch Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing a selection of songs live
More about ‘Punch The Air’ Redditch wedding band
‘Punch The Air’ are the perfect indie rock wedding band for your Worcestershire wedding band. Live we’ll give you indie anthems from our repertoire like Dakota, Disco 2000, Parklife, I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor, I Predict A Riot for you to get sweaty and out of breath too. For your friends and family we’ll give them pop tunes from old to new including Hound Dog, I Love Rock ‘n Roll, Teenage Kicks, Shotgun, Don’t Stop Me Now and more. Hire a Reditch wedding band for a reception party.
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This is what your wedding guests want.
We know exactly what your guests want to hear as your Gorcott Hall Band. ‘Punch The Air‘ know exactly when to slow it down (Very occasionally). We then know when to crank it up to 12. (That’s one better than 11 and two better than the maximum 10). Contact Andy Starkey from professional wedding band ‘Punch The Air‘ now to check on our availability. View our huge number of professionally shot videos. Amaze over our self produced Vlogs then peruse our many galleries of live images. With over a decade together in this wedding industry we know how to make your reception go off with the loudest of bangs.
Live photos of Punch The Air performing at a wedding at Gorcott Hall
Camlad Barns Wedding Band 'Punch The Air' performing live on Emma & Edward's big day.
With nearby towns and cities like Tanworth in Arden, Studley, Bromsgrove and the M42 being so close by, this wedding venue is in a great position in The Midlands for a Warwickshire wedding band. Book a wedding party band now and then get on with the sorting the rest of your wedding reception.
Gorcott Hall Wedding Venue address:
Gorcott Hill,
Redditch,
Worcestershire,
B98 9EU,
UK
