Cartoon Kings

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5 stars - Cartoon Kings are Highly Recommended 5.0 (93 Reviews)

The Cartoon Kings are a high-energy party band based in the Midlands, performing at private functions, festivals and corporate events of every size. Alongside a huge repertoire of songs by original artists, the band offer both electric and acoustic show options – making them the perfect fit for weddings, celebrations, and special occasions of any style. Full of personality, style and versatility, The Cartoon Kings deliver exactly what your event needs.

5 members

Function Band
Staffordshire

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Set List / Repertoire

60’s + 70’s
Beatles – Saw Her Standing There
Beatles – Hey Jude
Monkees – I’m a Believer
Mustang Sally – Commitments
Steelers Wheel – Stuck in the Middle With You
Van Morrison – Brown-Eyed Girl
Andy Williams – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Beatles – Don’t Let Me Down
Steve Harley/ Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile
Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the devil
Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
Iggy Pop – Passenger
Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go
Undertones – Teenage Kicks
Lynnrd Skynnrd – Sweet Home Alabama
Beatles- Hard Days Night
Chuck Berry – (C’est La Vie) You never can tell (w/Piano Player)
Chuck Berry – Jonny B Goode
Monkees – Daydream Believer (w/ piano player)
Nancy Sinatra – These Boots are Made for Walking
Kinks - You really got me
Beatles - Paperback writer
The Doobie Brothers- Long Train Running
John Denver- Country Road
Neil Diamond- Sweet Caroline
Jerry Lee Lewis- Great Balls of Fire
Tina Turner- Proud Mary
Beatles- Let it Be
ELO- Mr Blue Sky
Elvis- Suspicious Minds
Creedence clearwater- Bad Moon Rising
David Bowie- Rebel Rebel
ABBA- Does your Mother Know
Blondie- Heart of Glass
Queen- Tie your Mother Down

80’s + 90’s
Primal Scream- Rocks
Dolly Parton- 9 to 5
Alanis Morrisette- Outta Know
U2 – With or Without You
Queen- Under Pressure
Bryan Adams – Summer of ‘69
Proclaimers - 500 Miles
The Jam - Town called Malice
Green Day – Time of Your Life
Oasis – Wonderwall
Oasis – Don’t look Back in Anger
Oasis- Live Forever
Journey- Don't Stop Believing
Duran Duran- Rio
Duran Duran- Hungry Like the Wolf
Tiffany- I think We're alone now
Natalie Imbruglia- Torn
The Police- Message in a Bottle
A Ha- Take on Me
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder- Electric Dreams
Lionel Richie- All Night Long
Erasure- Respect
Black Crows- Hard to Handle

Indie + Modern
Stereophonics/ Rod Stewert – Handbags ‘n’ Gladrags
Stereophonics – Dakota
The Killers – Mr Brightside
KT Tunstall – Blackhorse + a Cherry Tree
Amy Winehouse – Valerie
Kaiser Chiefs – I predict a riot
Dua Lipa- Don't Start Now
Girls Aloud - Love Machine
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Scouting For Girls- She's So Lovely
Kings of Leon- Sex on Fire
Kings of Leon - Use somebody
Temper Trap- Sweet Disposition
Plan B- Stay too Long
Take That- Greatest Day
Florence and the Machine- You've got the Love
Florence and the Machine- Dog Days are Over
Adele- Make you Feel my Love
Adele- Rolling in the Deep
Cee lo Green- Forget you
The Foo Fighters- Best of You
The Foo Fighters- Times Like these
The Lumineers- Ho Hey
Pharrell Williams- Happy
Jet- Are you Gonna be my Girl
Aloe Blacc/Avici- Wake me Up
Rudimental Ft. Ella Eyre- Waiting All Night
Bruno Mars- Locked out of Heaven
Bruno Mars- Up town Funk
Bruno Mars- Marry You
George Ezra- Blame it on Me
George Ezra- Paradise
George Ezra- Shotgun
Rag and Bone Man- All you Ever Wanted
Vance Joy- Riptide
Justin Timberlake- Can't Stop the Feeling
Lorde- Royals
Beyonce- Crazy in Love
Black Eyed Peas- I got a Feeling
Blink 182- All the Small Things
Greenday- Basketcase
One Republic- Counting Stars
Black Keys- Lonely Boy
Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Under the Bridge
Sam Fender- Seventeen Going Under
Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Chris Stapleton- Blow
Taylor Swift- Shake it off
Clean Bandit- Rather Be
Walk the Moon- Shut Up and Dance
DNCE-Cake by the Ocean
Paloma Faith- Changing
Alice Merton- No Roots
Portugal the Man- Feel it Still
Sigrid- Don't Kill My Vibe
Anne Marie- Friends
Dua Lipa- New Rules
Camila Cabello- Havana

First Dance Recommendations
Paul Weller – You Do Something to Me (acoustic only)
Ho Hey- The Lumineers
Can't take My Eyes of You- Andy Williams
Adele- Make you Fee my Love
Falling Slowly- Glen Hansard (From the film Once)
Greatest Day- Take That
Chasing Cars- Snow Patrol
Thousand Years- Christina Perry
Alicia Keys- If I ain't Got you
Robbie Williams- Shes the One

Christmas Songs

Mariah Carey- All I want for Christmas
Band Aid- Do they know its Christmas
Pogues- Fairytale of New York
John Lennon- Happy Christmas (war is over)
Wizard- I wish it could be Christmas every day
Slade- Merry Christmas Everybody
Chuck Berry- Run Run Rudolph
Bruce Springsteen- Santa Claus is coming to Town
Elton John- Step in to Christmas

Full Biography

The Cartoon Kings

Each band member brings years of live experience, ensuring a professional yet exciting show every time. They perform up to two hours of live music with a raw, energetic feel, covering a wide range of genres. With both male and female lead vocals, they offer a complete and engaging performance.

Their live sound is powered by a 4400-watt HK Linear 5 PA system with an Allen & Heath Qu-16 Digital Desk, supported by a full lighting rig featuring the latest ADJ 8 TPAR COB LED stage lighting and ADJ LED floor lights.

The band use only top-level instruments, amplifiers and microphones, including Fender, Gibson and Taylor guitars, Yamaha TRB 4P bass with Trace Elliot amplification, Beyer microphones, a Craviotto drum kit, and a Korg Kronos keyboard.

Music can be played through a laptop or media device of your choice between sets at no extra cost, or a separate DJ can be supplied for an additional fee. A fully silent stage set-up is also available if required, using high-end guitar pods, an Alesis Strike Pro electronic drum kit and in-ear monitoring. This setup allows the band to perform comfortably in volume-sensitive venues and limiter-restricted spaces.

The Cartoon Kings’ repertoire spans everything from Oasis, The Beatles and 80s favourites to Bruno Mars, 00s dance classics and current hits by artists such as Pharrell Williams, Rudimental and Florence & The Machine. Expect timeless party tracks and guaranteed floor-fillers including 9 to 5, I’m a Believer, and Brown Eyed Girl.

The band features a five-piece line-up:

Mat Dale — Vocals, Guitar
Becky Corneby — Vocals
Chris Watt — Bass, Vocals
Wes Fife — Drums
Ken Hughes — Piano

If you’re looking for a good-time rock ’n’ roll band who give everything onstage, look no further than The Cartoon Kings.

They have performed for many prominent clients and venues, including:

MBNA Bank
IKEA
The Belfry, West Midlands
Lincoln, Birmingham & Worcester Universities
Weston Park
Hilton & Marriott Hotels
Peugeot Motor Company
John Smiths
…and many more.

Based in Stafford, The Cartoon Kings are happy to travel anywhere within a two-hour drive. If your location isn’t listed, simply ask your agent.

Cartoon Kings Customer Reviews

5.0

Customer Choice Award

In the top 10% of highest rated Function Bands.

93 Customer Reviews

Performance quality:	5 stars
Sound quality:	5 stars
Behaviour:	5 stars
Communication:	5 stars
Audience engagement:	5 stars
Value for money:	5 stars

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Dear Nick, We thought the Cartoon Kings were brilliant. Thank you all so mu...

5 stars - Cartoon Kings are Highly Recommended
Paul A booked Cartoon Kings for their wedding

“Dear Nick, We thought the Cartoon Kings were brilliant. Thank you all so much for your super contribution to Kate and Beetle's wedding celebrations. As you probably gathered they loved every minute of it! The quality and mix of music was exactly what we had hoped for, we were only sorr...”“Dear Nick, We thought the Cartoon Kings were brilliant. Thank you all so much for your super contribution to Kate and Beetle's wedding celebrations. As you probably gathered they loved every minute of it! The quality and mix of music was exactly what we had hoped for, we were only sorry that the meal ran on later than planned and we didn't have as much of the band as we would have liked! Paul thought you would like to know that the bar bill was less than expected - we think we have the band to thank for keeping everyone on the dance floor! With very many thanks to everyone, Paul and Ali Mindelsohn ” Read more

Gemma, Yes it was an absolutely brilliant day thank you, and people were amaz...

5 stars - Cartoon Kings are Highly Recommended
Jill booked Cartoon Kings for their event

“Gemma, Yes it was an absolutely brilliant day thank you, and people were amazed at how great the band were. They really got the guests involved and it was all in really good taste. Please let us know how we can give you our feedback for the website. Thanks! ”

Hi, The Cartoon Kings were ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC - they made our evening. It ...

5 stars - Cartoon Kings are Highly Recommended
Adele W booked Cartoon Kings for their wedding

“Hi, The Cartoon Kings were ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC - they made our evening. It all went too fast though!! We are already trying to think of another excuse to book them, and many of our friends and family also commented on how good they were. Thank you so much, it really was the icing on the cak...”“Hi, The Cartoon Kings were ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC - they made our evening. It all went too fast though!! We are already trying to think of another excuse to book them, and many of our friends and family also commented on how good they were. Thank you so much, it really was the icing on the cake after a perfect day. Kind Regards, ” Read more

Hi there Just wanted to let you know the band were just fab, exactly what we ...

5 stars - Cartoon Kings are Highly Recommended
Claire booked Cartoon Kings for their event

“Hi there Just wanted to let you know the band were just fab, exactly what we were looking for, everyone has commented how great they were, excellent playlist, even did requests and at one point a colleague even sang with them too! Matt and the guys ( & girl!) were a great bunch, would definite...”“Hi there Just wanted to let you know the band were just fab, exactly what we were looking for, everyone has commented how great they were, excellent playlist, even did requests and at one point a colleague even sang with them too! Matt and the guys ( & girl!) were a great bunch, would definitely recommend or book again if the opportunity arises. Considering we only booked within 2 weeks of our event too, everything to do with the booking went through smooth too. Thanks again. ” Read more

The event was a real success! Despite a small hiccup with power to the marquee, ...

5 stars - Cartoon Kings are Highly Recommended
Nicky B booked Cartoon Kings for their event

“The event was a real success! Despite a small hiccup with power to the marquee, I have had nothing but positive comments about the Cartoon Kings, both in terms of the music and their demeanor and approachability. They played an excellent set and had everyone dancing until the end with a couple of we...”“The event was a real success! Despite a small hiccup with power to the marquee, I have had nothing but positive comments about the Cartoon Kings, both in terms of the music and their demeanor and approachability. They played an excellent set and had everyone dancing until the end with a couple of well selected encores. We would certainly book them for other events in the future. I have also been very impressed with Alivenetwork too. You suggested the band to us when our original selection was not available and worked with us to secure an excellent evening of entertainment. We thank both you and the band. Many thanks ” Read more

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Lineup

Default lineup: 5 members

5 Piece - guitar/lead male vocal, female vocals, bass, drums + pianoAcoustic Duo also available for drinks receptions, dinners and small laid back parties (male & female vocals, guitar)

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PA System included
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