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The Upstarts

The Upstarts are one of the freshest bands around! Performing music everyone will love, The Upstarts live sets include cool classics from the Beatles and Stevie Wonder to the biggest modern-day hits from Bruno Mars, DNCE, Bieber and more!

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Set List / Repertoire

The Regulars:
Tried and tested classics from our four piece lineup, a great way to get the party started. We offer a wide range of styles from RnB, Pop, hits from the 80’s and 90’s to 2000’s alternative and Britpop. 

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) – Stevie Wonder
Never Too Much – Luther Vandross
Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
September – Earth Wind and Fire
Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Higher and Higher – Jackie Wilson
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
This Is How We Do It – Montel Jordan
Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon
Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet
I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor – Arctic Monkeys
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Hey Ya! - Outkast
Naive – The Kooks
All The Small Things – Blink 182
No Diggity - Blackstreet
Disco 2000 - Pulp
She’s Electric - Oasis
Dakota – Stereophonics
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Summer Of '69 – Brian Adams
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
7 Days - Craig David
You Make My Dreams Come True – Hall and Oates
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
I’m A Believer – The Monkeys / Smash Mouth

By Request:
Songs we love to play for the right crowd, bringing a little twist to the night.

I Believe In a Thing Called Love – The Darkness
Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
Sweet Child O' Mine – Guns n’ Roses
Livin' On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
Shut Up and Dance - Walk The Moon
Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars
Shape Of You- Ed Sheeran
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Cake By The Ocean - DNCE
Song 2 - Blur
Parklife - Blur
Wonderwall - Oasis
Let Me Love You - Mario
Faith - George Michael
Kiss – Prince
Purple Rain - Prince
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
Long Train Runnin’ – The Doobie Brothers
Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
A Little Respect - Erasure

Extended Lineups. 
Unlock the true potential for your evening by expanding our lineup. It’s the key to an unforgettable night, and the kind of incredible show we really love to provide. Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Keys: 
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Rosanna - Toto
Senorita - Justin Timberlake
The Power of Love – Huey Lewis and The News
Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader
Dancing On The Ceiling – Lionel Richie
All Night Long (All Night) – Lionel Richie
Town Called Malice – The Jam
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
All Of Me - John Legend
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Your Song - Elton John/Ellie Goulding
Lady - Modjo
Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
Sorry - Justin Bieber
Can't Feel My Face - The Weekend
Attention– Charlie Puth
Everybody (Backstreet's Back) – Backstreet Boys
Relight My Fire – Take That / Dan Hartman
The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson
I'm Still Standing – Elton John
Forget You - Cee Lo Green
Return Of The Mack – Marc Morrison
I Wish – Stevie Wonder

Six Piece: Keys + Female Vocals
Like A Prayer - Madonna / Miley Cyrus
That Don’t Impress Me Much - Shania Twain
Man, I Feel Like A Woman - Shania Twain
American Boy - Estelle
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston 
Toxic - Britney Spears
Murder On The Dancefloor - Sophie Ellis Baxter
No Scrubs - TLC
Believe - Cher
If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
Easy Lover – Phill Collins
Free - Ultra Naté
Thinking Of You - Chic
We Are Family - Chic
Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan 
I’m Every Woman - Chaka Khan 
How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
Million Dollar Bill - Whitney Houston
Man In The Mirror - Micheal Jackson
The Way You Make Me Feel - Micheal Jackson
Rock With You - Michael Jackson
Somebody Else’s Guy - Jocelyn Brown
Say My Name - Destiny’s Child
Teardrops - Womack & Womack
Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
Do It Like A Dude - Jessie J
Unwritten - Natasha Beddingfield 
Dancing Queen - Abba
You’ve Got The Love - Florence & The Machine
Rosanna - Toto
Africa - Toto
Hold The Line - Toto
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai 
Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilara 
Shackles - Mary Mary 
It’s Raining Men - The Weather Girls
Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai
Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
Treasure - Bruno Mars

Seven Piece: Keys + Sax + F.Vox
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
I Feel Good – James Brown
Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira
Crazy In Love - Beyoncé
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye
Survivor - Destiny’s Child
Livin’ La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire
Careless Whisper - George Micheal
Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder

Acoustic Songs
Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
You Are The Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Dock Of The Bay - Otis Reading
Faith - George Michael
Wonderwall - Oasis
Valerie - The Zutons/Amy Winehouse
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Your Song - Ellie Goulding
September Song – JP Cooper
No Diggity – Black Street
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
All Of Me – John Legend
Hold Back The River – James Bay
Counting Stars – One Republic
Slow Hands – Niall Horton
Naïve – The Kooks
Last Request – Paolo Nutini
Killing Me Softly - Lauren Hill
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
Pompeii - Bastille
Riptide - Vance Joy
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae

Christmas Songs
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Bruce Springsteen
Last Christmas - Wham
Jingle Bell Rock – Hall and Oates
Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
Christmas Time – The Darkness

Full Biography

Meet The Upstarts; one of the freshest, coolest bands around!

Featuring professional musicians with a wealth of experience, members of the band all have music degrees from The Royal Northern Collage of Music and The University of Salford. So far, career highlights include performances at Glastonbury Festival, London Jazz Festival, Download Festival plus hotel residences, theatre productions and UK tours!

Performing exciting live sets with upstopable energy, expect to hear cool classics from the Beatles and Stevie Wonder to huge modern-day hits from Bruno Mars, DNCE and more!

Want to add a real wow to your party? The Upstarts are also available with female vocals, keys, and a 3-piece horn section (see booking options for more details).

Please note: The Upstarts do not take enquiries more than 18 months in advance. 

Lineup

Default lineup: 4 members

4 Piece Band: Male vocals, guitar, bass and drums.

Performance Times

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  • South East From £2,339

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92 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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5 stars - The Upstarts are Highly Recommended
booked The Upstarts for their Wedding in Gwynedd September 2024

“Great communications from Jak. Thank you so much guys. Just what we wanted. Overall just a brilliant band, had the whole place up and dancing from the first song to the last. Chris is an amazing front man. We really liked how they felt unique and very fresh, yet stilled played the songs everyone wants and expects at a wedding. We added keys, sax and a female vocalist to the line up which were also really good additions and made the night that bit more special. Thank you once again. We've both said if we get married again we know what band we want ?? ”


We just couldn't leave the dance floor in case we missed the next song

5 stars - The Upstarts are Highly Recommended
booked The Upstarts for their Wedding in South Yorkshire August 2024

“The Upstarts were a fantastic live band for our wedding who really got the crowd dancing and we're really grateful to them for playing Friday I'm in love - the cure. Song after song were well known classics that everyone was dancing to and singing along to a point where we just couldn't leave the dance floor in case we missed the next song. The energy Chris, Jak and the other band members gave was fantastic and we received alot of compliments the days following on from their performance.”


Amazing band with the best energy

5 stars - The Upstarts are Highly Recommended
booked The Upstarts for their Wedding in Wiltshire August 2024

“The Upstarts were amazing! Jak, Chris and the band were incredibly communicative before and during the wedding and were brilliant in dealing with the our venue's sound restrictions. The band brilliantly improvised during a short powercut and seamlessly continued with acoustic songs to continued the party. The Upstarts provided great energy and people were on the dancefloor all night and we 100% recommend The Upstarts!”


Why you should book The Upstarts

5 stars - The Upstarts are Highly Recommended
booked The Upstarts for their Wedding in Northumberland August 2024

“I would absolutely recommend the Upstarts to anyone looking for a wedding band. They really elevated the whole atmosphere, and I’ve had so many people come up to me and say that the band were a highlight! So if you’re thinking about booking them, I’d just go ahead and do it”


Incredible Performance

5 stars - The Upstarts are Highly Recommended
booked The Upstarts for their Wedding in North Yorkshire August 2024

“The Upstarts played at our wedding reception. From the initial booking they were very communicative and accommodating to all of our requests. When they arrived on the day they were very professional, there performance was incredible and we had lots of compliments from our guests. They had guests of all ages up on the dance-floor and really made my partner and I the star of the show by making references to us throughout the night. Days later we are still receiving positive comments about them. We would highly recommend.”

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