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!
From £1,613
Price based on 4 members performing 2 x 60 minutes
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Videos
I Believe In A Thing Called Love / The Darkness
Never Too Much / Luther Vandross
Let's Stay Together / Al Green
Faith / George Michael
Jackie Wilson Medley
The Upstarts 'Kiss' / Prince (Cover) Live Wedding Band Lancashire
Juice / Lizzo
Valerie / Amy Winehouse & Mark Ronson
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) / Stevie Wonder
Naive / The Kooks
All Day and All of the Night, I'm a Believer, Twist And Shout & You Really Got Me
Teenage Dirtbag / Wheatus
No Diggity, Return Of The Mack & This Is How We Do It
There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back / Shawn Mendes
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My Love & Cry Me a River
Set List / Repertoire
Parklife - Blur
Let Me Love You - Mario
Rosanna - Toto
We Are Family - Chic
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.
The Upstarts Customer Reviews
In the top 10% of highest rated Function Bands.
5 star rated by every client this year.
108 Customer Reviews
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The Upstarts are amazing
Amy P booked The Upstarts for their wedding in London • July 2025
“The Upstarts performed at our wedding with an acoustic duo at arrival (well worth considering) and an awesome two set performance. They learned pencil pull of lead (Paolo Nutini) for our first dance and nailed it. The band was courteous, punctual and all round great performers throughout.”
Amazing band!
Lauren G booked The Upstarts for their wedding in Cumbria • May 2025
“We can’t recommend the Upstarts enough! They were brilliant and had the dance floor filled for the entire set! Thank you so much, you made our day and we’re so grateful!”
The Upstarts - Everything we wanted and more
David B booked The Upstarts for their wedding in Durham • May 2025
“The Upstarts were (and I can't stress this enough) AMAZING at our wedding day!!! They were great in the build up: We had a call with them a couple of months beforehand and went through our plan for the day, the style of music we like, some songs we wanted from their set list, and we were confident t...” Read more
Unbelievable!
Jade K booked The Upstarts for their wedding in Merseyside • April 2025
“We honestly can’t thank The Upstarts enough for the incredible atmosphere they created at our wedding! From the first song to the last, the dancefloor was absolutely bouncing - it was never empty! The sound was amazing, the setlist was perfect, and their energy was infectious. So many of our gues...” Read more
Amazing band, taking our office party to the next level! Highly recommend!
Claire G booked The Upstarts for their event in Manchester
“What can I say, the Upstarts were amazing! From the moment of booking we had fantastic communication with Jak who was incredibly helpful in the early stages ensuring he took the time to find out exactly what we were looking for from our party entertainment. All of the guys were really lovely guys, a...” Read more
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Lineup
Default lineup: 4 members
Male vocals, guitar, bass and drums.
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