If you're looking for a great live band for your event, we're here to help. There are a lot of bands who will tell you that they are the number one party band in the country; others will tell you about the big name bands they played with once; and some will even tell you how much they have spent on their equipment. We don’t do any of that. It’s your party. It’s all about you.
We have over 10 years experience of performing together at weddings, parties and corporate events, and we bring that expertise and knowledge to every occasion. We have played every type of venue from marquees to castles, and hotels to village halls. As a four-piece band we are extremely flexible and we can cater for small and intimate events right up to those for several hundred people. We don't believe size matters - it's what you do with it that counts!
- Someone to talk to. You will have a specific point of contact with the band available 7 days a week.
- Up to two hours of live music. We will keep your guest dancing all night.
- Background music & 'iPad DJ'. We can provide pre-prepared playlists to keep the party going. Alternatively, you can bring your own device and play your favourite music - you can even share your Spotify playlists with us.
- Venue liaison. We will talk to your venue or planner to sort out all the practicalities of our performance, so you don't have to.
- 6pm arrival/set up and midnight finish/load out.
Indie and Pop
All These Things I've Done - The Killers
Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Dakota - The Stereophonics
Disco 2000 - Pulp
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
Just A Girl - No Doubt
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
Love Machine - Girls Aloud
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
Mercy - Duffy
Mr Brightside - The Killers
Perfect – Fairground Attraction
Ready To Go - Republica
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Rocks - Primal Scream
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Times Like These - Foo Fighters
Valerie - Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse
Classic Rock and 60's
Back In The USSR - The Beatles
Band On The Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
Can't Explain - The Who
Come Together - The Beatles
Day Tripper - The Beatles
First Cut Is The Deepest - Cat Stevens
Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie
I Love Rock And Roll - Joan Jett
I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group
Pinball Wizard - The Who
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealer's Wheel
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Soul and RnB
Kiss – Prince
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Tainted Love - Gloria Jones
You To Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
Rock n Roll and Party Tunes
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade
Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong
Shout - Lulu
These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves
Wig Wam Bam - The Sweet
Q: How long does setup take?A: We usually take around 60 minutes to set up if we're using our own PA and lights. Q: What are your space and power requirements?A: Ideally we need a space 5x3m, but we're flexible! Other than that we just require a couple of domestic power sockets. Q: Do you take requests?A: Unfortunately not. We do know a LOT of songs though. Check out our set list!
We're a small but perfectly-formed band from York, Yorkshire.
If you're looking for a great live band for your event, we're here to help. There are a lot of bands who will tell you that they are the number one party band in the country; others will tell you about the big name bands they played with once; and some will even tell you how much they have spent on their equipment. We don’t do any of that. It’s your party. It’s all about you.
We have over 10 years experience of performing together at weddings, parties and corporate events, and we bring that expertise and knowledge to every occasion. We have played every type of venue from marquees to castles, and hotels to village halls. As a four-piece band we are extremely flexible and we can cater for small and intimate events right up to those for several hundred people. We don't believe size matters - it's what you do with it that counts!
- Someone to talk to. You will have a specific point of contact with the band available 7 days a week.
- Up to two hours of live music. We will keep your guest dancing all night.
- Background music & 'iPad DJ'. We can provide pre-prepared playlists to keep the party going. Alternatively, you can bring your own device and play your favourite music - you can even share your Spotify playlists with us.
- Venue liaison. We will talk to your venue or planner to sort out all the practicalities of our performance, so you don't have to.
- 6pm arrival/set up and midnight finish/load out.
Indie and Pop
All These Things I've Done - The Killers
Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Dakota - The Stereophonics
Disco 2000 - Pulp
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
Just A Girl - No Doubt
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
Love Machine - Girls Aloud
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
Mercy - Duffy
Mr Brightside - The Killers
Perfect – Fairground Attraction
Ready To Go - Republica
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Rocks - Primal Scream
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Times Like These - Foo Fighters
Valerie - Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse
Classic Rock and 60's
Back In The USSR - The Beatles
Band On The Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
Can't Explain - The Who
Come Together - The Beatles
Day Tripper - The Beatles
First Cut Is The Deepest - Cat Stevens
Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie
I Love Rock And Roll - Joan Jett
I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group
Pinball Wizard - The Who
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealer's Wheel
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Soul and RnB
Kiss – Prince
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Tainted Love - Gloria Jones
You To Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
Rock n Roll and Party Tunes
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade
Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong
Shout - Lulu
These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves
Wig Wam Bam - The Sweet
Q: How long does setup take?
A: We usually take around 60 minutes to set up if we're using our own PA and lights.
Q: What are your space and power requirements?
A: Ideally we need a space 5x3m, but we're flexible! Other than that we just require a couple of domestic power sockets.
Q: Do you take requests?
A: Unfortunately not. We do know a LOT of songs though. Check out our set list!
Customer reviews for The Players
PC
Past Customer
First class band!
This band was amazing. They played at our wedding and played our first dance song live which was beautiful. All the guests commented on how great the band was. They played a fantastic range of songs and the communication from booking them to after the event is fantastic. I would recommend them to anybody
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PC
Past Customer
Great Band!!
We booked the players for our wedding. Absolutely fantastic. Nothing was too much trouble for these guys. They kept the dance floor buzzing all night. Variety of music was fantastic. Excellent choice for a band! Thanks guys
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Highly recommended!
Had 'The Players' for our wedding. Absolutely brilliant and professional. Learnt our first dance song, got the crowd dancing and played some great songs.
Loads better than just a DJ and would definitely recommend for any wedding/party/event for that added wow factor and atmosphere. Thank you and we'll done. Ben & Gemma
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Past Customer
Amazing performance!
The most amazing wedding band!! If we could do our wedding over they would be the first thing on the list! One year on and we still can't say enough good things. We had so many compliments about our choice of band, they sang a request for our first dance, were so easy to deal with and just made our night!
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Past Customer
True professionals!
From first contacting The Players, to them leaving the event they have been an absolute dream to work with and here are some examples why. They are one of our only wedding suppliers who were genuinely keen we were put first and it wasn’t just another wedding to turn up to, they invited us to see them before us paying deposits, they remembered on the day to contact us to see if we were still coming and asked us to introduce ourselves, they sent over a set list and replaced songs we didn’t like, proactively contacted the venue with PAT certificates vs coming through us as the go between and talked to us about the venue so we could prepare for what to expect with sound limitations etc. They arrived, were ready and learnt our first song. Everyone raved about how amazing the band were. We are not a group of big dancers but even the most unlikely were up on their feet. I could not recommend this group enough and will be taking trips down memory lane to see them in York. Seriously seriously amazing!
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Past Customer
Made our day special!
We booked The Players after seeing them at our friend's wedding last year. Really lovely people, great musicians, great voice! All the guests thoroughly enjoyed the band. Good mix of music for all ages but without all the typical cheesy wedding songs (which was a must for us!) They did a fantastic version of 'just like heaven' by The Cure for our first dance - we loved it! Thanks for helping to make our day so special
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