The Benedicts

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The Benedicts start parties. It’s just what they do. They are an award-winning live entertainment business that’s armed & ready to rock your socks off

Founded by musician Baz Edmondson in 2011, the band was set up to bring world-class live entertainment to the people of Britain and beyond! Since their formation the band have established themselves as one of the country's leading 4-piece pop/rock cover bands, wowing countless audiences throughout the UK and right around the globe! With literally 1000's of performances and several overseas tours under their belt, as well as working with some of the industries most prestigious entertainment agencies, the band are able to use their invaluable experience, adaptability and expertise to deliver the perfect live entertainment package for your event! Consisting of 4 core full-time members, you can book entirely at ease knowing that when you hire The Benedicts for your event you will be hiring a highly experienced professional act that performs and rehearses with each other week-in, week-out, right throughout the year, and they have been doing exactly that since the band came in to existence. Each member is totally dedicated to their craft and bring their exceptionally high standards to every event that they are invited to perform. Individually they have performed for and alongside many household names and artists, some of which include Justin Hawkins (The Darkness), Funeral For A Friend, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), and have even appeared as musicians on The X-Factor and Pop-Idol!

What to expect

An award-winning professional entertainment business with nearly a decade’s worth of experience operating and performing within the industry. Proud holders of a 100% customer satisfaction record. View testimonials from past clients on Google and Facebook. Fully bespoke entertainment packages to suit all events and all budgets. Clear and precise communication, with contracts, receipts and invoices supplied for your peace-of-mind. Full support & guidance from your initial inquiry right through to the very event itself. A thoroughly tried and tested repertoire of 200+ hit songs from across the decades for you to choose from, all selected to ensure that your dancefloor remains utterly flooded with foot-stompin’, hand-clappin’ party-goers! Professional standard, state-of-the-art sound and lighting rig - the very best that money can buy; The Benedicts are real gear freaks! Fully insured with public liability cover for up to £10,000,000 and all equipment is PAT-Tested annually by a certified electrician. The band are able to provide official certificates to your venue upon request. A reputation that has been steadily built on consistently providing a world-class live music service that is as honest and dependable as it is awesome!

Song-List

1950's-60's Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues Elvis - Hound Dog Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons/Muse - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Herman’s Hermit’s - I’m Into Something Good Jackie Wilson - Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher & Higher) James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good) Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire Los Lobos - La Bamba Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman The Beatles - Come Together The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun The Beatles - Hey Jude The Beatles - Twist and Shout The Contours - Do You Love Me? The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup The Jackson 5 - ABC The Kinks/Van Halen - You Really Got Me The Monkees - I'm A Believer The Rolling Stones - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake The Temptations – My Girl The Who - My Generation Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Wilson Pickett – Land Of 1000 Dances 1970's Bee Gees - Stayin’ Alive Bill Withers - Lovely Day Blondie/One Direction - One Way Or Another Boston - More Than A Feeling Chic - Good Times Chic - Le Freak Daryl Hall & John Oates – You Make My Dreams Don McLean – American Pie Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh What A Night) Free - All Right Now Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing James Brown - Get Up (Sex Machine) Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Queen - Don't Stop Me Now Queen - We Will Rock You Rod Stewart - Maggie May Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You Steve Harley - Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me) Stevie Wonder - I Wish Stevie Wonder - Isn’t She Lovely Stevie Wonder - Superstition T Rex - 20th Century Boy The Commodores – Easy The Eagles - Hotel California The Knack - My Sharona The Police – Everything Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police - Roxanne The Undertones - Teenage Kicks Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music 1980's A-ha - Take On Me AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long Aerosmith/Run DMC - Walk This Way Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right to Party Billy Joel - Uptown Girl Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 Cameo - Word Up David Bowie - Lets Dance David Bowie & Mick Jagger – Dancing In The Street George Michael - Faith Guns N Roses - Paradise City Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine Huey Lewis & The News - Power Of Love Jermaine Stewart – We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off Joan Jett & The Black Hearts - I Love Rock N Roll Journey - Don't Stop Believin' KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up Kool & The Gang – Celebration Kool & The Gang – Get Down On It Kenny Loggins - Footloose Lionel Ritchie - Dancing On The Ceiling Luther Vandross – Never Too Much Metallica - Enter Sandman Metallica - Nothing Else Matters Michael Jackson - Billie Jean Michael Jackson - Beat It Phil Collins & Philip Bailey – Easy Lover Prince - Kiss Prince - Purple Rain Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen - Under Pressure Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love Starship - We Built This City Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger The B52’s – Love Shack The Jam - A Town Called Malice The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) Toto – Africa Van Halen – Jump Wham! - Club Tropicana Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 1990's Backstreet Boys - Backstreet’s Back Blink 182 - All the Small Things Blur - Park Life Blur - Song 2 Chesney Hawkes - The One & Only Electric 6 - Gay Bar EMF – Unbelievable Fatboy Slim - Praise You Feeder - Buck Rogers Five - Everybody Get Up Foo Fighters - Everlong Goo Goo Dolls – Iris Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way Michael Jackson - Black Or White New Radicals - You Get What You Give Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger Oasis - Wonderwall Pulp - Common People Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away Reef - Place Your Hands Robbie Williams - Angels Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You Smash Mouth - All Star Supergrass - Alright Take That – Back For Good The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag 2000's Alien Ant Farm/Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling Bon Jovi - It’s My Life Busted - Year 3000 Coldplay – Yellow Foo Fighters - Best of You Fountains Of Wayne – Stacey’s Mum Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out GreenDay - American Idiot GreenDay - Basket Case James Blunt - You’re Beautiful Jason Mraz - I’m Yours John Mayer - Your Body’s A Wonderland Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jimmy Eat World - The Middle Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot Keane - Somewhere Only We Know Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire Kings of Leon - Use Somebody Maroon 5 – This Love Muse - Feeling Good Orson – No Tomorrow Outkast - Hey Ya Scissor Sisters – I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars Stereophonics – Dakota The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You The Darkness - I Believe In a Thing Called Love The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger The Killers - Mr Brightside The Killers - Somebody Told Me The Kooks – Naïve The Lumineers - Ho Hey The Strokes - Last Night The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army The Zutons – Valerie Train – Hey, Soul Sister U2 - Beautiful Day 2010's Avicii - Hey Brother Avicii - Wake Me Up Bruno Mars - 24k Magic Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven Bruno Mars - Runaway Baby Bruno Mars - Treasure Calvin Harris - Feel So Close Coldplay - A Sky Full Of Stars Daft Punk - Get Lucky DNCE - Cake By The Ocean Ed Sheeran – Perfect Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud George Ezra – Budapest George Ezra – Shotgun Justin Timberlake - Can’t Stop That Feeling Magic – Rude Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 – Sugar Olly Murs – Wrapped Up One Direction - Best Song Ever One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful One Republic – Counting Stars Pharrell Williams – Happy Portugal, The Man – Feel It Still Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child The 1975 – Chocolate The Chainsmokers & Coldplay – Something Just Like This The Weekend - Can’t Feel My Face Walk The Moon - Shut Up & Dance

FAQ

Q: How long does setup take? A: The Benedicts are very flexible and are able to attend your venue in advance of the event itself in order to setup their equipment (some setup times will incur an additional charge). For an evening performance, the bands’ standard setup time is 6pm, but the aim to fit in with proceedings as best as possible. The Benedicts require a minimum of 60 minutes to setup their equipment and an additional 10 minutes to soundcheck their equipment and will therefore need access to the venue at least 70 minutes prior to the scheduled performance time. The band will also require an additional 30 minutes in order to dismantle their equipment after the event has finished.
Q: What are your space and power requirements? A: The Benedicts require 3/4 power sockets and these must be within close proximity of the allocated performance space. For outside events such as marquee weddings, the band will only use a licensed power generator and will require 6/7kw of power to be made available to them. The band can perform with or without staging, indoors or outdoors. However, a performance area of at least 5m x 3.5m will be required. Under no circumstances will the band perform on grass and without solid flooring.
Q: Do you take requests? A: The Benedicts love to make your event that extra bit special, and will offer to learn a special song to include within the live performance! This can be performed as your first dance, or rather as part of the main set; simply let the band know the artist & song title and they shall have it done! Special song requests cost an additional fee in order to cover the bands rehearsal costs and the band do ask that you make any requests well in advance of your event. Please note: The Benedicts are a 4-piece male fronted pop/rock band consisting of Male Vocals, Keyboard, Guitars, Bass & Drums. The band therefore kindly ask that their clients consider their line-up when making any live song requests, eg: a female-sung, big-band piece is likely to sound VERY different should the band be asked to learn it!

The Benedicts start parties. It’s just what they do. They are an award-winning live entertainment business that’s armed & ready to rock your socks off

Q: How long does setup take?

A: The Benedicts are very flexible and are able to attend your venue in advance of the event itself in order to setup their equipment (some setup times will incur an additional charge). For an evening performance, the bands’ standard setup time is 6pm, but the aim to fit in with proceedings as best as possible. The Benedicts require a minimum of 60 minutes to setup their equipment and an additional 10 minutes to soundcheck their equipment and will therefore need access to the venue at least 70 minutes prior to the scheduled performance time. The band will also require an additional 30 minutes in order to dismantle their equipment after the event has finished.

Q: What are your space and power requirements?

A: The Benedicts require 3/4 power sockets and these must be within close proximity of the allocated performance space. For outside events such as marquee weddings, the band will only use a licensed power generator and will require 6/7kw of power to be made available to them. The band can perform with or without staging, indoors or outdoors. However, a performance area of at least 5m x 3.5m will be required. Under no circumstances will the band perform on grass and without solid flooring.

Q: Do you take requests?

A: The Benedicts love to make your event that extra bit special, and will offer to learn a special song to include within the live performance! This can be performed as your first dance, or rather as part of the main set; simply let the band know the artist & song title and they shall have it done! Special song requests cost an additional fee in order to cover the bands rehearsal costs and the band do ask that you make any requests well in advance of your event. Please note: The Benedicts are a 4-piece male fronted pop/rock band consisting of Male Vocals, Keyboard, Guitars, Bass & Drums. The band therefore kindly ask that their clients consider their line-up when making any live song requests, eg: a female-sung, big-band piece is likely to sound VERY different should the band be asked to learn it!

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