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!
Price from £1,586 + travel
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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
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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.
Lineup
Default lineup: 4 members
Male vocals, guitar, bass and drums.
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Price from £1,586 + travel from Lancashire
Based on 4 members performing 2 x 60 minutes
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- North East From £1,817
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- East of England From £2,365
- South East From £2,379
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101 Customer Reviews
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Rachel S booked The Upstarts for their Wedding in Northumberland • August 2025
“Having The Upstarts as our wedding band was a major highlight of our day. Their communication leading up to the day was fantastic and their commitment to the performance was demonstrated on the night; they had even learned a song we had requested especially for the evening. We were blown away by not only what a skilled group of musicians they are, but the lead vocals were incredible - meaning we were confident choosing a range of song styles as they performed fantastic covers with their own bespoke style, which we loved! The look and energy of the band was brilliant. They had the dance floor bouncing, got involved with the guests - Chris even came out into the crowd with his guitar! Absolute class act. They were also generally lovely people and were so friendly to everyone. We would 100% recommend these lads to anyone looking for a funky, trendy vibe for their evening wedding party.”
Excellent Band. Great Entertainers
Guy M booked The Upstarts for their Wedding in Northumberland • August 2025
“The Upstarts were one of a number of "great investments" for our wedding day celebrations. Their professional approach throughout the evening accompanied by their friendly and enthusiastic rapport with us and our guests made then an invaluable part of what made our wedding celebrations so special. As a set of musicians they perform with great enthusiasm, a playlist with something for everyone in it and an ensemble tightness you only get from experienced, well rehearsed musicians. All our guests loved them and many made inquiries as to how we discovered them. Cannot recommend these guys too highly. An absolute joy as professionals, musicians and entertainers. The dance floor was full all night and nobody wanted them to stop.”
Everybody said they were the best wedding band they’d seen
Benjamin J booked The Upstarts for their Wedding in Durham • July 2025
“If you like the setlist don’t even bother to keep looking, these guys are the one. Professional, amazing setlist, incredible sound, and genuinely great with the crowd, multiple people said they were the best wedding band they’d seen. The additional saxophonist was incredible too, thoroughly recommend”
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.”
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!”
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