Watch Britpop Reunion‘s version of What’s Up 4 Non Blondes cover live across the country at various festivals, corporate events, parties, weddings and more. Originally released in 1993 it was 4 Non Blondes second release from their debut album Bigger, Better, Faster, More! (Released in 1992). A number one hit in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ideland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. This is a HUGE singalong song for the entire audience to join in along with us. To hire a 90’s party band or Brit pop cover band for your event contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability.
What’s Up 4 Non Blondes Cover
Originally sung by lead singer Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes, What’s Up was also released as a Eurodance track by DJ Miko featuring rerecorded lead vocals Louise Gard. If you listen carefully to this dance track you’ll find some slight differences in the lyrics sung.
Fun fact: The official YouTube video for this song has amassed over an incredible 1.8 BILLION views.
Below you’ll see Britpop Reunion performing the song to 6000 festival goers at RAF Brize Norton.
What’s Up? chords:
A very easy song with just three chords in rotation throughout of A Bm D (You can add an Asus2 in as well if you like).
Andy Starkey from 90’s tribute band Britpop Reunion has changed the key of this song to the following chords as he has a different range to Linda Perry.
E F#m A / Also playable with a capo on the 4th fret as C Dm F
Crowd footage:
Lyrics to What’s Up by 4 Non Blondes
25 years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope for a destination
I realised quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means
And so I cry sometimes when I’m lying in bed
Just to get it all out, what’s in my head
And I, I am feeling, a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
And I take a deep breath and get real high and I
Scream from the top of my lungs What’s Going On?
And I said Hey yeah yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah, I said hey, what’s going on?
And I said Hey yeah yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah, I said hey, what’s going on?
And I try, oh my God do I try
I try all the time, in this institution
And I pray, oh my God do I pray,
I pray every single day for revolution
And so I cry sometimes when I’m lying in bed
Just to get it all out, what’s in my head
And I, I am feeling, a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
And I take a deep breath and get real high and I
Scream from the top of my lungs What’s Going On?
And I said Hey yeah yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah, I said hey, what’s going on?
And I said Hey yeah yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah, I said hey, what’s going on?
A classic very late 1980s track (Released March 1989) that folks always asked us to play so we put it in the live set even though technically it’s not a 1990’s song Made Of Stone by The Stone Roses cover performed live by Britpop Reunion. This Stone Roses song is a part of our Madchester set also featuring the likes of James, Oasis and more. Contact band leader / bass player / lead vocalist Andy Starkey to hire the ultimate 90’s cover band Britpop Reunion for your event.
Made Of Stone by The Stone Roses Cover Live by Britpop Tribute Band
This single was taken from The Stone Roses debut album (also called The Stone Roses) and has gone down in British musician history. As the Manchester based band were playing it live on BBC TV’s The Late Show the power went off in the studio mid song and singer Ian Brown had a rant about how amateur the show was and how they were trying to make a fool of the band.
Band members of The Stone Roses are:
Ian Brown – Vocals
John Squire – Lead guitar
Mani – Bass guitar
Reni – Drums / backing vocals
Lyrics to Madchester band The Stone Roses “Made of Stone”:
Your knuckles whiten on the wheel
The last thing that your hands will feel
Your final flight can’t be delayed
No earth just sky, it’s so serene
Your pink fat lips let go a scream
You fry and melt, I love the scene
Sometimes I fantasise
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me
Don’t these times fill your eyes
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars, they burn below me
Are you all alone?
Is anybody home?
I’m standing warm against the cold
Now that the flames have taken hold
At least you left your life in style
And for as far as I can see
Ten twisted grills grin back at me
Bad money dies, I love the scene
Sometimes I fantasise
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me
Don’t these times fill your eyes
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars, they burn below me
Are you all alone?
Is anybody home?
Guitar solo
Sometimes I fantasise
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me
Don’t these times fill your eyes
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars, they burn below me
Are you all alone?
Is anybody home?
The size of your event may dictate what sound and lighting equipment we’ll being with us. When you hire last minute musicians. Read our dedicated page of what you get, but in a nutshell for events smaller than approx 150 people we’ll bring everything needed to handle your whole party. Thats the entire state of the art PA system, lighting and full band backline. We’ll tune your room to perfection and you’ll never hear any screaming feedback with 1990’s cover band ‘Britpop Reunion’. We know exactly what we’re doing with live sound reproduction as we’ve been around since 2014. We can perform at any sized venue or outdoor festival. 90s band Britpop Reunion have the know-how to handle crowds from double figures to many thousands.
Hire Last Minute Musicians who can prove their credentials.
Our Britpop tribute band has masses of previous live experience and skills to make sure your event is enjoyed by all ages. Book last minute musicians who can bring the house down with huge singalong anthems. Massive hits like Wonderwall, Sit Down, There She Goes, Common People and more. As well as huge 90’s Britpop cover band songs we’ll also perform massive nineteen nineties numbers. Artists like Chumbawamba, The Cure, James, The La’s, The Stone Roses, The Wannadies and more. Everyone will be singing and dancing along when you book last minute musicians.
Need more proof of what we can bring to your live event? Firstly check out the below videos then contact Andy Starkey for a quote. Then do the right thing and book a professional live Britpop cover band for your event. Don’t leave it up to chance.
Andy Starkey noticed something a little odd while scrolling through YouTube. He realised that since its release in 1994 no one had ever recorded a studio version of Digsys Dinner Oasis cover version video. Have a look for yourself, there really isn’t one. There are a few live versions by Oasis tribute bands and Oasis wedding bands. Also there are some Britpop acoustic versions but all of them are solo live covers. So as you’ll find no band has ever properly recorded Digsy’s Dinner as a full band in a studio and then shot a music video for it. Therefore Britpop Reunion the UK’s best Britpop & 90s tribute band meticulously recorded the audio and then shot the video you can watch below. Contact Andy Starkey from Britpop Reunion to hire a 90’s band and check on price and availability.
What album is Digsys Dinner Oasis Cover from?
Digsy’s Dinner is track number 9 from the Oasis debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’. Released in 1994 Definitely Maybe changed British musical history as a part of the 90’s Britpop movement. With over 8 million worldwide sales it is usually overshadowed by the stellar follow up album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory which has over 22 million sales. But D.M. had all the unpolished glory of what was the beginning or “Noel Rock” with fantastic singles and all their equally as good B-sides. This is where the wall of guitars sound first started.
Who is Digsy from the song Digsy’s Dinner by Oasis?
Digsy’s real name is Peter Deary and he is a long time friend of Noel Gallagher. He is a Liverpudlian musician who during the 1990’s released four singles with his band Smaller. ‘God I Hate This Town’ , ‘Stray Dogs and Bin Bags’ and ‘Wasted’. Smaller’s fourth single ‘Is’ actually featured Noel Gallagher on guitar. An album entitled ‘Badly Badly’ was released in 1997 and a second album was recorded but never released. Peter Deary currently performs with his band The Sums and is often interviewed for Brit pop tv programs and podcasts.
What was the inspiration for Digsy’s Dinner?
According to Noel himself he was round at Peter ‘Digsy’ Deary’s house one day (Off their kegs) bashing around on the drums with Digsy singing crazily “Guess what I had for my tea, guess what I had for my tea. It was lasagne…..it was lasagne”. Noel went away and wrote a tune with the words “Lasagne” in asking Peter if it was OK for him to call it “Digsy’s Dinner”. Peter agreed “Go on son”. Later Peter regretted this stating it was “The worst song Oasis has ever written, I f*cking hate it with a vengeance.”
Digsy loathed it so much that he wrote a song in retaliation called “Noels Nose”. Although Peter Deary does say that this song has gotten him drunk for free on many occasions. Due to the fact that people want to buy him rounds of drinks because his name is featured in the song title. What a nice night out eh 🙂
What is Digsy like as a person?
Owen Morris was told that “Meeting Digsy is like opening a bag of monkeys”. Upon meeting him he agreed “and thats exactly what he’s like” Owen said. Whereas Noel Gallagher describes him as a “Funny, funny fella”.
Funny note: Digsy states that he “F*ckin hates the meal” (Lasagne).
Re-recording Digsys Dinner Oasis cover version.
Being the perfectionist that Britpop musician Andy Starkey is he first sat down and tried to work out every single instrument being played on the original. The bare minimum instruments are:
Lead vocal.
Electric guitar chords.
Electric guitar picking parts.
Acoustic guitar chords.
Bass guitar.
Drums – Kick, snare, hi-hats, high tom, low tom, ride and two crashes.
Piano / Fender Rhodes.
Tambourine.
General notes for tracking Digsys Dinner Oasis Cover
Although its states on the liner notes that Noel Gallagher sings backing vocals on the original they can’t be heard. Each guitar part would have been multi tracked recorded by Noel and Bonehead so our cover version’s guitar parts were recorded three times with different guitars and slightly different tones to achieve the Oasis Guitar Wall Of Sound too. Also vocals were recorded in three separate takes to add extra depth to them. On the original, Bonehead’s solo was played either on a honky tonk style piano or a Fender Rhodes….or both. So it was recorded the same on our cover version too. The drum part is pretty easy to play with the same drum fill being performed throughout the song. Bass guitar was recorded with a 1994 Fender Precision and tambourine was recorded with a mid 90’s Liam Gallagher esque half moon tambourine.
Lyric notes:
The lyrics are pretty easy to remember as there are only two verses and one bridge section that are then just repeated again later on (Apart from the additional phrase “I Said”). This is true to form for Noel Gallagher lyrical writing style.
Guitar notes:
Noel Gallagher’s picked guitar parts were particularly hard to work out as they are buried so deep in the original mix. Andy and the members of Britpop Reunion spent a long time going through live versions and Oasis Demo’s from the mid 90’s on YouTube trying to work them out perfectly. But they just about managed it in the end as you’ll hear in our cover version.
Mixing notes:
The ‘Definitely Maybe’ version of Digsy’s Dinner really has a very poor mix. Don’t get us wrong it has a lot of life and fun in it, but it really is just a mush of noise. The demo version differs quite a bit with a lot more separation. This is no doubt due to that fact that there aren’t as many layered guitar parts. Britpop Reunion‘s cover version was mixed by expert sound engineer and friend of the band Russ Hollinshead from modern pop party band Luna Sounds. We decided to go for a modern style mix but still keeping some of the Oasis Wall Of Guitar sound and Noel Rock vibes.
Further musings
The piano played by Bonehead (In the solo) is quite possibly being played all the way through Digsy’s Dinner as you can hear it again slightly once the song finishes plonking a few notes. You’d never know either way though due to where it sits in the mix behind all the many, many guitar parts.
The Video Digsys Dinner Oasis Cover Version
Andy shot the video in and around Southampton and an a ferry to the Isle Of Wight. There was no budget so he just used camera gear he already owned. The video for the cover version was shot on a Canon 200D and utilised a Ronin S gimbal. Andy is seen playing his Oasis esque Epiphone EJ-200SCE acoustic guitar which is similar to Noel Gallagher’s Gibson J-150.
Band members performing on the original Digsy’s Dinner include:
Liam Gallagher – Lead vocals, tambourine.
Noel Gallagher – Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar.
Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs – Rhythm guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes.
Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan – Bass guitar.
Tony McCarroll – Drums.
Producer Owen Morris at Clear Studios in Manchester, England
Who wrote Digsy’s Dinner?
Digsys Dinner was written by lead guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher in Oasis. And “The Chief” himself is still playing this classic Oasis song live with his band Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds to this very day.
Singles from Definitely Maybe were in order of release :
Supersonic
Shakermaker
Live Forever
Cigarettes & Alcohol
How to play Digsy’s Dinner
Digsy’s Dinner chords.
There are two ways to play this Oasis song. You can either play it without a capo (Like the original Oasis version). Or with a capo which Noel Gallagher tends to do with his High Flying Birds band.
None capo version guitar chords for Digsy’s Dinner
Verse – A – C#7 – D – E – D – E – D7 – A
Bridge – F#m/C# – Asus2 – Bsus4ad2 – C#7
Capo version guitar chords for Digsy’s Dinner (Much easier for beginners)
Verse – G – B7 – C – D – Cadd9 – D – C9 – G
Bridge – Em – G – Am7 – B7
Lyrics to Digsys Dinner by Oasis
What a life it would be,
If you could come to mine for tea.
I’ll pick you up at half past three,
We’ll have lasagne.
I’ll treat you like you’re a Queen,
I’ll give you strawberries and cream.
Then your friends will all go green,
For my lasagne.
These could be the best days of our lives.
But I don’t think we’ve been living very wise.
Oh no! No!
What a life it would be,
If you could come to mine for tea,
I’ll pick you up at half past three,
We’ll have lasagne.
Solo
These could be the best days of our lives,
But I don’t think we’ve been living very wise,
I said oh no! No!
What a life it would be,
If you could come to mine for tea,
I’ll pick you up at half past three,
We’ll have lasagne.
I’ll treat you like you’re a Queen,
I’ll give you strawberries and cream,
Then your friends will all go green, Then your friends will all go green,
Then your friends will all go green,
For my lasagne
How to play Digsy’s Dinner on acoustic guitar video by Andy Starkey
A part of Andy Starkey’s HOW TO video series teaching you hot to play guitar, here is how to play Digsy’s Dinner on acoustic guitar.
Further musings about Digsy’s Diner:
For many years Noel always got annoyed that people in USA and Canada would request he played ‘Digsy’s Diner” (Missing a letter ‘N’ and thus making it place you would sit down eat meals at). But many years later it was pointed out to him that the North American release of Definitely Maybe has the misspelling of Digsy’s Diner. So this is why fans from this part of the world have always pronounced it “Wrongly”.
‘Britpop Reunion‘ performed at the Silverstone Grand Prix Classic Weekend on Friday 30th July 2021 supporting Scouting For Girls at the weekends 30th birthday bash. (The headlining band was supposed to be 90’s Acid Jazz band ‘Brand New Heavies’. But due to having to reschedule from 2020 they performed on the Saturday evening instead) . Also before Britpop Reunion took to the stage there was a 90s grunge band tribute to Pearl Jam called Legal Jam. Our 90’s band performed songs by Oasis, Blur, Ocean Colour Scene, Pulp James plus other nineties music by The La’s, Chumbawamba, Republica, The Rembrandts and more from our 90’s tribute band repertoire. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to hire a britpop festival band for a live event.
Ultimate Best Of Silverstone Video (Under 3 mins and 30 secs)
Here are all 15 songs we performed live at this prestigious event in one long playlist.
Silverstone Grand Prix Classic
At the annual three-day car and race event there was motor racing and funfair rides. Also live music and entry to grandstands, retro run and more. There was even free parking. The Silverstone circuit is home to many sports events and competitions such as British Motor Racing, Formula One, F1, Driving Experience Days, British Grand Prix, Auto Racing, GT, Drag and more.
Guests were able to get up close to the cars and chat with drivers. Silverstone Classic 2021 early bird adult tickets started from £47 for all day Friday.
At Silverstone Grand Prix we performed classic 90’s songs like Don’t Look Back In Anger, Disco 2000, Parklife, The Day We Caught The Train, Sit Down, Place Your Hands and more for our 90’s repertoire. For the above price you got to see three live bands and spend the entire day at Silverstone. This year from 26th to 28th August 2022 90’s star Gabrielle (Famous for her song ‘Dreams’ and her eye patch) is performing.
Britpop Reunion were on stage from 8:15pm until 9:15pm
Whats on at Silverstone Festival 2023
This year Silverstone Classic has changed its name to Silverstone Festival. It is on from 25th to 27th August 2023 and features:
McFly
Sugababes
ABC
The Christians
Win 3 Pairs Of Tickets To Silverstone Classic on Friday 30th July 2021
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We gave you the chance to win three pairs of adult full day tickets on our Facebook page to Silverstone Classic on Friday 30th July 2021 where you were be able to see ‘Britpop Reunion’ perform live.
Easy Competition to win a pair of tickets to Silverstone Classic on Friday 30th July 2021.
Rule of entry:
1) Comment anything the competition image on the ‘Britpop Reunion’ Facebook page
Thats it.
We gave away three pairs of adult full day tickets on Facebook to Silverstone Classic on Friday 30th July 2021.
The ticket enabled you to see ‘Britpop Reunion’ performing huge 90’s bangers live from artists like Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, Pulp, Stone Roses and more. Plus ‘Scouting For Girls’ and Pearl Jam tribute band ‘Legal Jam’ were performing too. There were interactive experiences to head turning car displays, hot air balloon lift offs, passenger rides, fun fair and crazy golf, the trackside excitement matches the duelling on the circuit with over 1000 cars to watch race at the home of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix.
The star-studded races featured historic cars from across the last 100 years of motorsport racing wheel-to-wheel, representing the golden ages of Formula 1, Formula 2, GT, Sports and Touring Cars. With grandstand seating included in the admission ticket price, everyone was on pole position to spectate. Visitors also had free access to the vast majority of the entertainment including funfair rides, driving experiences, stunt shows, the concerts and both racing paddocks.
Terms & Conditions
Entry for the competition started on Monday 12th July 12:00pm and closed on Friday 23rd July 2021 at 23:59.
Results of competition were randomly selected on Saturday 24th July 2021.
We contacted the three winners directly through their Facebook social media.
Winners needed to respond within 48 hours or the tickets were offered to another randomly chosen entrant.
UK residents only.
Friends, family and previous clients of the ‘Britpop Reunion’ were able to enter the competition.
No monetary value was offered instead of tickets.
“Tickets” were sent as E-Tickets shortly before the event.
One entry per Facebook account.
Britpop Reunion reserved the right to change the rules, terms and conditions or withdraw the competition at any time.
Live 90’s tribute band
‘Britpop Reunion’ 90’s tribute band features Britpop singer Andy Starkey who has a wealth of experience in all thing Nineties. He will be covering the whole of this monumental event in a new Vlog video. Also you’ll see lots of fantastic live photos after the event too.
You know that Britpop Band you’ve been looking for? Well that’s most definitely (maybe) ‘Britpop Reunion‘ and we can be hired throughout the UK, Europe, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and the rest of the world. We perform massive hits by all the best selling Brit pop artists of the 1990’s. Indie pop and indie rock classics taking you back to Cool Britannia when Modern Life WASN’T Rubbish. Don’t Look Back In Anger, book the worlds only professional Britpop group ‘Britpop Reunion‘. Britpop singer Andy Starkey and ‘Britpop Reunion‘ are the ultimate British Pop band for your event. Contact to check on price and availability for your live event.
Britpop band songs.
Performing songs written by the UK’s most talented Britpop band songwriters like Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Richard Ashcroft, Jarvis Cocker including:
That Britpop Band you’ve always dreamed of hiring.
Our 90’s band can also perform big chart pop hits from the 90’s by Chesney Hawkes, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams, The Mavericks and more. We’ll cross over into a little grunge, goth, dance, baggy and TV themes from the decade that brought you The Spice Girls and Nirvana. Give your clients an entire night of 90’s music and give them the opportunity to get dressed up nineties style again. Dig out your old Adidas Originals tees and Gazelle, Fred Perry polo shirts, bucket hats and all and dance & singalong with our Britpop band.
90’s British popular music at your party or event.
The festival organisers of Claygate, Surrey decided to book a Britpop tribute band ‘Britpop Reunion‘ for their ‘Gig On The Rec’ on July 2019. Britpop musician Andy Starkey and his band performed to over 1000 festival goers and a smashing nineteen nineties time was had by all. You too can hire a Britpop tribute band for your live music event, festival, wedding, party, charity event or corporate dinner. Contact lead singer Andrew Starkey to check on price and availability. Also find out more about What You Get when you hire a 90’s tribute band. If you want a band that performs the greatest hits of Blur, Oasis, James, Supergrass, Pulp, Primal Scream and more then hire a brit pop cover band.
The festival was incredibly well advertised throughout the Claygate and surrounding areas. As we drove to the festival location we were flabbergasted to see so many huge posters advertising our festival appearance there. It’s fantastic when a festival puts this much effort in to promote a live event. This is why the event sold out in record time. We performed on a large raised & covered stage set up on Claygate Recreation Ground with a 10k watt PA rig. Those are some nice big banners don’t you think?
Live video from this Britpop tribute band festival.
All you have to do is press play on the below video of us performing ‘Parklife‘ by Blur while at this festival to see the amazing time had by all the attendees. Check out everyone going loopy throughout our entire performance for our Cool Britannia inspired music. The festival goers never wanted the night to end. Not only that but WE also had fantastic time as well.
Also you can check out photos from the event below.
Andy Starkey even did an interview for this festival appearance that you can read below. You can find out more about Andy and his ongoing 90s archive here. Andy really does put so much effort into the entire band and you can see why Britpop Reunion get all the best gigs throughout the country.
‘Britpop Reunion‘ have performed at many festivals, weddings, parties, birthdays and corporate events since we formed in 2014. We are the UK’s only professional Britpop tribute. As a result there is no other tribute out there quite like Britpop Reunion. The below video shows how a festival ends for us, not with a whimper but with the entire audience eating out of our hands and humungous bang.
1990s festival band ‘Britpop Reunion‘ are available to hire for your large scale 90s festival, small nineties festival or even a private festival. Professional musicians Britpop Reunion will perform massive 1990’s hits by artists like Oasis, Blur, James, The Mavericks, Supergrass, The Verve, Britney Spears and more. Similarly to book a 90’s cover band ‘Britpop Reunion’ for your festival contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability. We know the nineties in and out and you’ll feel like you’re right back in the best decade for music all over again with us. Performing live is what we’re all about.
1990s Festival Band what to expect.
We love a good festival. Either one where you can bring along your own food, tables, chairs. Also gazebos and picnic blankets. Or a festival with food stalls, beer tents, daft hats and the whole shebang. Which ever way you can make a right old 90’s night out of it all with Britpop Reunion performing live. Even if the the weather should take a nasty turn, who cares eh? This is what festivals are all about, lots of mud, getting dirty but not having a care in the world. As you’re having too much fun listening to the nineties music to even notice.
Get your wellington boots on and make yourself as comfortable as you like. Then when you’re good and ready get up for a dance with us. We’ll play huge 1990’s festival band hits like Don’t Look Back In Anger, Parklife, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Tubthumping and The One & Only for you. Also Baby One More Time, Let Me Entertain You, Alright and loads more 90’s cover band songs. What are your favourite songs of the 90s? Are they listed in our top ten songs of the nineties round up?
Hire a 90’s Festival Band.
Imagine how much of an amazing time you’ll have reliving the best decade of music ever singing and dancing along with Britpop artist Andy Starkey and his band ‘Britpop Reunion‘. It doesn’t matter if you’re set on a backdrop covering 100 acres of shrubs and trees. With birds of prey, meerkats, wallabies, pygmy goats and Shetland sheep. Or if its on a concrete car park in the middle of a city, we’ll still give you the full festival experience. Contact bass player Andy to check on price and availability as soon as possible.
‘You & Me Song‘ (released 1994) by The Wannadies from the album ‘Be a Girl’.
How many amazing albums were released in the nineteen nineties eh? It’s unbelievable. Imagine a whole night of these fantastic 90’s tunes with a nineties looking band performing them live for you? If this is the era of the music you love then get in touch with Andrew Starkey for a quote.