90s Xmas Party Shenstone

Buy tickets for 90s Xmas Party Shenstone here at WeGotTickets. Advance tickets are £18 plus booking fee. On the door tickets are £28.

 

90s Xmas Party Shenstone
90s Xmas Party Shenstone

 

 

90s Xmas Party Shenstone address:

Barnes Road
Shenstone
Lichfield, Staffordshire
WS14 0LT
UK

 

 

Live band Britpop Reunion performing Brit Pop and 90s, plus DJ, bar, free parking, gift stand and more. 

Contact band leader Andy Starkey with any questions. 

 

30 Years of Britpop

Celebrate 30 Years of Britpop in 2025: A Musical Revolution Reborn

Step into a time machine and celebrate 30 years of Britpop with Britpop Reunion transporting you back to the golden age of British music THE NINETEEN NINETIES. As we celebrate 30 years of Britpop, our tribute band brings the electrifying energy and unmistakable sound of the 90s to your event. From the Manchester swagger of Oasis to the art-school cool of Blur, we’ve got it all covered. 1995 30 Years of Britpop when The Battle Of Britpop took place with Oasis Vs Blur in August 1995. Roll With It by Oasis was pitted against Country House by Blur. But who won The Battle Of Britpop? Contact Andy Starkey to check on price and availability to hire Britpop Reunion for your event in 2025. 

 

30 Years of Britpop
30 Years of Britpop

 

What Sets Us Apart?

– Authentic Sound: Our musicians have spent years perfecting the distinct Britpop sound over the decade plus we’ve been together.
– Genuine Look: We don’t just sound the part; we look it too, with spot-on costumes and attitudes.
– Massive Setlist: Many hours of chart-topping hits from all your favourite Britpop bands.
– Our videos and promo material: No other band has professionally shot live videos like we do and no other band works harder to prove to you what we do week in week out. 

 

Book Britpop Reunion for Your Next Event

Whether you’re planning a corporate shindig, a wedding bash, or a nostalgic night out, Britpop Reunion is your ticket to an unforgettable experience. Our high-energy performances will have everyone from die-hard fans to casual listeners singing along and reliving their youth.

 

 

Britpop Reunion: Reigniting the Spirit of the 90s

Popular Booking Options:

1. The Full Monty: 90-minute performance featuring all the hits from Oasis, Blur, Pulp, James, Supergrass and more.
2. The Best Of Britpop: 60-minutes Best Of The Best performance for festivals, support slots and events with many other things going on.
3. Acoustic Sessions: Intimate, stripped-down versions of your favourite tracks performed solo acoustic by lead singer Andy Starkey.

Why Britpop Still Matters

30 years on since 1995, and the influence of Britpop is still felt in music today. It wasn’t just about the tunes; it was a cultural phenomenon that defined a generation. Britpop Reunion keeps this spirit alive, allowing both those who lived through it and younger fans to experience the magic firsthand.

 

 

Did You Know?

– Britpop helped revitalise the UK music scene in the mid-90s.
– The Oasis vs. Blur chart battle of 1995 made front-page and TV news.
– Britpop influenced fashion, art, and even politics of the era.

Testimonials

Britpop Reunion took our company party to another level. It felt like we were back in the 90s! All the hits and it never quit” – Sarah Miller, Marketing Director of Happy Seagulls

The band’s energy was infectious. The best wedding entertainment ever. What better way to celebrate 30 years of Britpop and our own special day than with Britpop Reunion” – Tom & Emma Newman, Newlyweds

Ready to Britpop Rock Out?

Don’t miss out on the chance to bring the excitement of 30 years of Britpop to your event. With Britpop Reunion, you’re not just booking a band; you’re securing a time-traveling musical experience that will leave your guests buzzing.

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Britpop Reunion: Because some decades are too good to forget.

Coronation Party Band

Hire a coronation party band for the coronation of His Majesty The King on Saturday 6th May 2023. Book a British band playing nothing but massive hits from Great Britain during the 90s when indie pop Rule Britannia with Cool Britannia. Britpop Reunion are the live professional musicians for your event. Massive Brit Pop songs by Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, Pulp and more. Formed in 2014 you can be assured from our historic proof of video evidence that Britpop Reunion can handle any size event from large to small. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to book a party band. 

The Coronation Ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom. It will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. With an additional Coronation Bank Holiday on Monday 8th May 2023 you can hire a coronation party band for this date too if you prefer. No matter what size event you’re planning we can make sure it goes off with a loud bang. 

Coronation party band
Coronation party band

 

Book a Coronation Party Band on Saturday 6th May 2023

 

There’s only one 06/05/2023 when King Charles III – Charles Philip Arthur George (Previously Prince Of Wales) coronation will take place. And there’s only one professional britpop party band available to hire for that date too. 

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II (Born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary previously Princess Elizabeth of York) on Thursday 8th September 2022 aged 96, Prince Charles was her successor and will be crowned King Charles The Third on 6th May 2023. So it’s time to prepare to celebrate and hire a live band for the coronation party at your event or venue. 

When you hire Britpop Reunion you’ll hear huge British bangers like:

Make this coronation a massive part of your 2023.

90s Songs Previously performed by a Britpop Cover Band

When you’ve been around as long as the UK’s best Brit Pop tribute band ‘Britpop Reunion‘ have been you end up trying out many different 90s songs to see what works and what doesn’t work. (Current repertoire) We learned a large variety of what we would class as ‘Classic Britpop Songs” and even though they sounded great to us, people just weren’t that interested in hearing them live. Sometimes a client might really want to hear a song that resonates with the teenage/20’s years of their lives but no one else wants to hear or dance to it so we shelved the songs. “You live, you learn” as Alanis Morissette sang.

These were THE OTHER most popular Britpop and 90’s bands after the likes of Blur, Oasis, Pulp and Supergrass. They charted well at the time and you still hear some of these songs on the radio today. But generally they were moved out of the current set list for much better well known songs like Day We Caught The Train, Laid, Sit Down etc.

Hire a 90’s tribute band for any sort of live event such as hire a Britpop wedding band, book a 90’s Corporate Event band. Also hire a Britpop Festival band or book a Britpop birthday party band. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability for your event. We’d love to play a part at your event. 

Britpop Songs
90s Songs

 

90s Songs Previously performed by Britpop Reunion include:

 

  • Space – Female Of The Species
  • Babybird – You’re Gorgeous
  • Robbie Williams – Let Me Entertain You
  • Cast – Alright
  • Elastica – Connection
  • Menswear – Daydreamer
  • Suede – Animal Nitrate
  • James – She’s A Star
  • Echobelly – Great Things
  • Seahorses – Love Is The Law
  • Sleeper – Inbetweener
  • Kula Shaker – Hey Dude
  • Mansun – Wide Open Space
  • The Supernaturals – Smile
  • Catatonia – Mulder & Scully
  • Ocean Colour Scene – Riverboat Song
  • Bluetones – Slight Return
  • Shed Seven – Going For Gold
  • Ash – Girl From Mars
  • Dodgy – Staying Out For The Summer
  • The Boo Radleys – Wake Up Boo

 

Hire a Britpop Cover Band for a live event. Contact bass player Andy Starkey for price and availability to hire a band. See what we’ve been up to recently over on Facebook.

UK Britpop Cover Band

You want to book a UK Britpop Cover Band to provide you with live entertainment. ‘Britpop Reunion‘ are available to book for your 90’s event throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and the rest of the world. All over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Our Brit pop group perform huge hits from Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, The Verve, Pulp. Continuing through James, Ocean Colour Scene,  Reef and more. Book a Britpop cover band who perform classic 90’s songs written by nineties superstars. Artists like Britpop Legends Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Richard Ashcroft, Gaz Coombes, Liam Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker, Graham Coxon and more. Contact leader member Andy Starkey to check on price and availability for your britpop festival band, britpop party band, britpop wedding band, corporate entertainment band, charity event entertainment band and more. This is a booking you’ll never regret making when you hire professional musicians for your event. 

 

UK Britpop Cover Band
UK Britpop Cover Band

Book a UK Britpop Cover Band

As the United Kingdom’s best and only professional Brit pop cover band our 90’s tribute band will take you back to the best decade in music featuring the biggest and boldest nineties musicians. Britpop musician Andy Starkey from ‘Britpop Reunion‘ will have you thinking it’s the 1990’s all over again. Period guitars, amplifiers and drum kits mixed with retro 90’s clothing and nineties swagger. Established in 2014 Britpop Reunion instantly upped the game of what you should expect when you book a Britpop covers band. Massively entertaining performances and musicians engaging with the crowd. Therefore getting everyone to sing along and throw their hands in the air. Couple that with the best Britpop musicians around and you can be assured of one heck of a premium 90’s party.

 

 

 

 

 


 

You’ll be singing along to Britpop with us:

  • All the people so many people and they all go hand in hand, hand in hand through their Parklife.
  • So Sally can wait she knows it’s too late as she’s walking on by. Her soul slides away, but don’t look back in anger, I heard you say.
  • We are young, we run green, keep our teeth, nice and clean, see our friends, see the sights, feel Alright. 
  • I wanna live like Common People, I wanna see whatever Common People see.
  • Sometimes I, fantasise, when the streets are cold and lonely and the cars they burn below me.

 

 

All these exciting live performances you can see in our high end videos. We’re not just filming a local pub performance on a smart phone…. With terrible audio and video quality. We’re shooting on multiple DSLR and mirrorless cameras. With live audio expertly recorded from a mixing desk at high end bookings. ‘Britpop Reunion‘ put in all this extra effort to prove to your what we’re capable of. Read reviews and you’ll soon see how every single client who has ever booked Britpop cover band ‘Britpop Reunion‘ has given us a 100% positive rating. 

 

 

 

 

 


 

What you get when you hire a UK brit pop covers group 

Depending on the size of your event will depend on whether we bring along our state of the art PA & lighting system. For parties with under approx 150 guests its no problem for us to handle all the events audio for you. For events larger than approx 150 guests read more on what you get when you hire a britpop band. 

 

Britpop singer Andy Starkey and our Britpop tribute band will give you the sights and sounds of a real nineteen nineties live band. There’s no other britpop band out there who are capable of reproducing the 90’s exactly as it was as we do. Contact Britpop artist Andrew Starkey to check on price and availability of his fantastic 1990’s tribute band for your event. Or come and find us on Facebook for a chat.

 

 

 

 

 

Last Minute Musicians Britpop Tribute Band

If you’re looking to hire Last Minute Musicians Britpop Tribute Band then 90’s cover band ‘Britpop Reunion’ might just be able to help you out. We’ll perform lots of Brit pop and 90’s songs as your wedding band, 90’s festival band, corporate entertainment live band, or 90’s birthday party band. In fact we can perform at any type of live music event you’re planning.  Imagine dancing your heart out to such 90’s indie bangers like Don’t Look Back In Anger, Disco 2000, Parklife, Cigarettes & Alcohol, Song 2 and more. Formed in 2014 with oodles of live performances under our belts Britpop Reunion will give you the full on Brit pop experience you’ve been looking for. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability then book last minute musicians for an event. 

Last Minute Musicians Britpop Tribute Band
Last Minute Musicians Britpop Tribute Band

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. 

 

Wonderwall by Oasis Cover Version Live Brit Pop Cover Band

Watch our Wonderwall by Oasis Cover Version video filmed at Silverstone and see how everyone joins in with every single word of this 90’s indie classic. “And after all, you’re my Wonderwall”. This really is a firm crowd favourite at every single live performance we do. Who would have thought that an Oasis song would still stand the test of time 20 plus years later? It must be down to the shear fantastic writing of lyrics and chords by Noel Gallagher. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to book Britpop Reunion tribute band for an event that requires live music such as a wedding, festival or party

 

 

Wonderwall by Oasis Cover Version Live Brit Pop Cover Band
Wonderwall by Oasis Cover Version Live Brit Pop Cover Band

 

Wonderwall by Oasis Cover

How many times do you think this Oasis song has been played on the radio and live since its release? A billion maybe? Two billion definitely maybe? Wonderwall is taken from the second Oasis studio album “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory” in October 1995 with “Don’t Look Back In Anger” as the follow up single. 

 

 

 

 


 
Wonderwall Lyrics.

Verse 1
Today is gonna be the day, that they’re gonna throw it back to you.
By now you should’ve somehow realised what you gotta do.
I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now.

Backbeat the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out.
I’m sure you’ve heard it all before, but you never really had a doubt.
I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now.

Bridge 1
And all the roads we have to walk are winding.
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding.
There are many things that I would like to say to you but I don’t know how.

Chorus 1
Because maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me.
And after all you’re my wonderwall.

Verse 2
Today was gonna be the day but they’ll never throw it back to you.
By now you should’ve somehow realised what you’re not to do.
I don’t believe that anybody, feels the way I do about you now

Bridge 2
And all the roads that lead you there were winding.
And all the lights that light the way are blinding.
There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don’t know how.

Chorus 2
I said maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me.
And after all you’re my wonderwall.

I said maybe (I said maybe).
You’re gonna be the one that saves me.
And after all, you’re my wonderwall.

I said maybe (I said maybe)
You’re gonna be the one that saves me (saves me)

 


 

Facts about Wonder Wall.

The b-sides to Wonderwall were:

  • Round Are Way
  • The Swamp Song
  • The Masterplan

“Round Are Way” was sung by Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor in the 1997 Da film ‘A Life Less Ordinary’. The sound track to the film also features the Britpop band Ash

Noel Gallagher took the name of the song Wonderwall from George Harrison (from The Beatles) debut solo album title “Wonderwall Music”

Fran Healy from Scottish Post-Britpop band Travis questioned “and what’s a Wonderwall anyway” in their single “Writing To Reach You”

Did you know that this Oasis song is believed to be one of the most busked songs ever? It’s entirely possible don’t you think?

Digsys Dinner Oasis Cover Version Video

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.

 

 
Digsy Peter Deary
Digsy Peter Deary

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.

 

Digsys Dinner Oasis Cover Version Video
Digsys Dinner Oasis Cover Version Video

 

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).

 

digsy's dinner by oasis cover version
Digsy’s Dinner by Oasis cover version

 

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.

 

Digsy's Diner
Digsy’s Diner

 

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

 

Oasis Cover Song
Oasis Cover Song

 

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”.

 

digsys diner spelt wrongly north american release definitely maybe
Digsys Diner spelt wrongly on North American release of Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Silverstone Grand Prix Classic Weekend Britpop Tribute Band Live Performance

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.

Silverstone Grand Prix Classic Weekend Britpop Tribute Band Live Performance
Silverstone Grand Prix Classic Weekend Britpop Tribute Band Live Performance

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

Competition now closed.

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.

Silverstone Classic 90s Tribute Band Festival
Silverstone Classic 90s Tribute Band Festival

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.

To book 90’s cover band ‘Britpop Reunion’ for your festival band or event contact to check on price and availability. 

Married With Children Oasis Cover Version Video Acoustic Britpop Tribute Band

To celebrate the anniversary of ‘Definitely Maybe’ Britpop musician Andy Starkey decided to take time out of his holiday to live stream this Married With Children Oasis cover version.  Andy hadn’t played this song for over 20 years and it is actually one of the first Oasis set of chords he ever mastered as a teenager. Married With Children is the final song from the Oasis debut album ‘Definitely Maybe‘ which was released August 1994 on Alan McGee’s ‘Creation Records’. Britpop Reunion perform many songs by Oasis from their nineties repertoire including Roll With It, Don’t Look Back In Anger, Wonderwall, Cigarettes & Alcohol and more.  To book a Britpop tribute band for a 90’s party contact Andy for more information on price and availability to hire.

Married With Children Oasis Cover Version Video

The lyrics to Married With Children were somewhat inspired by Louise Jones, who was Noel Gallagher’s girlfriend at the time . She was constantly being kept awake by the Oasis songwriter while he was writing songs and practicing his guitar. Louise would get annoyed telling Noel, “You’re music’s shite.” Gallagher said that he had to keep those lines and wrote them into this song. Those must have been fun times in their household in the nineteen nineties eh.

The song was also inspired by the USA sitcom “Married… with Children”. Noel Gallagher told nineties music paper Melody Maker “I looked at them two in the show (Al Bundy & Peggy Bundy), and looked at us two, and I thought, that’s us, that is!” (i.e. he, Noel Gallagher and his girlfriend Louise Jones). Furthermore he said “It’s another song that anybody could relate to, because if you live with a girlfriend or just a flatmate, there are always petty things that you hate about them. And this song’s just about pettiness”. Yeah, isn’t that right eh.

Married With Children Oasis Cover Version Video Acoustic Britpop Tribute Band
Married With Children Oasis Cover Version Video Acoustic Britpop Tribute Band

Further musings about the Oasis song Married With Children.

This original of this very acoustic sounding song is actually ever so slightly out of tune from regular 440Hz tuning. This suggests it was probably slowed down slightly after recording. Married With Children was an album only track and was never released as a single. Andy’s Married With Children Oasis cover version stays close to the original but has the guitar solo section removed as he preformed it solo. It would have sounded empty without another guitar strumming chords under a solo otherwise.

Noel Gallagher is known for borrowing/plagiarising other artists songs.  If you listen to Lithium by Nirvana (From their 1991 sophomore album ‘Nevermind’) you’ll notice it has very similar chords played with a similar rhythm.

The final song was supposedly recorded in about half an hour on a broken Four-Track multitrack recorder in producer/engineer Mark Coyle’s bedroom.
The very dry sounding guitar part was played by Noel on a Gretsch ‘Country Gent’ that used to be owned by John Squire from The Stone Roses that was round at Owen Morris’s house. The final products is a great link between the demo stages with Mark Coyle and the finished album track.

Alan McGee from Creation records was quoted as saying “It works and when it works its charming and when it’s charming it goes on the record”. Which is a great ethos.

During the recording of Married With Children the following musicians and producers were involved with Oasis (Although not all featured on this song).

  • Owen Morris & Mark Coyle – Producers
  • Liam Gallagher – Lead Vocals
  • Noel Gallagher – Lead Guitarist & backing vocals
  • Paul Arthurs (aka Bonehead) – Rhythm guitar
  • Paul McGuigan (aka Guigsy) – Bass guitar
  • Tony McCarrol – Drummer

Married With Children Lyrics

There’s no need for you to say you’re sorry
Goodbye I’m going home
I don’t care no more so don’t you worry
Goodbye I’m going home

I hate the way that even though you
Know you’re wrong you say you’re right
I hate the books you read and all your friends
Your music’s shite it keeps me up all night, up all night

There’s no need for you to say you’re sorry
Goodbye I’m going home
I don’t care no more so don’t you worry
Goodbye I’m going home

I hate the way that you are so sarcastic
And you’re not very bright
You think that everything you’ve done’s fantastic
Your music’s shite it keeps me up all night, up all night

And it will be nice to be alone for a week or two
But I know then I will be right, right back here with you, with you….

There’s no need for you to say you’re sorry
Goodbye I’m going home
I don’t care no more so don’t you worry
Goodbye I’m going home


Chords to Married With Children by Oasis

Slightly above a beginners level of playing, yet still pretty simple enough. You can play along to Andy’s Married With Children Oasis Cover Version Video by following the following guitar chords.

E G# C#m A C B7 E
A A7 E – F# A G

Earlier recordings of Married With Children.

A demo version of Married With Children was released on the Deluxe Edition version of the Oasis debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’. A slightly less refined version yet it doesn’t actually differ very much from the final album release. But it does feature a very loud shaker throughout and then a loud tambourine during the solo. Also it has slightly clearer lyrics sung by Liam. It clocks in at one second shorter than the final album release being three minutes and sixteen seconds.

If you are looking to hire an Oasis wedding band , or 90’s tribute band then contact band leader Andy Starkey at Britpop Reunion for a quote.