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The UK’s best 90s tribute band perform Weather With You by Crowded House Cover prior to going on stage at one of our ticketed events. Released in February 1992 this often forgotten classic 90s tune reached number 7 in the UK charts. It is still heard today all over the world in supermarkets and on TV commercials. Hire Britpop Reunion for your event, party, wedding, birthday party, festival or ticketed event by contacting band leader Andy Starkey. 

Weather With You by Crowded House Cover

Watch as Britpop Reunion show our attention to detail perfectly replicating vocal harmonies and guitar parts in our cover of this classic crowd favourite Crowded House cover. 

Cover of Weather With You by Crowded House

Taken from the bands 3rd album ‘Woodface’ which also featured the classic nineties singles Chocolate Cake, It’s Only Natural, Fall at Your Feet and Four Seasons in One Day.

I, Andy Starkey, lead singer/bass player of Britpop Reunion do make the odd appearance from time to time on radio, podcasts and TV but it was very interesting to be called up the BBC to give my thoughts on tribute bands. I was also asked for my opinion on how ABBA are set to sue ABBA Mania tribute band for the BBC Radio 4 Today Program with Nick Robinson. The best thing about this was that I also got to discuss these topics with famous Britpop Pulp drummer Nick Banks. I’m a huge Pulp fan so this was a great fun for me. The interview was done live on BBC Radio 2 on 8th December 2021. 

You can watch a “Fonejacker’ style video I produced to go along with the program below. (It took me 11 long hours to create this video by the way). Now that’s some serious effort don’t you think? Before we get into the ins and outs of it all though if you want to hire a Britpop tribute band then contact me to hire Britpop Reunion for your next live event. 

Tribute Bands BBC Radio show featuring Britpop Pulp drummer Nick Banks.

Being a member of a 90’s tribute band I of course had more thoughts on the matter so thought I’d take the time to write them up below…..

I was called up by a researcher from BBC Radio 4 The Today Program and asked if I wouldn’t mind being interviewed the following morning on the show. The researcher stated that we’d be discussing tribute bands with Nick Banks from Pulp so how could I say no being a massive Pulp fan? 

Even though the researcher was looking for a Pulp Tribute Band she still thought it was a great idea to speak to myself about tribute bands in general. I explained that we’re not officially a ‘Tribute to Pulp” but we do play a number of their songs including Common People (A superb encore song) and Disco 2000. On occasion I will don my brown Jarvis Cocker suit for live performances which I purchased from a charity shop back in the mid 90’s.  Britpop Reunion are a tribute to a music scene in the 90’s based around lad culture and indie pop music. Therefore we perform music by artists such as Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, James and other famous Brit pop bands. We also play music by other 90’s artists like Alanis Morissette, Britney Spears, The Rembrandts, Robbie Williams and more.

Tribute bands verses the original band.

It’s worth noting that during the interview I had no idea that they would be comparing Britpop Reunion’s LIVE version of ‘Common People‘ against the actual STUDIO version by Pulp. I think it sounded pretty decent though, don’t you? What other Britpop tribute band have had their songs directly compared to the originals on national radio like this?

Suing tribute bands

I had to look up the subject matter “ABBA to sue tribute band ABBA Mania” as I hadn’t heard about it.  I am slightly in two minds about Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad suing the tribute band called ABBA Mania. The main issue seems to be that the tribute group had been using the term “Official” in their blurbs. Which for me is pushing it a little too far. Wording it like this makes it sound as if it’s an endorsement from the ABBA band members themselves. When this is clearly not the case.

But having since been contacted by a member of ABBA Mania he tells me the only reason they use the term “Official” is in relation to their own tribute band, NOT ABBA. It seems that other ABBA tributes have turned up calling themselves the exact same tribute band name ‘ABBA Mania’ trying to win work of the back of “The Original ABBA Mania” name. Thus an imitation of imitation of imitation has been created. Very bizarre eh.

Defending Tribute Bands

In defence of ABBA Mania, they have been together since the late 90’s. So why have ABBA chosen to take this legal action only now and not 21 years ago? Does it have something to do with the fact that after 41 years of NOT touring live themselves they have suddenly come up with this ridiculous and very expensive “Virtual” “Hologram” tour and feel it will impact their own ticket sales? Surely not right? When bands stop touring live, break up, quit or even members die it’s tribute bands that keep the legacy and music of the band alive. Tribute acts can keep solid interest in bands over many, many decades as shown by all the Beatles and Rolling Stones tributes out there.

There are probably as many ABBA tribute bands on the scene as there are Oasis tributes and Queen tributes. If ABBA have decided to take this kind of action then are all other tributes to various artists up for the chop next? To an extent I say good on ABBA Mania for sticking to their guns. All these articles online really are some fantastic promo for this ABBA tribute. As they say “No publicity is bad publicity”. I bet their agents phone is ringing off the hook now with theatres trying to book them.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

The cynical side of me just thinks this is probably designed to get ABBA back in the news again. It’s the PR machine there to freely advertise help sell tickets for their ridiculous virtual live show. There’s also a good chance it’s probably just some lawyer who has contacted ABBAs lawyer and said “I can do this for you” and they’ve just run with it. 

To quote Oscar Wilde ‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can play to greatness’. So surely this applies here? Of course he never stated whether retribution should be received for “Copying” someone else’s work though did he.

Not the first instance of an original band suing a tribute band.

It is not the first time ABBA lawyers have been on the prowl and it won’t be the last either. I personally know someone who played in an ABBA tribute who were forced to change their name and even had their Facebook page completely removed. She is now in a completely different theatre touring ABBA tribute so I hope they are not plagued by this sort of thing any time soon.

Buying tickets for and seeing a tribute band live.

No person buying a ticket to see a tribute act thinks they are seeing the real band/group. Most of the time no intellectual property is being stolen by a tribute band performing music and dressing up like a successful original band. No one is being fooled into buying tickets. Who on earth would think they are going to see “The Real Beatles”? Nearly 60 years after they stopped touring AND still dressed in Shea Stadium outfits?

Buying tickets to see a tribute band is not like going to see “Dodgy Dave” on the market stall selling counterfeit goods like Fred Perry and Adidas Originals.  You’re not being fooled into paying only £15 for something that usually retails at £60.

Tribute bands are an opportunity to see your favourite bands you missed out on. Either because you were too young at the time or just because life got in the way. There’s also a good chance you just couldn’t afford the “Real Thing”. Sure you COULD go and see Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr (If you sold a kidney). But you’re not really seeing “The Beatles” are you. When punters go and see tribute bands like “The Bootleg Beatles” or “Britpop Reunion” it’s the next best thing. And all at a very reasonable price too.

Who is earning money by tribute bands performing at theatres?

I’m sure that 99.99999% of none musical folks out there don’t even realise that when a tribute act plays a theatre they have to list every artists and song they play. The venue then takes a cut from the bands pay which gets paid to the actual original artists as royalties. So tribute bands like ABBA, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Queen , Tina Turner, Oasis etc must be raking it in while sitting comfortably on their bums at home.

Theatres employ a large amount of staff and revenue is generated for the venue not just from ticket sales. But also sales from food, drink and a percentage cut of the merchandise being sold. All of which are taxable and go back into the economy.

Tribute band “Endorsements”

Unfortunately fake endorsements are rife in the tribute industry (Except for ‘Britpop Reunion’) with claims of musicians being:

• The Number One Tribute to Britpop
• The UK’s Best Tribute to Britpop
• The UK’s Premiere Britpop Tribute Band

Of course though, none of these claims can ever be backed up with evidence. What do these statements even mean? WHO has decided these bands are ‘Number One/The Best’ etc? It’s usually just someone in the band giving themselves that monocle. Maybe they have been ‘Voted’ that endorsement by some ‘Industry Awards’? Ha!!!!! Industry awards are an utter scam and mean absolutely nothing. You pay to be entered into a category. Then you pay to attend the awards ceremony. Afterwards you pay for your award. Ergo YOU BUY THE AWARD. In some cases it’s even more ridiculous when an artist states they are “The Best tribute to Oasis”. Yet they’re just a one man show singing along to karaoke tracks.

A funny story about tribute bands and more legal action.

‘The Karpets’ are a tribute to the late 80’s/Early 90’s indie band ‘Inspiral Carpets’ . Nowadays this tribute band actually features the original singer of Inspiral Carpets ‘Tom Hingley’ fronting the tribute band. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of another similar case to this in musical history.

Recently 90’s grunge artists ‘Pearl Jam’ threatened to sue a tribute to them and made them change their band name. Looking back at their website and social media this was no doubt due to the tribute band being stupid. They had used the original artists logo and graphics from their single ‘Alive’. But, again in this tribute bands defence, Pearl Jam actually encouraged their fans to Bootleg (Record the audio from) their live performances. Of which Pearl Jam have sold nearly 14 million copies of various shows from across the world. So them threatening legal action really doesn’t sit well with me either. Considering Pearl Jam make money from these recordings.

In conclusion I firmly believe that tribute bands have the right to exist. They have the right to make money and in turn have the right to make money for the original artists. I really enjoyed my time speaking live on the radio and you can hire me speak about similar things and Britpop/The 90’s in general too. To hire a 90’s tribute band contact Britpop Reunion.

A little information on Nick Banks from Pulp.

Nick Banks was the drummer in Britpop band Pulp from 1986 until the band split up in 2002. He then joined them once again for the Pulp reunion from 2011 to 2013. He is still drumming in a few bands around his home town of Sheffield. Also he runs the family pottery business.

Wands at the ready…..I mean rings at the ready….No actually go on, what core is your wand? Surely unicorn hair is the best and coolest right? Hmm, but what about Dragon or Phoenix? Sorry we digress, but we just love to talk Harry Potter….You’re both huge Harry Potter fans right otherwise you wouldn’t be looking at this web page? Both you and your other half can’t get enough of the exploits of Harry, Ron & Hermione. You watch all 8 films multiple times a year. When you’ve finished reading all 7 books, you just start over again. You listen to the audio books read by Stephen Fry (Or Jim Dale if you’re in the USA) in the car on your way to work or on a driving holiday.

Now you’re getting married and you fancy doing a bit of Harry Potter music at your Harry Potter themed wedding. So you’re going to need a Harry Potter wedding band. Go on, do it, you’ve always said you would. We, Britpop Reunion and everyone else love HP don’t they? (Only weirdos don’t).

About Harry Potter Wedding Band

‘Britpop Reunion‘ (Established 2014) perform all three songs by ‘The Weird Sisters’ featured in The Goblet Of Fire film including Do The Hippogriff, Magic Works and This Is The Night. Also we’ll hand all your live entertainment throughout your entire wedding reception and throw in DJ services until midnight as standard too. Also we have lots of optional extras for you to choose from such as late night DJ, PA hire for speeches and more. Just contact band leader Andy Starkey and let him know what wedding services you need and he’ll be happy to assist you.

We’ll either perform massive 1990’s tunes (Because H.P. is set in the 90’s) by Oasis, Robbie Williams, Britney Spears, Chesney Hawkes, Pulp, Supergrass, James and more. Or we’ll play you a brilliant mix of music from all decades including Amy Winehouse, Elvis, Florence And The Machine,  Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys, Van Morrison and more. It’s your wedding party so you decide. Contact us as soon as possible to check on availability and price.

Our credentials as a Harry Potter Wedding Band

It’s not absolutely impossible to meet actors from the Harry Potter films, they sometimes show up at conventions. Imagine having the guts to ask three of these actors to appear on stage with you while you perform ‘Do The Hippogriff‘ from Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire though? Well that’s what we did in the below live video. We were at a Harry Potter Convention performing live for the guests at their Yule Ball style event and we asked Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley, brother of Ron Weasley), Jon Campling (Death Eater) & Chris Rithin (Dudley Dursley’s gang member) to join us on stage. What good sports they were, look at them jump around and rock out. What other band out there can say they’ve done anything like this? The answer……NONE!

These Harry Potter actors even reviewed us after the event and said these lovely things about us.

Chris Rankin  / Percy Weasley “Awesome band, awesome night”

Jon Campling / Death Eater “Britpop Reunion freakin’ owned it tonight at the World Of Wizardry Ball. Serious #britpop #skillz #livemusic”

Just how authentic will you go at your Harry Potter themed wedding?

So what will it be? Are you going to dress up like Fleur Delacour (Clémence Poésy) in her peacock wedding dress & Bill Weasley (Domhnall Gleeson) in his velvet purple suit when they got married at The Weasleys Burrow in Devon in The Deathly Hallows? Have a right old jig with us handling all your nights entertainment. This just sounds like a magical night doesn’t it. 

Will you go the whole Hogwarts and recreate the Yule Ball from Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire? Might you dress up like Hermione Granger in her pink dress and Viktor Krum in his red military jacket, fur and black boots as you walk down the aisle to Harry Potter music? What about having the Marvolo Gaunt Horcrux ring as your wedding ring? Whats the worst that could happen, a blackened hand?

Professional wedding band ‘Britpop Reunion’ other videos.

‘Britpop Reunion‘ are a professional wedding band. Watch our wedding videos below and many of our other live videos, view images from the  hundreds of weddings we’ve performed at. Enjoy our below wedding Vlog too and watch our other Vlogs. Client satisfaction is our number one priority. 

Just how big a Harry Potter fan are you?

All band members in Britpop Reunion are Potterheads, but none more so than lead singer Andy Starkey. He’s been to Harry Potter Studios in London on multiple occasions and has even visited The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Japan. He’s read the books and films many, many times, he’s got the t-shirt and everything. Find out more about hiring our Harry Potter Band for your Harry Potter themed event. Use the below contact form to book us for your Harry Potter Wedding Reception.

Call within UK 07794 659405, outside UK 00447794 659405. Alternatively our wedding reception band britpopreunion@gmail.com

You probably didn’t even know that ‘Britpop Reunion‘ also perform as a Harry Potter band did you? We perform all three songs featured in The Goblet Of Fire film including Do The Hippogriff, Magic Works and This Is The Night as well as handling your live entertainment throughout the whole event. So that’s Harry Potter music plus amazing pop tunes sorted for the whole of your Harry Potter themed event. We even perform live at Harry Potter themed weddings too. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability of our live stage show for your wizarding event.

The only Harry Potter band to appear on stage with actual cast members.

Here we are with actual cast members live on stage with us performing “Do The Hippogriff” featuring Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley, brother of Ron Weasley), Jon Campling (Death Eater) & Chris Rithin (Dudley Dursley’s gang member) at a Harry Potter convention. There’s no other band on the planet with these kinds of Harry Potter credentials. Go on, check out the video below, it will make you smile. Just as we smiled all the way through performing it. What an amazing and memorable experience it was for guests, the band and the actors themselves. Dreams really can come true.

Re-enact the Yule Ball Dance at Hogwarts

Remember the magical Yule Ball dance from Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire. That scene were Harry Potter dances with Parvati Patil. Neville Longbottom is dancing with Ginny Weasley.  Hermione Granger dances with Viktor Krum and Ron Weasley dances with…well no one because he doesn’t like his odd looking dress robes? Imagine recreating something like that and book our Harry Potter tribute band to perform at your Harry Potter themed event. Speaking of that dance, do you know the EXACT date of the dance? It’s 25th December 1994. Do you know who was at number one in the UK charts on that exact date? It was East 17 with ‘Stay Another Day’. Have a look at the rest of the top 10 on that date in the mid nineties.

What type of Harry Potter party are you having?

Are you getting married and need a Harry Potter wedding band? Are you throwing a Harry Potter party? Do you need to book a Harry Potter band for your corporate event? Maybe it’s a Harry Potter convention you’re organising and need live entertainment? We’re all massive Harry Potter fans which is why we set up this Harry Potter tribute experience for likeminded folks like yourself.

What was the name of the band in The Goblet Of Fire?

Pop Quiz hot shot, what’s the name of the band from the Yule Ball scenes in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Quick…Yes, you remember don’t you, it’s “The Weird Sisters”.

Those incredibly hairy guys that all the students and teachers dance along to midway through the Triwizard Tournament. Well you can call us The Weird Sisters tribute ‘The Weirdo Sisters’ while we’re at your party or event.

Did you know that the Harry Potter Band ‘The Weird Sisters’ from Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire are actually real life famous musicians themselves?

No, they really are, some are a little more easy to spot than others.

List of ‘The Weird Sister’ band members and their proper bands:

• Myron Wagtail (Vocals) – Jarvis Cocker from Pulp.
• Kirley Duke McCormack (Lead guitar) – Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead.
• Donaghan Tremlett (Bass guitar) – Steve Mackey from Pulp.
• Orsino Thruston (Drums) – Phil Selway from Radiohead.
• Heathcote Barbary (Rhythm guitarist) – Jason Buckle from All Seeing I.
• Gideon Crumb (Bagpipes) – Steven Claydon from Add N to (X).

We can perform all three songs at your Harry Potter party originally performed by ‘The Weird Sisters’ including

• Do The Hippogriff
• Magic Works
• This Is The Night

As The Goblet Of Fire was set in the 90’s we can either perform a fantastic selection of 1990’s pop hits from Robbie Williams, Oasis, Blur, Alanis Morissette, James, Pulp, Supergrass and more from our 90’s tribute band repertoire. Or we can perform a splendid mix of pop hits from all decades including artists like Amy Winehouse, Stereophonics, Florence + The Machine, Chuck Berry, Kaiser Chiefs and more from our other decades repertoire. No matter what type of music you wan’t for your Wizards Event, we’ve got you covered.

You absolutely love Harry Potter and we do too.

Trust in a band that have such a passion for faithfully recreating the music of Harry Potter that we’ve been to The Making of Harry Potter at Warner Bros. Studios London on many occasions and have even visited The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Japan.

Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire band – Lets get dressed up

So get dressed up in your favourite house colours of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, or Hufflepuff and dance like a Hippogriff. Put on your best witch and wizard costumes, grab your Nimbus 3000 broomstick and fly around the dance-floor. Go on a quest to find your goblin made sword of Gryffindor and boogie down like a unicorn. Put on your worst house elf pillow case or rags and dance by yourself. Dress up like your favourite death eaters Bellatrix Lestrange, Severus Snape or Lucius Malfoy and move your body like a hairy troll. Go full on evil as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named…(Oh go on then) Lord Voldemort (aka Tom Marvolo Riddle) and stamp your feet like a leprechaun. Then get ready for your Dementors kiss and shake your booty like a boggart in pain. Just don’t put on the Marvolo Gaunt Horcrux ring. Are you team Hogwarts, Beauxbatons or Durmstrang?

Pricing and availability

Use the contact form below to get in touch with us and advise us as much as you can about your event. We can then accurately advise you on our availability and fee. ‘The Weirdo Sisters’ can be booked throughout the UK, Europe and the whole of the word. If you’re having a very small party or working towards a much smaller budget, you can hire lead singer Andy Starkey solo acoustic (But still amped up for a louder sound) performing the three songs from The Goblet Of Fire and other 1990’s and chart pop hits from all the decades. If you’re having problems with the below contact form call within UK 07794 659405, outside UK 00447794 659405. Alternatively britpopreunion@gmail.com

Images from a Harry Potter Convention.

All the fun we had with guests and cast members at a Harry Potter convention.

Stars of the film testimonials of how fantastic we are

Will you be serving Butterbeer at your Wizarding event?

Andy from the band still isn’t quite sure if he likes it or not. He much prefers his own home recipe (Contact Andy above for his special recipe).

Hire a British Britpop Tribute Band across England, Scotland and Wales and have the UK’s best 90’s cover band perform superb chart hits. Wherever you are having a party in Britain be that Birmingham, London, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff you can have live music performed by Britpop Reunion at your event. Imagine having a whole night of British music from the 1990’s (and even before and after if you require) performed by the best professional musicians in the UK.  No matter what the size of your event we will put on a performance you’ll never forget with you singing and dancing along along to our entire set. Contact band leader/bass player Andy Starkey to check on price and availability to hire a live band for a British event.

Music by British artists like:

• Blur
• Chesney Hawkes
• Chumbawamba
• The Cure
• EMF feat. Vic & Bob
• James 
• The La’s
• Oasis 
• Ocean Colour Scene
• Primal Scream – Rocks
• Pulp
• Reef
• Republica
• The Stone Roses
• Supergrass

A British Britpop Tribute Band who perform the following songs:

• Country House
• Parklife
• Song 2
• The One & Only
• Tubthumping
• Friday I’m In Love
• I’m A Believer
• Laid
• Sit Down
• There She Goes
• Cigarettes & Alcohol
• Don’t Look Back In Anger
• Roll With It
• Wonderwall
• The Day We Caught The Train
•  Common People / Disco 2000
• Place Your Hands
• Ready To Go
• Made Of Stone
•  Alright

Having formed in 2014 Britpop Reunion know how to put on a superb live show with many years of previous experience. With vocals, guitars, drums and bass we reproduce the exact sounds of a 1990’s band during Cool Britannia and Brit Pop. Guitar based Indie Pop songs and 90’s hits for all the family to enjoy when Cool Britannia ruled the airwaves.

What about some none Britpop / 1990’s song too by artists like The Beatles, Amy Winehouse, Stereophonics, Florence + The Machine, Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs. If that’s what you’re after then we can play songs by these artists too. Just let us know what you require when you contact band leader Andy Starkey. 

ブリットポップ リユニオン are available to perform Britpop music and 90’s hits all over Japan and Asia. Whether you’re having a party in Tokyo, Kyoto, Yokohama, Osaka, Sapporo, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Kobe or any prefecture Britpop Reunion will perform live for you and your guests. Massive hits from Blur like Parklife and Country House, Oasis like Wonderwall, Roll With It and Don’t Look Back In Anger. Also tracks by Pulp such as Common People and Disco 2000. Then Alright by Supergrass, Friday I’m In Love by The Cure and much more from our 90’s tribute band repertoire. Order a Highball, an Asahi Super Dry and a Suntory whisky and sit back and enjoy British Pop songs from the best decade in music ever. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability for your Asian live music event.

Hire ブリットポップ リユニオン in Japan

You can hire ブリットポップ リユニオン throughout the whole of Japan. Established in 2014 Britpop Reunion are the UK’s premiere British Pop and 90’s Hits tribute band. We have performed at many festivals, private parties, corporate events, and weddings. With many, many 5 Star Reviews proving what we do week in week out you’re guaranteed a superb night of live British music.

Performing live in Japan.

Band leader Andy travelled to Tokyo, Japan and met up with this friends in Otasis – Japans best Oasis tribute band and performed a few songs with them. Below you will see some photos and live videos.

No other UK brit pop band have proof through live videos of what we have achieved over the years together. You can put your trust in Andrew Starkey and his team of professional musicians to faithfully reproduce all your favourite British hits from the 1990’s. we’d love to play a part in your Japanese Britpop Night. 

Find out more about Britpop Reunion by visiting our Facebook page. Then why not read previous clients reviews about our British band on TrustPilot. You will soon see why we’re the English musicians for your live event or party. You’ll also hear hits by Reef, Chumbawamba, Primal Scream. And we’ll even play a song by The Beatles too if you want.

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Britpop Reunion are NME Nineties Music Experts available to hire for any live music event. Festivals, Corporate Events, Birthdays, Weddings, Parties and more. Since we formed back in 2014 we have gained the highest praise from every single one of our previous clients. You love the 90s are WE KNOW THE 90’s that’s why you can trust us to deliver the best songs from the last best decade in music. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability to hire live nineties music from Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Supergrass, James, Reef and more. We’ll take you back to the last sane decade when indie pop and Cool Britannia ruled the airwaves in the UK giving you the best Nineties Music Experience.

Hire Nineties Music Experts Experience for a live performance

Book an NME band now and have Britpop Reunion nineties music experts handle all your live entertainment at your event or party. We’ve been there and done that at every single type of live event conceivable. Hundreds of brides,  grooms and birthday clients have been incredibly happy with our wedding and party performances. And thousands and thousands of festival goers and corporate client guests have been ecstatic with our live shows too. We want you to enjoy yourselves as much as were enjoying ourselves on stage. 

When you book Britpop Reunion you’ll hear superb Brit Pop and 90’s songs like:

• Tubthumping
• Laid
• Mrs Robinson
• Ready To Go
• You & Me Song
• Roll With It
• Disco 2000
• and so much more from our 90s tribute band repertoire. 

Band leader and professional musician Andy Starkey lived through the 1990’s and has obsessed over it ever since. The sounds, the images, the fights, the breakups, the reconciliations, the clothing and so much more. Andy’s vast knowledge of all things 90s lead to the creation of Britpop Reunion back in 2014 and has taken the band from strength to strength ever since. Hire the UK’s best Britpop and 90s tribute band for you event by contacting Andy now. 

Shenstone 90s Christmas Party Band ‘Britpop Reunion’ was held on on Saturday 13th December 2025. More info on the nineties Xmas party. Or contact band leader Andy Starkey to hire Britpop Reunion. ADVANCE TICKET SALES have sold out from here.

Ticket prices for our 90s Xmas Party at Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire were:
£18 advance + booking fee
£28 on the door on the night

Shenstone 90s Christmas Party Band

Venue address:

Shenstone Village Hall
Barnes Road
Shenstone
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 0LT

Photos from A Very 90s Christmas 3 in December 2025

Britpop = Indie Pop, so ‘Britpop Reunion‘ returned once again to The Guildhall, Lichfield, Staffordshire for a special event. This time to perform as a 90’s Indie Wedding Band for Luke & Matt. This is the second time we’ve performed for these awesome guys having played for them a few years ago in the exact same venue for Matt’s 40th 90’s birthday party band. The first time we gave them a Glastonbury 90’s Festival Band themed event. We performed music from Britpop & 90’s artists who have played at the internationally known Glastonbury festival over the years. If you’d like something similar at your chosen wedding venue across the UK and beyond then contact Andy Starkey now for a quote.

At this 90’s Indie Wedding Reception

Matt & Luke (Isn’t it funny how they have the same name as the main two guys from 80’s band ‘Bros’ eh) are huge 90’s fans and wanted something a little different to the normal same-old-same-old funk, soul, modern pop bands out there for their unique wedding reception.  This time they chose our 90’s indie wedding band and added in our ‘Other Decades‘ option. Our 90’s package gave Matt & Luke all of their favourite 90’s cover band songs from Oasis, Blur, The Cure, James, Supergrass and more. Then our ‘Other Decades‘ option also gave their 150 guests amazing tunes from Amy Winehouse, Stereophonics, Florence + The Machine, Van Morrison, Arctic Monkeys, Chuck Berry, Kaiser Chiefs and more. The dance-floor was full the entire night, shapes were thrown up in the air, everyone had a good sing-along to our entire repertoire of “Don’t Look Back In Anger“, “Parklife“,  “Friday I’m In Love” and much more.

Prior to our indie band performing live Matt & Luke had worked out an entire dance routine to a mash-up of the 1991 INXS track “Never Tear Us Apart” and “The World Is Not Enough” by Garbage from the 1999 James Bond film of the same name. This was a smash hit with everyone including ourselves and it started the night off brilliantly. So even they themselves covered songs from the start to the end of the nineteen nineties. Absolutely brilliant eh what a unique way to celebrate your love for each other. 

Standard 90’s indie wedding band packages we provide our clients with

• Two live performance sets of 90’s banging tunes (Or one long performance with no break which we usually recommend to clients)
• PA, speakers, mixing desk, guitars, amps, drum kit and all cabling
• Lighting for the dance-floor and stage area
• iPad DJ services until midnight and when the band aern’t performing live
• Hard copy contract/booking form
• No agencies fees saving you £400+

Chargeable wedding extras we can provide you with

• Late night DJ services past midnight
• Acoustic performances throughout the day
• Fog
• Customised projector lighting featuring your names, the date and a custom logo or corporate logo
• Wedding projector hire
• PA hire for speeches
• Professional photographer for your evening event

These lovely guys had gotten married a few weeks before in Bath and so this was their full on wedding party back in their home city of Lichfield, Staffordshire. Having received their photographers photos a few days before the event they took advantage of our wedding projector hire option. As you will see their wedding photos displayed up on stage with us looked absolutely brilliant. They also took advantage of our evening photographer services as you can see from the below images gallery.

Below you can watch a video of previous 90’s Indie weddings receptions that our professional wedding band have performed at. Here is Natalie & Jamies 90’s wedding in a tipi. Just look at the amazing time everyone had with ‘Britpop Reunion‘ handling the live entertainment.

Here is Vlog style video of our experiences at Claire & James’s festival style wedding that they put together entirely themselves. You’d be surprised how much cheaper doing this is than hiring a proper wedding venue.

To enquire on price and availability for 90’s tribute band ‘Britpop Reunion’ to perform at your 90’s Indie Wedding contact for a quote. We are the only band to have performed with actual 90’s musicians such as supporting The Bluetones and more nineties artists.