90s function band Britpop Reunion perform Ironic by Alanis Morissette Cover at various events across the UK and beyond. A big favourite for brides and bridesmaids at 90s themed weddings we have made this a BELTER of a song in our sets. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to hire a 90’s cover band for a live event.
Ironic by Alanis Morissette Cover version performed live by 90s Function Band BRITPOP REUNION
Ironic by Alanis Morissette Cover
Ironic was released in 1996 by Alanis Morissette and it was her third single from her third studio album ‘Jagged Little Pill’ and was the third song written for it that album. Professional 90s cover band Britpop Reunion have put their own spin on this nineties song by making it sound more guitar based Britpop, changing the key, speeding it up slightly and adding a guitar solo and extra chorus at the end. A great song to bounce along to at festivals, parties and especially weddings (When it’s rained). The video to this platinum selling song in the UK features Alanis driving round in a car in winter with different variants of her in the back seat singing along to the track.
Ironic lyrics
Verse 1
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay
It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think
Chorus
It’s like rain on your wedding day
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
Who would’ve thought it figures
Verse 2
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought “Well isn’t this nice”
And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think
Chorus
Bridge
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything’s okay and everything’s going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything’s gone wrong and everything blows up in your face
Verse 3
A traffic jam when you’re already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think
A little too ironic, and yeah I really do think
On 30th October 2025 Wonderwall by Oasis will celebrate its 30th anniversary of release. Here are Britpop Reunion frontman Andy Starkeys thoughts on the most iconic (And some would say most well known) track ever released by a Manchester band. This contains excerpts of unused material from a 40 minute interview with GQ Magazine. To hire a britpop tribute bandcontact Andy with info on your date and venue.
30 years of Wonderwall by Oasis
30 years of Wonderwall by Oasis
When Wonderwall was first released in October 1995, it immediately felt like it was everywhere. The radio played it constantly, it was on TV, in shops—you couldn’t escape it. By the time it officially came out, I’d already heard it dozens of times. I was 19 then, right in the middle of the Britpop explosion, and it felt like the soundtrack to everyday life.
Back then, I was in an originals indie band. At that time, covers were considered taboo—totally uncool. If you were serious about being in a band, you had to write and perform your own material. Playing somebody else’s hit was almost like admitting defeat. We did once or twice sneak in Live Forever, but we’d never play Wonderwall. It was too obvious, too mainstream for our “serious” indie sensibilities.
A Wonderwall Weekend Warrior
Fast forward to today, and things couldn’t be more different. I perform Wonderwall every single weekend at weddings, festivals, and corporate events. It has become one of those songs that people not only expect but demand. If you’re in a Britpop tribute band, you simply cannot avoid playing it. It’s impossible to do a set without it, because audiences won’t let you.
What makes Oasis remarkable is that their singles weren’t just about the A-side. The B-sides were just as good, sometimes even better. The Wonderwall single included Round Our Way, The Swamp Song, and The Masterplan—tracks that many fans still consider classics. I always say Oasis’ singles were like mini-EPs. You bought every release not just for the hit song but for the hidden gems tucked alongside it. That culture of collecting—buying every format, every CD, every cassette—was something bands like Oasis, Blur, and Suede thrived on.
Is Wonderwall cliché or cheesy?
Some people dismiss Wonderwall as a cliché, and I understand why. It has been overplayed. You hear it on the radio, in supermarkets, buskers play it in every town square. It’s the “go-to” song to want to learn for amateur guitarists (Although it certainly isn’t an “Easy 3 chords song”. But for me, it’s beyond cliché—it’s iconic. Songs that reach that level of saturation don’t just fade away; they become cultural landmarks. In the UK, Wonderwall sits alongside tracks like The Beatles ‘Hey Jude’ or The Kinks ‘Sunny Afternoon’. It’s part of the national fabric.
Personally, I joke that Noel Gallagher pays my mortgage, because my career has been built, in part, on songs like Wonderwall. I’ve made a living performing Oasis music. That’s how deeply it resonates with audiences. And honestly, I don’t get tired of playing it. For me, music is a profession, not just a hobby. As long as people light up when they hear those opening guitar chords, I’ll happily play it.
The reaction from crowds is always the same—pure joy. It reminds me of what happened with Mr. Brightside by The Killers, which came out eight years after Wonderwall. The effect is identical. If you don’t play it, someone will shout at you until you do. Both songs are woven into British nightlife and culture in such a way that they’ve become compulsory. You can try to leave them off the setlist, but the audience will never let you.
Back to 1995
When I think back to 1995, it was such an incredible time for music. I remember walking into Woolworths and buying What’s the Story Morning Glory on cassette? I’d play it non-stop in my battered Fiat Panda as I drove around town. Alongside Oasis, it was Blur’s Parklife and The Prodigy’s Music for the Jilted Generation. That mix of Britpop, indie, and dance gave the decade its identity. To me, it felt like music was the most exciting thing in the world. Who would have thought that over three decades later I would be celebrating 30 years of Wonderwall by Oasis by doing an interview like this?
Oasis in particular were life-changing. They were one of the reasons I became a musician. Even now, decades later, I work full-time as a professional performer. That’s not something I imagined back in the nineties, when I was still dreaming of breaking through with my own material. Eventually, I moved into the tribute and cover scene, and I’ve never looked back. It provides a living, and it keeps me connected to the music I love.
The future of young talent still wanting to be Liam & Noel.
You’d be surprised how many young people still feel the same way about Oasis. The bands I help mentor—kids between 16 and 21—are obsessed with them. They’ll always include a couple of Oasis songs in their sets. They want to be Liam. They want to be Noel. It shows just how timeless this music is. The culture of “being in a band” is coming back too, after years of solo artists dominating the charts. Oasis, in many ways, made it cool to pick up a guitar again, and I think they’re still inspiring teenagers nearly thirty years later.
Some of my best memories as a performer are tied to Wonderwall. I’ve played it at massive festivals, where tens of thousands of people sang every word louder than we could play it. In those moments, it stops being Oasis’ song—it belongs to the crowd. I’ve also played it at weddings and made it the bride & grooms own personal anthem. It works every time. Even little kids, sometimes only five or six years old, on their dads shoulders, singing along to it word for word. That’s the legacy of Wonderwall—it has been passed down through generations.
Of course, some musicians roll their eyes at it. They call it cheesy, predictable. I don’t see it that way. For me, it’s never about my ego—it’s about the audience. If I only played what I wanted, I’d be doing deep cut Smiths or Depeche Mode tracks to three people in a pub. The power of Wonderwall is that it brings everyone together. You can play it to students at a university gig or to fifty-year-olds at a birthday, and the reaction is the same. The song just works.
The intro strummed chords.
The intro alone is enough. The strumming pattern, the chord progression—within seconds, everyone knows what’s coming. That’s the mark of a true classic. Like Lennon’s Imagine or McCartney’s Hey Jude, you don’t need more than a few notes before the entire room lights up.
I’ve even played with a Japanese Oasis tribute band called Otasis. Earlier this year, I performed with them in Tokyo, and it was surreal. British music being celebrated in Japan, with Japanese fans singing English 90s songs as passionately as any crowd in Manchester—it shows just how global Oasis’ impact really is.
Culturally, their influence is everywhere. Walk into almost any pub in Britain, and you’ll find a “Liam” somewhere—bucket hat, parka, sunglasses on……indoors. Oasis aren’t just a band; they’re a style, a mindset, an attitude. That hasn’t faded, even three decades later.
That’s why, for me, Wonderwall is more than just a song I play every week, week in, week out. It’s part of the reason I became a musician. It’s part of why I’m still a musician today. And it’s part of why whole new generations are picking up guitars again. Some call it cheesy. Some call it overplayed. I call it a classic that will never die.
Wonderwall was released on the 30th October 2025 by Alan McGee’s Creation Records. It was written by Noel Gallagher and produced by Owen Morris. It was shortly followed up by Don’t Look Back In Anger.
The UK’s best ’90s tribute band Britpop Reunion perform Alright by Cast cover as a part of our Live ’25 set at a festival. What a Britpop Banger this is, taking you right back to 1995 all over again. To hire a Britpop cover band contact band leader Andy now.
Here is Britpop Reunion band leader 90s Britpop singer Andy Starkey doing a tutorial of how to play this simple Brit Pop song. It only has 3 simple chords. G, C and F. To play along with the song written by John Power (Previously the bass player in Lee Mavers band “The La’s”) you will need to put a capo onto the 1st fret. To hire a professional tribute band to the ’90s contact now.
Alright by Cast Cover
I guess I’m alright, I guess I’m alright. I guess I’m doing fine, I guess I’m doing fine.
Hire an Irish Britpop Tribute Band for your event in Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland and United Kingdom. You’ll hear amazing live performances from a professional 90’s cover band playing all the most well known 90’s songs from the best decade in music. We’ll make sure you’ll singalong with the Common People and jump up and down higher than that Wonderwall. Later on you’ll see your friends, see the sights and feel Alright. Contact band leader Andy Starkey from ‘Britpop Reunion‘ to check on price and availability to hire a band for a live performance.
Irish Britpop Tribute Band
Book throughout Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland and the various Irish islands and beyond. Book an Irish tribute band and we’ll perform big hits by Pulp, James, Oasis, Blur, Supergrass and more. Hire an Irish 90’s cover band throughout the whole of Ireland and the UK.
The UK’s best Britpop Tribute Band also featuring The 90’s
Since forming in two thousand and fourteen we’ve performed all over Ireland and the United Kingdom. Clients clearly know what they want when they book a professional Irish Britpop tribute band so they hire Britpop Reunion.
Irelands Britpop Tribute Band are available to perform all over Northern Island and Southern Island including:
Belfast
Derry
Lisburn
Newtownabbey
Bangor
Dublin
Cork
Limerick
Galway
Waterford
Hire an Irish Britpop Tribute Band band and 90’s covers in Ireland.
Book a 90’s cover band in Ireland performing songs by The Mavericks, The Rembrandts, Republica, Jamesand also Chumbawamba. Similarly hire a Britpop cover band in Ireland with banging live tunes by The Stone Roses, The Wannadies and Oasis. Check out our acoustic cover below of Girls From Mars by Ash (formed in Downpatrick in 1992 by vocalist/guitarist Tim Wheeler).
We’ve performed nineties music live all over Ireland and also The United Kingdom so know how to handle events of any size. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability now, we’d love to play a part in your live event.
Hire a Welsh Britpop Tribute Band for your event in Wales and West Britain. Superb live performances from a professional nineties cover band playing all of the most amazing 90’s songs from the best decade in music of all time. Contact ‘Britpop Reunion‘ to check on our price and availability for your event. When you book a brit pop tribute band you’ll hear the best songs by Pulp, Oasis, Supergrass, Blur, James and more.
Welsh Britpop Tribute Band 90s Wales
Book throughout mainland Wales and Anglesey and the various Welsh islands beyond. With many famous Welsh Britpop bands like Catatonia, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers and Super Furry Animals you know that Wales played its part in the 90’s music scene of Cool Cymru. Hire a Welsh 90’s cover band throughout the whole of Wales and beyond.
Britpop Reunion cover the entirety of Wales including:
Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)
Gwynedd
Conwy
Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)
Flintshire (Sir y Fflint)
Wrexham (Wrecsam)
Ceredigion
Powys
Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
Swansea (Abertawe)
Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot)
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr)
Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg)
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
Caerphilly (Caerffili)
Newport (Casnewydd)
Torfaen (Tor-faen)
Blaenau Gwent
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
The UK’s best Brit pop Tribute Band also featuring hit from the 90’s
Since forming in 2014 we’ve performed all over Wales. Clients clearly knew what they want when they book a professional Welsh Britpop tribute band so they hire Britpop Reunion. We’d love to play a part in your live event so don’t leave it too late to get in touch.
Hire a Britpop tribute band and 90’s cover band in Wales.
Book a 90’s cover band in The UK performing songs by The Mavericks, Deep Blue Something, Chumbawamba and also Chesney Hawkes. Similarly hire a Britpop cover band in Wales with banging live tunes by James, The La’s and Primal Scream.
We’ve performed nineties music live all over Wales and also beyond so know how to handle events of any size. ContactAndy Starkey to check on price and availability now, we’d love to play a part in your live event.
Bringing you the best of Oasis in 2025 Britpop Reunion have created a new live show called Live 25 Support. This package features support bands from the Live ’25 shows and bands that have supported (And even Oasis supported) from over the years. Our Oasis Live 25 Support band act will play you the Oasis hits you want to hear like Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back In Anger, Roll With It, Cigarettes and Alcohol and more. Plus songs from the support artists of this tour like Richard Ashcroft / The Verve Bitter Sweet Symphony and John Powers Cast Alright. Contact band leader Andy to book now.
Live 25 Support Band
Songs on our Live 25 Support package.
Also we’ll play songs by artists who supported Oasis throughout the years AND even by artists that Oasis supported too. Massive bangers from Pulp, Supergrass, Dodgy, The La’s, Stone Roses and more. We’ve performed these songs all over the country including Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and more. Everyone will be mad for it when be bring our Live 25 Support band to your city, town or village.
Hire an English Britpop Tribute Band for your event in England and Central Great Britain. Amazing live performances from a professional 90’s cover band playing all the most superb 90’s songs from the best decade in music. Contact ‘Britpop Reunion‘ to check on price and availability. You’ll singalong with the Common People, jump up onto that Wonderwall. Also you’ll see your friends, see the sights and feel Alright. “Now That’s What I Call Britpop”.
English Britpop Tribute Band 90s England
Book throughout mainland England and the various English islands including Isle Of Wight, Portsea Island and beyond. Book an English tribute band and we’ll perform big hits by Supergrass, Pulp, James, Oasis, Blur and more. Hire an English 90’s cover band throughout the whole of England and beyond.
The UK’s best Britpop Tribute Band also featuring The 90’s
Since forming in 2014 we’ve performed all over England including Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire….ALL the Shires and beyond in fact. Clients clearly knew what they want when they book a professional English Britpop tribute band so they hire Britpop Reunion.
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We’ve performed nineties music live all over England and also beyond so know how to handle events of any size. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability now, we’d love to play a part in your live event.
And Starkey performing Champagne Supernova by Oasis Cover live at a 90s party night. Britpop Reunion are available to hire for all sorts of private events, public ticketed events, weddings, festivals, corporate events and more. Contact Andy now to check on price and availability to hire a britpop and 90s tribute band for your live event.
Champagne Supernova by Oasis Cover
This Oasis song is taken from the 1995 album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? Although it was never released as a single in the UK it was released elsewhere including the USA. It is the closing track on the band’s second album and was written by Noel Gallagher.
Welcome to Madchester tribute band and 90s cover band Britpop Reunion, the ultimate tribute band that transports you back to the euphoric days of Madchester. A time when the UK music scene exploded with groundbreaking sounds and infectious energy. Our mission is to celebrate the vibrant era that gave birth to some of the most iconic bands and unforgettable anthems, bringing you a night of nostalgia, rhythm, and pure musical joy. More than just a Madchester tribute band Britpop Reunion give you the best of Manchester with band like Oasis and other 90s and Britpop artists too. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on our price and availability for your live event.
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The Madchester Music Scene
Madchester was more than just a music scene; it was a cultural revolution that swept through the late 80s and early 90s. Originating in Manchester, this movement fused alternative rock, psychedelia, and dance music, creating a unique sound that resonated with a generation hungry for change. Clubs like The Haçienda became the epicenter of this movement, where music, fashion, and a newfound sense of freedom collided in an explosion of creativity and hedonism. The term Madchester was coined by Tony Wilson of Factory Records and was popularised by the British music press in the early 1990s
Iconic Bands of Madchester
James – With their jangly guitars and introspective lyrics, James became a staple of the Madchester scene. Hits like “Sit Down” and “Laid” encapsulated the spirit of the times, blending anthemic choruses with an undeniable sense of optimism. Their live performances were legendary, marked by an infectious energy that left audiences craving more.
The Stone Roses – Arguably the crown jewel of Madchester, The Stone Roses redefined the British music landscape with their self-titled debut album. Tracks like “Made Of Stone”, “I Wanna Be Adored” and “She Bangs the Drums” showcased their ability to merge rock with dance beats, creating a sound that was both timeless and ahead of its time. The Stone Roses music was the soundtrack to a generation yet their influence still felt in the music industry today.
The Madchester Experience with Britpop Reunion
At Britpop Reunion, we bring the Madchester magic to life with faithful renditions of the era’s biggest hits. Our talented musicians are dedicated to recreating the authentic sounds and vibrant atmosphere of the original bands. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or discovering this golden age of music for the first time, our performances promise an unforgettable journey through the heart of Madchester.
Why Choose Madchester Tribute band Britpop Reunion?
Authenticity: We pride ourselves on staying true to the sound and style of the original Madchester bands. Every note, every beat, and every lyric is performed with precision and passion. Energy: Our live shows are a high-octane celebration of the music that defined a generation. From the moment we hit the stage, you’ll be transported back to the electrifying days of The Haçienda. Engagement: We believe in creating an immersive experience for our audience. Sing along to your favourite tracks, dance like it’s 1990, and revel in the communal spirit that made Madchester so special.
Join Us for a Night to Remember when you hire a Madchester cover band.
Are you ready to relive the Madchester glory days? Britpop Reunion is your ticket to an era where music was more than just a sound—it was a movement. Whether we’re playing at a local venue or headlining a major event, our shows are a tribute to the bands that made Madchester an unforgettable chapter in music history both in Manchester and across the whole of the UK.
Don your best baggy attire, pull on your bucket hat, lace up your Adidas trainers, and get ready for a night of pure Madchester magic with Britpop Reunion. Experience the music, the memories, and the madness all over again. We can’t wait to see you there!
Let’s keep the Madchester spirit alive—together!
Other famous Madchester artists include:
Happy Mondays
Inspiral Carpets
The Charlatans
808 State.
Northside.
The Farm
The Mock Turtles
Flowered Up
Candy Flip
Top selling Madchester albums include:
The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses (1989)
Primal Scream: Screamadelica (1991)
Happy Mondays: Pills ’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches (1990)
Livin’ La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin cover performed live solo acoustic by Andy Starkey from 90s tribute band Britpop Reunion. This song was released in 1999 and translates from Spanish as Livin’ the Crazy Life. To hire a 90s and brit pop band for your event contact.
