Shropshire wedding bands like HARD TO HANDLE often have occasion to perform at Mill Barns just outside Bridgnorth. It’s a large very well appointed bespoke wedding venue set on the shore of a purpose-built lake with superb acoustics for live bands. As one of Mills Barns preferred suppliers for live entertainment, we visit a few times each year – this time at the request of the lovely Alexandra and Chris who hires us to perform at their wedding reception.
As is often the case, bride and groom had very definite ideas about the style of live band they wanted to entertain their guests – a band who could instantly relax everyone and get them on the dance floor, playing “bangers and anthems” (as Alexandra describes it) all night. They also had specific ideas about the songs they wanted to have played in both band and DJ sets. Luckily because HARD TO HANDLE BAND provide a live DJ free of charge as standard with every booking, Alexandra and Chris didn’t have to go searching for a separate DJ, which less fun and less expense!
If you’re wondering what a bespoke live Shropshire wedding band setlist looks like (all songs chosen by bride, groom and guests), it looks like this:
Starlight – Muse (first dance)
Dakota – Stereophonics
A little respect – Erasure
Don’t look back in anger – Oasis
Twist And Shout – The Beatles
Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys
Sweet Child Of Mine – Guns N Roses
Teenage dirtbag – Wheatus
Shut Up & Dance – Walk The moon
Shake it off – Taylor Swift
Everlong – Foo Fighters
Cake by the ocean – DNCE
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Blinding lights – The Weeknd
Don’t stop me now – Queen
Beat it – Michael Jackson
Rock your body – Justin Timberlake
Chasing cars – Snow Patrol
I’m still standing – Elton John
Chelsea Dagger – The Fratellis
Praise you – Fatboy Slim
Shotgun – George Ezra
I will wait – Mumford & Sons
Dance with me – Ollie Murs
Watermelon sugar – Harry Styles
Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
I Predict A Riot – Kaiser Chiefs
She moves in her own way – The Kooks
Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
Last night – The Strokes
Learn to fly – Foo Fighters
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
All star – Smash mouth
I’ll be there for you – The Rembrandts
Angels – Robbie Williams
Get the party started – Pink
Wonderwall – Oasis
There she goes – The Las
Don’t look back into the sun – The Libertines
Ever Fallen In Love – The Buzzcocks
Go your own way – Fleetwood Mac
Stuck in the middle – Stealers’ wheel
Living On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
Another one bites the dust – Queen
Satisfaction – The Rolling stones
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Basket case – Green day
Hound dog – Elvis Presley
Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
Pinball wizard – The Who
We built this city – Starship
You make my dreams come true – Hall and Oates
Hungry like the wolf – Duran Duran
Don’t you want me – Human league
Hey Mickey – Toni Basil
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
Love machine – Girls aloud
I’m A Believer – The Monkees
Faith – George Michael
Country Roads – John Denver
Does your mother know – ABBA
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Respect – Aretha Frankin
Thinking out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Ho hey – Lumineers
Time of your life – Green Day
The you and me song – The Wannadies
God only knows – The Beach Boys
So if you want to have fun, get creative and curate a setlist which expresses your own musical tastes for your Shropshire wedding but are worried that the live wedding bands Shropshire has to offer have the talent and energy to pull it off and keep that dance floor full all night, look no further – HARD TO HANDLE BAND are the clear choice.
HARD TO HANDLE BAND – 2 hours of killer indie, rock, pop and more + live DJ! www.hardtohandleband.co.uk
Tel: 0796 433 5657
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